Some Coins Combine Precious Metal and Gemstones (inc. 2011 SNOWFLAKES)

The Royal Canadian Mint has released the silver 2010 Snowflake coins, and two new silver coins coins containing gemstones, the new Pine Cone coins. These are perhaps four of the most beautiful coins available. In 2011 the release includes FOUR SNOWFLAKE coins, two using a new design, and a Christmas Tree coin with embedded stones

Lunar Series II Rabbit from the Perth Mint

1 kilogram of silver with emeralds for the eyes

There are occasional coins or series with gemstones commemorating religious people or places.

There are numerous countries that have coins honoring Pope John Paul II, either as a person of significant importance or in honor of a papal visit to a country. These could be considered as religious, or one might simply consider them as historically significant.
The Cook Islands has numerous spiritual coins in fine silver with gemstones. These are quite unique. They are not round. They take the shapes suggested by the subjects of the coins. Silver coins of unique shape highlighted in gold and encrusted with stones make some of the most magnificent coins available.

Belarus, has, through the Mint of Poland, issued a five coin series honoring Orthodox Saints. These definitely carry a religious message. Each of the five coins in this series are available as proof silver coins, proof gold coins, and uncirculated gold coins. The silver coins have an oxidized finish, giving them a unique appearance. Each coin also contains four synthetic stones. The coins are round, but a colored rectangular image appears on the obverse of each, making them take on the iconoclastic look. These coins were minted by the Mint of Poland for the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus. The subjects of the Belarus Orthodox Saint series includes St. Panteleimon, St. Seraphim of Sarov, St Seraphim of Sarov, St. Sergii of Radonezh, and St. Nicholas.
Black Spaniel Gallery provides links to the major mints in English speaking countries, but not to the mints mentioned in this article because there is no possibility of buying directly from them. For additional information and links to some mints that actually do sell to the public please visit http://blackspanielgallery.com and select the button to the page desired. This service to the coin collecting community is happily provided.
This article is intended to show a sample of current spiritual coins available.

Thee Perth Mint of Australia has been making one kiolgram silvr coins with embedded gemstones. The lunar coins of series I had diamonds embeded. Currently, the Perth Mint is working through series II, and each year the gemstone changes.

These are very limited coins.

The Perth Mint, the Mint of Poland, and the Royal Canadian Mint all have used gemstones in coinage.

The Perth Mint's Treasures of Australia is unique in that there is a window in the metal that encases several small stones. Also significant is that the Perth Mint uses many different stones, while the Royal canadian Mint and the Mint of Poland are more inclined to set Swarovski crystals.

Gemstones enhance coins with great beauty not attainabe with just metal.

COINS with GEMSTONES

The Australian Treasures series combines coins with gemstones.: The gold coins have a denomination of $100AU and contain 1 ounce of gold. The current issues are the gold nugget coins. The past issues were the sapphire, opal, and diamond coins. The remaining coins will have pearls included in them.
The series also has three 1 ounce silver coins, with denominations of $1AU. They are all proof quality. Unfortunately, these coins sell out rapidly.
The Treasures of Australia series shows the richness of the continent of Australia, and results in some beautiful coins. To view these, or to order the gold coins, go to Blackspanielgallery.com and click the Australian button. From there migrate to the mint gift shop, made easy by the banners.
The gemstone coins are products of the Perth Mint. Black Spaniel Gallery maintains a link to these coins on our website.
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