2022 Cook Islands $10 2-oz Silver Matterhorn Mountains Ultra High Relief Proof

This Matterhorn Mountain Is A Killer!

In the 1957 Warner Bros. animated short Piker’s Peak, Yosemite Sam tries to become the first person to scale the Schmatterhorn and win 50,000 Kronkheits. Unfortunately for our ill-tempered buffoon, standing in his way is Bugs Bunny. Throughout the cartoon, Sam is smashed, flattened, crushed, and literally falls of a cliff until he finally makes it to the top. Only the peak he has successfully surmounted turns out to actually be the top of the Eiffel Tower. While Yosemite Sam’s far-flung adventure is fraught with danger, the real-life danger facing climbers attempting to scale the Matterhorn are nothing to laugh about. In fact, the Matterhorn is literally a killer having claimed the lives of more than 500 climbers!

The Familiar Sight Of One Of The Highest Summits In The Alps

One of the most famous mountains in the world, the Matterhorn is known for being one of the highest summits in the Alps, and for its nearly perfect symmetrical pyramid-like peak rising 14,692 feet above sea level. Located in the Swiss Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, the Matterhorn was conquered for the first time in 1865 by Edward Whymper and his team of climbers, but even then, four members of the six-man team lost their lives on the descent. Now the dangerous and majestic mountain stands out on this stunning coin that scales the heights of coin-minting technology!

This fabulous coin was struck by Germany’s world-renowned Mayer Mint using Coin Invest Trist (CIT) Smartminting© technology and does a brilliant job of capturing the dangerous snow-covered mountain in wonderful Ultra High Relief (UHR) detail. Released on behalf of the Cook Islands, this $10 legal-tender coin was struck in two full ounces of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and even includes selective colorization to enhance the Matterhorn’s harsh-yet-beautiful majesty. And, with a Proof finish that boasts of frosted raised elements and mirrored backgrounds, you’ll almost feel like strapping on a pair of spiked crampons and load up on carabiners and ropes and attempt to climb the Matterhorn yourself. But let’s start with the coin first, shall we?

Order Now: Entire 999 Mintage Is Completely Sold Out At The Mint

But here’s the rub; just 999 of these 2022 Cook Islands $10 Two-Ounce Silver Matterhorn Mountain Ultra High Relief Proof were ever struck for worldwide release and they quickly sold out at the mint within weeks of their release. Fortunately, we were able to secure a small allotment of these coins and we’re making them available on a first-climb, first-served basis. Plus, each coin available here will come beautifully displayed in its original mint in a Matterhorn Mountain Window Box and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. The Matterhorn is going to be around for a long time, but these coins won’t. So don’t delay, secure yours now!

COIN HIGHLIGHTS:

• THE TOWERING FACE OF THE MATTERHORN – This coin pays tribute the Matterhorn, one of the most famous mountains in the world. Its nearly perfect symmetrical peak is featured with selective colorization to highlight the snow caps. The name MATTER-HORN is engraved in big bold letters while a pickaxe and the mountain’s height in meters (4,478) is engraved below. The effigy of Queen Elizabeth II appears on the coin’s obverse.
• AMAZING ULTRA HIGH RELIEF – This coin was struck by Germany’s world-famous Mayer Mint using Coin Invest Trust (CIT) SmartMinting© technology to create amazing Ultra High Relief (UHR) designs.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – Each Matterhorn Mountain Ultra High Relief Coin was struck in two full ounces of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and measures 38.61 mm in diameter.
• LEGAL-TENDER COIN – These Two-Ounce Silver Matterhorn Mountain Ultra High Relief Coins are $10 legal tender in the Cook Islands, a self-governing island nation in free association with New Zealand.
• GORGEOUS PROOF CONDITION – Your 2022 Cook Islands $10 Two-Ounce Silver Matterhorn Mountain Ultra High Relief Coin comes in gorgeous Proof condition with frosted details rising over mirror-like fields.
• SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION – The mintage for the 2022 Cook Islands $10 Two-Ounce Silver Matterhorn Mountain Ultra High Relief Proof was set at just 999—and it’s completely sold out at the mint.

Scale the heights of one of the highest summits in the Alps with the 2022 Cook Islands $10 Two-Ounce Silver Matterhorn Mountain Ultra High Relief Proof. With the entire limited mintage announced as being completely sold out at the mint, the time to order this coin is now before they’re all gone!