1000 Francs Pharaoh Ramesses II Afterlife

Reverse

A fleshless portrait of Pharaoh Ramesses II of Egypt. Designed to appear as if freshly snatched from a royal resting place, the field is adorned with astonishingly realistic cracks, chisel marks and faded hieroglyphs, as well as the Pharaoh’s name, which is the only text on the obverse.

Script: Latin

Lettering: RAMESSES II

Edge

Plain

Comment

Born around 1303 B.C., Ramesses II, also known as “Ramesses the Great,” reigned as Pharaoh over the Egyptian Empire from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most powerful Pharaohs of the Egyptian Empire. At the age of fourteen (14), Ramesses II’s father Seti I, appointed Ramesses II Prince Regent. Less then ten years later, Ramesses II would ascend to the throne as Pharaoh. Ramesses’ greatest accomplishments include numerous victorious campaigns against the Canaanites, Hittites, Nubians, and Sherden sea pirates; construction of a new Egyptian Capital – Pi-Ramesses; the Ramesseum (a temple complex), construction of numerous colossal statues that bore his image throughout the Egyptian Empire, and creation of arguably the world’s first Peace Treaty – a treaty signed that ended the conflict between Egypt and Hatti.
Ramesses’ rule over the Egyptian Empire lasted nearly seventy (70) years between 1279 and 1213 BC. The ‘signs of damage’ on the coin certainly aren’t inaccurate, since his tomb was flooded 7 times and over the ages, everything in it was damaged almost beyond recognition.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2017	25000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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