2023 Titanoboa Prehistoric Life Congo 1 oz Silver Bullion Coin

Name: 2023 Titanoboa Prehistoric Life Congo 1oz Silver Bullion Coin
SKU: 92028
Price: 32.79 GBP
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This 2023 Titanoboa Prehistoric Life Congo 1oz Silver Bullion Coin comes in an airtight capsule.

COIN INFORMATION

The tenth issue of the Series Prehistoric Life from the Congo is dedicated to the giant snake Titanoboa.

Titanoboa is the largest snake currently known, greatly exceeded Gigantophis in length an mass. It has also been the subject of debates regarding its time period, the Paleocene epoch. During what is called the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), the earth is thought to have been warmer than it was at any other time for the past billion years.

Titanoboa was first estimated at 12.8 meters in length and 1,135 kg in mass. A 2013 estimate suggests it could grow even larger, to around 14.3 meters in length.

The obverse: of the premium bullion coin, struck from one ounce of 99.99% pure silver, features a specimen of a Titanoboa. In the background is a crocodile, whose depiction illustrates the size dimension of the Titanoboa in comparison. Above the two animals are the inscriptions “PREHISTORIC LIFE”, “TITANOBOA”, “60 – 58 MIO YEARS BC” and the year of issue 2023.

The reverse: features the coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of Congo. With an estimated body length of up to 13 meters and a weight of up to 1,135 kilograms, the extinct Titanoboa is the largest known snake species in the history of the Earth. The only known species is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, whose remains have been found exclusively in the Cerrejón coal mine in the Departamento de La Guajira, Colombia, and can be assigned to the Paleocene era.