Silver coin 2 Oz Samson
Silver coin 2 Oz Samson
The product can also be purchased directly in the stores of the Czech Mint
Product description
The two-ounce silver coin with the motif of the biblical Samson is an artistic and technical unique as well as a collector's rarity.
The birth of Samson
was heralded by an angel - the Jewish boy was said to be the liberator of the Israelites who were
suffering under the rule of the
Philistines. He grew up to be a sturdy man, but only realised the power God
had bestowed on him when he killed a
lion with his bare hands. He then turned his superhuman strength against
the Philistines. He set fire to their fields and slaughtered a thousand of
their warriors with the jawbone of a donkey. When they tried to capture him, he
simply ripped the city gates off their hinges. But then he opened his heart to
a woman named Delilah, to whom he
revealed that he would lose his strength
as soon as he cut his hair. The traitor stripped him of his power in his
sleep and sold him to his enemies.
Samson suffered in prison, and the Philistines ceased to fear him. But his hair
began to grow back. When his captors took him to the temple to mock him before
his deity, he broke down the pillars
that supported the roof, killing himself, the Philistine rulers, and
thousands of their subjects. The Israelites were free at last...
The reverse side of the coin presents the imposing
Samson fighting a lion. The
richly decorated obverse side is then devoted to the necessary attributes of
the issuer of the coin, which is the island of Niue - it bears its national
emblem, the nominal value of 5
DOLLARS (NZD) and the year of issue 2023.
All this is displayed in high relief embellished
with a patina.
T&S Coin 's issue limit is just 500 pieces.