Silver Ounce 2024 Mustang, Coin from Tokelau - detailed information

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 of non-circulating coins since 1978, and has also authorised some foreign mints to issue bullion coins under its jurisdiction - including in the internationally popular silver ounce format.

The mint says about this coin:
The Mustang 2024 silver bullion coin embodies the spirit of the American West - untamed and romantic, a land of unbridled passion and adventure. It is minted out of 31.1 g (1 oz) of 999 fine silver, with a diameter of 38.60 mm. The coin is struck to proof-like matt-gloss quality, with a deep relief and high level of detail.

The motif depicts the personification of the Old West the way people from all over the world remember it - the mustang. These majestic creatures are the descendants of purebred horses brought over to the New World by Spanish conquistadors around the 15th century. Those animals that managed to escape over the years formed feral herds. That way the species that had died out on this continent around 8,000 - 10,000 years ago once again became part of the local wildlife and even a symbol of the region history remembers as the Wild West.

The Mustang is depicted galloping through the wide expanses of the Great Plains. The movement captured in the illustration emphasises the strength and beauty of this creature, and its mane - swept back by a powerful gust - hints both at its speed and the freedom it has come to represent.