2017-05-25 Thu

Kapoa barracuda fishes are featured on Highland Mint’s fourth fish 1-ounce .999 fine silver $5 coin for Tokelau with a mintage limit of 250,000. The annual series featured the Hakula Sailfish, Mokoha Great White Shark and Kakahi Yellowfin Tuna in 2016, 2015 and 2014 respectively.

The reverse depicts a single barracuda in the front with a group of barracuda in the background. The obverse features a common portrait of Queen Elizabeth II along with a tuluma –a part of the national symbol of Tokelau. The tuluma is a wooden tackle box used by the fishermen; a text reads “Tokelau mot e Atua” for “Tokelau for God”

The coins come in a protective plastic lens. 500 coins are available in rolls of 20 coins, or boxes of 25 of the rolls.