Treasures of the World - North America
1 Oz. Fine Silver - Proof

• Proof quality 99.9% pure silver
• Innovative ‘locket’ coin concept
• Lockets feature a turquoise
• In original box with numbered certificate of authenticity
• Third releases in annual coin series

Treasures of the World is a beautiful annual series of locket coins which showcase the earth’s abundance of natural riches. Turquoise, a gemstone prized and admired by civilizations throughout history. Its special significance in Egyptian, Persian and Aztec cultures, for example, saw it fashioned into a remarkable array of striking jewellery, decorative mosaics and beautiful ceremonial objects. Significant deposits of turquoise have also been found in the American Southwest States of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Colorado and Utah. Mined for millennia, the gemstone was shaped and polished as adornments by the region’s Native American inhabitants. Today, it remains a significant material in their contemporary jewellery.