COIN LADY OF LAKE KNIGHTS ROUND TABLE COOK ISLANDS 2009

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5 DOLLARS SILVER COIN - LADY OF THE LAKE - KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLES - COOK ISLANDS 2009 LADY OF THE LAKE FROM KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE 6 COINS SERIES This attractive coin from Cook Islands features one of the famous characters of the knights of the round table history: Lady of the Lake. It is part of the six coins "The Knights of Round Table" series. The coin’s reverse portrays a coloured image of Lady of the Lake giving King Arthur his sword Excalibur. Issued as Cook Islands legal tender, the coin bears the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on its obverse. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Lady of the LakeThe Lady of the Lake is the name of several related characters who play parts in Arthurian legend. Depending on the variant, characters' roles include giving King Arthur his sword Excalibur, enchanting Merlin, and raising Lancelot after the death of his father. Various writers and copyists conflated her with, or named her as Nimue, Viviane, Viviana, Vivienne, Elaine, Niniane, Nivian, Nyneve, Nimueh and other variations. Other versions of the legends make Nimue, Viviane, etc., into separate characters. Knights of the Round TableKnights of the Round Table were those men awarded the highest order of Chivalry at the Court of King Arthur in the literary cycle the Matter of Britain. The table at which they met was created to have read more

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