Gothic Styled Stacking : Silver Shield’s Fiat Nevermore

A lovely Gothic theme Silver Round inspired by an American Literary Icon Edgar Allen Poe.

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This Christmas I received a most lovely gift from my Stacking mentor 'Punkys Dad', he purchased it from @phelimint this 2018 Fiat Nevermore. Brilliant Uncirculated, save for a few unfortunate milk spots is a Round that was high on my wish list. My earlier effort to acquire one in either Proof or BU from the Golden State Mint was thwarted by a traumatic $54 USD shipping expense just for One Round at the time but revised to $24.55 as of this posting. It was just too much.

The Obverse depicting the Raven with a flaming banknote in it’s beak perched on a Skull.

And so the Stats, everyone likes stats;

• 1660 total mintage in BU Silver and of that 629 in the Proof version
• 511 in Copper Bullion
• Made by the Golden State Mint and made available on June 4 to 11 2018
• 39.3 mm Diameter
• 3.2 mm thick

The Reverse featuring the beautiful Silver Shield design stating the year 2018, weight of 1 Troy oz. in 0.999 Fine Silver.

1. My own photos/pictures R Clip art vectors from 123RF

And about "Nevermore" The Raven

For those not familiar with the Classic poem by Edgar Allen Poe, as excerpt...

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore……

To me this rings of a perfect literary Poetic art form that thrills me!

Read the rest on the;
Poetry Foundation Website
Edgar Allen Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Wiki Commons

Perhaps one of the most familiar Icons of those in Gothic persuasion are usually well read of this American Literary Writer, editor and critic Edgar Allen Poe. And while his biography reflects what seems to have a much troubled life in Irony shines quite a brilliant insight into Mystery, Madness and the Macabre in the human psyche. Best known for his short Stories and credited in giving rise to the Detective Fiction genre and as a contributing writer to the emerging science fiction genre as well.

In 1845 he published his most famous narrative poem, ‘The Raven’ and was received with much success that established his place in celebrated American literature. The original Front cover in 1845 The Raven and other Works

George Hazelton's revised version The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe) 1908 WC

Paul Gustave Dore’s 1884 illustration of The Raven Source Public Domain

Personally the my favorite site for everything about Poe would be, The Edgar Allen Poe Society of Baltimore Website

Sources;
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
The Edgar Allen Poe Society of Baltimore https://www.eapoe.org/index.htm

“Et lux in tenebris to serve laboro, sum sicarius” “I work in the shadows to serve the Light, I am an Assassin”