10 Pesos Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Commemorative issue

Wiszące ogrody Babilonu

Series: The Seven Wonders of the Antique World

Obverse

Herb Kuby, nazwa kraju jako zakrzywiona legenda na górze, nominał poniżej, próba i waga po bokach.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE CUBA
15 G 10 PESOS AG 0.999

Engraver: Charles Edward Barber

Reverse

Wiszące Ogrody Babilonu; okrągła legenda blisko krawędzi: nazwa wydarzenia na górze, nazwa miejsca poniżej; data i znak mennicy po prawej stronie.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
* MARAVILLAS DEL MUNDO ANTIGUO *
1997
JARDINES COLGANTES DE BABILONIA

Engraver: Rigoberto Peláez Alcázar

Designer: Elena Delgado Álvarez

Edge

Zwykły

Mint

Comments

Wiszące Ogrody Babilonu były częścią siedmiu cudów świata antycznego, umieszczonych w Babilonie, w pobliżu pałacu królewskiego. Istnieją dwie wersje jego powstania, prawdopodobnie zbudowany w VI wieku pne, za panowania Nabucodonosora, lub około 810 pne.
Ogrody nie były tak naprawdę wiszące, prawdopodobnie z powodu błędu w tłumaczeniu, ale były to tarasy na różnych poziomach. Woda używana w nich była pobierana z rzeki poniżej i przechowywana w wysokim magazynie na górze.
Z powodu dekadencji Babilonu ogrody zostały opuszczone i stały się ruinami, a pozostałości zostały zniszczone w 126 roku pne.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were part of the seven wonders of the antique world, placed a Babylon, close to king's palace. There are 2 versions of it origins, possibly built on 6th. century BC, during Nabucodonosor reign, or circa 810 BC.
The gardens was not really hanging, possibly owing to a translation mistake, but they were terraces at different levels. Water used in them were take from the river below, and stored in a high depot on top.
Owing to Babylon decadence, the gardens were abandoned, and became ruins, the remains were destroyed on year 126 BC.

See also

• herb

• 10 Pesos (Temple of Artemis)
• 10 Pesos (Lighthouse of Alexandria)
• 10 Pesos (Colossus of Rhodes)
• 10 Pesos (Pyramids of Egypt)
• 10 Pesos (Statue of Jupiter)
• 10 Pesos (Mausoleum of Halicarnassus)
• 50 Pesos (Temple of Artemis)
• 50 Pesos (Pyramids of Egypt)
• 50 Pesos (Hanging Gardens of Babylon)
• 50 Pesos (Statue of Jupiter)
• 50 Pesos (Colossus of Rhodes)
• 50 Pesos (Mausoleum of Halicarnassus)
• 50 Pesos (Lighthouse of Alexandria)

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1997			10 000							$ 110		(en) Proof

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Actual srebro weight: 0.482 oz

Current srebro price: 74.02 USD/oz (see silver price )

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