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Muisca Raft (left)
- Country:
- Colombia
- Series:
- Colombia and the Eldorado Legend
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:CO 2296, Sn:CO 1221a, Lt:CO HF59a
- Themes:
- Golden Objects
- Issued on:
- VisitColnectCom
- Size:
- 50 x 40 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Printers:
- Fesa S.A.
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- 12¼
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Face value:
- 1,700 $ - Colombian peso
- Print run:
- 140,000
- Score:
- 77% Accuracy: Low
- Description:
- Stamp from souvenir sheet showing the left part of the famous golden Muisca
raft gurded in the Gold Museum of Bogotá, Colombia. - Buy Now:
Muisca Raft (right)
- Country:
- Colombia
- Series:
- Colombia and the Eldorado Legend
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:CO 2297, Sn:CO 1221b, Lt:CO HF59b
- Themes:
- Golden Objects
- Issued on:
- 2004-03-10
- Size:
- 41 x 51 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Printers:
- Fesa S.A.
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- 12¼
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Face value:
- 2,000 $ - Colombian peso
- Print run:
- 140,000
- Score:
- 72% Accuracy: Low
- Description:
- VisitColnectCom
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Muisca Raft
- Country:
- Colombia
- Series:
- Colombia and the Eldorado Legend
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectIsBest
- Themes:
- Archaeology | Golden Objects | Museums | Rafts | Tribal Chiefs and Caciques
- Issued on:
- iInfringe
- Size:
- 120 x 90 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Printers:
- Fesa S.A.
- Format:
- Souvenir Sheet
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- 12¼
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Face value:
- 3,700 $ - Colombian peso
- Print run:
- 140,000
- Score:
- 79% Accuracy: Low
- Description:
- Numbered souvenir sheet of two stamps. One horizontal and the other vertical.
The Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca in Spanish), sometimes referred to as the El Dorado Raft, is an artistic figure of pre-Columbian gold votive, drafted by the Muisca who established one of the four grand civilisations in the Americas on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The piece is exhibited at the Gold Museum in Bogota. It is estimated that the figure was drawn between 600 and 1600 AD by lost-wax casting in gold with a small amount of copper.
The figure refers to the ceremony of the legend of El Dorado. It represents the ceremony of investiture of the Muisca chief, which used to take place at Lake Guatavita. During this ritual, the heir to the chieftainship (zipa) covered his body with gold dust and jumped into the lake along with gold offerings and emeralds to the gods. The piece has a base in the shape of a log boat with dimensions of 19.5 cm x 10.1 cm and various figures on the raft, the largest figure that stands in the middle apparently represents the chief, which is adorned with headdresses, nose rings and earrings, measuring 10.2 cm and is surrounded by his soldiers who carry banners.
The raft was found by three farmers in early 1969 in a cave in the village of Lázaro Fonte in the municipality of Pasca (Cundinamarca), Colombia in a ceramic pot, adorned with a human figure whose face has sharp teeth. The priest of the municipality protected the piece until it was acquired by Bogota's Gold Museum and where it has become one of its major exhibition pieces.It has never left Colombia. - Buy Now:
Treasures in Wrecks - Gold Watch
- Country:
- Finland
- Series:
- Gulf of Finland 2004
- Catalog codes:
- iInfringe
- Themes:
- Clocks | Golden Objects | Sea | Shipwrecks
- Issued on:
- ColnectScrp
- Size:
- 33.5 x 28.5 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Designers:
- Ari Lakaniemi | Susanna Rumpu
- Printers:
- Walsall Security Printers Ltd.
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 14¼ x 13
- Printing:
- Offset lithography and Embossed
- Paper:
- 110 g/m² Satimat
- Gum:
- Ordinary
- Face value:
- 1st Class º - No Face Value
- Print run:
- 720,000
- Score:
- 76% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- From Booklet LaPe FI V62.
Bottom side imperforate. - Buy Now:
75th Temple: Zentsū-ji (Right Path Temple)
- Country:
- Japan
- Series:
- Cultural Heritage of Shikoku's Eighty-eight Temples
- Catalog codes:
- CopyWrong
- Themes:
- Buddhism | Golden Objects | Religion | Temples
- Issued on:
- 2004-11-05
- Size:
- 26 x 36 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Regional
- Perforation:
- comb 13½
- Printing:
- Photogravure
- Gum:
- Ordinary
- Face value:
- 80 ¥ - Japanese yen
- Score:
- 62% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- This stamp was also issued by Ehime, Kagawa, Kochi and Tokushima Prefectures.
Gold Copper & Tin Cane Head
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Famous as the birthplace of Kōbō Daishi, this was the first Shingon temple in Japan. Its name derives from his father's name Yoshimichi (Zenstv), which literally means 'Right Path.'
Legend states that the temple was built on sand from the eight sacred places of India, which had been given to Kōbō Daishi by his teacher Hui Kuo. It took six years to complete construction and was dedicated in 816 (or 813). Kōbō Daishi also is credited with carving the honzon. The chief priest was traditionally appointed by the emperor himself.
This location is also called Byōbugara. Kōbō Daishi parents are Yoshimichi Saeki and Tamayori-gozen. The name he was given at birth was Mao (Real Fish).
