It is the world's first bi-metal coin composed of a irregularly Niobium center and sterling silver. It pictures a crouching Mongolian Snow Leopard. The Leopard is Niobium, a bluish metal. It is surround by an oval "ring" of sterling silver.
A 1 Bolivar to be exact, a bi-metal coin of 24mm weighing 8.1 grams. These facts are yet to be confirmed with the actual coin in hand but it's pretty certain from the images that this mob of roos dollar could have been struck this well (slightly ...
 See also: Silver coin, Trade, Revers, Issued, Instead
  
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