2013 Tokelau 10 Dollars 2oz .999 Colored Proof Ouroboros Year of Snake COA/BOX

Description: 2013 Tokelau 10 DollarsYear of the Snake 2oz .999 colorized Proof Ouroborous from Tokelau The Infinity Snake COA/BOX 10 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Ouroboros) 2013 Non-circulating coin: Chinese Lunar Year Silver (.999) • 62.207 g • ⌀ 70 mm KM# 66, Mintage 2,500 The coin is at the pinnacle of an Art coin. It's colors bring a sort of brilliance to this donut shaped 2oz coin. You won't be disappointed by this coin. It's struck in a proof finish with .999 silver at 70mm it makes a strong statement. The coin is a limited edition 2oz coin of only 2500 examples. The Ouroboros, Infinty Snake, is engraved by Ian-Rank Bradley ensuring its artistic integrity. A great compliment to any collector. This is the subjective opinion of a hobbyist and collector, not a professional, and you even have to question a professional opinion, because there is no clear objective science behind the gradation of coins, it is all a matter of opinion. So you advocate for yourself and grade it as you see it, if it passes your inspection you will soon have a Brilliant Collection, that you love. And that is Dropping Science: Honesty!!! A 'Finnosiane Coins and Collectibles' Virtue!!! ***LOW MINTAGE OF ONLY 2500 EXAMPLES*** ***LOW MINTAGE OF ONLY 2500 EXAMPLES*** ***ENGRAVED BY IAN-RANK BRADLEY*** IAN-RANK BRADLEY A colored Ouroboros engraved by Ian-Rank Bradley famous for his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and several designs for British coinage and the memorial statue of Princess Diana at Kensington Palace in London unveiled on her 60th birthday in 2021. In 1997 he won the Royal Mint competition for a new effigy of Elizabeth II to appear on the obverse of circulated British and some Commonwealth coinage from 1998 onward. Later that year, he also won a Royal Mint competition for his design of the Queen Mother Centennial crown coin. In 2002 his design of the reverse of a British Five Pound coin was issued. He also designed the conjoint portrait of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on the 2007 crown coin, celebrating their sixtieth wedding anniversary. It is the third time Rank-Broadley has designed both the obverse and reverse of a single coin. More recently he has been commissioned to design and model the gold kilo coin celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. In 2012 he was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Vicenza Numismatica. Ouroboros The Ouroboros, or Infinty Snake, is a universal symbol for the myth of eternal return. The snake eats it's own tale thereby replicating itself. Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung saw the ouroboros as an archetype and the basic mandala of alchemy. Jung also defined the relationship of the ouroboros to alchemy: The alchemists, who in their own way knew more about the nature of the individuation process than we moderns do, expressed this paradox through the symbol of the ouroboros, the snake that eats its own tail. The ouroboros has been said to have a meaning of infinity or wholeness. In the age-old image of the ouroboros lies the thought of devouring oneself and turning oneself into a circulatory process, for it was clear to the more astute alchemists that the prima materia of the art was man himself. The ouroboros is a dramatic symbol for the integration and assimilation of the opposite, i.e. of the shadow. This 'feedback' process is at the same time a symbol of immortality since it is said of the Ouroboros that he slays himself and brings himself to life, fertilizes himself, and gives birth to himself. He symbolizes the One, who proceeds from the clash of opposites, and he, therefore, constitutes the secret of the prima materia which ... unquestionably stems from man's unconscious. The Jungian psychologist Erich Neumann writes of it as a representation of the pre-ego "dawn state", depicting the undifferentiated infancy experience of both mankind and the individual child. Series: Chinese Lunar Year Obverse The Effigy of HM Queen Elizabeth II Lettering: ~ ELIZABETH II ~ ~ TOKELAU 2013 ~ IRB TEN DOLLARS Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley Reverse A coloured ouroboros Edge Reeded Mint B. H. Mayer Kunstprageanstalt, Karlsfeld, Germany (1999-date) !!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!! The price includes the item, safe and secure packaging materials, postage and/or extra postage due to packaging, and other costs associated with the safe secure shipping and sale of your item, and a very small premium for me: with the promise that you will not be disappointed in your item(s). ----Browse, Bid, Buy, and Banter---- THAT'S MY MOTTO!!! ALL ARE WELCOME ANYTIME!!! PLEASE ENJOY YOUR TIME IN MY STORE!!! I LIKE TO TRY AND KEEP A UNIQUE AND ECLECTIC SELECTION OF COINS, EXONUMIA, AND MISCELLANY AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR SALE. I SEARCH FOR COINS OF INTEREST BY GOING TO A VARIETY OF PLACES, COIN-N-MEDAL SHOWS, to FLEA MARKETS, to YARD SALES, ETC. 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