Tuvalu 1 Dollar The Great Warriors Series Viking Silver Coloured Proof Coin 2010

Tuvalu 1 dollar the Great Warriors series Viking Silver Coloured Proof Coin 2010

Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Tuvalu Metal Purity:    Silver 0.999 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2010 Weight:   1 Oz CoA:   Yes Face Value:   1 dollar Dimensions:   40.60     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   5,000  

The coin's reverse portrays a Viking in colour. Beginning in the 8th century, Vikings voyaged from Scandinavia across an area stretching from North America .to the Black Sea. Using their famous longships to plunder and later colonise many coastal areas, they were fierce raiders. The design shows a Viking warrior gripping a Dane Axe in both hands. The weapons' forged heads are decorated to denote the user's wealth and status. Vikings wore woollen shirts and long cloth trousers with leather hobnailed boots, In battle they wore iron helmets, which in contrast to popular belief did not have horns. Wealthy Viking warriors could also afford a chain mail shirt, which would have been extremely labour- intensive to make. The coin's obverse depicts the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2010 year-date and the rnonetary denomination.

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