2 oz Cook Islands 2023 Black Proof - The STANLEY Hotel - The Shining Stephen King - Most Haunted Places - 10$

2 oz Cook Islands 2023 Black Proof - STANLEY Hotel Colorado
Most Haunted Places
 Mintage 1,909 - CIT original packaging

This beautiful 2 Oz Silver coin is the first issue in the new “Most Haunted Places” series and features the Stanley hotel, where strange and supposedly paranormal incidents were reported in room 217. The coin has Black Proof quality with incredible Smartminting Ultra High Relief, has a wonderful design and comes in a case, along with the Certificate of Authenticity. Limited mintage of 1.909 pcs worldwide.

SERIEs Most Haunted Places - Issue 1

Münzdaten Coin Data
2023 Cook Islands 10 $ -  Black Proof Smartminting
2 oz = 62,2 g. 999 Silber
Auflage - Mintage 1909
Mint-Original-Packaging C.I.T.

In 1909, when inventor Freelan Oscar Stanley

first opened the opulent Stanley Hotel in Estes Valley, Colorado, visitors were enthralled by the palatial building and the surrounding rural landscape of the valley.

After years of success, by the 1970s the hotel had fallen into grave disrepair and was a mere shadow of its former self. A bizarre and fateful chain of events involving the now famous author Steven King saved the Stanley from the wrecking ball. In a lucid nightmare, while staying in room 217, he dreamt of a coiled fire hose coming to life chasing his screaming son through the halls of the hotel.

The Stanley’s connection to King’s terrifying night, which resulted in his successful book «The Shining», is the hotel’s most famous creepy occurrence. But strange and supposedly paranormal incidents were reported at the hotel well before the 1970s, some specifically in room 217.

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