2025 Ascension Island 1oz Silver Lion Hi Relief Proof OGP
The 2025 Ascension Island 1oz Silver Lion Hi Relief Proof OGP coin is minted by the Royal Dutch Mint in the Netherlands. It has a fineness of 0.999 and contains 1 oz of silver.
The coin features a high relief design of a lion and comes with original government packaging. The 1575 Lion Dollar remastered by Jody Clark in honor of its 450th Anniversary and struck by The Royal Dutch Mint. 450th Anniversary of Lion Dollar. The Lion Dollar (Leeuwendaalder) was minted in the Netherlands from 1575 and issued by six out of seven Dutch provinces and several big cities, specifically to facilitate export trade. The original trade coins were struck from. 750 fine silver and bear the classic design on a Lion on the reverse and Knight with Amour on the Obverse with Latin inscription. The design and verbiage varied by the province issuing it. In the colonies Lion Dollars were sometimes referred to as "Dog Dollars" due to the pose of the lion resembling a dog standing up on its hind legs. The Lion Dollar was the silver standard for world trade in the 16th and 17th centuries, circulation was extensive throughout Colonial America as well as Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Lion Dollar production ended around 1713; Spanish silver has absorbed the Lion Dollar's share of the market in the Colonies.Birth of United States Dollar. Although the production of Lion Dollars ended, the Lion Dollar left a legacy with its impact on America's currency. The word'Daalder' translates to'dollar', which makes this Dutch coin of huge importance to the American Dollar of today. While circulating the Colonies the word "dollar" stuck and was the used in the currency to come. Act Now Before These Coins Are History.
Just 1,000 of these 2025 Ascension Islands Ounce Silver Lion Dollar High Relief Proof Coins have been struck for worldwide release-and has secured the entire North American allocation! Each coin will also come beautifully housed in an official Royal Dutch Mint Lion Dollar-branded presentation case and accompanied by a mint-numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
With such a limited mintage, the time to act is now before these coins are history. 450th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LION DOLLAR - This coin pays tribute to the 450th Anniversary of the famous Leeuwendaalder-the Lion Dollar-first struck in 1575. The design was remastered by Jody Clark, the Head of Design for Great Britain's prestigious Commonwealth Mint. INCREDIBLE HIGH RELIEF DETAIL - These Lion Dollar coins were struck with incredible High Relief (HR) detail that seems to rise off from the surface of the coin. STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER.