2014 Cook Islands Silver $10 - Galileo Galilei Anniversary - PF70 UC - NGC Coin For Sale

2014 Cook Islands Silver $10 - Galileo Galilei - 450th Anniversary of Birth - Large 2 oz Proof - with Authentic Moon Stone - PF 70 Ultra Cameo - NGCCoin -with a very popular Brown Label-with the OriginalGovernment Packaging -MINTAGE = 999 !!!!! POPULATION = 16!!!!!

The Coin-an exceptionally rareCook Islands Silver $10 - Galileo Galilei - 450th Anniversary of Birth - Large 2 oz Proof - with Authentic Moon Stone-Coin andPackaging Set - this coin contains very special design - large two ounce proof with authentic moon stone embedded in this coin and is in thehighestpossible grade -PF 70Ultra Cameo(PFis Proof Finish).Additionally,asuper popularBrown LabelfromNGC is present on this coin !!! Thisamazing pure silver coin celebrates the 450th anniversary of birth of one of the most famous scientists of all time - Galileo Galilei.This amazing large two ounce silver coin is honoring this great man who changed the world. Symbolizing his discovery of lunar mountains and craters on the moon\'s surface there is applied a natural moonstone in the coin.Additionally,thiscoin is produced by Coin Invest Trust andthis coin and allcoins from the previous releases and years have beencompletely soldoutfrom the New Zealand Mint, Perth Mint and Mayer Mint !!!

This coin is very unique in that it hasAuthenticMoon Stoneembedded on to the coin itself along with thefact that this coin is designed inproof finish, while being struck on large pure silver proof coin.Issued as legal tender under theGovernment of Cook Islandsthis coinis meticulously struck by theMayer Mintfrom puresilver in proof quality.Furthermore, this beautifully depicted -Galileo Galilei - 450th Anniversary of Birth - Large 2 oz Proof - with Authentic Moon Stone coin-in a three-dimensional proof finish with a mirrored background on a stunning pure silver coin is minted from .999-fine silver andis limited to a worldwidemintage of just 999 coins, and thisexample has been graded a perfect PF 70, the highest possible grade from NGC!!!

The Obversecontainsa portrait of Galileo looking into a sky featuring the moon, some stars, and the then known solar system. The coin has the moon replaced with a piece of authentic moon stonealong with the inscription - 450th ANNIVERSARY GALILEO GALILEI - encircles this design. The year-dates - 1564-2014 are present at the bottom ofthis coin. The most interesting item about this design however, is theauthentic piece of Moon Stone located at the top left side of this coin and makesthis coin a unique masterpiece.This is a stunning design of engravingartistry and fantastic art work like no other.

The Reversecontains the profile of Queen Elizabeth II with thecountryof origin - COOK ISLANDS-located on the right side of this designandthedenomination - 10 DOLLARS- depicted at the top of this coin. The amount and purity of silver - 2 oz Ag 999 - along with the year-date - 2014 -are located at the bottom of this design.

The Edgeforthis coin is serrated. Additionally, a very popularlabel is present-Brown Label- from NGC.The NGC label provides furtherguarantee of the coin\'s weight, purity, and overallquality - adding afactor of collectability to this unique coin.

Extra Bonus Packaging-included with this super rare coin is the Original Government Packaging (OGP) -thiscoin comes with the presentationpackaging like no other -the amazing themedmoon-shaped grey presentation box - an absolutely stunning representation of the moon in this packaging complements this coin perfectly.The original white card-board outer case houses thedeluxe moon-shaped presentation box. The original bag to protect the moon-shaped presentation box is included along with the original coin capsule.

Additionally, this packagingcontainsindividually numberedCertificate of Authenticity(thecertificate is entirely in English - the official language of CookIslands). The Certificate of Authenticity states that theauthority of the Government of the Cook Islands certifies that this coin islegal tenderof Cook Islandsand is guaranteed to match the standards of fineness and weight set down in thespecification. All of this makes this coin and packaging an ideal gift for any coincollectorand is atrulymagnificent work of art !!!

The Story-Galileo Galilei (15 February, 1564 - 8 January, 1642), was an Italian astronomer, physicist, mathematician, engineer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance. He is widely heralded as one of the greatest scientists of all time. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the \"father of modern observational astronomy\", the \"father of modern physics\", the \"father of science\", and \"the father of modern science\".

Galileo Galilei\'scontributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter (named the Galilean moons in his honor), and the observation and analysis of sunspots. Galileo also worked in applied science and technology, inventing an improved military compass and other instruments.

Galileo made original contributions to the science of motion through an innovative combination of experiment and mathematics. More typical of science at the time were the qualitative studies of William Gilbert, on magnetism and electricity. Galileo\'s father, Vincenzo Galilei, a music theorist, had performed experiments establishing perhaps the oldest known non-linear relation in physics: for a stretched string, the pitch varies as the square root of the tension. These observations lay within the framework of the Pythagorean tradition of music, well-known to instrument makers, which included the fact that subdividing a string by a whole number produces a harmonious scale. Thus, a limited amount of mathematics had long related music and physical science, and young Galileo could see his own father\'s observations expand on that tradition.

Galileo was one of the first modern thinkers to clearly state that the laws of nature are mathematical. In The Assayer he wrote \"Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe ... It is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures;....\" His mathematical analyses are a further development of a tradition employed by late scholastic natural philosophers, which Galileo learned when he studied philosophy. His work marked another step towards the eventual separation of science from both philosophy and religion; a major development in human thought. He was often willing to change his views in accordance with observation. In order to perform his experiments, Galileo had to set up standards of length and time, so that measurements made on different days and in different laboratories could be compared in a reproducible fashion. This provided a reliable foundation on which to confirm mathematical laws using inductive reasoning.

Galileo showed a modern appreciation for the proper relationship between mathematics, theoretical physics, and experimental physics. He understood the parabola, both in terms of conic sections and in terms of the ordinate (y) varying as the square of the abscissa (x). Galilei further asserted that the parabola was the theoretically ideal trajectory of a uniformly accelerated projectile in the absence of friction and other disturbances. He conceded that there are limits to the validity of this theory, noting on theoretical grounds that a projectile trajectory of a size comparable to that of the Earth could not possibly be a parabola, but he nevertheless maintained that for distances up to the range of the artillery of his day, the deviation of a projectile\'s trajectory from a parabola would be only very slight.

Galileo\'s theoretical and experimental work on the motions of bodies, along with the largely independent work of Kepler and René Descartes, was a precursor of the classical mechanics developed by Sir Isaac Newton. Galileo conducted several experiments with pendulums. It is popularly believed (thanks to the biography by Vincenzo Viviani) that these began by watching the swings of the bronze chandelier in the cathedral of Pisa, using his pulse as a timer. Later experiments are described in his Two New Sciences. Galileo claimed that a simple pendulum is isochronous, i.e. that its swings always take the same amount of time, independently of the amplitude. In fact, this is only approximately true, as was discovered by Christian Huygens. Galileo also found that the square of the period varies directly with the length of the pendulum. Galileo\'s son, Vincenzo, sketched a clock based on his father\'s theories in 1642. The clock was never built and, because of the large swings required by its verge escapement, would have been a poor timekeeper.

Galileo is lesser known for, yet still credited with, being one of the first to understand sound frequency. By scraping a chisel at different speeds, he linked the pitch of the sound produced to the spacing of the chisel\'s skips, a measure of frequency. In 1638, Galileo described an experimental method to measure the speed of light by arranging that two observers, each having lanterns equipped with shutters, observe each other\'s lanterns at some distance. The first observer opens the shutter of his lamp, and, the second, upon seeing the light, immediately opens the shutter of his own lantern. The time between the first observer\'s opening his shutter and seeing the light from the second observer\'s lamp indicates the time it takes light to travel back and forth between the two observers. Galileo reported that when he tried this at a distance of less than a mile, he was unable to determine whether or not the light appeared instantaneously. Sometime between Galileo\'s death and 1667, the members of the Florentine Accademia del Cimento repeated the experiment over a distance of about a mile and obtained a similarly inconclusive result. We now know that the speed of light is far too fast to be measured by such methods (with human shutter-openers on Earth).

Rare- This coin and original government packagingset is of extreme unbelievable rarity due to itslimitedlowworldwide mintage of just 999 coinsand its super highpopularity due to the subject matter being Scientific Explorers.Additionally this coin and incredible packaging setbeing the highest possible grade ofPF 70 Ultra CameoandPopulation = 16with thesuper rareProof Finish and with anAuthenticMoon Stoneembedded in this coin along with theCertificateof Authenticityfor this coin and with a very popular Brown Label fromNGC - all together makes this coin and packaging set of ULTIMATE SUPER RARITY!!!

This coin seldom appears for sale on theopen market and of supreme rarity in perfect grade - hence forth the ultimatelylow population. Numismatic Guarantee Corporation (NGC) has graded this coin PF70 Ultra Cameo (PF is Proof Finish). The Authenticity and The Grade of each of these coinsare guaranteed !!!

Population= 16-the population of this coin as of May 6, 2015!!!This is an extremely limitedand extremely rare coin and packaging set !!!

Composition: Pure SilverObverse Finish: Proof with a Moon StoneReverse Finish: Proof
Fineness: 0.999 = 99.9%
Weight: 62.20 gramsDiameter: 50.00 millimetersShape: RoundAlignment: Medal Alignment
Legal Tender: Cook Islands Legal TenderOriginal Packaging: White Outer Box, Moon Shaped Inner Box, Bag,Original Packaging: Certificate of Authenticity, Original CapsuleMonetary Denomination: $10 Cook Islands
ASW: 2Troy OuncesMint Facility: Coin Invest TrustCountry of Origin: Cook IslandsMintage: 999

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