Poland: High Tech Commemorative Coins
Poland’s historic Warsaw Mint has added another coup to its list. In the mint’s ongoing “Great Painters of the World” commemorative series now has an additional 3 coins all of which were produced using a combination of several technologies. These rectangular coins depict the great Vincent Van Gogh’s works, “Starry Night”. one of his famous “Sunflowers” series & a self-portrait.
All of these coins are struck in sterling silver (.925 fine) in a proof finish. The coins weigh in at 28.28 grams & measure 40mm x 28mm. Each coin will have a set mintage of 10,000 only. These coins feature partial colorization along with the embedization of 3 zircon crystals. This technology makes the coins ultimately unique and thus highly collectible. These coins are now on sale via usual channels.
© Donald R. Houston, PhD, 2007
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Currently it's running at better than $US600. It is a silver coin.
"Rare, low mintage, just 5,000 made. Features individual serial number engraved on edge. Precious metal content is 1 kilo (over 32 troy oz),of pure 99.9 % fine silver. The Brilliant Uncirculated Australian Lunar Zodiac coin depicts a dragon, surrounded by a border of good luck bats. This coin has a .02 carat golden colored diamond in the dragon's eye, and the border of clouds and bats is colored. Comes in red suede presentation case with serial numbered certificate of authenticity.
This coin has the Limit issue number of 2946.