This is the most sought after Malaysian gold coin for worldwide collectors with the mintage of 2894 pieces minted for B.U. version and 508 pieces for Proof version.
In 1975-1976 the Royal Mint UK together with the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and IUCNNR (World Wildlife Fund, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) issued a 12 pieces collection of silver proof coins, two each from from six different countries (Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sudan, Venezuela & Zaire). In 1974-1976, 24 countries mint 1 gold and 2 silver coins (In total 24 gold coins & 48 silver coins) for Wildlife conservation series with each coin featuring an endangered species from that country. The countries that were invited to issued conservation coins: Afghanistan, Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Fiji, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Indonesia, Jordan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Venezuela, Zaire and Zambia.
Thus making this issue an international theme and highly sought after by collectors worldwide who wanted to make a complete set of 24 pieces of gold coins and 48 pieces of silver coins set.
The condition of this coin is B.U. without toning nor oxidization.
I have wrote an article about this topic again please click on the link here. ( 1976 Conservation Tapir Gold coin )
Weight : 33.437grams
Diameter : 33.9mm
Face Value : RM500.00 (MYR)
Compostion : .900 Gold
1976 Proof version of Tapir gold coin PF69 mintage of 508 pieces only
1976 Brilliant Uncirculated version of Tapir gold coin mintage 2894 pieces minted
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