Daily Archives: December 6, 2019
Cook Islands 2017 $5 Shades of Nature Hummingbird 25g Silver Coin
Cook Islands 2017 $5 Shades of Nature Hummingbird 25g Silver Coin25.00g (0.80oz). Shades of Nature, now in its fourth year, leaps from the water into the air with the 2017 hummingbird. Akin to the previous issues, the relief comes to life by means of masterful precision laser engraving accentuating and shading the fine structures in the hummingbirds iridescent plumage and the fl owers petals. Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world. The tiny Cuban Bee Hummingbird barely grows larger than the diameter of this stunning coin, yet they are some of the most accomplished flyers able to hover in
Cook Islands 2015 $5 Murrine Millefiori Glass Art 20g Silver Proof Coin Morano
Cook Islands 2015 $5 Murrine Millefiori Glass Art 20g Silver Proof Coin MoranoFace Value 5 Dollars. Weight 20.00g (0.64oz). Diameter 65.00 mm. The glass processing technique Millefiori was already known in Ancient Rome and is nowadays mainly continued on the island of Murano near Venice. Firstly long glass rods, known as murrine, are handmade, cured and then cut into discs. After that the individual multi-coloured glass discs are placed into a mould, heated gently and slowly melted. Thus, unique Patterns emerge, of which no two are alike. The finished artwork explains without words why Millefiori means «thousand flowers» in Italian.
