100 Euro Gold Coin - Magic of Gold - Gold of Mesopotamia - 2019
### Gold of Mesopotamia - Magic of Gold (1.) 100 Euro - 1/2 Oz Gold - Proof - 1st Issue of the "Magic of Gold" Series - Mintage 20,000 pieces - With Certificate of Authenticity - Delivery in original Box **Gold** has always had a special effect on its viewers and numerous symbolic meanings. No other precious metal is so loaded with meaning. Since time immemorial gold has had a special effect on those who behold it. The new series of the Austrian Mint **"Magic of Gold"** goes in search of the mysterious significance of gold in the advanced civilizations - to Mesopotamia and into Ancient Egypt, to the Incas, to the Scythians, to India and China. The Magic of Gold series traces the mysterious nature of gold in Ancient cultures. No other metal has as much symbolic meaning as gold and no other concrete substance has been linked with so many abstract concepts, including heavenliness, immortality, purity and power. The word ‘gold’ is written on each coin in the series in the respective script of the epoch and culture represented on it. All the coins are a reflection of ancient art treasures. What was made of gold in the past still is gold today. The first issue is dedicated to the **Gold of Mesopotamia** and dates back to antiquity, where the possession of gold was associated with a high reputation. All gold had to be handed over to the ruling classes and religious leaders - gold was reserved for the powerful and even more powerful - the gods. The coin features the legendary ruler King Nebuchadnezzar II who, according to the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament, erected a huge golden statue and made his subjects worship it on bended knee. The reverse of the coin shows a bull’s head taken from a detail found on the Golden Lyre of Ur, which was discovered in 1929 in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, located in present day Iraq. This fascinating gold coin is delivered in the original box from the Austrian mint, including a certificate of authenticity.