2025 1 oz Cayman Islands Silver Sea Life Marlin Coin (Alpha Strike, Proof-Like)

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2025 1 oz Cayman Islands Silver Sea Life Marlin Coin (Alpha Strike, Proof-Like)

The Cayman Islands Sea Life Series from Scottsdale Mint is a long-running collection featuring three popular wildlife species found in the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. The Cayman Islands Series focuses on the Blue Marlin, Loggerhead Turtle, and the Stingray in its annual designs. Right now, 2025 1 oz Cayman Islands Silver Sea Life Marlin Coins from the Alpha Strike are available.

Coin Highlights:

• Arrives in a Certi-Lock Card!
• 8th issue of Cayman Islands Sea Life Coins!
• Alpha Strike!
• Limited number of only 499 Alpha Strik specimens!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure silver.
• Bears a face value of 1 Dollar backed by the Cayman Islands.
• The obverse features the national coat of arms.
• On the reverse is the powerful Blue Marlin.

Each 2025 1 oz Cayman Islands Silver Sea Life Marlin Coin comes to you with a Certi-Lock Card. These particular coins are part of Scottsdale Mint’s Alpha Strike, a designation that identifies the first coins struck and released in any given program from the mint. The Alpha Strike designation is limited to just 499 coins in the overall mintage for the 2025 Marlin Coin. These coins are proof-like specimens with hints of frosted devices and mirror-like fields.

The Atlantic Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans) stands as one of the ocean’s most magnificent predators, capable of reaching lengths of up to 14 feet and weights exceeding 1,000 pounds, with females typically growing much larger than males. Distinguished by their brilliant cobalt blue backs, silver-white bellies, and distinctive spear-like bills, these apex predators are built for speed and can reach velocities of up to 50 miles per hour when pursuing prey.

The obverse of the 2025 Cayman Islands Silver Sea Life Marlin Coin comes with a depiction of the national coat of arms for the Cayman Islands. The coat of arms of the Cayman Islands features a shield displaying three stars on wavy stripes, representing the three islands surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, topped by a gold lion symbolizing the connection to Britain and a rope twisted into a Turk’s Head knot reflecting the islands’ maritime heritage. Above the shield sits a green turtle, with a pineapple symbolizing the islands’ agricultural exports.

On the reverse of 2025 1 oz Silver Sea Life Marlin Coins, you’ll find a powerful Blue Marlin swimming through the waters of the Caribbean. The waters surrounding the Cayman Islands provide exceptional habitat for Atlantic Blue Marlin, with the dramatic drop-offs and deep-water trenches near the islands creating ideal hunting grounds for these pelagic giants.