The Wright Flyer coin will make a lasting memento of the aeronautical achievements made in the last century and, as such, makes the perfect gift to hand down to future generations.
The desire to conquer the skies has tantalised mankind for centuries and mankind’s unerring determination to defy the forces of gravity reached a climax in 1903 with the world’s first manned flight by the Wright Brothers’ Flyer.
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This $25 Solomon Islands coin designed by Don Everhart II is struck in fine silver to Proof quality and for special effect the coin has been entirely plated with fine gold. Housed in a black presentation case the coin is accompanied by an informative Certificate of Authenticity.
The obverse of the coin features the portrait of the Queen by Raphael Maklouf.
The year 2003 saw the one hundredth anniversary of the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air machine with a pilot on board. At Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on 17 December 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved this amazing feat and secured their place in history. The Wright brothers had been fascinated by building and inventing since childhood and once they had left school they began work on constructing printing presses and eventually started a business in making and repairing bicycles. Money from their many projects helped fund their passion for aeronautics. The Wright brothers were convinced that human flight was possible and they were determined to prove it. After a few short years of experimenting with kites and other flying apparatus they finally achieved success.
In 1948, the forty-fifth anniversary of their remarkable accomplishment the original Wright 1903 Flyer was donated to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C where it remains on display.