The striking design features two Hourglass Dolphins with their striking markings resembling an hourglass, as they frolic in the water. Rarely sighted, it is thought this species is the only cetacean to be classified simply by eye-witness accounts.

Petite in build, the Hourglass Dolphin measures up to 1.8 metres long and weighs up to 120 kilograms, with females thought to be larger than males. While pods of up to approximately 100 Hourglass Dolphins have been seen, they prefer to travel in smaller groups of about a dozen.

2024 $5 1 oz Fine Silver High Relief Coin - Dolphin Hourglass has a limited mintage of 1000 coins.