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Cook Islands 2011 20$ Masterpieces of Art GIOVANNI CANALETTO 3Oz Silver Coin

Cook Islands 2011 20$ Masterpieces of Art GIOVANNI CANALETTO 3Oz Silver CoinLow Mintage limit, ONLY 1,732!! Certificate of Authenticity+ Presentation Case. This captivating, unique silver coin of the Masterpieces of Art series has been struck as a tribute to a masterpiece by Italian landscape painter Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto. Canaletto’s technique had the traditional Venetian hallmarks of luminous light and glowing color, to which he added a Dutch-influenced attention to clear and accurate detail. An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II is represented on the obverse of the silver coin. There are also the inscriptions indicating the name