31.1 (1 oz). This beautiful 1 Oz Silver coin is celebrates Discovery Channel’s 2017 Shark Week and features the largest predator in vertebrate history – the Megalodon. The coin has a beautiful design, has a nice Relief, has a Proof quality and comes in a case, along with the Certificate of Authenticity. Limited mintage of 1.000 pieces worldwide. The reverse of the coin depicts the prehistoric shark with mouth wide open. To the left of its mouth, a diagram showing the Megalodon’s jaws compared to the average human. A rim of razor sharp teeth finish off this design. On top of the reverse, the inscription: THE MEGALODON SHARK the name of the coin. The obverse of the coin features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the inscriptions: ELIZABETH II the name of the Queen, NIUE the issuing country, TWO DOLLARS the face value and 2017 the year of issue. Megalodon Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon), meaning big tooth, is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago (mya), during the Early Miocene to the end of the Pliocene. There had been some debate regarding the taxonomy of megalodon: some researchers argued that it was of the family Lamnidae and closely related to the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), while others argued that it belonged to the extinct family Otodontidae; presently, there is near unanimous consensus that the latter view is correct. Its genus placement is still debated, authors placing it in either Carcharocles, Megaselachus, Otodus, or Procarcharodon. The shark has made appearances in several media, such as the Discovery Channel’s docufiction Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives. Scientists suggest that megalodon looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, though it may have looked similar to the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) or the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). Regarded as one of the largest and most powerful predators to have ever lived, fossil remains of megalodon suggest that this giant shark reached a length of 18 meters (59 ft). Their large jaws could exert a bite force of up to 108,500 to 182,200 newtons (24,390 to 40,960 lbf). Their teeth were thick and robust, built for grabbing prey and breaking bone. The item “MEGALODON Shark 1 Oz Silver Coin 2$ Niue 2017″ is in sale since Tuesday, April 10, 2018. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\Other Oceania Coins”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2017
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Niue