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Famous Ships That Never Sailed - Pequod 2013 1oz Silver Proof Coin | The Perth Mint
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Buy the Famous Ships That Never Sailed - Pequod 2013 1oz Silver Proof Coin at The Perth Mint, featuring: Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver Stunning Reverse Design Tuvalu Legal Tender Beautiful Packaging and Numbered Certificate Limited Mintage - 3,000 Commissioned Product Struck by The Perth Mint Read more about the Pequod on our Blog.
The Pequod and all but one of her crew were victims of Captain Ahab’s obsession to hunt and kill the white whale in Herman Melville’s literary classic, Moby Dick. Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver The Famous Ships That Never Sailed – Pequod 1oz coin is struck by The Perth Mint from 99.9% pure silver in proof quality. Stunning Reverse Design The coin’s reverse portrays a representation of the Pequod and the sperm whale, Moby Dick. The inscriptions ‘Moby Dick’ and ‘The Pequod’ also feature as part of the design. Tuvalu Legal Tender Issued as legal tender under the authority of the Government of Tuvalu, the obverse of this coin depicts the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the monetary denomination and the 2013 year-date. Beautiful Packaging and Numbered Certificate The coin is presented in a wooden display case in the shape of a book and comes accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Limited Mintage No more than 3,000 of the Famous Ships That Never Sailed – Pequod 2013 1oz Silver Proof Coins will be released. Commissioned product struck by The Perth Mint.
Silver Content (Troy oz): 1 Monetary Denomination (TVD): 1 Fineness (% purity): 99.9 Minimum Gross Weight (g): 31.135 Maximum Diameter (mm): 40.60 Maximum Thickness (mm): 4.00 Maximum Mintage: 3,000 Item ID: 13U70BAA Issue price: AUS $ 90.00US$ 70.82 |