One Dollar Silver 2016 Amber Road - Europe, Coin from Niue - detailed information

This coin was issued in Niue.

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The Mint says about this coin:

Microprinting, carving on amber, individual number

Material: 999
Date of issue: 2016
Weight: 17.5 g
Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
Denomination: 1 dollar
Size: 38.61
Coin accent: Stone insert
Quality: Proof

This brand new edition by Niue comes in three versions: 17,5 g silver 999, 400 g silver 999 and 6 g gold 9999. All of them boast an impressive and unique decoration - a piece of genuine amber inserted on the reverse. Each coin stands out from the rest due to the unique shade of amber – no two inserts are similar! Struck from 17,5 g silver 999 proof with microprinting, each coin is individually numbered and comes housed in a specially designed presentation case. The worldwide mintage is limited to 999 pieces. The reverse contains the names of the cities involved in an ancient trade route: Saint Petersburg, Palanga, Kaliningrad, Gdansk, Wroclaw, Brno, Vienna, Szombathely, Ljubljana, Aquileia. The corresponding present-day states are outlined on the obverse. There is also a fragment of the Altar of Peace, erected between 13 and 9 BC on the Campus Martius in honor of the Roman emperor Augustus on his triumphant return from Spain. The reverse displays a scene from Greek mythology - Zeus, in the form of a bull, blinded by his love for beautiful Europe, seduces and kidnaps the princess. There is also a small amber sculpture made with the technique intaglio relief, a result of incredible craftsmanship and attention to detail.