2025) "Bigfoot (Sasquatch/Yeti/Yeren/Yowie)", USA: "Cryptozoology Collection": A Gem Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) Silver Coin/Round minted by the Intaglio Mint (a privately owned Mint), USA: Year of Coin/Round issue: 2021:
Founded in 2010, Intaglio Mint is a privately-held minting group in the country, headquartered at Denver, Colorado.
About "BIGFOOT" ("Sasquatch/Yeti/Yeren"etc.):
Bigfoot, also commonly referred to as "Sasquatch", in Canadian and American folklore, is an ape-like creature that is purported to inhabit the forests of North America.
Supposed evidence of the existence of Bigfoot includes a number of anecdotal visual sightings, disputed video and audio recordings, photographs, and casts of large footprints.
Some of these are speculated or known to be hoaxes.
Bigfoot has become an icon within the fringe subculture of cryptozoology and an enduring element of popular culture.
Folklorists trace the phenomenon of Bigfoot to a combination of factors and sources:
These include the cultures of Indigenous people across the Continent, the European wild man figure, and folk belief among loggers, miners, trappers, and prospectors.
Wishful thinking, a cultural increase in environmental concerns, and overall societal awareness of the subject have been cited as additional factors.
The majority of mainstream scientists have historically discounted the existence of Bigfoot, considering it to be the result of a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a living animal.
Other creatures of relatively similar descriptions are alleged to inhabit various regions throughout the world, such as the Skunk ape of the southeastern United States; the Almas, Yeti, and Yeren in Asia; and the Australian Yowie; all of which, like Bigfoot, are engrained in the cultures of their regions.
No one is quite sure just what Bigfoot is. Speculation is that it be a species of North American upright ape that has somehow eluded scientists for centuries.
Most Native American tribes across the Pacific Northwest have stories in their oral traditions that describe giant hairy figures lurking in the woods that leave behind large footprints.
In fact, “Sasquatch,” the common name for "Bigfoot", is derived from "Sasq’ets", a word spoken by various First Nations peoples along the British Columbia Coast.
Bigfoot is today one of the world’s most famous of all paranormal creatures.
With as many eyewitness sightings, photographs and home movies that exist that purport to be Sasquatch, one wonders why not one of these creatures has ever been captured — or even that a carcass from one of these hairy and smelly beasts has never been found.
The Coin/Round:
The legend of Bigfoot is nothing new. Ancient pictographs left by Native Americans in Central California show a series of “Hairy Man” images that seem to depict a massive beast nearly 9 feet tall.
These now-famous pictographs are thought to be thousands of years old, further evidence that the legend of Sasquatch has an incredibly long history.
The Silver Coin/Round on the Reverse shows Sasquatch stepping over a fallen log deep within the dark and misty forests of the Pacific Northwest.
The Silver Coin/Round on the Obverse depicts the Intaglio Mint logo superimposed over a radial burst, the medal’s weight and purity, and the 2021 year date in Roman Numerals: “MMXXI.”
The specifications of this Coin/Round are:
Country of issue: USA; Year: 2021; Coin Series Theme: "Cryptozoology Collection"; Coin Theme: "Bigfoot or Sasquatch/Yeti/Almas/Yeren"; Metal Composition: .999 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 1.0 Oz or 31.103 grams; Diameter/Size: 39.0 mm; Coin Quality: Gem Brilliant Uncirculated (BU); Minted By: Intaglio Mint, Denver, Colorado, USA; Mintage: 200 pieces; Special Technique: High Relief (HR);
– This Coin/Round struck by the Intaglio Mint features Bigfoot trampling through the heavily wooded forests of America’s Pacific Northwest.
– Each medal was struck with stunning High Relief (HR) that makes it seem as if Bigfoot is actually striding towards the viewer.
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