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Cook Islands 2014 Leda and the Swan by Rubens $20 Silver Proof Coin Swarovski

Cook Islands 2014 Leda and the Swan by Rubens $20 Silver Proof Coin Swarovski
Cook Islands 2014 Leda and the Swan by Rubens $20 Silver Proof Coin Swarovski
Cook Islands 2014 Leda and the Swan by Rubens $20 Silver Proof Coin Swarovski

Cook Islands 2014 Leda and the Swan by Rubens $20 Silver Proof Coin Swarovski
999 Silver Proof Coin with 16 Swarovski crystals. Issued by Cook Islands, as a part of very successful. Masterpieces of Art series, this 55 mm numismatic masterpiece is made of 3 Oz of pure 99.99% silver with 16 authentic Swarovski crystals inlaid into the coin's frame. The coin's reverse faithfully reproduced. By one of the most renown Flemish painters and a strong proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. "Leda and the Swan", a story from Greek mythology, was one of his masterpieces and was heavily influenced by Michelangelo's famous lost painting of the same name. This is a story about Zeus, in the form of a swan, seducing and then raping Leda - the Spartan Queen - on the banks of river Eurotas, which resulted in creation of an egg from which the beautiful and famous Helen of Troy was born, along with her brother Polydeuces (or Pollux) - one of the Dioscuri brothers of Troy.

The obverse of the coin traditionally bears the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. THE COIN IS IN MINT CONDITION AND COMES IN ALL ORIGINAL MINT PACKAGING. THE ACTUAL PICTURE OF THE COIN OFFERED IS PROVIDED. ALL THE COINS OF THIS SERIES.

AND IS NOT A FLAW. IF YOU COME ACROSS ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE TONING THEN KNOW THAT.

Proof with color and Swarovski crystals inlay. (28 June 1577 -30 May 1640) was a Flemish Baroque Painter, and a proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. He is well-known for his Altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar, art collector, and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV, King of Spain, and Charles I, King of England. DON'T HESITATE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS!

FOR CUSTOMERS IN UNITED STATES. EACH SALE COMES WITH UNCONDITIONAL 100% GUARANTEE OF THE QUALITY AND. IF THE COIN IS NOT AS DESCRIBED. SAME 100% GUARANTEE OF THE QUALITY AS FOR USA CUSTOMERS.


Cook Islands 2014 Leda and the Swan by Rubens $20 Silver Proof Coin Swarovski