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8 Dolares - Humpback whale
| Issuer | Galapagos Islands |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the coat of arms of the Galapagos Islands, depicting a quartered shield with local fauna and landscape motifs, surmounted by a torch and flanked by laurel branches. The legend 'ISLAS GALAPAGOS' is inscribed across the upper portion of the rectangular flan in two lines. Twelve five-pointed stars are arranged vertically down each lateral border of the coin, forming decorative columns. The date '2008' appears in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Galápagos Islands have no autonomous monetary authority and issue no legal tender recognized by Ecuador, which replaced the sucre with the U.S. dollar in 2000. Coins marketed under a "Galápagos Islands" issuer are privately produced novelty pieces, typically manufactured for the collector market rather than circulation. The X# prefix in Krause confirms this: that catalog series covers fantasy issues and pieces with no governmental backing.
Silver-plated bronze at this weight is a common substrate for such productions, chosen to mimic the heft of a genuine silver crown without the cost.