Saturday 7 September 2024

3347) The Great Pyramid of Giza, Niue Island: "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World": A $50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin minted by the Czech Mint: Year of Coin issue: 2021:

3347) The Great Pyramid of Giza, Niue Island: "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World": A $50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin minted by the Czech Mint: Year of Coin issue: 2021:

 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:

Czech Mint has presented the Seven   Wonders       of  the Ancient World Coin Series. 

This exciting series will include      seven        releases featuring limited mintages of     Gold, respectively. 

Each release of Gold  coins          features a beautiful design of a mystical wonder of the ancient world and an effigy of a historical figure relevant to the subject, along with a denomination applicable to the period.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, also known as the "Seven Wonders of the World"          (or simply  the Seven Wonders"), is a list of seven notable structures present during classical antiquity. The first known list of seven wonders dates back to the 2nd–1st century BC.

While the entries have varied over the centuries, the seven traditional wonders are - the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Placing the wonders in modern-day countries, two of the wonders were located in Greece, two in Turkey, two in Egypt, and one in Iraq. 

Of the seven wonders, only the Pyramid of Giza, which is also by far the oldest of the wonders, still remains standing, with the others being destroyed over the centuries. 

There is scholarly debate over the exact nature of the Hanging Gardens, and there is doubt as to whether they existed at all.

The Great Pyramid of Giza:

The ancient world in the Mediterranean and the Middle East was full of architectural beauty. Some of them dazzled so much that even after thousands of years, we talk about the seven wonders of the world with sacred amazement. 

In the cycle of Ounce Gold Coins of the Czech Mint, the first issue of which represents the pyramids in Giza, is dedicated to the legendary ancient monuments. 

The ancient Egyptians believed in the life after death and built magnificent tombs for their pharaohs to allow them to touch the heavens. 

The Great Pyramid of Giza, which was built for King Khufu two and a half thousand BC, is the largest and most impressive of them. 

The gigantic pyramid was built of two million stone blocks, each weighing over two tons. 

The pyramid was 147 meters high, therefore, it was the highest building in the world until the Middle Ages, and each side of its base measured 230 metres. Thousands of stonemasons, carpenters and ordinary workers have worked on it without knowledge of iron and more complex technologies for three decades in order to honor their god…

The Coin:


The Reverse of the $50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin, which was processed by the medal maker Petra Brodská, DiS., presents the Great Pyramid in its current form, which reveals the individual stone steps (the building was originally lined with white polished limestone, which reflected the sun's rays). 

In the background there is another smaller tomb and in the foreground there is a detail of building blocks supplemented with an English inscription "THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA". 

The Obverse of the $50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin, which is common to the whole cycle, then presents all seven wonders of the world - the Egyptian pyramids, the hanging gardens of Semiramis, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Feidius' statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. 

The inscriptions are - "NIUE ISLAND. 50 DOLLARS. ELIZABETH II".

As the coins of the Czech Mint are licensed by the island of Niue, their obverse sides bear a portrait and name of Queen Elizabeth II, a nominal value of 50 DOLLARS (NZD) and the year of issue 2021.

The Presentation Case/Box

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World placed together.

The specifications of the Gold Coin are:

Collector's set: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; Coin theme: The Great Pyramid of Giza"; Issuing country:  Niue Island;  Year2021; Denomination/Value 50 NZD (Fifty Dollars - NZD); Designer (Obverse)/(Reverse): Petra Brodská, DiS; Numbered issue: No; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes; Metal Composition: .999 Fineness  Gold (Au); Weight: 31.1 g or 1.00 Oz; Diameter/Size: 32.00 mm; Packaging: Black leather case; Capsule: Yes; Mintage: 200 pieces.

The Presentation Box/Case - Open displaying the Gold Coin and the Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

The Certificate of Authenticity (COA)





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