ColorEYEzed Ocean Blue silver coin (2022 CIT)
As we continue to slowly work our way through CIT’s Spring Launch coins, we come to an issue that sits outside any current series. Called ‘ColorEYEze’ it’s a simple depiction of a human iris and pupil, realised in high-definition colour. It’s certainly striking, and you’ll either love the simplicity of it, or wish that CIT had gone a bit further with it, with a convex strike, for example.
They chose a blue eye, often seen in many cultures as the most desirable, but one only possessed by 8% of the human population, with heavy biases in places like Northern Europe. The number of babies with blue eyes is considerably higher, but they usually fade to a different colour as the child ages. It’s been postulated that all blue-eyed people can trace their line back to a single ancestor, around 6-10,000 years ago. There is actually no blue pigment in blue eyes, they’re more sensitive to light than other colours, and people with them have a higher rate of alcoholism.
Available to order now, this one-ounce silver coin is struck to a proof finish, has a 38.61 mm diameter, and comes presented in a ‘floating’ frame with a themed insert. The mintage is set at 1,500 pieces
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