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Shark Tooth Coin with an actual fossilized shark's tooth!
This extraordinary coin from Tokelau weighs 1 oz fine silver and portrays a Great White Shark in the design. It features a tip of an actual fossilized shark's tooth in a capsule embedded in the coin! It also has a beautifully customized obverse side to complement the reverse design.
Great White Shark are found in the surface coastal waters of all the world's oceans and are well known around the pacific islands of Tokelau. They can grow to over 6 metres long and can swim at speeds of up to 40 km/hr have no natural predators except for Orca.
The shark tooth included in the capsule is from the species Otodontcsous microdus, and dates back to the Eocene era - 50 to 44 million years ago.
Tokelau designated their entire exclusive economic zone as a Shark Sanctuary in 2011, protecting over 30 species of Shark so it is entirely appropriate for them to issue this unique coin series. The Great White Shark is the first in the series which will feature different sharks each year.
This unusual coin is a must have for collectors of unusual coins and collectors of Shark coins generally.
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