Transylvanian Collectible Coin Numista Rarity

Description: Transylvanian Collectible Coin and Numista Rarity. Composition: brass Weight: 10.9g Size: 29.5mm Thickness: 2.2mm Edge: reeded Technique: milled Orientation: medal alignment Salina Turda was placed by Business Insider at the top of their list of the ten 'coolest underground places in the world'. Coin Inscriptions: SALINA TURDA COIN - POARTA SPRE INIMA TRANSILVANIEI (THE GATE TO TRANSYLVANIA'S HEART). One side of the coin has the 'CRIVAC CHAMBER' installation. The Crivac Room: the octagonal room hosts a winch called 'crivac' or 'gepel', rudimentary installation used for lifting salt rocks on the surface. It dates from 1881. This machine replaced another, smaller in size, that was installed in 1864. It is the only machine of this kind in all salt mines in Romania and probably in Europe that keeps in its original location. History Salt was first extracted here during the antiquity and the mine continuously produced table salt from the Middle Ages (the mine being first mentioned in 1075) to the early 20th century (1932). The first document that speaks explicitly about the existence of a salt mine in Turda dates from 1 May 1271, being issued by the Hungarian chancellery. Documents preserved from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries that refer to the Turda salt mines mention that salines were arranged in Băile Sărate microdepression and on the south-eastern slope of the Valea Sărată. Operating rooms were placed on the sites of current salt lakes from the perimeters mentioned above. In the seventeenth century has begun first salt mining works on the north-western slope of Valea Valea Sărată, evidenced by shafts in the dome of Terezia room. In a short time is open the Sfântul Anton mine, perimeter where the mining activity continues until the first half of the twentieth century. Source: Wikipedia

Price: 690 GBP

Location: Watford, Hertfordshire

End Time: 2023-10-09T20:10:25.000Z

Shipping Cost: 46.24 GBP