WORLD COIN AWARDS - Robots coin
Winner of the Year "Most Inspirational" (COTY - Coin of The Year Award)
Winner of the Year “Unique Concept” (Coin Constellation Award)
âś” 1st coin from the series THE NEXT EVOLUTION
✔ Pinnacle Relief © 6.5mm (see image)
âś” Design and production supervision by Artisan Coin Productions (manufacturer). San Francisco, USA
âś” Exclusive serial numbers are available (from manufacturer) - contact us for your special eBay listing
Media Coverage:
• Ag Au News
• Magazine article at Numismatist's
Humanoid robots, in many ways, represent the future of mankind and technology. The 21st century marked the incorporation of such robots into everyday life. Already, anthropomorphic bots intended for personal and commercial use are capable, to some degree, of interacting directly with humans in real time.
Issued by Tokelau, the legal-tender coins will carry a denomination of $20 New Zealand dollars.
The pieces draw attention to the fact that humanity needs to prepare itself for a time when robots are able to love each other, as well as people. The coin of the series is called “Love” and symbolizes feelings of deep attachment, for man or machine.
The 3-ounce, .999-fine silver coin bears the inscription LOVE and portrays a close-up view of a pair of robots hugging. Both the male robot (gilded in 24kt gold) and the silver female bot display a proof and reverse proof finish. The background is rendered in obsidian black proof, which combines matte and glossy finishes (obsidian is a naturally occurring glass produced when volcanic lava cools rapidly). The obverse, also rendered in an obsidian-black-proof finish, features Ian Rank-Broadley’s effigy of Queen Elizabeth II in the center of a microchip. Inscribed on the edge are the name of the series and a unique serial number, along with CALIFORNIA, the location of the design studio.
Mintage of the 50mm, 93.3g coin is limited to 399—a high-end collector coin in all respects. An additional version that features an obsidian-black-proof finish throughout has a limited mintage of 99, available from the manufacturer.
Both versions include numismatic black signature gloves to handle the coin and a luxurious box that doubles as a high-quality display frame with a double-sided window and a leatherette sleeve embossed with the name of the coin in gold lettering.
“Such breakthrough technologies made me think about creating modern collectable coins. However, the coin itself must be made with breakthrough technology too. Therefore, we created the revolutionary minting technology known as Pinnacle Relief ©—the pinnacle of coin relief. The maximum coin thickness is 6.5mm that is used for the (robot pieces), giving them a three-dimensional perspective. And the 3 troy ounces of pure silver from which the coin is minted makes it not only a work of art, but also a collectable precious metal coin with a very low mintage that should grow in value.”
People have grown to rely on computers and smartphones, and, at some point, we will place the same reliance on robots. Automatons will surround us, helping us or even replacing humans for certain tasks. Just last year, robot arms that can cook were put on the market.
Already, robots programmed with artificial intelligence surpass the abilities of humans in some arenas. Suitably, the year of the coin’s issue, 2021, marks the beginning of the third decade of the millennium, during which technological changes will take place that will impact daily life in ways we can only begin to imagine.
Reprinted with the permission of The Numismatist, official publication of the American Numismatic Association's website. We would like to thank Louis Golino, coin specialist and journalist from The Numismatist magazine for the article above.
Design and production supervision by Artisan Coin Productions. San Francisco, USA. All rights reserved.