TAKU TURTLE Hawksbill Black Ruthenium Gold 1 Oz Silver Coin 2$ Fiji 2013

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TAKU TURTLE Hawksbill Black Ruthenium Gold 1 Oz Silver Coin 2$ Fiji 2013 TAKU TURTLE 1 Oz SILVER TAKU COMMEMORATIVE COIN - MINTAGE 200 pcs! PRE-ORDER: COIN SHIPPED AFTER AVAILABLE FROM THE MINT (END MARCH 2015) This beautiful new black coin features a Hawksbill turtle, named Taku, in gold with all filigree details. The coin is completely plated with Ruthenium and partly with pure gold. The precious metal Ruthenium is a member of the Platinum Group and worldwide very rare. All this together with the luxury box and the noble certificate makes a perfect present and a worldwide searched collector’s piece.The reverse features a gold gilded Taku with a stylized shell pattern swimming through the waters of the Pacific Ocean along with an engraved heading and the coin's metal quality and weight. The obverse of the coin features the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, sovereign of the Commonwealth and Fiji. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Ruthenium and Platinum Group Ruthenium is a chemical element with symbol Ru and atomic number 44. It is a rare transition metal belonging to the platinum group of the periodic table. Like the other metals of the platinum group, ruthenium is inert to most other chemicals. The Baltic German scientist Karl Ernst Claus discovered the element in 1844, and named it after Ruthenia, the Latin word read more

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