Five Dollars Silver 2015 Murrine Millefiori Glass Art, Coin from Cook Islands - detailed information

This coin was issued in Cook Islands.

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Part of the "Murrine Millefiori" collection.

The glass processing technique Millefiori - "thousand flowers" - was already known in Ancient Rome and is nowadays mainly continued on the island of Murano near Venice.

In 2015 CIT launched the Murrine Millefiori Glass Art series that displays this stunning technique on a beautiful fine silver coin. The coins feature an elaborate combination of fine silver and colourful glass elements. State-of-the-art minting technology is combined with the millenia-old Millefiori tradition to create truly unique coins. The individual Millefiori glass rods are handselected making each coin a one-of-a-kind collectable.

Murrine Millefiori Glass Art – CIT Coin Invest AG
The Mint says about this coin:

[caption id="attachment_5296" align="alignright" width="280"] People's Choice Award 2016, Coin Constellation[/caption] The glass processing technique Millefiori was already known in Ancient Rome and is nowadays mainly continued on the island of Murano near Venice. Firstly long glass rods, known as murrine, are handmade, cured and then cut into discs. After that the individual multi-coloured glass discs are placed into a mould, heated gently and slowly melted. Thus, unique patterns emerge, of which no two are alike. The finished artwork explains without words why Millefiori means «thousand flowers» in Italian. The Murrine Millefiori Glass Art coin won Coin Constellation's «People's Choice Award 2016» (read more). more
CIT Item ID: 27198
Country: Cook Islands (the)
Date of issue: 2015
Denomination: 5 Dollars
Material: Silver .999
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 999