BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT) - HOUSE OF WINDSOR
FIVE-HUNDRED DOLLAR GOLD FIVE-OUNCE COIN
COMMEMORATING THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAMING OF AMERICA (AFTER AMERIGO VESPUCCI)
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 67 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH II WEARING TIARA RIGHT.
REV: WITHIN CIRCLE, GRIDED GLOBE SHOWING THE NEW WORLD LEFT AND PORTRAIT OF AMERIGO VESPUCCI RIGHT, 16TH CENTURY SAILING SHIP BOTTOM; DENOMINATION BELOW.
AMERICGO VESPUCCI (1454-1512) WAS A FLORENTINE BORN CARTOGRAPHER, EXPLORER, MERCHANT, NAVIGATOR AND FINANCIER.
HE WAS ON THREE OR FOUR VOYAGES TO THE NEW WORLD, AND PROVED THAT THE DISCOVERED LANDS WERE NOT A PART OF CHINA OR THE INDIES, BUT A FOURTH AND PREVIOUSLY UNCHARTED CONTINENT.
IN 1507, THE GERMAN CARTOGRAPHER MARTIN WALDSEMÜLLER, PRODUCED A HIGHLY DETAILED MAP OF THE WORLD, UPON WHICH HE NAMED THE NEW CONTINENT "AMERICA" AFTER HIS COLLEAGUE VESPUCCI.
CONTAINS 155.5 GRAMS OF .9999 PURE GOLD (5 OZS AGW)
65 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 99 MINTED!
