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Cook Islands 2013 5$ Merry Christmas Gloria in Excelsis Deo 3D Silver Coin
Cook Islands 2013 5$ Merry Christmas Gloria in Excelsis Deo 3D Silver CoinFor centuries mankind has had a clear idea of the appearance of angels. In many paintings these heavenly creatures are depicted as cute children with curly hair and small wings or as grown up angels in long robes and with large wings. Translated from ancient Greek, “angel” means messenger or emissary. According to different religions these spiritual beings were created by God to assist him. Angels symbolize the connection between God and man and between Heaven and Earth. There are angels of destiny to which group the personal
Cook Islands 2014 The Annunciation by Champaigne $20 Silver Proof Coin Christmas
Cook Islands 2014 The Annunciation by Champaigne $20 Silver Proof Coin ChristmasMasterpieces of Art Series. 999 Silver Proof Coin with 16 Colored Swarovski crystals inlaid into the frame of the art. Was painted by de Champaigne for the private chapel of Queen Anne of Austria (16011666), the widowed wife of Louis XIII, located in the Palais Royal, Paris, and decorated by the most prominent French painters of the day. The obverse of the coin traditionally bears the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Along the rim there are inscriptions of the Queens name, the face value of the coin,
