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Coin "Assumption of the Virgin"

Name | Assumption of the Virgin |
Presented by | Resource Trade, Russia |
Nominal value | 5 dollars (Cook Islands) |
Metal | Silver 999° |
Mintage | 500 |
Production quality | Proof, gold-plated |
Description of obverse and reverse | Obverse: in the central part - a portrait of the Queen of England Elizabeth II, at the top - the inscription: “COOK ISLANDS” and the face value “5 DOLLARS”, at the bottom - the inscription “ELIZABETH II”. Reverse: in the central part - the image of the revered icon “The Assumption of the Virgin” - the oldest and most beloved by Orthodox people. |
A brief annotation | Numerous icons of the Virgin pour out flows of healing signs everywhere. The proximity to our world the Mother of God appears in Her icons. For us She is an Assistant, Healer and the one who heals our spiritual and bodily injuries. The image of the Virgin has always been and remains now the most beloved in Orthodoxy. |
Designer | Artist Leonov N.S. |
Producer | B.H. Mayer’s Kunstpraegeanstalt (Germany) |
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