1 oz Gold Giants of the Ice Age - Giant Deer 2019 (Mintage: 1,000 | Proof)
Exclusive mintage of only 1,000 pieces worldwide- Detailed engraving of the Ice Age giant deer
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Giant deer
People still saw them.A giant deer in gold.
1 ounce of gold, in proof quality, issuing country Ghana.
Giant deer on 1 ounce of gold, reverse, image
1 ounce of gold, in proof quality, issuing country Ghana.
On the cave wall
The Irish elk was neither only Irish nor an elk.
Its antlers spanned up to 3.65 metres. In Ireland the last one died about 11,000 years ago.
In the Chauvet Cave, besides mammoths, big cats and bears, people also painted deer, among them the giant deer.
Source: University of California Museum of Paleontology
The timeline
From the Devonian to the last Ice Age
Each animal stands in its geological period. The sections show the order, not the duration.
Devonian
about 420 to 359 million years ago
DunkleosteusArmoured fish
Carboniferous
about 359 to 299 million years ago
Permian
about 299 to 252 million years ago
Triassic
about 252 to 201 million years ago
ArchosaursAnimal group
PlateosaurusDinosaur
Jurassic
about 201 to 143 million years ago
PlesiosaurusMarine reptile
StegosaurusDinosaur
BrachiosaurusDinosaur
ArchaeopteryxEarly bird
Cretaceous
about 143 to 66 million years ago
UtahraptorDinosaur
AustralovenatorDinosaur
PteranodonPterosaur
ParasaurolophusDinosaur
VelociraptorDinosaur
CarnotaurusDinosaur
QuetzalcoatlusPterosaur
TriceratopsDinosaur
T. rexDinosaur
- The age of the dinosaurs ends 66 million years ago.
Palaeogene
66 to about 23 million years ago
TitanoboaSnake
Neogene
about 23 to 2.6 million years ago
MegalodonShark
- The human genus begins about 2.8 million years ago.
Pleistocene
about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago
Giant deerMammal
GigantopithecusGreat ape
Cave bearMammal
Cave lionMammal
Woolly rhinocerosMammal
MammothMammal
Sabre-toothed catMammal
AurochsMammal
- Homo sapiens has existed for about 300,000 years.
- People enter the Chauvet Cave about 36,500 years ago.
Not to scale. Dates according to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, rounded.
The coin
Giants of the Ice Age
The series from Ghana began in 2019 with the woolly mammoth and the giant deer.
The reverse shows the animal in its landscape, and a frieze of animals runs around the rim. The obverse bears the coat of arms of Ghana.
At a glance
- Issuing country
- Ghana
- Face value
- 500 cedis
- Metal
- gold
- Weight
- 1 ounce
- Diameter
- 38.6 mm
- Quality
- Proof
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Mintage
- 1,000 pieces
- Year
- 2019
People saw them and painted them on the walls.
1 Unze Goldmünze Giganten der Eiszeit – Riesenhirsch 2019 PP im Etui
Diese beeindruckende Serie widmet sich in gebührendem Respekt den Bestien, auf die einst sogar noch unsere Vorfahren Jagd machten – oder vielleicht gar selbst zur Beute wurden! Knochen und Höhlenmalereien regten die Fantasie der Designer an, das Andenken an die Giganten der Eiszeit zu bewahren. Das Ergebnis ist eine Serie mit sechs prähistorischen Tieren, vor einer eiszeitlichen Landschaft malerisch in Szene gesetzt.
Das 2. Motiv erinnert an den einst größten Hirsch seiner Art, der vor 2 Mio. Jahren die eiszeitliche Flora und Fauna durchstreifte. Der Hirsch erreichte ungefähr die Größe eines heutigen Elchs, war dabei jedoch deutlich hochbeiniger und leichter gebaut. Das prächtige Geweih, das die Männchen zur Balz trugen, erreichte eine Spannweite von 3,60 Metern – eine imposante Präsenz, die so heute unerreicht ist. In Höhlenzeichnungen ist er ein gängiges Motiv, was abermals verdeutlicht, dass die eiszeitlichen Menschen – wenn auch als Beute – diesem Tier sicherlich mit einigem Respekt begegneten. Der letzte Riesenhirsch starb wohl am äußersten Ende der Eiszeit vor 7.600 Jahren in Sibirien aus.
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