Estimated price: CHF 3500SICILY. Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm,
17.31 g, 7 h).
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
44
Estimated price: CHF 10000PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II,
died 270 BC. Mnaieion or Oktadrachm (Gold, 29 mm, 28.00 g,
12 h), Alexandria, struck under Ptolemy V and/or Ptolemy VI,
circa 193/2-178/7 BC.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
266
Estimated price: CHF 25000KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip V, 221-179 BC. Tetradrachm
(Silver, 30 mm, 16.80 g, 11 h), Pella or Amphipolis,
circa 220-211 BC.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
284
Estimated price: CHF 75000Quintus Labienus Parthicus, 42-39 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm,
3.85 g, 5 h), uncertain mint moving with Labienus in
southeastern Asia Minor, early 40 BC.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
389
Estimated price: CHF 25000Hadrian, 117-138. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 33 mm, 26.00 g, 6 h),
Rome, circa 130-133.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
439
Estimated price: CHF 3500LOW COUNTRIES. Vlaanderen (Flanders). Lodewijk II van Male,
1346-1384. Gouden Lam – Mouton d'or (Gold, 30 mm, 4.41 g,
10 h), variety with 'I' after 'NOB'. Gand (Ghent)
or Mechelen (Mechlin).
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
1175
Estimated price: CHF 25000SWITZERLAND. Neuenburg/Neuchâtel. Henri II d’Orléans-
Longueville, 1595-1663. Medal of 20 Ducats (Gold, 52 mm,
68.77 g, 12 h), on his marriage with Anne-Geneviève de
Bourbon-Condé. By J. Warin. No date (1642).
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
1257
Estimated price: CHF 7500GERMANY. Sachsen-Ernestinische Linie. Sachsen-Gotha
(Alt-Gotha). Johann Friedrich II, 1557-1565. Doppelter
Schautaler (Silver, 49 mm, 57.90 g, 12 h), no date (circa 1560). 
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
1121
Estimated price: CHF 5000GERMANY. Kaiserreich. Sachsen-Meiningen. Georg II,
1866-1914. 20 Mark 1905 D (Gold, 21 mm, 8.00 g, 12 h),
München (Munich).
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
1130
Estimated price: CHF 15000UNITED STATES. 1776-pres. Dollar 1799 (Silver, 39 mm,
27.00 g, 6 h), Draped Bust type, heraldic eagle variety with 7/6
stars (obverse), 13 stars (reverse), berries, and regular date.
By R. Scot, Philadelphia.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
1286
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CIT’s Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind

Exactly 40 years ago, on 16 May 1983, EMI released the fourth studio album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was their first album not to be named after a song, instead, its title is a play on words: Piece of Mind (say it out loud and you will understand). The coin was minted at B. H. Mayer’s Kunstminting in Munich using the special technique smartminting® in Ultra High Relief with color application.

Content

Description of the Coin

One side features the cover of the fourth studio album of the British heavy metal group Iron Maiden with the title “Piece of Mind”. Silver coin and banknote feature the additional circumscription “1983 – 40th ANNIVERSARY”. The silver coin’s rim reads the nine songs of the album.

The other side presents the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley (initials: IRB); around it the name of the ruler, the issuing nation and the denomination as well as – on the 10 Dollar silver coin – the year 2023.

Cook Islands / 10 Dollars / Silver 0.999 / 2 oz / 38.61 mm / Mintage: 999.

Cook Islands / 10 Dollars / Silver 0.999 / 2 oz / 38.61 mm / Mintage: 999.

Cook Islands / 5 Dollars / Gold 0.9999 / 0.5 g / 11 mm / Mintage: 15,000.

Cook Islands / 5 Dollars / Gold 0.9999 / 0.5 g / 11 mm / Mintage: 15,000.

Cook Islands / 1 Dollar / Silver 0.999 / 5 g / 150 x 70 mm / Mintage: 5,000.

Cook Islands / 1 Dollar / Silver 0.999 / 5 g / 150 x 70 mm / Mintage: 5,000.

Background

Most of the album’s nine songs, whose names can be read in micro lettering on the silver coin’s rim, are based on literary, cinematic and historical models, i.e. they refer to our modern media culture. The cover shows the band’s mascot Eddie the Head chained up, in a straitjacket and in a padded cell. It is clear to see that Eddie has undergone brain surgery, a lobotomy, as it was done in the past – without much success – to reduce pain and eliminate psychosis.

For the silver coin, CIT has masterfully transformed the studio cover into a three-dimensional image. Thanks to state-of-the-art smartminting® technology, the Eddie on the coin seems to leap at the viewer. It takes experience and skill to apply color so delicately to such a high relief, in short: this is a technical masterpiece. The simplicity of the design of the other side, which is reminiscent of a vinyl record, is downright ingenious.

In addition to the Ultra High Relief silver coin, a small gold coin and a 1-Dollar banknote will be issued – perfect gifts for true Iron Maiden fans. After all, Piece of my Mind became the most successful album in the band’s history – both musically and commercially.

If you want to experience all three dimensions of the silver coin, you have to watch the corresponding film:

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