帕劳 5元 2014（镶嵌红珍珠）

•品名:帕劳2014年海洋动物深海珍珠精制镶嵌天然红珍珠彩色纪念银币

•数量:1枚

•面值:5美元

•材质：925银镶嵌天然红珍珠（25克/38.61毫米）

•年份：2014

•发行量：2500

•简介:海洋动物镶嵌绿色珍珠。精制彩色镶嵌天然红珍珠银币。带证书。

Beauty of the Sea - Marine Life Protection

The tenth pearl coin edition shows a pearl in a sea snail for the first time.

Many think of pearls primarily being found in  shells. What most people don’t know is that, in extremely rare cases, this small miracle of nature is also found in snails, for example, in the Queen Conch (lat. Lobatus gigas). These animals can grow up to a remarkable size of 30 cm, with a shell of over 2,5 kg and are able to reach an age of 20 to 30 years. They main-ly feed on algae. Queen Conches are found throughout the Caribbean and along the coast of Florida and northern Brazil in shallow waters up to 18 metres deep.

The Queen Conch pearls only very seldomly grow naturally.  However, after several years of research pearl breeders succeeded in inserting a foreign body into these animals. Just like in the shell, the sea dweller encases the foreign body layer by layer, through natural defence mechanism. The snail, which is a protected species, is not injured or killed in the process. Especially in the Caribbean, the Queen Conchs’ flesh is considered a delicacy and its wonderful shell is a popular souvenir. It is for these reasons that the population has declined dramatically in recent years. It is to be hoped that this beautiful sea dweller remains preserved for future generations.

Country  Palau
Year  2014
Face value  5 Dollars
Metal  Silver .925
Weight  25 g
Size  38.61 mm
Quality  Proof
Mintage  2500 pcs
•With freshwater pearl