Every December, @silverd510 encourages members of the silver gold stackers community to create a “Twelve Days of Christmas Silver Wish List”. The list is in part an overpriced dream list of coins.
It is also a helpful shopping tool for those participating in our group’s Secret Santa gift exchange.
Silverd started this posting prompt way back in 2019 when we were all still on Steemit. Here is my list from that year. A few ambitious pieces rounded out the docket.
Time to check an item off the list!!!
Feast your eyes upon the Niue Plague Doctor!
I have been coveting this coin from the moment I first saw it. Minted in 2019 (before covid brought plagues front of mind again), this 2oz coin was issued for Niue, a small South Pacific nation 1500 miles from New Zealand. The coin is made from .999 pure antiqued silver and selectively gilded with 24 carat gold.
The raised obverse features a 17th century plague doctor (surrounded by skeletons) wearing medieval p.p.e. These inexperienced and often completely untrained “doctors” were hired by the governments of Europe to count infections and deaths from the bubonic plague. Thinking the plague was spread through “miasma”, their beaked masks werw filled with herbs and perfumes for disease protection. The skeletal figures remind us that death (not healing) generally followed the plague doctor’s visit.
On the reverse the piece features a portrait of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II drawn by Ian Rank-Broadly. There are only 500 copies available of this limited addition coin created at the Mint of Poland. Though the coin has a $5 face value, it originally sold online for $300. I was over the moon to obtain my copy for half the price.
The coin is presented in a double open sided display case. On one side the paper surround is covered in images of skulls, while the other serves as the piece’s certificate of authenticity. Here you will also see the coin’s stats including weight (62.2g) and diameter (50mm).
After YEARS of waiting, I am so happy to FINALLY have this coin!
Stack on friends!
All photos are my own. Taken Jan 31, 2024 on my iPhone 13
That’s awesome. Cross it off the list!!!
It is soooo much nicer in person that it ever looked in photos. And BIG. I love it so much.
Glad that you got it.
Damn! 💀
Indeed! 😃
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That coin is !PIMP and !DOPE
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Now what coin will i pine over the next 4+ years?
I love it!
What a way to look tall,very dark, and cool in the 17th Century. Yet no one ever mentions the plague nurse assistant.
Congratulations @dfinney
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I feel like plague nurse assistant is a post anthology waiting to happen! Is she the one popping pustules? Maybe after months of working under a condescending know it all doctor, she sabotages his mask, he subsequently dies of plague and she steps into the role and under the mask but no one is the wiser. 🤔
The eyeliner might give her away.
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Awesome 2 ounce antique gilded coin @dfinney !😊
I’m starting to become a big fan of the antique look!
It’s hard to believe that so-called doctors actually believed this would protect them from plague !🙄
I guess I need to put this Coin on my wish list now !😇
Nice!!!!
What an awesome piece! glad you're whittling down the list!
The last coin I really desperately want from my 2019 list is a Barbados Underwater World spotted seal. 3oz. Dan thing was $250 back then… now $450!
Boooooo!
Very cool @dfinney! Who would have thought we might could have used that mask again in the 21st century!
I like the detailing and of course, the gold adds a splash of color. Very nice! Thanks for sharing and congrats on obtaining one of your heart's desires!🤗💜 !LADY
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COVID 1 coin looks pretty sick still 🤣 !BBH
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The plague coin is both creepy and cool! It has a lot of details in it, beautiful collector piece, had to wait a bit but it was worth it I bet.
It was worth the wait. Especially with the price drop! 😍
Wow, the details of that one are amazing. I can see why you had it on your list!
Congrats on finding it for half the price of the 300 it was sold for originally.. that must have been a great feeling :)
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It was a great feeling! Good things come to those who wait. 🥰😍
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Wow... That one is super awsome and I love all the details in it.
I bet it looks even more awsome in your hand 😍😁
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WOOT, WOOT!!! What a pretty coin!!! And a hefty one at 2 oz!
I love it, @dfinney! Great job!!!
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What an awesome coin! You got a great deal on that, I may have to add that to my list too now!
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