CIT’S NEWEST COIN LETS YOU KNOW IF IT’S HOT OR NOT

Coin Invest Trust are one of those mints that like to experiment with the weirder end of the market. They’ve previously released coins featuring holograms, butterflies, scents and crystals. This time around we have a thermometer! Commemorating the anniversary of the death of Anders Celsius in 1744, a strange 270th one, the coin is a fitting tribute to the man that designed the temperature scale in general use by most of the world today. Dying at the age of just 42 years old, the Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, and in 1742 proposed the Celsius temperature scale which bears his name.

Struck in one-ounce of sterling (0.925) silver, the coin is very large for the weight, being 50mm (2″) in diameter. Inset into the reverse side is a thermometer scaled from 14 to 32 degrees Celsius, with each of the ten discs showing a different number in sequential order.