31.1 (1 oz). This beautiful 1 Oz Silver coin is part of the Fantastic World of Jules Verne series, dedicated to some of the writers most beautiful stories. In this edition the Mechanical Elephant. The coin has a wonderful design, has a beautiful Relief, has a Proof quality and comes in a themed case, along with the Certificate of Authenticity. Limited mintage of 1.000 pieces worldwide. The reverse of the coin depicts the wonderful and detailed image of the Mechanical Elephant from the famous story by Jules Verne The Steam House. On the top of the reverse, the inscription: MECHANICAL ELEPHANT the name of the coin. The obverse of the coin depicts the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II surrounded by beautiful images from the stories written by Jules Verne and the inscriptions: ELIZABETH II the name of the Queen, 2018 the year of issue, NIUE ISLAND the issuing country and 1 DOLLAR the face value. Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. Verne was born in the seaport of Nantes, where he was trained to follow in his father’s footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in life to write for magazines and the stage. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. His reputation is markedly different in Anglophone regions, where he has often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children’s books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels are often reprinted. Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. [5] He has sometimes been called the “Father of Science Fiction”, a title that has also been given to H. Wells and Hugo Gernsback. The item “MECHANICAL ELEPHANT Fantastic World Jules Verne 1 Oz Silver Coin 1$ Niue 2018″ is in sale since Thursday, November 8, 2018. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\Other Oceania Coins”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Niue
- Year: 2018
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
- Composition: Silver
- Certification: Uncertified
