Johann Sebastian Bach is celebrated on PMC’s new Bi-Metal Max shaped silver coin

One of the most admired of all the classic composers, Johann Sebastian Bach wrote over a thousand musical compositions, in a career that spanned the first half of the eighteenth century. Some of his works are now considered amongst the finest of all time, such as The Brandenburg Concertos, and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor. He wrote for the cello, the keyboard, the organ, and for vocals, as well as grand orchestral works. Truly a talented musician.

Precious Metal Collectors have a history with the musical world, most recently with the outstanding Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart bust-shaped coin, a part of their historical bust’s collection. While that was a traditional solid silver strike, PMC have returned to their impressive copper-cored ‘Bi-Metal Max’ technique for this one. As a result, despite looking like a fully silver coin, and containing only a solitary ounce of the metal, it reaches an impressive 120 mm in length, while maintaining a solid thickness.

It is a shaped coin, done to ape the note ‘b’, and is antique finished. The obverse has the composer’s signature struck into it, along with some musical notation. The reverse also has some notation, forming the composer’s name, as well as an image of the man at work. It’s all very well done, although we do prefer the bust series if we’re honest. The coin comes boxed with a C.O.A., and is available to order now.