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Saturday 28 November 2020

1575) "Voyagers", The Cook Islands: "Then & Now Coin Series": First Coin in the Series depicts Christopher Columbus, First Powered Flight and Man's Landing on the Moon: A $10 (Ten Dollars) Silver Proof Coin coordinated by the Coin Invest Trust and minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH, at their facilities in Munich: Year of Coin issue: 2021:

1575) "Voyagers", The Cook Islands: "Then & Now Coin Series": First Coin in the Series depicts Christopher Columbus, First Powered Flight and Man's Landing on the Moon:  A $10 (Ten Dollars) Silver Proof Coin coordinated by the Coin Invest Trust and minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH, at their facilities in Munich: Year of Coin issue: 2021:

The first coin in the "Then and Now Coin Series" celebrates human thirst for discovery - EXPLORATION.

The Reverse of the $10 Silver Coin seen in the background of man's landing on the moon, with the Earth being postioned in the far distance, in the centre of the imagery

The pace of human progress has accelerated tremendously since the first powered flight and man's landing on the moon. This Coin Series will chart the progress highlighting major events.

The Silver Coin:

The Reverse and Obverse of the $10 (Ten Dollars) Silver Coin seen placed side-by-side

On the Reverse of the $10 Silver  Proof Coin is depicted Christopher Columbus, at the head of  a three ship expedition (1492) landing in the Americas and being grateful that he found land, as during most of the journey, he dreaded falling off the face of the Earth and kept sitting fearfully in his cabin (as there was a misconception/wide-spread belief among the Europeans that the "Earth was Flat"). His landing place was an island in the Bahamas, known as "Guanahani".

The inscription on the lower periphery reads - "Voyagers Thirst for Discovery".

On the Obverse of the $10 Silver Proof Coin is depicted a potential Martian landing, with the possibility of a base being built on the Red Planet, for scientific research and settling a colony. One can see a Martian Rover in front of the Mars Spaceman, conducting experiments and space satellites orbiting overhead.

There is a small effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right at the top centre. The peripheral inscriptionsare - "ELIZABETH II. 10 DOLLARS. COOK ISLANDS. 2021

The specifications of this Silver Coin are:

Coin Series Theme: "Then and Now Coin Series"; Country of issue: The Cook Islands; Metal Composition: .999 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 62.2 grams or 2.0 Oz; Dimensions/Size: 45.0 mm; Coin Quality: Proof; Technique: Smartminting, Ultra High Relief; Mintage: 333 pieces; Presentation Box: Yes; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes; Year: 2021; Coin Ships from: Q2/2021.





Other links to interesting posts on Coins brought out by Coin Invest Trust on behalf of other countries:






14) Pterosauria from the Mesozoic Era - The Age of the reptiles" (70 to 225 million years ago): Fourth Coin in the "Evolution of Life Coin Series" brought out by Coin Invest Trust on behalf of the Republic of Mongolia in 2018


15) Sinraptor (Sinraptor dongi): Fifth Coin in the "Evolution of Life Coin Series" brought out by Coin Invest Trust (CIT) on behalf of the Republic of Mongolia: Coin minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH issued in 08/2019

16) Diplocaulus: Sixth Coin in the Evolution of Life Coin Series" brought out by Coin Invest Trust on behalf of the Republic of Mongolia: Coin minted by B'H' Mayer's Kunsprageanstalt GmbH issued in 08/2020

17) Velociraptor (meaning "Swift Seizer"), Mongolia (from the Cretaceous Period 75 to 71 million years ago - approx) - "Part I": "Prehistoric Beasts Series": A 2000 Togrog Silver Coin issued by the Coin Invest Trust, minted by BH Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt, Munich, in 2018


23) "Voyagers", The Cook Islands: "Then and NowCoin Series": FirstCoin in the Series depicts Christopher Columbus, First Powered Flight and Man's Landing on the Moon: A $10 (Ten Dollars) Silver Proof Coin coordinated by the Coin Invest Trust and minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH, at their facilities in Munich: Year of Coin issie: 2021

Other interesting links to posts from Cook Islands minted by Coin Invest Trust:




The 7-Summits Silver Coin Series:


Links to posts on Australia, New Zealand and Countries and Overseas Territories of the South Pacific etc on this Blog: 



 3) Currency & Coinage of the Solomon Islands: Dollars and Cents

4) New Zealand: New Banknote "Seventh Series" issued under Project "Brighter Money" from 2015 onwards

5) Coinage of the French Polynesian Island of Caledonia (or Nouvelle Caledonie) the CFP Franc  

6) French Institution for issuing uniform currency/coinage for French Overseas Territories in the Pacific and the French Southern Territories of Antarctica: The Institut d'emmission d'outre Mer (IEOM)

7) Currency & Coinage of Samoa: Tala and Sene 

8) Currency of the South Pacific Island Country of Fiji 

9) Coinage of New Zealand: A commemorative coin set issued in 1979 

10) Currency and Coinage of Australia: Dollars and Cents 

11) The Australian Emblem or the Coat of Arms 

12) The story of the Australian Penny 

13) The Legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty: A Commemorative Coin Set from the Pitcairn Islands depicting relics from the Bounty issued in 2009 

14) An Australian $5 coin issued in 1996, commemorating Australia's greatest cricketing legend - Sir Donald Bradman 

15) New Series/Generation of Australian Banknotes being introduced from 01.09.2016 onwards starting from $5 issues 

16) Southern Lights: A $1 Silver holographic coin issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in January 2017














"Australian Shipwrecks" Coin Series:


Links to interesting Posts on coins from Tuvalu Islands:





Link to Posts from Tokelau:
Links to posts on issues from the Republic of Palau:

Links to Posts on coin issues from Niue Islands:








Links to posts on Coin issues from Solomon Islands:



Other links to interesting posts on Coins brought out by Coin Invest Trust on behalf of other countries:








The 7-Summits Silver Coin Series:

Links on Batman and Superman Posts on this Blog:

Links to posts on Russian Coins, Banknotes and stamps:

1) A 100 Rouble Banknote issued by Russia to commemorate the XXII Winter Olympics - (07-23 February 2014) held at Sochi, Russia

2) Commemorative Coins issued when the 1980 22nd Summer Olympics were held in Moscow (19.07.1980 to 03.08.1980)

3) 2018 "Federation Internationale de Football Association" (FIFA) World Cup being held in Russia between 14.06.2018 &15.07.2018: Some Coins and stamps issued by Russia, Australia, Hungary, Spain & France to commemorate the Tournament/Championship

4) "Ancient Postal Routes - the Kholmogory post road (Arkhangelsk - Vologda - Yaroclavi - Moscow), Russia: Europa 2020 theme: A stamp brought out by "Pochta Rossii"(Russian Post) featuring this important post road: Date of Stamp issue: 15.01.2020




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