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Prehistoric Creatures: Tiktaalik - 25-Cent Coloured Glow-in-the-Dark Coin (2014)
2014
Mintage 30,000
ARCHIVED
Prehistoric Creatures: Tiktaalik - 25-Cent Coloured Glow-in-the-Dark Coin (2014)
2014
Mintage 30,000
$29.95 CAD
Masters Club:
300
Status: CAN & US shipping only
Availability:
Out of stock in stores
About
Previous glow-in-the-dark coins sold out, hurry and order yours today!
In 2004, researchers working in Nunavut uncovered the fossilized remains of a mysterious prehistoric creature tobridge the evolutionary gap between water and land.
Tiktaalik lived roughly 375 million years ago. It had the gills, scales and finsof a fish, but the head of an amphibian: flat withboth eyes on top, and spiracles that suggest the presence of rudimentary lungs.
What's more, Tiktaalik had extra-thick ribs, another adaptation for animals that don't float in water and need extra support against gravity while on land. It also had wrist and finger-like bone structures inside its fins—precursors to actual limbs.
Experts believe Tiktaalik used these limb-fins to push itself out of the shallow, fast-flowing water where it lived and crossed short distances onland. It's a captivating, puzzle-packed creature that will fuel the imagination of dino-detectives young and old alike!
Order yours today!
Special features:
• This distinctive cupronickel coin is the fourth in our seriesof coloured Prehistoric Creatures coins featuring photo-luminescent (glow-in-the-dark technologies) elements.
• For best effect,place the coin in sunlight, fluorescent, or incandescent light for 30-60 seconds, then bring the coin into the dark to reveal the glowing skeleton of thedinosaur!
• Photo-luminescent effect will not wear.
• Limited to 30,000 coinsworldwide.
Design:
Your coin was designed by Canadian artist Julius Csotonyi, and illustrates paleontologists' rendition of what Tiktaalik probably looked like.
Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded maroon clamshell with glow-in-the-dark sleeve.
Order your coin today!
Tiktaalik lived roughly 375 million years ago. It had the gills, scales and finsof a fish, but the head of an amphibian: flat withboth eyes on top, and spiracles that suggest the presence of rudimentary lungs.
What's more, Tiktaalik had extra-thick ribs, another adaptation for animals that don't float in water and need extra support against gravity while on land. It also had wrist and finger-like bone structures inside its fins—precursors to actual limbs.
Experts believe Tiktaalik used these limb-fins to push itself out of the shallow, fast-flowing water where it lived and crossed short distances onland. It's a captivating, puzzle-packed creature that will fuel the imagination of dino-detectives young and old alike!
Order yours today!
Special features:
• This distinctive cupronickel coin is the fourth in our seriesof coloured Prehistoric Creatures coins featuring photo-luminescent (glow-in-the-dark technologies) elements.
• For best effect,place the coin in sunlight, fluorescent, or incandescent light for 30-60 seconds, then bring the coin into the dark to reveal the glowing skeleton of thedinosaur!
• Photo-luminescent effect will not wear.
• Limited to 30,000 coinsworldwide.
Design:
Your coin was designed by Canadian artist Julius Csotonyi, and illustrates paleontologists' rendition of what Tiktaalik probably looked like.
Packaging:
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded maroon clamshell with glow-in-the-dark sleeve.
Order your coin today!
Specifications
Product Number
127627
Mintage
30,000
Composition
cupronickel
Weight
0.5 g
Edge
plain
Certificate
serialized
Face Value
25 cents
Finish
specimen
Artist
Julius T. Csotonyi (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)
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