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Saturday, July 6, 2013

ST. HELENA

GOLD PLATED MULTICOLOR PROOF COINS








In 2013 St. Helena introduced two series of multi-colored wildlife coins.  Each series consists of four gold-plated multi-color coins.  The coins depict multi-color images native species.  The bird series features the birds above a mountain peak, with a green forest below. Depicted is the endangered Wirebird, Red-billed Tropic bird, Masked Booby and the Madeiran Storm Petrel.  The sea life series features the blue sky and a fishing boat. Depicted is the Napoleon Fish, Sea turtle, Flounder and Cod fish. Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse of each coin.