Cook Islands 10 Dollar Silver Coin 2015 Nano Life of Nano Chip Series
Coin Invest Trust has created a coin which captures 542 million years of evolution on our planet condensed on a single coin, compressed on a nano chip. The Nano Life Coin is the fourth issue of the Nano series issued under the authority of the Cook Islands.
Introduced in the 1970s, nanotechnology is concerned with nanostructures, objects on the scale of individual atoms and molecules up to a maximum size of 100 nanometers. Ground-breaking results have already been achieved in informatics and medicine. With the Nano Series, this technology has found its way into minting.
The reverse design incorporates a green nano chip containing informative illustrations and summary texts about our planet’s evolution. The information on the nano chip can be accessed by a viewer under a microscope.
Evolution’s most important milestones are also made visible to the unaided eye. As an embodiment of growth a large colored tree is shown in the center of the coin. This tree is located on an island that is surrounded by water in different shades of cyan. A creature is just leaving the water, crawling onto the island, thus conquering a new habitat. Pterosaurs, apes and humans follow up as representatives of the tree of life. The inscription at the top reads “NANO LIFE”.
The obverse of the coin shows the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, as the head of state of the issuing authority. The inscriptions read “ELIZABETH II”, “COOK ISLANDS”, and the face value “10 DOLLARS”.
Each coin is struck in .999 silver to proof quality with a weight of 50 grams and diameter of 50 mm. The mintage is 1,000 pieces. The coins are minted by B.H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt GmbH. Collectors can purchase the issue through specialty dealers.
Exploiting improved Nano technology, Coin Invest Trust has created a truly breathtaking collectable coin. Struck to impeccable Proof quality from a whopping 50g of sterling silver, the most intriguing aspect of this official legal tender issue is the Nano chip embedded in the imposing 50 mm flan.
The Nano Chip of the latest generation provides an insight into the evolution of life on our planet earth. The most important moments in the evolution of the planet over the last 542 million years can be seen with the naked eye, whilst the use of a microscope will enable you to see the informative illustrations and descriptions engraved upon the tiny green Nano chip.
Beginning in Ancient Times (Paleozoic), on to the Middle Ages (Mesozoic), and right up to Contemporary Time (Cenozoic), illustrations simple arthropods through to Homo erectus are shown as steps of evolution.
Representing a major step forward in the evolution of numismatics, the Nano Life Silver Proof Series has proved a smash hit across the globe. The latest coin in the series – featuring a tiny Nano chip packed full of information on the evolution of life on Earth – is sure to be just as sought after as its predecessors.
Unsurprisingly, given the quality of the coin and the outstanding success of the series, the 1,000-coin mintage of the 2015 $10 Nano Life Silver Proof was instantly and heavily oversubscribed. We were fortunate to get a small allocation from Coin Invest Trust, but a rapid-fire sell-out is inevitable.
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Cook Islands 10 Dollar Silver Coin 2015 Nano Life