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Cook Islands 2013 $5 Albrecht Durer Rhinoceros Silver Coin Mintage only 2500

Cook Islands 2013 $5 Albrecht Durer Rhinoceros Silver Coin Mintage only 2500

Cook Islands 2013 $5 Albrecht Durer Rhinoceros Silver Coin Mintage only 2500Low Mintage limit 2500!! Old master prints unite creativity and craftsmanship in a brilliant manner. The beautiful art of minting coins is in no way inferior to them. This silver edition with etched copper inlay shows this very impressively. One of his most famous works is the Rhinoceros woodcut. Dürer used an Indian rhinoceros, which the Portuguese King Manuel I. Received in 1515 as a gift from India, as his subject. This living Rhino caused a tremendous stir in the Court of Lisbon and far beyond. Dürers Rhinoceros woodcut