4687) "Envy - the Fifth Deadly Sin", Cook Islands: "The Seven Deadly Sins Coin Series": A $5 1.00 oz Silver Proof Coin minted by B.H.Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich on behalf of Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Date/Year of Coin issue: 30.09.2026:
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The seven deadly sins (also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins) function as a grouping classification of major vices within the teachings of Christianity.
According to the standard list, the seven deadly sins in the Roman Catholic Church are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth.
In Catholicism, the classification of deadly sins into a group of seven originated with Tertullian and continued with Evagrius Ponticus.
The concepts of the sins involved were in part based on Greco-Roman and Biblical antecedents.
Later, the concept of seven deadly sins evolved further, based upon historical context based upon the Latin language of the Roman Catholic Church, though with a significant influence from the Greek language and associated religious traditions.
Knowledge of the seven deadly sin concept is known through discussions in various treatises and also depictions in paintings and sculpture, for example architectural decorations on certain churches of certain Catholic parishes and also from certain older textbooks. Further information has been derived from patterns of confessions.
Subsequently, over the centuries into modern times, the idea of sins (especially seven in number) has influenced or inspired various streams of religious and philosophical thought, fine art painting, and modern popular culture media such as literature, film, and television.
Origin of the currently recognised seven deadly sins:
These "evil thoughts" can be categorized as follows:
Physical (thoughts produced by the nutritive, sexual, and acquisitive appetites)
Emotional (thoughts produced by depressive, irascible, or dismissive moods)
Mental (thoughts produced by jealous/envious, boastful, or hubristic states of mind)
The fourth-century monk Evagrius Ponticus reduced the nine logismoi to eight, as follows:
Γαστριμαργία (gastrimargia) gluttony
Πορνεία (porneia) prostitution, fornication
Φιλαργυρία (philargyria) greed
Λύπη (lypē) sadness, rendered in the Philokalia as envy, sadness at another's good fortune
Ὀργή (orgē) wrath
Ἀκηδία (akēdia) acedia (apathy/neglect/indifference), rendered in the Philokalia as dejection
Κενοδοξία (kenodoxia) boasting
Ὑπερηφανία (hyperēphania) pride, sometimes rendered as self-overestimation, arrogance, or grandiosity
Evagrius's list was translated into the Latin of Western Christianity in many writings of John Cassian, thus becoming part of the Western tradition's spiritual pietas or Catholic devotions as follows:
Gula (gluttony)
Luxuria/Fornicatio (lust, fornication)
Avaritia (greed)
Tristitia (sorrow, despair, despondency)
Ira (wrath)
Acedia (sloth)
Vanagloria (vanity vainglory)
Superbia (pride)
In AD 590, Pope Gregory I revised the list to form a more common list.
Gregory combined tristitia with acedia and vanagloria with superbia, adding envy, which is invidia in Latin.
It is interesting to note that Pope Gregory's list corresponds exactly to the traits described in Pirkei Avot as "removing one from the world."
"Envy" - the fifth issue in the Series by Coin Invest Trust (CIT):
The seven deadly sins have their origins in early Christianity and were formulated for the first time in the 4th century.
The seven deadly sins are: pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth.
They are not considered concrete deeds, but as inner attitudes or vices that can distance man from God and lead to grave sin.
The fifth issue of the series takes on "Envy" –
One of those quiet, often hidden deadly sins that are rooted in the depths of the human heart. Envy arises when the gaze is not directed at one's own being, but at the having or ability of others.
This issue is also issued as a classic and coloured coin and is limited to only 999 pieces worldwide. A charming, almost humorous interpretation of an old moral theme. Inertia 2.0!
The Coin:
The Reverse of the $5 Silver Proof & Coloured Coin
The motif of this coin impressively implements this destructive dynamic: a mighty bear directs its gaze to an eagle that circles majestically above it.
The eagle embodies freedom, vision and superiority. These are qualities that are denied to the bear and that could arouse desire and resentment in it.
The juxtaposition of the two animals perfectly symbolises the nature of envy: the desire for something you don't possess and may never be able to achieve.
