Will you buy a coin with a thermometer in it? Cook Islands has assigned Coin Invest Trust to make a Cook Islands 2014 Andres Celcius Thermometer Coin. The coin minted to mark the anniversary of the death of Anders Celsius in 1744. The 1 oz Silver .925 coin, came with a thermometer scaled from 14 to 32 degrees Celsius. Only 1,744 pieces of these coin will be minted.
The coin reverse show a portraits of Anders Celsius with his name on top "ANDERS CELCIUS" with the year "1744-2014", a thermometer beside and a ten discs showing a different number in sequential order around his portraits. The coin obverse design is Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
In 1742, Anders Celsius defined the temperature scale degree-centigrade which was later named after him. He fixed the boiling point of water at 0 degree and the freezing point at 100 degree. These fixpoints were switched later. Celsius died at the age of only 42 in the middle of his work and only two years after fixing his temperature scale because of tuberculosis.
Cook Islands 2014 Andres Celcius Thermometer Silver Commemorative Coin
Technical Specifications:
Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2014
Face value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver .925
Weight: 1 oz
Size: 50 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 1744
Coin Invest Trust started since 1970 and have won many coin awards for their innovative and beautiful coins. Last year Coin of The year, they have won COTY Most Popular Coin 2011 with their "Strix Uralensis - Ural Owl Mongolia coin".
