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500 Dollars (Venetian merchant traveller Marco Polo)

Series:

1988~2013 - Great Explorers

Catalog codes:

ColnectScrp

Themes:

Buildings | Camels | Famous People | People | Queens | Temples

Issued on:

CopyWrong

Last issue date:

CopyWrong

Distribution:

Numismatic Product

Mints:

Franklin Mint, Exton, PA, U.S.A.

Composition:

Platinum

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Medal alignment ↑O↑

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

14.74 grams

Diameter:

25.8 mm

Face value:

500 $ - Cook Islands dollar

Known mintage:

1,000

Composition Details:

999/1000 Platinum .4734 oz. APW999/1000 Platinum .4734 oz. APW

Score:

97% Accuracy: Very Low

Related items:

1 (See)

Description:

Front: Venetian merchant traveller Marco Polo (front-left)
* 1254, Venice, Republic of Venice
⚭ () Donata Badoer (3 daughters)
† 8 January 1324 (aged 69–70) Venice, Republic of Venice
buried: unknown
on a camel left of people in front of temple
above (value) $500 (dollars)
(low-left, fineness) .999 Platinum
mintmark: (low-left) f (Franklin Mint, Exton, PA, U.S.A.)
in front of decorated ring interupted by the legend
legend: (above, name) MARCO POLO
Back: Crowned head queen Elizabeth II (right, 1952-)
designer: (on trucation) RDM (Raphael David Maklouf, sculptor, 1936-)
legend: (left, ruler) ELIZABETH II
(right, free association of New Zealand) COOK ISLANDS
(bottom, year) 1995
Edge: G - grained, type: bars

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