CIT Coin Invest $10 Laughing Buddha 2oz Silver Coin 2018 Republic of Palau

The CIT Coin Invest 2018 Laughing Buddha Republic of Palau 10 dollar 2 oz silver coin offered unhandled in it's original presentation case with the certificate of authenticity. This beautiful 2 oz silver coin features an incredible Laughing Buddha or Budai, known to be "the enlightened one". The coin has beautiful decorations, a gold plated centrepiece, is struck in a striking smartminting high relief, and has a black proof quality. Limited mintage to only 888 pieces worldwide! This version of the Laughing Buddha, which CIT Coin Invest presented after the great success of the preceding 2017 edition, was designed for the Republic of Palau (Micronesia) and unites a wealth of innovative minting technologies to turn a beloved motif into a small numismatic artwork.

Let's begin with the complex combination of high relief minting with smartminting and the precise gilding of the laughing Buddha motif, minted in spectacularly high relief. The stylised lotus flower and the background of the coin are kept in black proof to emphasise the colour contrast. The fine relief of the background, which serves as a counterpoint to the high relief, presents a technical challenge, which has been mastered on this coin.

The complex technology mix was one of the major factors that contributed to the popularity of the earlier 2017 Laughing Buddha. But evidently the motif itself is also attractive. The monk, named Budai after its alms bag, who is known as the'Laughing Buddha' in Chinese Folklore, is an important figure in Zen Buddhism in particular. In his bag he brings abundance, wealth, and joy. At the same time, his happy nature symbolises that even the poor man can feel carefree and content.

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