info:
Type: Silver
Finish: Proof
Purity: 0.9250
Diameter: 37.00 mm
Weight: 24.00 grams
Mintage: 8,000
Face Value: 15 Euros
background info:
In a joint venture with the Croatian National Bank, the Central Bank of Ireland launched a new silver collector coin to commemorate the work of the Croatian sculptor, Ivan Mestrovic.
Ivan Mestrovic submitted a design for the first coinage of the Irish Free State in 1927. He was based in the United States and, due to the communication challenges of the time, his design arrived too late for consideration. However, the design was subsequently adopted by the Central Bank as its official seal.
Mestrovic was a sculptor, an architect, a writer and a participant in important political events of his day. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Art in the early nineteen hundreds at the height of the Vienna Secession movement. He was awarded the grand prix for sculpture at the 1911 World Exhibition in Rome. And from 1923 to 1942, he was Dean of the Zagreb Academy of Arts.
The coin is encapsulated and comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity, presentation case and outer box.
Croatia is issuing a 150 kuna coin as part of this joint effort and ECI expects to offer this issue later in 2007.
i hope a topic about this coin wasnt made already, I couldnt find it in the search.
The reason why I'm posting this is because a few days ago, I purchased one of these, in its case as seen above.
my coin is #3,822
i paid €70 for it.
do you think the price I paid was fair?
it really is a beautiful coin.
Posted 01/02/2008 10:48 am