This limited coin, only 999 pieces worldwide, is an impressive representation of this dangerous mortal sin.
The Obverse of the $5 (Five Dollars) Silver Coin shows a left facing effigy of Charles III.
The peripheral inscriptions are - "5 DOLLARS. CHARLES III. 2026. COOK ISLANDS."
2) "Inertia - the Fourth Deadly Sin", Cook Islands: "The Seven Deadly Sins Coin Series": A $5 1.00 oz Silver Proof Coin minted by B. H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich on behalf of Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Date/Year of Coin issue: 30.09.2026
The "Seven Deadly Sins Coin Series":
1) "Inertia - the Fourth Deadly Sin", Cook Islands: "The Seven Deadly Sins Coin Series": A $5 1.00 oz Silver Proof Coin minted by B. H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich on behalf of Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Date/Year of Coin issue: 30.09.2026
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i) Metropolis Tiffany Art Coin Series features Paris, the French Capital, Republic of Palau: Minted by: B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Coin coordinated by: Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Year of Coin issue: 2021
ii) Tiffany Art Metropolis - The Cathedral of Notre Dame (Paris, France), Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Coin Series": Coin minted by : B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Coin coordinated by: Coin Invest Trust (CIT) Year of Coin issue: 2021
iii) Tiffany Art Metropolis - Rome, the Capital of Italy, Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Coin Series": Coin minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Coin coordinated by Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Year of Coin issue: 2022
iv) St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican (San Pietro in Vaticano), Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Metropolis Coin Series - San Pietro": Coin Invest Trust (CIT) has coordinated the issue of $500 (Gold) and $25 (Silver Coins minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Year of Coin issue: 2022
v) Tiffany Art Metropolis - London, the Capital of England, Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Coin Series": Coin Minted By: B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Coin Coordinated by Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Year of Coin issue: 2023
vi) Tiffany Art Metropolis - The Palace of Westminster, London, Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Coin Series": Coin minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Coin Coordinated by Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Year of Coin issue: 2023
vii) Tiffany Art Metropolis - Seoul, The Capital of South Korea, Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Coin Series": Coin minted By: B.H.Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Mucich: Coin Coordinated by Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Year of Coin issue: 2024
viii) Tiffany Art Metropolis, Seoul: The capital of South Korea, Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Series": "Gyeongbokgung Palace": Coin minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt at their facilities in Munich: Coin Coordinated By Coin Invest Trust: Year of Coin issue: 2024
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i) Tiffany Art Portals - Milan & Prague 2026 (Kilo Edition): Coin coordinated by Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Minted by B.H.Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt (GmbH) at theiur facilities in Munich: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2026
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Steampunk Coin Series:
The "Seven Deadly Sins Coin Series":
Links to other posts on Metropolis Tiffany Art Coin Series:
i) Metropolis Tiffany Art Coin Series features Paris, the French Capital, Republic of Palau: Minted by: B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Coin coordinated by: Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Year of Coin issue: 2021
ii) Tiffany Art Metropolis - The Cathedral of Notre Dame (Paris, France), Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Coin Series": Coin minted by : B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Coin coordinated by: Coin Invest Trust (CIT) Year of Coin issue: 2021
iii) Tiffany Art Metropolis - Rome, the Capital of Italy, Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Coin Series": Coin minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Coin coordinated by Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Year of Coin issue: 2022
iv) St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican (San Pietro in Vaticano), Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Metropolis Coin Series - San Pietro": Coin Invest Trust (CIT) has coordinated the issue of $500 (Gold) and $25 (Silver Coins minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Year of Coin issue: 2022
v) Tiffany Art Metropolis - London, the Capital of England, Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Coin Series": Coin Minted By: B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Coin Coordinated by Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Year of Coin issue: 2023
vi) Tiffany Art Metropolis - The Palace of Westminster, London, Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Coin Series": Coin minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Munich: Coin Coordinated by Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Year of Coin issue: 2023
vii) Tiffany Art Metropolis - Seoul, The Capital of South Korea, Republic of Palau: "Tiffany Art Coin Series": Coin minted By: B.H.Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH at their facilities in Mucich: Coin Coordinated by Coin Invest Trust (CIT): Year of Coin issue: 2024
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