Silver Collector Coins

The silver collector coins as is apparent from the name itself are collector’s items that highlight the peculiarity of the age and also the people. The silver collector coins are of great importance in the whole historical and archaeological science. The silver collector coins are rare specimens of the socio-political, economic and cultural advancements of the various ages. The coins usually reflect the artistic trends of the age and are excellent sources of information on the activities of kings, their heirs, usurpers and tyrants who used this medium as an instrument of propaganda to hand down their ideas and customs. The silver collector coins have many historical facts and memories interwoven in them to make them priceless collectors’ items.

The silver collector coins were usually created by a certain group of people appointed by the state who had really high imaginative powers to be able to create some of the finest specimens of art that the world had never seen before.

The common themes depicted included- the portrait of some famous figure of the age or related to the age in some way; battles; classical illusions that abounded with historical scenes or scenes of everyday life; and architectural images. These silver coins were means of propaganda and as they depended solely on the imaginative skills of the people creating them, there was sometimes a limitation in the various portrayals on the coins.

The European commission has come up with a silver collector coin to commemorate the European Commission. The obverse of the coin shows the building “Berlaymont” along with the 12 stars indicating the ‘Commission europeene’. The reverse depicts HRH, the grand Duke Henri and bears the indication ‘LETZEBUERG’ besides the Euro symbol and the imprint of 2006. The smooth edged coin has a diameter of 37 mm, a thickness of 2.2.mm and a weight of 22.85 grams with a face value of 25 Euro.