Palau 2014 $10 TIFFANY ART Baroque Dresden 2 Oz .999 Silver Coin

◾With stained glass~◾Micro engraving in high  relief~◾Special  Tiffany Art coin box included 

The multi award-winning Tiffany Art series celebrates its  anniversary. In 2014, as the 10th issue, we also present a magnificent  Silver-Kilo as an exclusive limited edition of only 99 pieces alongside the  traditional 2-ounce piece. Both coins show the famous Zwinger in Dresden. 

Along with the  Frauenkirche, the Zwinger is Dresden‘s best known object of interest. The  skilful fusion of architecture, sculptures and paintings, of gardens,  fountains and squares make it an impressive work of art as a whole, and elevate  it to one of the most significant Baroque developements worldwide. 

The Zwinger is a  representation object of the Saxon Elector Augustus the Strong. The Prince -   King of Poland - commissioned his court master builder, Matthäus Daniel  Pöppelmann (1662-1736) and the sculptor Balthasar Permoser (1651-1732), with  the design of a new location as the setting for courtly festivities and as  the forecourt for his planned new palace. The two artists designed the  Zwinger as an absolutely unique building complex: an almost quadratic  courtyard framed by galleries and pavilions, by terraces, balustrades and  gates, statues, arches and fountains. 

The latest Tiffany  Art-Edition shows two of the Zwingers’ magnificent buildings: on the one  side, the Kronentor with its onion shaped dome and on the other side, the  richly adorned Wallpavilion. Both structures are impressive examples of the  great theatrics of Baroque. With their vast plasticity and the abundance of  figures and ornaments, they are spectacular models for the detailed minting  design of the Tiffany Art series!