This Silver coin is the fourth issue in the series Shades of Nature and features the Hummingbird, the smallest bird in the world. The laser technology and Smartminting technology create intricate details and ultra high reliefs. The coin is partially gold plated and becomes an example of micro-minting. Limited mintage to only 2.000 pcs worldwide. The coins reverse features a Colibrì feeding from the nectar of a flower. On the top of the reverse, the inscription: SHADES OF NATURE the name of the series. The obverse of the coin depicts Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the inscription: ELIZABETH II the name of the Queen, 5 DOLLARS the face value and COOK ISLANDS the issue country. Hummingbird Hummingbirds are birds from the Americas that constitute the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring 7.513 cm (35 in). Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm bee hummingbird weighing less than a U. Penny (2.5 g). They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings which flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rates, typically around 50 times per second, allowing them also to fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph). Hummingbirds have the highest metabolism of any homeothermic animal. To conserve energy when food is scarce, and nightly when not foraging, they go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation, slowing metabolic rate to 1/15th of its normal rate. The item “HUMMINGBIRD Shades of Nature Silver Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2017″ is in sale since Thursday, March 02, 2017. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\South Pacific”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2017
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands