"The Hill's Are Alive With The Sound Of Music" ..
Well, maybe not quite, but today's coin has musical design elements and my art has hill elements. Soooo, I am correct in my quote. haha. Today I’m diving back into my recent silver purchase and pulling out another silver round. I randomly reached in and pulled out something interesting today. As a side note, it was nice seeing silver prices pop a little bit today up over 1%. I wonder how long this Run will last. I see the stock market, at least growth stocks are up a little so it makes sense that silver popped a little bit.
Keeping with a recent trend in post themes .. Where I use some sort of artistic backdrop to my photos, today is no different. It’s times like today, when I post my art in another way, that I realize it’s been a while since I’ve actually painted or drew anything. It’s sad and I need to get back into the hobby I enjoy; creating paintings and drawings. I really need to paint or draw sometime soon, but as every artist knows, sometimes inspiration or motivation is limited.
I created this piece almost a year ago and posted about it on October 21, 2020. Destroying I named ‘Oak In The Foothills’. It is a pen and ink drawing that was shaded in with a 5B pencil. I was creating several of these small drawings during my lunch break. It made for a nice way to whine down and relax a little before getting back to work. I spent about 5 to 10 minutes on the actual pen and ink drawing and maybe an additional five or 10 minutes with the shading.
If you’re interested in the process just click the name above in the link will take you to the original post. Or just click on the picture below, the summary photo. That will get you there too.
So what did I pull out of the stack today?
I’ll tell you .. A 2021 1 ounce Tokelau Vivat Humantitas Silver Coin. I was just explaining the other day that I do not have any more airtight capsules and I’m stuck with the flips that most of these coins were sent in. This coin was sent in a capsule! Just the way they all should come in my opinion. Hahaha. I guess I’m thinking of the perfect world. A world without flips.
I randomly picked this coin when I was making my purchase. The funny thing is that this is actually a substitution for what I originally had in my cart. Again these were all purchased from JM Bullion. I originally had a proof like coin in my cart but I waited too long and missed out. I wondered why my cart reflected one less item then I originally had, then I noticed the red writing at the top of the screen saying this coin was removed due to unavailability. Oh well so I went back and picked something else and found the same coin except in BU (Brilliant Uncirculated) condition. That’s fine by me. Would’ve been nice to have the other one, for almost the same cost, but this appears just as nice to me.
I don’t know a whole lot about the series. From what I read it’s a multi year release series for a small pacific ocean nation located all the way out in the middle of nowhere. I googled it and it appears to be a very very very very very very very long plane flight for us living in the US. At least New Jersey. It’s 6995 miles from my doorstep. That’s a pretty long trek. A little shorter maybe from California, and a heck of a lot closer for Australians or those from New Zealand. The nation of Tokelau is comprised of a group of atolls in the south pacific ocean halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand. The further I read the more I found out that this island or territory, is usually accessible by boat only from Samoa. They said the trip can take close to 24 hours! Yikes. I don't like boats that much.
For those of you wondering where this island is after my explanation, below is a screenshot of Google maps showing a pinpoint location of the territory.
The Obverse
The obverse features none only then Queen Elizabeth II. Instead of her bust taking up the entire face of the coin, she is off centered between an almost sandblasted look to the left and a bunch of musical notes to the right. At first when looking at the design, I didn’t realize they were musical notes and it just look like a rough sandy pattern.
After that I started looking closer and noticed that to the left, or backside of the queens bust, is a curved musical keyboard. Also I noticed a small sound wave in the upper left-hand corner and a musical syllabus with the weight of the coin and purity.
The Reverse
On the reverse, the denomination of five dollars and an oversize G Clef immediately stand out. I had to check the website to find out what these other symbols were that sit in a square surrounding that G Clef; they are the 'eighth note', 'common time', 'coda', and 'cord'.
I don’t know if JM Bullion‘s website clearly explains this but I did read somewhere else that the entire reverse of the coin is designed to appear like a vinyl record. Obviously there are some other design features that sort of break up the record kind of look, but the lines or grooves of the record a clearly visible around the outside portions of the coin.
Another thing to note, along the edge of the reverse and also the obverse of the coin, there is a pattern it goes the whole way around. The pattern to me resembles ocean waves. I don’t know if this is accurate or not, but it looks like it to me. If you have any other ideas or know exactly what it’s supposed to be please let me know. Otherwise I’m going with waves of the ocean. LOL.
