Gift idea 5: Give a great moment
Christmas – so far away and yet so close! And when it comes to a unique gift leaving a great impression, diamonds aren’t your only option. Add more strings to your bow and facets to your range of possibilities.
This article is the fifth in a series of seven, each dedicated to a category of unique gifts with a silver or even gold edge showcasing your talent for originality this festive season.
History has seen its share of tragic events, but it’s now time to find the right balance.
Today, it’s all about giving great moments.
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Those marking the happiness, jubilation, progress, creativity, and evolution of humanity and leading it to better days, century after century.
As such, this is not a sad, motley selection, but rather an eclectic and elitist one. Revolutions, anniversaries, coronations, great men, explorers, artists, inventors... Not an exhaustive list by any means, for the history of humanity is far too long to summarize.
But from Mendelssohn to Mandela, from Mother Teresa to Barack Obama, from the Moon landing to the fall of the Berlin Wall, from the Appeal of 18 June to the invention of the steam train, from the pragmatic flamboyance of Augustus to the studied stoicism of Marcus Aurelius, from the Athenian owl to the greatness of Alexander III, what an anthology of reasons to believe in humanity and its capacity to evolve, unite, and create!
Take a little rosier look at life...
Here is a chronological selection of 102 coins, commemorative medals, tokens, ancient coins, and other collectible quinarii celebrating great moments. More than merely metallic witnesses, a symbolic reminder for optimists and even utopians...
