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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Great White Shark
| Issuer | Tokelau |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Tokelau has no mint of its own and no meaningful domestic coin tradition — these issues are produced under contract, typically by the New Zealand Mint, for the international bullion and collector market. The territory's administrative relationship with New Zealand gives it the legal standing to issue currency, though the coins never circulate among Tokelau's roughly 1,400 inhabitants across three Pacific atolls.
At 0.5 grams of .9999 fine gold, this belongs to a category of fractional issues that proliferated sharply in the early 2010s as gold prices climbed toward their 2011 peak near $1,900 per troy ounce.