The Latin term Vivat Humanitas, as printed on the reverse of the coin, translates to "Long Live Humanity". What a beautiful thing to celebrate, humanity, in such a cool way. Song must be a key element in these communities, as the coin depicts many musical design features. I suppose that music is also something that binds us all together and something we can all relate to in one way or another.
The Edge
The edging of the coin is reeded and again my favorite type of edge. I wish I had more to say about the edge but I don’t. The edge is the edge.
Other Information
The version of the coin I purchased is the 2021 in brilliant uncirculated condition. Per the website, they increase the mintage this year by 10,000 coins to a grand total of 30,000 minted coins. This is a real beauty of a coin. If you enjoy music or collect musical items, then maybe this coin is the one for you. There’s a premium on these limited mintage coins, but it may be worth it to have one in the collection for the fun of it. Visit JMBullion Here, to get your very own.
Also right now it is 82F in Tokelau.. That sounds nice. I bet it is absolutely beautiful there.
“Nights and days came and passed
And summer and winter
and the rain.
And it was good to be a little Island.
A part of the world
and a world of its own
All surrounded by the bright blue sea.”
― Margaret Wise Brown, The Little Island
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I just noticed that you didn't show any of your sketches a long time...
Yes, I've been slacking! I don't know why I just can't get motivated to paint anything. I don't have a lot of time at lunch or on the weekends right now. That'll change come winter when I'm not outside doing outdoor things while the weathers nice. I did actually paint a picture of a turtle not too long ago. Maybe six months ago ha ha Ha. I need to share it but I was going to couple it with a have you been here type of post. Maybe I'll get working on that this week sometime. Those kind of posts take a while to put together. Well any posts I write seem to take a while to put together. Some days I start off wanting to write just a brief post and it turns out to be long. Maybe too long.
Not long ago... six months.. :p
Maybe this will motivate you :)
This is one lengthy and very interesting post. Being A newbie to your blog, i thought it was actually over when you were done talking about your artwork. But then the description of the coin is where the beauty of your post was at it's peak.
I must say i love every aspect of this coin, the fact that it has so many music inscribing on it makes it much more cool.
It seems you enjoy collecting coins, yeah?
Hi! Yes, enjoyed collecting coins, silver, art, music, all kinds of things really. I'm glad you stopped by and checked my blog out. I appreciate the support too! I'll have to swing over to yours and check things out. Sometimes I start out thinking my post is going to be on the shorter side and then they somehow get long. Oh well. I like the right so it's not such a big deal.
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Nice sketch and a great coin! By the way it is 80F in my little corner North Carolina right now and I had to put on a flannel shirt. :)
Ha ha ha. Flannel!? You guys have thin blood down there. LOL. I can't complain too much because I can't stand the bitter colds of the far north. My wife and I were taking a walk tonight and I was thinking that I would really enjoy living in a place that had temperatures like fall or spring all year round. Maybe North Carolina is the place for us!
Thank you for the compliments!
Perhaps, as a musician himself @bengy may be interested in this coin.
I have no ideal what the dentical pattern on the edge of the coin is, part of a notation? 🤷♀
A lovely artistic coin!
Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe I'm reading into it too much. It's funny some of these coins have too many details that you think every detail is some thing. LOL. I don't know why I don't know this, Bengy has musical talents? Where have I been! I must live under a rock or something. I've read plenty of his posts but somehow the musical ones have eluded me.
I'm afraid that the design on the edges d don't really remind me of anything musical.
I don't tend to write too much about music, it is my 'day job' and I would much rather write about other things I had no idea you drew so well!
Thanks for calling me in, what a beautiful looking coin!
You're welcome, I recall you 'scoring' a few Music themed coins in the past and thought that this may be a good fit for you to keep an eye out on.
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Long live humanity!
Interesting sketch! It's Winter soon and somehow the bare tree reminds me of cold winters.
Awesome coins, @bdmillergallery!
I love the obverse will all the musical notes.
Stack on!!!
Winter is coming fast. I can feel it. I'm not ready for snow or frost yet, but I'm sure they're on their way. Boo I hate the cold. I can't wait till summer coming again.
When the coin came I thought “what the heck is this?” After further inspection I kind of like it. it’s different.
Thanks for the support!
It is very pretty and unique! So different!
Nice piece of silver.👍
I wasn't sure I liked it when it first arrived, but after I had some time to look at it, to really look at it, I really do like it. Interesting coin. Not sure I'll get more of them, I think I will spread the love. LOL.
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