Estimate: 50.000 EURBaltic States.
Livonian Order. Gotthard Kettler, 1559-1561.
2 1/2 Ducats n. d., mint probably Riga.
Extremely rare.
Almost extremely fine.
2
Estimate: 15.000 EUREngland.
Elizabeth I, 1558-1603.
Sovereign n. d., (1584-1586), London.
Very rare.
Slightly bent, almost extremely fine.
117
Estimate: 4.000 EUREgypt.
Mustafa III, 1757-1774.
2 Zeri Mahbub 1757/1758 (= 1171 AH), Misr (Kairo)
Ziynet pattern.
Very rare.
Holed, almost extremely fine.
368
Estimate: 6.000 EURColumbia.
Carlos III, 1759-1788.
8 Escudos 1764, NR-JV,
Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogota).
NGC AU58.
Rare. Extremely fine.
409
Estimate: 50.000 EURGerman States. City of Hamburg.
Bankportugalöser in the weight of 10 Ducats 1689,
by J. Reteke, on the major European banking cities of
Amsterdam, Hamburg, Nuremberg, and Venice.
NGC MS63 PL. Very rare.
Extremely fine-uncirculated.
643
Estimate: 7.500 EURAustralia. George V, 1910-1936.
Penny 1919.
Copper-nickel pattern of the “Kookaburra Penny”
by C. D. Richardson for Stokes & Sons. Extremely rare.
PCGS SP 61.
Tiny edge faults, extremely fine.
1224
Estimate: 10.000 EURKompanie van Verre, 1594-1602.
Vereenigde Amsterdamsche Compagnie.
1/2 Daalder in the weight of 4 Reales 1601, Dordrecht.
Extremely rare. Fine patina,
very fine-extremely fine.
2501
Estimate: 30.000 EURKingdom of the Netherlands.
5 Gulden type 1846.
Highest rarity (RRRR).
PMG Choice Very Fine 35.
3054
Estimate: 30.000 EURKingdom of the Netherlands.
1000 Gulden type 1860.
Highest rarity (RRRR).
PMG Extremely Fine 40.
Pinholes. Pressed.
3312
Estimate: 15.000 EURArchbishopric of Salzburg.
Leonhard von Keutschach, 1495-1519.
3 Ducats 1513. Extremely rare.
Attractive piece with nice golden toning, min. bent,
extremely fine.
4001
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CIT’s Topography – Grand Canyon

Those who take this Grand Canyon coin in their hands for the first time, will find it hard to believe how detailed it replicates the relief of the Grand Canyon. With this issue, CIT and B. H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt demonstrate that an ultra-high relief can also be turned into an ultra-low relief

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Description of the Coin

One side is a true-to-life, detailed three-dimensional and colored model of the Grand Canyon, inserted into a topographic map. Below TOPOGRAPHY / of the Grand Canyon / National Park 2023.

The other side features the portrait of Charles III, below DT (= Dan Thorne), around it the circumscription 25 DOLLARS CHARLES III COOK ISLANDS. The pattern in the background is reminiscent of the contour lines on a topographic map.

Cook Islands / 25 Dollars / Silver .9999 / 5 Ounces / 50 mm / Mintage 777.

Cook Islands / 25 Dollars / Silver .9999 / 5 Ounces / 50 mm / Mintage 777.

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The very top of the coin’s surface with the topographic map was minted in proof quality. The Grand Canyon’s relief is recessed and seems to carve out the coin’s surface just as deeply as the Colorado River has carved out the earth over thousands of years. Pay attention to the rim of the coin: it is punctuated by the relief, virtually enabling the observer to look into the Grand Canyon from the side.

Given this fantastic relief, it is easy to overlook the incredibly mastery required to accurately color the mountain valleys and the river. While color application on flat and slightly bent surfaces has become a common feature by now, coloring such a fissured and recessed surface is a technical masterpiece that only very few are able to achieve.

With Grand Canyon, CIT demonstrates once again in collaboration with B. H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt, that the team of the two companies has become the coin industry’s leading incubator for coin designs, creating motifs today that will be imitated the day after tomorrow.

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

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