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Famous Ships That Never Sailed – Gloria Scott 2014 1oz Silver Proof Coin | The Perth Mint
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Buy the Famous Ships That Never Sailed – Gloria Scott 2014 1oz Silver Proof Coin at The Perth Mint, featuring: Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver Stunning Reverse Design Tuvalu Legal Tender Limited Mintage – 3,000 Unique Packaging Commissioned Product Struck by The Perth Mint
The Adventure of the Gloria Scott, by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 56 short stories featuring detective Sherlock Holmes, and is the fifth vessel to feature in the Famous Ships That Never Sailed collector coin series. Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver Each coin is struck by The Perth Mint from 1oz of 99.9% pure silver in proof quality. Stunning Reverse Design The coin’s reverse portrays a representation of the Gloria Scott sailing in the background, with Sherlock Holmes sitting onshore smoking his pipe in the foreground. The inscriptions ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘The Gloria Scott’ also feature as part of the design. Tuvalu Legal Tender The Famous Ships That Never Sailed – Gloria Scott 2014 1oz Silver Proof Coin is issued as legal tender under the authority of the Government of Tuvalu, and features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the 2014 year-date on the obverse. Limited Mintage No more than 3,000 of the Famous Ships That Never Sailed – Gloria Scott 2014 1oz Silver Proof Coin will be released. Unique Packaging and Numbered Certificate The coin is presented in a wooden case moulded in the shape of a book and accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. 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: 14W24AAA Issue price: AUS $ 90.00US$ 70.82 |