2019 Benin 5 oz Silver 5,000 Francs GARDEN OF EDEN Adam Eve

2019 Benin 5 oz Silver 5,000 Francs GARDEN OF EDEN Adam Eve

Mintage: 750 Exclusive Artist Edition

This high relief stunner is dedicated to one of the most broadly known stories in all of Christianity, Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden.  Adam and Eve were seduced by the snake into eating the apple, but here at Art in Coins, we want to tempt your resolve with this incredible 5 Ounce .999 silver coin that captivates with exceptional detail and Storytelling

Features:

• Rimless design
• Antique Finish
• 5 Ounces .999 fine silver
• Super low 750 mintage
• Fantastic thematic presentation packaging

• FEATURES

      Extraordinary high relief and artistic skills
      Very detailed edgeless coin design
      Exclusive artist edition

Backstory:

The Garden of Eden or Paradise, is the biblical "garden of God", described most notably in the Book of Genesis chapters 2 and 3, and also in the Book of Ezekiel. Genesis 13:10 refers to the "garden of God" (not called Eden by name), and the "trees of the garden" are mentioned in Ezekiel 31.

The Book of Zechariah and the Book of Psalms also refer to trees and water in relation to the temple without explicitly mentioning Eden. Traditionally, scholars favored deriving the name "Eden" from the Akkadian edinnu, derived from a Sumerian word edin meaning "plain" or "steppe". Chaim Cohen, however, writes that Eden is more closely related to an Aramaic root word meaning "fruitful, well-watered".

Another interpretation associates the name "Eden" with a Hebrew word for "pleasure"; thus the Douay-Rheims Bible in Genesis 2:8 has the wording "And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure" (rather than "a garden in Eden"). The Hebrew term is translated "pleasure" in Sarah's secret saying in Genesis. 

The Artist:

Beni Debacker - Royal Portraits
The belgian artist was born in 1970 and studied scuplting at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles.
Since 2004 he has been a self-employed sculptor, restaurateur, and medallion maker. 
He worked with the Mauquoy studio to create the official medallion for the royal palace of Belgium, which displayed the portraits of king Philippe and queen Mathilde for their coronation ceremonies in 2013.