MARCO POLO - FAMOUS EXPLORERS - 2 oz .999 Silver $5 Niue 2022
 
Is the Second release of the Famous Explorers series, Also includ:
2020 - ZHENG HE
2022 - MARCO POLO
 
Gold and Silver Bullion Canada is very proud to present you this new amazing release of the serie Famous Explorers. This coin features one of the greatest explorers, Marco Polo.
 
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo (also known as Book of the Marvels of the World and Il Million, c. 1300), a book that described to Europeans the then mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China in the Yuan Dynasty, giving their first comprehensive look into China, Persia, India, Japan and other Asian cities and countries.
 
The reverse of the coin features Marco Polo. The Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan located in Ulaanbaatar is placed in the background. Next to Marco Polo, a caravan can be seen as well as the Khan in a tent, who is talking to Marco Polo's uncle or father. The coin is decorated with a 3D insert in the form of a book, which has been hand-painted with the greatest attention to detail.
 
The obverse of the coin features information about the coin's issuer and bullion sample. The coin comes with a certificate of authenticity in an elegant wooden box.