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Cook Island $20

OPAOPA Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
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What do you think of this one...I don't collect coins from Mad Marty's playground, but this one is unique.

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This coin is part of a series of 3 ounce Swarovski crystal insert silver coins with beautiful pad color printing of classical masterpieces, like Rafael's "School of Athens".

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"Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm not sure what I think. Part of me likes the idea and part of me instinctively recoils against it.

    It's innovative, I suppose. And pretty enough. I guess I'll give it a thumbs-up image

    One Cook Islands piece I really liked was the dollar that had a hole in the middle and a clear capsule mounted in the center of the coin so you could see through it, and inside were all those little loose faceted gemstones rattling around. I had the silver version of that (zirconia for the white stones). It was sort of like one of those old fashioned kaleidoscopes, except with tiny gemstones instead of bits of colored glass. And mounted in the middle of a coin. It had that "bling" factor, which made it attractive to the thieves who robbed my antique mall booth in 2006. That was one of the coins stolen, along with a VG US Seated dollar (ouch) and some nice 1500s-dated European coins (ouch).

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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It took a while in getting used to it. I like the reverse, but for the obverse...yuk...they should have selected a younger QE2
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • JimKJimK Posts: 605
    I think it looks pretty classy myself.
    I'll give it a big image
    Jim
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> It took a while in getting used to it. I like the reverse, but for the obverse...yuk...they should have selected a younger QE2 >>

    OK, yeah, the colorized part has grown on me. Since it's reproductions of old paintings, I think it's kind of neat.

    As to the queen, though, I disagree- nobody is as beautiful in their 80s as they are in their 20s, but a realistic portrait allows us to see her age on the coinage, just as with Victoria. I say the old queen looks fine to me, in the context of things. Let her age gracefully. I think she has. Nobody stays eternally young, right?

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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nobody stays eternally young, right? >>



    Good point. I should know.image
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Nobody stays eternally young, right? >>



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    No?

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Believe me, I know. (Says LordM, removing his reading glasses).

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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    I guess that qualifies as a candidate for my BBL collection.image
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  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
    I hate medal-coins,especially when they've obviously been churned out.I love the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II though,as it is a very natural one that is also used on the coins of Australia,Bermuda,Great Britain,& New Zealand,plus a few other countries.

    Aidan.
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    I may have to get one of those!!! image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I may have to get one of those!!! image >>



    Well, Mad Marty....I broke down & purchased all 3 different designs..
    Here are the other two available...not cheap though...

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    Limited edition coins..max mintage 1000....Minted by B.H Mayer Mint in Germany....
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Postman (lady) delivered 2 out of 3 ... Raffaello's School of Athens & M Buonarroti..Creation of Adam.
    Botticelli ... Eve is on back-order .... I'm not familiar with the Mayer Mint, but they did an excellent job. These are keepers for my Grand kids.....image
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
    OPA,
    The Mayer Mint is a private mint in Germany - an equivilant operation to England's Pobjoy Mint & Commonwealth Mint,& New Zealand's own New Zealand Mint.

    I'm not sure if they have got a website,but I'm sure you can find it through using Google.

    Aidan.
  • sbeverlysbeverly Posts: 962 ✭✭✭
    It's interesting for sure.
    Not my cup of tea. I like coins in the traditional sense.
    I do have the painted Pandas though. Only because I collected them all.
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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>OPA,
    The Mayer Mint is a private mint in Germany - an equivilant operation to England's Pobjoy Mint & Commonwealth Mint,& New Zealand's own New Zealand Mint.

    I'm not sure if they have got a website,but I'm sure you can find it through using Google.

    Aidan. >>



    Thanks...I Googled them: Mint Masters for 5 Generations
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
    OPA,
    So did I.

    You can find the Mayer Mint's website address here.

    Aidan.
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