3352) "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon", Niue Island: "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World": A $50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin minted by the Czech Mint: Year of Coin issue: November 2021:
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.
Gold coin Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Proof - November 2021:
The second of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The legendary monument is commemorated by a gold coin of the Czech Mint weighing one troy ounce.
There are several legends about how the Hanging Gardens of Babylon came into being.
It is possible that they were built by the mythical Semiramis, the queen who made Babylon the largest and most magnificent metropolis of antiquity.
Another legend claims that they were a gift from King Nebuchadnezzar II to Queen Amytis, who longed for the mountainous nature of her homeland.
Delicate flowers and massive trees grew on the stepped terraces of the hanging gardens that rose high into the sky. This was made possible by an ingenious irrigation system consisting of an extensive network of pipes, high wells and spiral pumps, through which workers constantly drew water from the Euphrates.
The gardens provided a cool refuge from the scorching heat of the Babylonian sun and were therefore visited by many people.
However, few records of them survive - it is not even certain that an earthly paradise in the middle of the desert really existed...
The Coin:
The Reverse of the 50 (Fifty Dollars - NZD) Gold Coin, which is the work of the medal maker Petra Brodská, DiS., presents a supposed image of hanging gardens with a number of terraces, columns, trees and waterfalls. The English inscription states "THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON".
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 on the island of Pharos.
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 2022.
The schedule of issuance has only 200 pieces of one-ounce coins.
Links to Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:
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6) Nikola Tesla, Niue: Second Silver Coin with a denominational value of 1 NZD (One New Zealand Dollar) in "Geniuses of the 19th Century Coin Series" minted by the Czech Mint on behalf of Niue : Date of Coin issue: 03/2020
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