Cook Islands – 2010 – 5 Dollars – Vasily Tropinin (serie Masters of Europe) (PROOF)

Description

Face Value Metal Fineness Weight Diameter Quality Mintage
5 Dollars Silver .925 25 gr 30x38mm PROOF 2’500

Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (Russian: ??????? ????????? ????????) (March 30 [O.S. March 19] 1776 – May 16 [O.S. May 4] 1857) was a Russian Romantic painter. Much of his life was spent as a serf; he didn’t attain his freedom until he was more than forty years old. Three of his more important works are a portrait of Alexander Pushkin and paintings called The Lace Maker and The Gold-Embroideress.