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2015 Gabon Springbok GOLDEN ENIGMA Black Ruthenium 1oz Gilded Silver Coin

$ 39.6

  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Coin: The African Springbok
  • Composition: Silver
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Gabon
  • Fineness: 0.999
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Modification Description: Ruthenium coated & Gold Gild
  • Modified Item: Yes
  • Precious Metal Content per Unit: 1 oz
  • Strike Type: Business
  • Total Precious Metal Content: 1 oz
  • Year: 2015

Description

Springbok Golden Enigma 1000 Francs 1oz Silver & Ruthenium & Gold Plated Coin GABON 2015 Special Features: Full Black Ruthenium and Partly 24kt Gold Plating Country : Gabon Year : 2015 Face value : 1,000 Francs CFA Metal : Silver 0.999 Weight : 1 oz Size : 38,61 mm Quality : BU Mintage : Just 5,000 worldwide Certificate of Authenticity : Yes Packaging: Yes, original packaging, luxury box. This breathtaking beautiful new black coin issue features the Springbok 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 springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) is a medium-sized brown and white antelope-gazelle of southwestern Africa. It is extremely fast and can reach speeds of 100 km/h (62 mph) and can leap 4 m (13 feet) through the air. The common name "springbok" comes from the Afrikaans and Dutch words spring = jump and bok = male antelope or goat. The specific epithet marsupialis (Latin: marsupium, "pocket") derives from a pocket-like skin flap which extends along the middle of the back from the tail onwards. When the male springbok is showing off his strength to attract a mate, or to ward off predators, he starts off in a stiff-legged trot, jumping up into the air with an arched back every few paces and lifting the flap along his back. Lifting the flap causes the long white hairs under the tail to stand up in a conspicuous fan shape, which in turn emits a strong scent of sweat. This ritual is known as stotting or pronking from the Afrikaans meaning to boast or show off .