2022 Palau $10 2-oz Silver Trip to the Moon 120th Anniversary Ultra High Relief Antiqued Coin

This Trip To The Moon Commemorative Coin Is One To Keep Your Eye On!

The practitioners of big-time special effects that we see in each summer’s slate of blockbuster films owe a huge debt of gratitude to Georges Méliès, one of filmmaking’s earliest and greatest pioneers, famous for his many innovations in motion pictures. His most famous film is the classic Le Voyage dans la Lune, known in English as A Trip to the Moon, which premiered in 1902. The film’s most iconic scene is one many people are familiar with even if they’ve never seen the movie. It’s the image of a Victorian-era spaceship crashing into the eye of the moon! It’s almost comic today with an actor dressed in a moon-like mask and a spaceship that looks like a cannon shell poking him in the eye. This wildly entertaining coin was released in 2022 to pay tribute to both the film’s 120th Anniversary and the genius of Georges Méliès.

Unsurpassed Ultra High Relief Detail

This $10 legal-tender coin was struck in two ounces of highly pure 99.99% silver and faithfully recreates the scene from what film historians hail as the cinema’s first-ever science-fiction film. Aiding in that effort are extraordinary Ultra High Relief (UHR) details created using Coin Invest Trust’s (CIT) Smartminting© technology. The fantastic detail is so intricate that the designs seem like they’re leaping from the coin’s surface! And, along with a selectively colorized portion of the coin that shows the eye-poking spaceship in a red color, the coin has been treated with a lavish antique finish that adds even more depth and dimension to the already jaw-dropping relief. Antique finishes like this are typically applied by hand, meaning that no two coins in this release are exactly alike!

The Genius Of George Méliès

Born in 1861, French filmmaker Georges Méliès is regarded as the inventor of special effects in movies. His films were among the first to use such techniques as double exposure, stop-motion, and slow motion. In his lifetime, Méliès would make more than 500 films that explored themes from every genre. He shocked and captured audiences of his day with feats of fantasy unlike anything people had ever experienced before. A large number of his films were lost during World War I when the French army confiscated and melted many of Méliès’ original film prints to recycle the silver from the celluloid for use in the war effort. Fortunately, A Trip to the Moon survived for people to see and appreciate it for the act of genius it was—and still is!

Hurry, Just 500 Coins Struck For Worldwide Release!

This coin was released on behalf of Palau, a nation comprised of 340 islands in the western Pacific Ocean and is limited to a mintage of just 500 coins for worldwide release. Plus, each coin available here will come beautifully housed in its original government packaging that consists of a themed display case and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Fans of cinema history and coin collectors alike will be vying to get their hands on this coin. Make sure you don’t miss out; click the 2022 Palau $10 Two-Ounce Silver Trip to the Moon 120th Anniversary Ultra High Relief Antiqued Coin to your cart right now!

COIN HIGHLIGHTS:

• CELEBRATING THE PIONEERING GENIUS OF GEORGES MÉLIÈS – This coin pays tribute to the 120th anniversary of the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon by pioneering French filmmaker Georges Méliès and show the film’s most iconic scene of a spaceship landing on the eye of the Moon. The ship has been colorized in red to accentuate the contrast between the craft and the lunar. The coin’s obverse shows the Palau Coat of Arms.
• EXTRAORDINARY HIGH RELIEF DETAIL – These coins were struck in extraordinary Ultra High Relief (UHR) using Coin Invest Trust’s (CIT) Smartminting© technology with detail so intricate that the designs seem like they’re leaping from the coin’s surface.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – Each Trip to the Moon 120th Anniversary Ultra High Relief Coin was struck in two ounces of highly pure 99.99% silver and measures 50 mm in diameter.
• LEGAL-TENDER COIN – These 2022-dated Two-Ounce Silver Trip to the Moon 120th Anniversary Ultra High Relief Coins are $10 legal tender in the Republic of Palau, a nation comprised of 340 islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
• UNIQUE ANTIQUE FINISH – Your 2022 Palau $10 Two-Ounce Silver Trip to the Moon 120th Anniversary Ultra High Relief Coin comes with a unique antique finish. Typically applied by hand, this means that no two coins are exactly alike.
• LOW LIMITED EDITION – The mintage for this 2022 Palau $10 Two-Ounce Silver Trip to the Moon 120th Anniversary Ultra High Relief Antiqued Coin was set at just 500 for worldwide release.

Take a trip to the lunar surface with this 2022 Palau $10 Two-Ounce Silver Trip to the Moon 120th Anniversary Ultra High Relief Antiqued Coin that pays tribute to the genius of French filmmaker Georges Méliès and his 1902 film—cinema’s first sci-fi picture. Order yours now!