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Tuatara , rare lizard type reptile coin from new zealand.. Must read!! coin

$ 2.1

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    Description

    GENUINE Commemorative Coin VERY RARE
    Great Investment!!
    Genuine coin minted by New Zealand!!!
    Historical !!! most were melted down
    Great Investment!!
    features a super rare lizard
    different years available
    Free shipping to USA
    shipping to Canada,Australia & western Europe add .50
    Size of a U.S. penny
    Thank you for looking at one of our items. Up for Auction is a highly collectible Coin of theNew Zealand,most of these were melted down in 2006,That makes this coin all the more valuable. The coin is circulated and in great condition. . We do not grade the coins as it is very subjective.
    Tuatara
    are
    reptiles
    endemic
    to
    New Zealand
    . Although resembling most
    lizards
    , they are part of a distinct lineage, the order
    Rhynchocephalia
    .
    [7]
    Their name derives from the
    Māori language
    , and means "peaks on the back".
    [8]
    The single
    species
    of tuatara is the sole surviving member of its order
    [9]
    , which originated in the
    Triassic
    period around 240 million years ago
    [10]
    and which flourished during the
    Mesozoic era
    .
    [11]
    Their
    most recent common ancestor
    with any other extant group is with the
    squamates
    (lizards and
    snakes
    ).
    [12]
    For this reason, tuatara are of interest in the study of the evolution of lizards and snakes, and for the reconstruction of the appearance and habits of the earliest
    diapsids
    , a group of
    amniote
    tetrapods
    that also includes
    dinosaurs
    ,
    birds
    , and
    crocodilians
    .
    Tuatara are greenish brown and grey, and measure up to 80 cm (31 in) from head to tail-tip and weigh up to 1.3 kg (2.9 lb)
    [13]
    with a spiny crest along the back, especially pronounced in males. They have two rows of teeth in the upper jaw overlapping one row on the lower jaw, which is unique among living species. They are also unusual in having a pronounced photoreceptive eye, the
    third eye
    , which is thought to be involved in setting
    circadian
    and seasonal cycles. They are able to hear, although no external ear is present, and have unique features in their skeleton, some of them apparently evolutionarily retained from fish. Tuatara are sometimes referred to as "
    living fossils
    ",
    [7]
    which has generated significant scientific debate.
    [14]
    [15]
    [16]
    [17]
    [18]
    [19]
    [20]
    [21]
    [22]
    While mapping its genome, researchers have discovered that the species has between 5 and 6 billion
    base pairs
    of
    DNA sequence
    , nearly twice that of humans.
    [23]
    The tuatara (
    Sphenodon punctatus
    ) has been protected by law since 1895.
    [24]
    [25]
    A second species, the Brothers Island tuatara (
    S. guntheri
    ,
    Buller
    , 1877), was recognised in 1989,
    [13]
    but since 2009 it has been reclassified as a subspecies (
    S. p. guntheri
    ).
    [26]
    [27]
    Tuatara, like many of New Zealand's native animals, are threatened by habitat loss and introduced predators, such as the
    Polynesian rat
    (Rattus exulans)
    . Tuatara were extinct on the mainland, with the remaining populations confined to 32 offshore islands
    [11]
    until the first North Island release into the heavily fenced and monitored
    Karori Sanctuary
    in 2005'from wikipedia"
    SPECIFICATIONS
    Composition:
    Copper-Nickel
    Weight:
    2.8300g
    Diameter:
    19.43mm
    DESIGN
    Obverse:
    Crowned head right
    Obverse Designer:
    R.D. Maklouf
    Reverse:
    Value below tuatara
    Reverse Designer:
    James Berry
    Edge Description:
    Reeded
    NOTES
    Ruler:
    Elizabeth II
    Note:
    Many recalled and melted in 2006.