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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Leopard Shark
| Issuer | Government of Tokelau |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with the engraver's initials IRB truncated at the neck. Centered below the portrait is the Tokelau coat of arms depicting a traditional woven basket above a banner inscribed TOKELAU MO TE ATUA. The legend ELIZABETH II and TOKELAU arcs along the upper periphery flanking the date 2018, while the lower arc carries the inscription FIVE DOLLARS · 1oz 999 SILVER in stylised script. |
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| Reverse description | Two leopard sharks (Stegostoma tigrinum) rendered in fine relief, depicted in a naturalistic underwater scene amid stylised seaweed and marine vegetation occupying the full field. The upper arc bears the bilingual legend MAGO-TAGUTA · LEOPARD SHARK, giving both the Tokelauan and English names of the species, while the issuer name TOKELAU appears along the lower periphery. |
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Tokelau's coin program is administered through New Zealand and has, since around 2012, become a vehicle for the Perth Mint to produce themed bullion and collector issues targeting the international numismatic market rather than any domestic circulation. The territory's total population hovers around 1,500 across three atolls, and no meaningful local coin economy exists.
The leopard shark, endemic to the shallow coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific, gives this issue its hook within a broader marine series Tokelau has issued across multiple years. KM#134 is one of several 2018 entries in that sequence.