Daily Archives: February 10, 2018
5th. CRUSADE John of Brienne Silver Antique finish Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2011
5th. CRUSADE John of Brienne Silver Antique finish Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2011This coin is part of series History of the Crusades. Highly detailed coins with common obverse on all coin. Antique finish which makes the coin very interesting to see. The Fifth Crusade (12131221) was an attempt to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering the powerful Ayyubid state in Egypt. Pope Innocent III and his successor Pope Honorius III organized crusading armies led by the king Andrew II of Hungary and the Duke Leopold VI of Austria, and a foray against Jerusalem ultimately
CIT Meteorite Impacts Chergach 2017 Cook Islands 1/2oz Gilded Silver Coin
CIT Meteorite Impacts Chergach 2017 Cook Islands 1/2oz Gilded Silver CoinMeteorite Impacts Chergach 2017 Cook Islands 1/2oz Silver. Developing a successor of the highly innovative Tamdakht Meteorite coin of 2016 was no easy task. The resulting Chergach Meteorite coin is a stunning progression of the breakthrough technology with an enhanced concave deformity and cracks. The gilded finish is reminiscent of the Sahara Desert, where the chondrite meteorite was found ten years ago in July 2007 near Timbuktu. Naturally, a fragment of the actual meteorite rests in the crater depression. The concave face replicates a meteorite impact. Gilded and weathered, a
