This unique set of pure silver coins is to commemorate on of the greatest authors in the history, Dante and his Divine Comedy. A set of 24 coins shows the scenes from the Divine Comedy designed by Gustave Doré.
The reverses of each of the coins include 24 scenes by Gustave Doré inspired by the piece by Dante Alighieri. All the scenes are displayed together to make up one coin unit and to create Dante`s portrait. The order of the scenes is as follows: Apocalyptic Procession, Arachne, Bertram de Born, Beatrice, There Minos Stands, Submersion in Lethe, Crystalline Heaven, The Whore and the Giant, The Descent on the Monster, The Eagle, The Queen of Heaven, The Cross, The Punishment of the Simonists, Ephialtes, The Celestial Pilot, The Sun-Glorifies Souls, The Giant Antaeus, Geryon Symbol of Deceit, Baetrice II, Devils and Seducers, The Hapies’ Wood, The Forrest, The Styx Philippo Argenti, The Hideous Erinyes.
The obverse includes the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II together with the face value and issuing place.
Limited mintage of 250 pieces only.
Special features:
An amazing set of twenty-four 1$ edgeless coins dedicated to the Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri
Each coin reproduces Gustav Dore’s illustrations to the Divine Comedy which all displayed together form one coin unit
One coin unit features Dante’s portrait combined with the 24 scenes from Divine Comedy
The obverse of each colorprinted coin depicts portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
This set weighs 1020 g (1 kg +) and is crafted of 99.9% pure silver
Extremely limited mintage of only 250 coins worldwide
The coin is housed in an elegant wooden box. Certificate of Authenticity is included