Beautiful Art Nouveau on pure silver rounds! Kitco is pleased to carry the Mucha Collection of pure 1 oz Silver Proof Rounds. Created in collaboration with the Mucha Foundation, these 1 oz silver proof rounds feature the work of Alphonse Mucha, an artist best known for his posters and advertising work featuring beautiful women. With the advancement of printing technology in the late 1800’s, posters were center stage in Parisian visual culture. “Job” is perhaps one of Alphonse Mucha’s best known advertising posters, completed in 1896 as advertising for French cigarette paper. Like Alphonse Mucha’s work, these 1 oz Silver Proof Rounds are highly collectible, valuable for their beauty as well as their pure silver content.
The obverse of this beautiful 1 oz Silver Proof Round depicts the art nouveau image from one of Mucha’s iconic “JOB” posters in pure .999 silver. The mirrored proof finish sets off the famous poster image of the “Mucha woman” with her swirls of exaggeratedly abundant hair. The border decoration is inspired by mosaic work, and adds an air of dignity to the commercial poster format of the original work. 'JOB' is a trademark for the manufacturers of cigarette papers, the Joseph Bardou Company. Numerous editions of Mucha’s “JOB” were subsequently published in a variety of formats for international markets, including posters, clocks, banknotes, murals, tattoos, and now pure Silver Rounds!
The reverse shows a portrait of the world renowned artist himself, Alphonse Mucha, along with the years of the artist’s life and the purity and weight of each silver round. Each 1 oz Silver Round comes with a Certificate of Authenticity matching the serialized number on the round. The 1 oz Silver Proof Mucha Rounds come in a protective acrylic capsule. With a very limited mintage of only 3,000 worldwide, you don’t want to miss your opportunity to own one of these stunning coins!
Add a high quality but surprisingly inexpensive mahogany gift box to your order and present this stunning silver round as a unique gift for any art lover. Mucha’s designs celebrate the beauty of women, so why not give this 1 oz Silver Proof Round .999 as a beautiful Valentine’s present or Mother’s Day gift? These 1 oz pure silver proof rounds would also make a great Christmas gift for Mom, or birthday gift for a beautiful woman in your life, or for anyone who appreciates collectible silver coins and collectible silver rounds.
If you like this 1 oz pure silver proof round, you may also want to look at the 6 colorized 1 oz Proof Silver Rounds in the Mucha Collection: Job, Dance, Rose, Ivy, Champagne, and Laurel. Looking for other unique gift ideas? Visit Kitco’s Gift Ideas and Collectibles sections. Kitco also offers much more, including bullion gold bars, silver coins, platinum coins, gold storage and VaultChain Gold, a unique blockchain trading platform for gold held at the Royal Canadian Mint.