Daily Archives: August 21, 2023
ASTROLABE Historic Instruments 2 oz Silver Coin Cook Islands 2023
ASTROLABE Historic Instruments 2 oz Silver Coin Cook Islands 2023This interesing coin portraits Historic Instruments Astrolabe. Astrolabes were early scientific instruments that can be traced back to the 6th century AD. They were used for reckoning time as well as astronomical exploration, navigation and astrology. In medieval Europe, astrolabes were widely used for astrological purposes. By the mid-15th century, sailors adopted the device to navigate at sea. It enabled the determination of the position of the sun and prominent stars in relation to both the horizon and the meridian. Astrolabes represent a unique blend of science and myth that reveals
2017 PAVO CHRISTATUS Peacock Royal DelftT 50g Silver $10 Coin Cook Islands
2017 PAVO CHRISTATUS Peacock Royal DelftT 50g Silver $10 Coin Cook IslandsUnique concept coin with a real Royal DelftT earthenware piece inserted. The piece is handmade and hand painted. The motive Peacock is related to the Netherlands and fits perfectly to Royal DelftT. The bird is painted by Royal Delft painters and a blue stone feather eye inserted. The peafowl include two Asiatic bird species (the blue or Indian peafowl originally of India and Sri Lanka and the green peafowl of Myanmar, Indochina, and Java) and one African species (the Congo peafowl native only to the Congo Basin) of birds
