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The Mayan Calendar Commemorative Coin
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Composition | Gold plated copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a detailed polychrome reproduction of the Mayan calendar stone in the central field, rendered in applied color with red, green, blue, and yellow hues highlighting the concentric rings of glyphs and a central solar deity face. The surrounding border displays additional Mayan hieroglyphic reliefs in gold-plated finish. The legend 'THE MAYAN CALENDAR' arcs along the upper rim in raised Latin characters. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly detailed high-relief composition of eclectic Mayan iconography, dominated by a prominent frontal mask or deity face in the lower field, surmounted by an elaborate feathered headdress and flanked by panels depicting Mayan figures, temple pyramids, and glyphic carvings. The legend 'MAYAS' appears in raised Latin characters along the upper rim. |
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