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1 oz Gold Giants of the Ice Age - Sabre-Toothed Cat 2020 (Mintage: 1,000 | Proof)

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  • Collector series: part 3 of 6
  • Fine gold: fineness 999.9/1000
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Sabre-toothed cat

People still saw them.A sabre-toothed cat in gold.

1 ounce of gold, in proof quality, issuing country Ghana. It died out about 11,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age.

Sabre-toothed cat on 1 ounce of gold, reverse, image
1 ounce of gold, obverse with issuing country Ghana, image

Sabre-toothed cat on 1 ounce of gold, reverse, image

1 ounce of gold, in proof quality, issuing country Ghana. It died out about 11,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age.

In the Americas

More than 2,000 sabre-toothed cats were found in the tar pits of La Brea.

It was not closely related to the tiger.

Sources: La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles; Science News

The timeline

From the Devonian to the last Ice Age

Each animal stands in its geological period. The sections show the order, not the duration.

  1. Devonian

    about 420 to 359 million years ago

    • Dunkleo­steus, image of the coinDunkleo­steusArmoured fish
  2. Carboniferous

    about 359 to 299 million years ago

  3. Permian

    about 299 to 252 million years ago

  4. Triassic

    about 252 to 201 million years ago

    • Archosaurs, image of the coinArchosaursAnimal group
    • Plateo­saurus, image of the coinPlateo­saurusDinosaur
  5. Jurassic

    about 201 to 143 million years ago

    • Plesio­saurus, image of the coinPlesio­saurusMarine reptile
    • Stego­saurus, image of the coinStego­saurusDinosaur
    • Brachio­saurus, image of the coinBrachio­saurusDinosaur
    • Archaeo­pteryx, image of the coinArchaeo­pteryxEarly bird
  6. Cretaceous

    about 143 to 66 million years ago

    • Utahraptor, image of the coinUtahraptorDinosaur
    • Australo­venator, image of the coinAustralo­venatorDinosaur
    • Pteranodon, image of the coinPteranodonPterosaur
    • Parasauro­lophus, image of the coinParasauro­lophusDinosaur
    • Velociraptor, image of the coinVelociraptorDinosaur
    • Carnotaurus, image of the coinCarnotaurusDinosaur
    • Quetzal­coatlus, image of the coinQuetzal­coatlusPterosaur
    • Triceratops, image of the coinTriceratopsDinosaur
    • T. rex, image of the coinT. rexDinosaur
    • The age of the dinosaurs ends 66 million years ago.
  7. Palaeogene

    66 to about 23 million years ago

    • Titanoboa, image of the coinTitanoboaSnake
  8. Neogene

    about 23 to 2.6 million years ago

    • Megalodon, image of the coinMegalodonShark
    • The human genus begins about 2.8 million years ago.
  9. Pleistocene

    about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago

    • Sabre-toothed cat, image of the coinSabre-toothed catMammal
    • Giganto­pithecus, image of the coinGiganto­pithecusGreat ape
    • Giant deer, image of the coinGiant deerMammal
    • Cave bear, image of the coinCave bearMammal
    • Cave lion, image of the coinCave lionMammal
    • Woolly rhinoceros, image of the coinWoolly rhinocerosMammal
    • Mammoth, image of the coinMammothMammal
    • Aurochs, image of the coinAurochsMammal
    • Homo sapiens has existed for about 300,000 years.
    • People enter the Chauvet Cave about 36,500 years ago.

Not to scale. Dates according to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, rounded.

The coin

Giants of the Ice Age

The series from Ghana began in 2019 with the woolly mammoth and the giant deer.

The reverse shows the animal in its landscape, and a frieze of animals runs around the rim. The obverse bears the coat of arms of Ghana.

At a glance

Issuing country
Ghana
Face value
500 cedis
Metal
gold
Weight
1 ounce
Diameter
38.6 mm
Quality
Proof
Fineness
999.9/1,000
Mintage
1,000 pieces
Year
2020

In the Americas, humans and sabre-toothed cats knew each other.

1 Unze Goldmünze Giganten der Eiszeit – Säbelzahnkatze 2020 PP im Etui

Diese beeindruckende Serie widmet sich in gebührendem Respekt den Bestien, auf die einst sogar noch unsere Vorfahren Jagd machten – oder vielleicht gar selbst zur Beute wurden! Knochen und Höhlenmalereien regten die Fantasie der Designer an, das Andenken an die Giganten der Eiszeit zu bewahren. Das Ergebnis ist eine Serie mit sechs prähistorischen Tieren, vor einer eiszeitlichen Landschaft malerisch in Szene gesetzt. 

Das 3. Motiv erinnert an den einst erfolgreichen Jäger der Eiszeit, dessen Namen bereits auf das einzigartige Charakteristikum dieser urzeitlichen Katze verweist: die äußerst langen gebogenen Eckzähne, die bis zu 28 cm messen konnten. Bei der Jagd, so die Paläontologen, öffnete die Katze Ihren Unterkiefer im 95-Grad-Winkel und schlug Sie wie Messer in den Hals der Beute, als diese bereits am Boden lag. Sie durchtrennten blitzschnell die Halsschlagader und die Luftröhre. Der eiszeitliche Jäger musste diese Zähne stets pflegen und beim Einsatz darauf achten, dass diese nicht abbrachen. Die letzte Säbelzahnkatze starb vermutlich vor 300.000 Jahren aus. 

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