April 12, 2024
MARCO POLO Journeys Of Discovery 2 oz Moneta Argento 5$ Niue 2015
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MARCO POLO Journeys Of Discovery 2 oz Silver Coin 5$ Niue 2015 MARCO POLO Silver 999/1000 Coin - Weight (g) 62.2 (2 oz) This Marco Polo 2 oz Silver Coin marks the first release in our new Journeys of Discovery Coin Series. Each release will be presented in a timber treasure chest with a uniquely numbered certificate of authenticity. This in turn will be packed in a protective draw string sack, modelled on those used to transport materials to trade around the globe on great Journeys of Discovery throughout history. The coin's reverse depicts a beautiful fully engraved, high-relief coin has an antique finish. The illustration shows the moment of Marco Polo meeting the great Kublai Khan. This scene is set in a stronghold of the powerful Mongol Empire which Polo marvelled so much at discovering.The coin's obverse features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Marco Polo Marco Polo was a Italian merchant traveller whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde (Book of the Marvels of the World, also known as The Travels of Marco Polo, c. 1300), a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China.He learned the mercantile trade from his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, who travelled through Asia, and met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet
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