2023 Palau $5 1-oz Silver Palau Split Views Hippos Ultra High Relief Colorized Proof

Here’s A Hippopotamus That You CAN Go Swimming With!

Quick, what animal kills the most human beings every year? If you guessed lions, great white sharks, or crocodiles you’d be way off. While those dangerous-looking beasts have reputations as being man-eaters, the guilty culprit is actually a pudgy looking animal who’d rather spend the day soaking in a muddy river. The animal? Why, it’s a hippopotamus, of course! Ungainly as they are, hippos are the world’s deadliest large land mammal, killing around 500 people every year—that’s more than one a day! These aggressive “river horses” are extremely territorial and will not put up with any incursion on their domain be it by man or beast. Their ridiculously large mouths are full of large, sharp teeth. And getting trampled by one would not be fun—at more than 6,000 pounds, they can easily crush a human to death. The hippos depicted on this coin seem to be in a docile mood—at least for now—but it’s anyone’s guess how much longer that will last!

Fabulous Silver Coin Features Ultra High Relief Gator Design

Struck by Germany’s world-famous Mayer Mint in a full ounce of highly pure 99.9% fine silver, the colorized design has proven to be so popular that the entire worldwide mintage of just 2,023 coins sold out within weeks following its release! Of course, there are other factors that make this coin such an incredible hit with collectors. Take the amazing Ultra High Relief (UHR) detail for example. Using Coin Invest Trust (CIT) Smartminting© technology, the Mayer Mint has crafted a masterpiece of numismatic art with details that rise dramatically from the surface of the coin giving it an almost three-dimensional appearance. Then there’s the obverse design. While the coin’s reverse shows a bird’s eye view of the scene, the obverse design presents a mirror image of the hippos floating in their steamy African river—only this view is from beneath the murky river’s surface!

Beautifully Frosted Details Rising Over Mirror-Like Fields

This $5 legal-tender coin was released on behalf of Palau, a nation comprised of 340 islands in the western Pacific Ocean and comes in absolutely gorgeous Proof condition. That means this remarkable coin was expertly crafted by the artisans at the Mayer Mint from hand-selected planchets, polished dies and multiple strikes to produce beautifully frosted details rising over mirror-like fields. Plus, each coin available here will come in its original mint packaging which consists of a Certificate of Authenticity and a hippopotamus display case.

Only 2,023 of these 2023 Palau $5 One-Ounce Silver Split Views Hippos Ultra High Relief Colorized Proof were struck for worldwide release and like we said above, the entire mintage quickly sold out at the mint within weeks of its debut. You’d never want to get caught in a flimsy boat in hippopotamus country, but you wouldn’t want to get caught flat-footed and miss out on securing this coin. Get yours now before our limited supply disappears!

COIN HIGHLIGHTS:

• TRIBUTE TO THE HIPPOPOTAMUS – This “Split Views” coin—the third in the series—pays tribute the hippopotamus. It features a colorized image of a trio of hippos swimming in a marshy African river while the obverse design depicts the same scene as it appears from below the water’s surface.
• AMAZING ULTRA HIGH RELIEF – This Split Views coin was struck by the Mayer Mint using Coin Invest Trust (CIT) SmartMinting® technology to create amazing Ultra High Relief (UHR) designs.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – Each Palau Split Views Hippos Ultra High Relief Colorized Coin was struck in a full ounce of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and measures 38.61 mm in diameter.
• LEGAL-TENDER COIN – These One-Ounce Silver Palau Split Views Hippos Ultra High Relief Colorized Coins are $5 legal tender in the Republic of Palau, a nation comprised of 340 islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
• GORGEOUS PROOF CONDITION – Your 2023 Palau $5 One-Ounce Silver Split Views Hippos Ultra High Relief Colorized Coin comes in gorgeous Proof condition with frosted details rising over mirror-like fields.
• SOLD OUT LIMITED EDITION – The maximum worldwide limited mintage for the 2023 Palau $5 One-Ounce Silver Split Views Hippos Ultra High Relief Colorized Proof has a limited mintage of just 2,023 and was announced as being sold out at the mint within weeks of its release.

Go swimming with a hippopotamus without fear of losing life or limb with this 2023 Palau $5 One-Ounce Silver Palau Split Views Hippos Ultra High Relief Colorized coin. Grab this beauty now before they’re all gone!