Part of the Perth Mint's ongoing collaboration with the Vatican Museums, this release draws on the Sistine Chapel ceiling painted between 1508 and 1512 — a commission Michelangelo famously resisted, preferring sculpture to fresco. The Vatican Museums partnership has produced a steady stream of Perth Mint issues in recent years, making individual releases within the series relatively easy to acquire at issue price.
Part of the Perth Mint's ongoing collaboration with the Vatican Museums, this release draws on the Sistine Chapel ceiling painted between 1508 and 1512 — a commission Michelangelo famously resisted, preferring sculpture to fresco. The Vatican Museums partnership has produced a steady stream of Perth Mint issues in recent years, making individual releases within the series relatively easy to acquire at issue price.