Cape Koi Aquarium, run by Hannes Uys, is a leading dealer in Cape Town, South Africa, who originally made 2 pins for customers accompanying him to Japan. These were the small white pin with a Sanke on it and a larger blue pin with a Sanke on it and no year on either .Subsequently another orange pin with an Utsuri on it was made without a year on it either.These were made in very limited numbers. When the demand for their pins became evident, the same larger blue pin was produced with the year 2003 on it together with a yellow pin with an Utsuri on it and the year 2003.In 2004 Cape Koi Aquarium produced what were referred to as their Premium range- with metallic gold colour backgrounds - a very few with no date and the others with the year 2004 on it.All of these pins are hand painted and epoxy coated - and were made in very limited numbers.These are the only pins made by any dealer in South Africa
Mike Harvey