REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
705th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JALALADDIN RUMI
MINTAGE OF ONLY 450
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 67
OBV: PORTRAIT BUST OF RUMI 3/4 FACING LEFT; WESTERN DATE LEFT.
REV: VIEW OF ISTANBUL
KM # 923
JALAL ad-DIN MUHAMMAD RUMI (also JALAL ad-DIN MUHAMMAD BALKHI or RUMI) (1207-1273 AD) WAS PERSIAN POET, JURIST, THEOLOGIAN AND SUFI MYSTIC. HE IS POLULARLY KNOWN AS MEVLANA (OUR MASTER) IN TURKEY. HIS INFLUENCE TRANSCENDS THE BORDERS AND ETHNICITIES OF THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST AND EVEN ASIA, HIS SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE IS STILL KEENLY APPRECIATED AFTER OVER 700 YEARS. SURPRISINGLY, HE HAS BEEN CALLED "THE MOST POPULAR POET IN AMERICA" AND "THE BEST SELLING POET IN THE U.S.". A MAJOR THEME OF HIS WORKS, CALLED TAWHID, OR THE CONCEPT OF HIS LONGING TO BE RESTORED IN UNION WITH HIS BELOVED FROM WHOM HE HAS BEEN CUT OFF. HE ALSO BELIEVED PASSIONATELY IN THEM USE OF MUSIC, DANCE, AND POETRY AS A PATH TO GOD, AND THE CONCEPT OF A UNIVERSAL LOVE, WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION TO BELIEFS, CLASSES, RACES AND NATIONS.
16 GRAMS OF 917 FINE GOLD
(0.4717 OZ AGW)
30 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 450 MINTED!