As is appropriate, this temple, and its surrounding town, is the largest on the island of Shikoku and contains the typical seven shrines and pagoda. Be sure to visit the tunnel corridor (Kaidan Meguri) in the basement of Tanjōin. You must walk the one hundred yards through the tunnel and past 88 Buddhas without a lamp. Evil people are supposed to get stuck in the tunnel. Also in the tunnel is a small square, said to mark the exact spot of Kōbō Daishi's birth.
There is controversy about this temple, though. At the time of Kōbō Daishi's birth, women were generally banned from the house during times of menstruation and childbirth as they were considered to be ritually unclean at these times. Some say that Kōbō Daishi was born at a house nearer the beach and there is a bangai temple at that location now, but there seems little doubt that he was raised in a house at this location.
At this temple one can see a grave where Mao buried his dog, a scroll written by his mother, and a statue carved by Kōbō Daishi when he was a young man. Near the back of the temple compound is the Miedo, once the house of Kōbō Daishi's mother and now a temple. Also in the back is a new meditation hall, made of highly polished marble, and a n new stupa. - Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 0.58
Gold Earrings (IV cent. BC)
- Country:
- Moldova
- Series:
- Heritage of the Museums of the Republic of Moldova
- Catalog codes:
- from colnect.com
- Has minor variants: 1
- Themes:
- Archaeology | Golden Objects | Jewelery | Museums | Seals (Emblems)
- Issued on:
- 2004-12-28
- Size:
- 46 x 27.5 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Designers:
- L. Sainkiuch
- Printers:
- Tipografia Centrală, Chişinău
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 14 x 14½
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Paper:
- chalky
- Face value:
- 40 b - Moldovan ban
- Print run:
- 100,000
- Score:
- 62% Accuracy: Medium
- Related items:
- 1 (See)
- Description:
- Issued in sheets of 10 (2 x 5) stamps.
Bottom text: From the Heritage of the Museums of the Republic of Moldova.
Right side text: Museum of Archeology and Ethnography.
Discovered in Balabani, Taraclia District. - Buy Now:
Gold Earrings (IV cent. BC)
- Country:
- Moldova
- Series:
- Heritage of the Museums of the Republic of Moldova
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:MD 497KB, Col:MD 2004.12.28-03a, Sg:Unlisted
- Minor variant of #216601
- Themes:
- Archaeology | Golden Objects | Jewelery | Museums | Seals (Emblems)
- Issued on:
- CopyWrong
- Size:
- 113 x 163 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Designers:
- L. Sainkiuch
- Printers:
- Tipografia Centrală, Chişinău
- Format:
- Full Pane
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 14 x 14½
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Paper:
- chalky
- Face value:
- 10*40 b - Moldovan ban
- Print run:
- 10,000
- Score:
- 84% Accuracy: Very Low
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Gold Torque (IV-III cent. BC)
- Country:
- Moldova
- Series:
- Heritage of the Museums of the Republic of Moldova
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:MD 498, Yt:MD 431, Sg:MD 493, Col:MD 2004.12.28-04
- Has minor variants: 1
- Themes:
- Archaeology | Golden Objects | Jewelery | Museums | Seals (Emblems)
- Issued on:
- ColnectIsBest
- Size:
- 46 x 27.5 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Designers:
- L. Sainkiuch
- Printers:
- Tipografia Centrală, Chişinău
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 14 x 14½
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Paper:
- chalky
- Face value:
- 1 L - Moldovan leu
- Print run:
- 100,000
- Score:
- 56% Accuracy: Medium
- Related items:
- 1 (See)
- Description:
- Issued in sheets of 10 (2 x 5) stamps.
Bottom text: From the Heritage of the Museums of the Republic of Moldova.
Right side text: Museum of Archeology and Ethnography. - Buy Now:
Gold Torque (IV-III cent. BC)
- Country:
- from colnect.com
- Series:
- iInfringe
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:MD 498KB, Col:MD 2004.12.28-04a, Sg:Unlisted
- Minor variant of #216602
- Themes:
- ColnectScrp
- Issued on:
- 2004-12-28
- Size:
- VisitColnectCom
- Colors:
- CopyWrong
- Watermark:
- VisitColnectCom
- Designers:
- iInfringe
- Printers:
- CopyWrong
- Format:
- ColnectIsBest
- Emission:
- VisitColnectCom
- Perforation:
- VisitColnectCom
- Printing:
- CopyWrong
- Paper:
- ColnectIsBest
- Face value:
- iInfringe
- Print run:
- from colnect.com
- Score:
- ColnectScrp
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- ColnectScrp
Carved Relief of Russian Crown
- Country:
- Russia
- Series:
- Reopening of Amber Room, Tsarskoye Selo State Museum (2003)
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectScrp
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Art | Crowns and Coronets | Golden Objects | Museums
- Issued on:
- 2004-05-25
- Size:
- 51 x 37.5 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Watermark:
- No Watermark
- Designers:
- A. Minin (P) | Sergei Lemeshko
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 13¼
- Printing:
- Offset lithography and Embossed
- Paper:
- coated with lacquer
- Face value:
- 5 ₽ - Russian ruble
- Print run:
- 600,000
- Score:
- 38% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Issued in sheets of 10 (2 x 5) stamps.
- Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 8.66