PALAU 2009

“Mountains and Flora” Series

$5, 25 g, .925 Silver Proof Coin with Partial Coloring

One of the biggest coin series of recent times has been CIT’s “Mountains and Flora” – a relatively simple series of proof silver coins depicting some of the world’s greatest and most interesting mountain peaks, each coin also featuring a small colored area showing flowers associated with specific mountain range. What stands out the most in this series is how well the representation of a mountain looks when clean struck in silver. The limiting of the colored part of the coin to the flora has kept the designs very focused and unspoiled.

Mount Piz Buin

Elevation: 10,866′

Prominence: 1,785′

Parent peak: Fluchthorn

Mountain range: Eastern Alps, Silvretta Alps

First ascent: July 1865

First ascenders: Pöll Franz, Johann Jakob Weilenmann, Jacob Pfitscher, Joseph Anton Specht

Piz Buin is a mountain in the Silvretta range of the Alps on the border between Austria and Switzerland. It forms the border between the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and is the highest peak in Vorarlberg.Piz Buin was first climbed on 14 July 1865 by Joseph Anton Specht and Johann Jakob Weilenmann, guided by Jakob Pfitscher and Franz Pöll. Piz Buin can be reached from the Wiesbadener hut in, crossing the Vermunt glacier, climbing up the Wiesbadener ridge and hiking over the Ochsentaler Glacier to the Buin gap. From the gap there is a zigzag walk to the top, with only a 20 m (65 ft) steep step to surmount before reaching the relatively flat summit space, which has an old wooden cross on the very top. The border between Switzerland and Austria crosses the summit from East to West.


THE COIN IS IN PERFECT MINT CONDITION AND COMES IN ORIGINAL CAPSULE WITH COA

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Country

Palau

Mint

CIT (Coin Invest Trust)

Year of Issue

2009

Face Value

Five Dollars

Weight

25 g

Diameter

38.61 mm

Mintage Limit   

2,500

Finish

Proof

Composition

.925 Fine Silver

Certificate (COA)

Yes

Case

No

Mint’s description of the theme:

Many old romantic movies and novels are about brave mountain climbers who pick alpine flowers under difficult conditions and present them to their beloved. In this way they conquered many hearts. All alpine flowers grow under difficult conditions and therefore are found less frequently than their fellow species in the valley below.

By the sight of a blue gentian, edelweiss or any other typical alpine flower many mountain climbers and hiker’s heart leaps for joy. Thanks to the high Ultraviolet-rays the alpine flowers have an intensive luminous color which is very appealing to our senses. In many areas the alpine snow doesn’t stay as long due to the global climate warming. This is the reason why the alpine flowers bloom earlier than they used to a few years ago. To protect themselves from the different conditions in the upper elevations these plants have developed defense mechanisms. For example: the cushion- and rose growths have an own small microclimate. The temperature on the surface increases and simultaneously water is stored in the cushion.


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