2015 Treasures of the World - North America 1oz Silver Proof Coin with Turquoise

These stunning silver coins celebrate turquoise, a gemstone prized and admired by civilizations throughout history. Its special significance in Egyptian, Persian and Aztec cultures, for example, saw it fashioned into a remarkable array of striking jewellery, decorative mosaics and beautiful ceremonial objects.

Significant deposits of turquoise have also been found in the American Southwest States of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Colorado and Utah. Mined for millennia, the gemstone was shaped and polished as adornments by the region’s Native American inhabitants. Today, it remains a significant material in their contemporary jewellery.

The Perth Mint will release no more than 7,500 of the Treasures of the World – North America 2015 1oz Silver Proof Locket Coin.

The coin incorporate a transparent circular locket containing turquoise. The locket is surrounded with a reverse design representing a Southwestern desert landscape, including a cactus, tumbleweed and vertical rock face.

Each coin is packaged in a prestigious display case with a timber lid, and beautifully illustrated shipper, and is accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.