This coin is a continuation beautiful series of the Masterpieces of Art.
A numismatic masterpiece, made of 3 oz / 93,3 grams of pure silver 999 with authentic swarovski crystals inlaid in this 55 mm coin, issued by Cook Islands.
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Contains 3 oz / 93,3 grams of .999 fine Silver.
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Coin embellished with 16 Swarovski crystals
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Coin comes in a beautiful black box with a COA.
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Strict limited mintage of only 1732 coins.
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Obverse: Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, “Cook Islands”, and the legal tender value of 20 Dollars.
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Reverse: A very high quality rendition of The Canaletto – Bernardo Bellotto
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History:
Canaletto – Bernardo Bellotto
Year 1732
Bernardo Bellotto, (c. 1721 or 30 January 1721 – 17 October 1780) also called Canaletto, was an Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching famous for his vedute of European cities (Dresden, Vienna, Turin and Warsaw). He was the pupil and nephew of Canaletto and sometimes used the latter’s illustrious name, signing himself as Bernardo Canaletto. In Germany and Poland, Bellotto called himself by his uncle’s name, Canaletto.
Bellotto’s style was characterized by elaborate representation of architectural and natural vistas, and by the specific quality of each place’s lighting. It is plausible that Bellotto, and other Venetian masters of vedute, may have used the camera obscura in order to achieve superior precision of urban views.
