fwo_305890 - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 Dollar Proof “Orient Express” 2013
11.00 €(Approx. 12.87$ | 9.46£)
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Type : 1 Dollar Proof “Orient Express”
Date: 2013
Quantity minted : -
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 38,60 mm
Weight : 28,28 g.
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Obverse
Obverse legend : BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS QUEEN ELIZABETH II 2013.
Obverse description : portrait couronné à droite de la reine Élisabeth II .
Reverse
Reverse legend : THE ORIENT EXPRESS // $1.
Reverse description : vue du train, Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre (Paris) et la Basilique Sainte-Sophie (Istanbul), tracé du parcours.
Commentary
En 1883, la Compagnie Internationale de Wagons-lits mit en place un train de luxe entre Paris, Vienne et Istanbul baptisé Orient-Express. Il connaîtra son âge d’or dans l'entre-deux-guerre.
In 1883, the Compagnie Internationale de Wagons-Lits established a luxury train between Paris, Vienna and Istanbul called the Orient Express. Its golden age would come between the two world wars.
In 1883, the Compagnie Internationale de Wagons-Lits established a luxury train between Paris, Vienna and Istanbul called the Orient Express. Its golden age would come between the two world wars.
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