Australia - The Anton Chekhov 150th Anniversary Silver Bullion Coin

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The Anton Chekhov 150th Anniversary, a 2010 silver bullion coin from Australia.

Issued by the Perth Mint as legal tender under the authority of the Government of Tuvalu, this 2010 silver bullion coin celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Anton Chekhov, a giant of Russian literature who is regarded as the outstanding representative of the late 19th-century realist school.

Born in Taganrog in January 1860, Chekhov is most famously remembered for four great plays - The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard – as well as more than 600 short-stories, many of which are considered masterpieces. The coin’s reverse shows an image of the famous writer accompanied by the inscription ‘150th Anniversary Anton Chekhov 1860 – 2010’. The reverse also portrays two seagulls denoting one of his famous dramas; the Moscow Arts Theatre, which staged The Seagull in 1898; and comedy and tragedy masks, universal symbols of theatre. The obverse depicts the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the year of issue.

Includes Capsule, Official Case, Individually-Numbered Certificate of Authenticity, and Illustrated Box.