Tokelau, known previously as the Tokelau Islands, is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean. It uses the New Zealand Dollar as circulation currency, but has been issuing a variety if non-circulating coins since 1978. These are denominated in "Tala" (the local word for Dollar) and cents.
The gold half gram is a mini-coin denominated as Five Dollars.
This design is the second issue in a twelve-year series of bullion coins called Marine Life (or Tokelau Sealife), and features the Great White Shark.
The atolls of Tokelau are home to a myriad of fish and the Tokelauans take a strong stand to protect their fish life. In 2011 they declared their entire EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) as a shark sanctuary - providing sanctuary for up to 30 species of shark. How fitting then to have the Great White Shark - Mokoha in the local language, feature as part of the Tokelau Fish series.
The great white shark (Carcharodon Carcharias), also known as the great white, white pointer, white shark or white death, is a species of large lamniform shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. The great white shark is often a terrifying sight if seen off popular beaches and surfing resorts and is responsible for the largest number of reported and identified fatal unprovoked shark attacks on humans.
Growing up to a mighty 6.4m in length (although some reports have been reported of sharks over 8m in length) and weighing over 3 tonnes, its said they can reach speeds of over 50km/hour. They can live for over 70 years and have no natural predators apart from Orca. The global population of great white sharks has been declining to the extent that it is now classed as a Vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and by Australia. They are fully protected within the New Zealand fishing range and were listed in California's Endangered Species Act in 2013. | 
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