E-auction 130-71105 - fwo_366927 - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 Dollar Proof “Orient Express” 2013

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 Dollar Proof “Orient Express” 2013 MS

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Estimate :	12 €
Price :	4 €
Maximum bid :	5 €
End of the sale :	12 October 2015 17:36:30
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : 1 Dollar Proof “Orient Express”

Date: 2013

Quantity minted : -

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 38,60 mm

Weight : 28,28 g.

Catalogue references :

KM21/-

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.