COOK ISLANDS
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT)
HOUSE OF WINDSOR
MOBY DICK $500 DOLLAR WHALE-SIZE 2 KILOGRAM PROOF SILVER COIN
FIRST PUBLISHING OF "MOBY DICK: THE WHALE" SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE
OBV: ELIZABETH II
REV: MOBY DICK JUMPING OUT OF WATER AND OVER WHALEBOAT WITH SIX CREWMEN
THE CLASSIC, MOBY DICK BY HERMAN MELVILLE (1819-1891), IS CONSIDERED A MASTERPIECE OF AMERICAN AND WORLD LITERATURE AND RELATES THE STORY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A SAILOR, ISHMAEL, AND HIS ADVENTURES ON A 19TH CENTURY NEW ENGLAND WHALING SHIP, THE PEQUOD. IT IS ALSO THE STORY OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP, AHAB, WHO IS DRIVEN BY HIS OBSESSION FOR REVENGE IN HIS QUEST TO DESTROY THE GREAT WHITE WHALE , MOBY DICK, THE GIANT SEA CREATURE THAT BIT OFF HIS LEG.
KM #389
THIS MASSIVE COIN CONTAINS 2000 GRAMS OF .999 FINE SILVER (64.31 OZS ASW)
115 MM IN DIAMETER AND 20 MM THICK
COMES IN MAHOGANY PORTHOLE SHAPED STANDING DISPLAY WITH BRASS HARDWARE AND GLASS AND ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP OF "THE VOYAGE OF THE PEQUOD" FROM THE BOOK MOBY DICK
ONLY 600 MINTED!
