3593) Don Quixote de la Mancha, Niue Island: A $5 (Five Dollars), 2 Ounce Silver 24K Gilded HR Silver Coin issued by Niue Island: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2024:
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Don Quixote, (the full title being "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha"), is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes.
It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615.
Considered a founding work of Western literature, it is often said to be the first modern novel.
Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world and one of the best-selling novels of all time.
The Story-line:
The plot revolves around the adventures of a member of the lowest nobility, an "hidalgo" from La Mancha named "Alonso Quijano", who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and decides to become a "knight-errant" ("caballero andante") to revive chivalry and serve his nation, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha.
He recruits as his squire a simple farm labourer, Sancho Panza, who brings a unique, earthy wit to Don Quixote's lofty rhetoric. In the first part of the book, Don Quixote does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story meant for the annals of all time. However, as "Salvador de Madariaga" pointed out in his "Guía del lector del Quijote (1972 [1926]), referring to "the Sanchification of Don Quixote and the Quixotisation of Sancho", as "Sancho's spirit ascends from reality to illusion, Don Quixote's declines from illusion to reality".
The book had a major influence on the literary community, as evidenced by direct references in Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers" (1844), and Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1897) as well as the word "quixotic".
Mark Twain referred to the book as having "swept the world's admiration for the mediaeval chivalry-silliness out of existence". It has been described by some as the greatest work ever written.
Summary:
For Cervantes and the readers of his day, Don Quixote was a one-volume book published in 1605, divided internally into four parts, not the first part of a two-part set.
The mention in the 1605 book of further adventures yet to be told was totally conventional, did not indicate any authorial plans for a continuation, and was not taken seriously by the book's first readers.
“In a village of La Mancha, there once lived a dreamer who saw the world not as it was, but as it could be.”
The Coin:
- The Mint has presented the latest numismatic masterpiece from T & S Coins – Don Quixote de La Mancha, a celebration of dreams so grand they defy reality.
- Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ timeless tale, this stunning issue of Niue captures the spirit of lofty ideals, unshakable courage and the enduring power of imagination.
"Don Quixote de la Mancha", is seen here on the Reverse of this $5 (Five Dollars) Coin as the romantic knight who saw giants in windmills and sought honour in a world that had forgotten it, reminds us that the greatest adventures often begin within our hearts.
Don Quixote delivers in an elegant presentation box along with a Certificate of Authenticity while boasting a very low limited mintage of just 500 pieces worldwide.
The Specifications of this Coin are:
Year: 2024; Coin Quality: High Relief, 24K, Antique Finish (AF); Denomination: 5 Dollars; Metal Content: 2 Troy Ounces (62.2 grams); Purity: .999 / 99.9%; Issuer: Niue Island; Mintage: 500 pieces; Diameter: 45.00 mm; Delivers With: Capsule, Box, Certificate of Authenticity (COA)
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