Silver Ounce 2016 Northern Sky - Cassiopea, Coin from Australia - detailed information

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Australia 2016 $5 Northern Sky Series CASSIOPEIA 1oz Silver Proof Domed Coloured

The Cassiopeia coin won the Best silver coin of the year in 2018 (minted in 2016)

In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia was the beautiful but boastful queen of Ethiopia. While her beauty could never be questioned, her vanity became her tragic legacy.
The sea god Nereus was the proud father of many lovely nymph-daughters known as Nerieds. When Cassiopeia proclaimed that she and her daughter Andromeda were more beautiful than any of them, she invoked the scorn of the ruling sea god Poseidon.
His raging waters would destroy her kingdom unless she was tied to a chair in the sky and Andromeda was sacrificed.
Cassiopeia can still be seen in the northern skies today, with her throne circling the celestial pole and her arm desperately hanging on. As per Poseidon’s wishes, the constellation is sometimes seen upside down, and appears as either an M or W depending on when it is being viewed. After being catalogued in the second century by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy, it is still classed as one of today’s 88 modern constellations.

The Cassiopeia coin won the Best silver coin of the year in 2018 (minted in 2016)
The Coin of the Year Award (COTY) is an awards program founded and annually conducted by the American publisher Krause Publications of Iola, Wisconsin, and directed at the coin producing industry Awards are given for numismatic design, artistic vision and craftsmanship. A panel of international judges chooses the coins issued from around the world issued two years prior to the year of the awardThe Cassiopeia coin won the Best silver coin of the year in 2018 (minted in 2016). In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia was the beautiful but boastful queen of Ethiopia. The sea god Nereus was the proud father of many lovely nymph-daughters known as Nerieds.