2010 Italy €5 Silver Proof "Arts: Santa Chiara" inaugural issue

I just came across this new series from Italy. Has anyone seen the actual coin yet? It is a real work of art IMO. It will be interesting to see how the series progresses.

Here is the link:
http://rsmint.com/2010italy5eurosilverproofcoinsantachiara.aspx

 

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:devil:Jezzzzzz and I was hoping for Mussolini.

 

Here is a photo (from a German dealer) of the actual coin, with box and certificate:
http://www.honscha.de/bilder/5it102.jpg

All Italian collector coins from last year are listed here:
http://www.ipzs.it/news/coins10/pdf/catalogo.pdf
You may like the Aquileia €10 piece from the same series too ...

Christian

 

Thanks for posting Christian. I am luke warm on the Italian piece, I expect more from them. It reminds me of a post Battista Cuban piece. Lemme see if I can dig it out of my collection. See the similarities ???

 

Yes, and I actually like it when buildings are depicted "differently". In many cases a full frontal view, or maybe an aerial view, is shown on a coin - on these two pieces a different perspective is used.

Then again, I do like the Aquileia coin that I mentioned better than the Naples (Sta. Chiara) pieces. Unfortunately it is also quite a bit more expensive. An image is here: http://www.honscha.de/bilder/10it102.jpg

Christian

 

Ahhh that one is much better, Christian. I like it, but the building looks like its part of an old "Pac-man" game board.

 

Thanks for posting that link! that is a beautiful coin.

 

Is it possible to order directly from the Italian mint? Will they ship to the U.S?

 

I'm not sure Johnny, maybe someone can answer that for us.

 

Basically it is possible. Whether the mint ships to the US ... dunno, but even if they do, it may be a little expensive.

(€5 Santa Chiara Napoli) http://www.zecca.ipzs.it/cgi-free/d...artic?cod_tipol=1&cod_colle=000&cod_artic=252
(€10 Aquileia) http://www.zecca.ipzs.it/cgi-free/d...artic?cod_tipol=1&cod_colle=000&cod_artic=254

Christian