2021 $5 Cook Islands 1oz Silver Proof X-Ray Vitruvian Man PCGS PR70 First Strike
Add our store to your favorite stores and receive our exclusive emails about new items and special promotions. Leonardo da Vinci completed work on his world famous masterpiece The Vitruvian Man in 1490. The drawing, which is in pen and ink on paper, depicts a male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German mechanical engineer and physicist, who, on November 8th, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. In 2021 the Cook Islands, a self-governing island country located in the South Pacific Ocean, issued a remarkable coin to commemorate these two hugely consequential achievements! Struck at the famous CIT mint, t. Ach X-Ray Vitruvian Man Ultra High Relief Colorized Proof weighs 1oz and is struck from.
The Vitruvian Man is depicted on the reverse, while a colorized X-Ray image of the drawing is featured on the obverse along with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. 999 Silver Proof X-Ray Vitruvian Man has been certified PR70 DCAM First Strike by PCGS!!
According to the PCGS this exclusive pedigree has a population of ONLY 24! In the event the wrong item is delivered Coin Advisor will pay for the return.The item "2021 $5 Cook Islands 1oz Silver Proof X-Ray Vitruvian Man PCGS PR70 First Strike" is in sale since Friday, August 6, 2021. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Bullion\Silver\Coins". The seller is "coinadvisor" and is located in Phoenix, Arizona.
This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands
- Certification Number: Actual Cert # Will Vary
- Fineness: 0.999
- Coin: X-Ray Vitruvian Man
- Certification: PCGS
- Precious Metal Content per Unit: 1 oz
- Strike Type: Proof
- Grade: PR70 DCAM
- Pedigree: First Strike
- Year: 2021
- Brand/Mint: CIT
- Composition: Silver