SZLAK BURSZTYNOWY - KALININGRAD $1
Stan zachowania monety: I (UNC)
Issuer: Niue Island
Face value: 1 dolar
Metal: Ag 925 with amber
Quality: STANDARD
Size: 38,61 mm
Weingt: 28,28 g
Mintage: 10 000 szt.
Year of issue: JANUARY 2008
Producent: Mennica Polska
Coin + certyfikat.
Obverse:
In the centre, a stylized image
of a cart, in which ambers were carried by the Romans from Baltic Sea to
Italy. Behind the cart, on the left, a stylized image of a head of the
Roman. On the background, a stylized image of a map with Baltic Sea
outline. At the top, along the edge, a semicircular inscription: AMBER
ROUTE. At the bottom, a semicircular inscription: NIUE ISLAND; above it,
a nominal value: 1 Dollar. An image of the Queen Elizabeth II with the
Mint’s mark (m/w), on the left of the cart. On the right of the Queen’s
head, an inscription: ELIZABETH II; under it, a year of issue: 2009.
Reverse:
In the
centre, an inscription: KALININGRAD (name of the Russian city – point of
the Amber Route). Under the inscription, a stylized images of pugios –
small daggers used by Romans. Above the inscription, a stylized image of
the Königsberg Castle; next to the castle, on the right, a stylized
image of a coin, which the ambers were paid for in those times. Under
the coin, on the right, an amber insert. At the bottom, along the edge, a
semicircular inscription in Polish: SZLAK BURSZTYNOWY (Amber Route).
