Front: “Memento Mori” (Latin: remember that you will die)
Back: “Your time is limited.”
At a glance
- What it is: our Memento Mori design struck in 1 oz of .999 fine silver
- Good for: a keepsake to pass down, a collection centerpiece, a once in a lifetime gift
- Gift for: a 25th (silver) anniversary, a milestone birthday, a Stoic reader who has everything
- Size: 39 mm, 1 oz, die struck in the USA
The meaning
Memento mori, remember that you will die, is the reminder the Stoics used to spend their time on what matters. On the back, the same idea in plain English: your time is limited.
Silver changes how the message lands. This is not a coin you lose in a car seat. It is one you keep, look at, and eventually hand to someone else, which is a fitting way to carry a reminder about time.
The design
The same artwork as our Memento Mori Coin: a laurel crowned face split between a living man and a skull, inside a Roman numeral clock dial. The back carries an hourglass topped by a skull, a rose inside the glass, the sun and the moon, and Your time is limited around the edge.
On good days and hard days
- On good days, it marks the milestones worth remembering: an anniversary, a birthday, a life well spent so far.
- On hard days, when days blur together, a solid ounce of silver in your hand is a quiet reminder that your time is limited and worth using well.
Give it
Silver is the traditional gift for a 25th anniversary, and this coin fits a milestone birthday or a retirement just as well. It suits a collector of silver coins or a reader of Marcus Aurelius who already owns the brass version and wants the one to keep for good.
Specs
- Metal: .999 fine silver
- Weight: 1 oz
- Diameter: 1.54 in (39 mm)
- Thickness: 2.7 mm
- Made: die struck, minted in the USA
- Ships in a clear protective capsule
Questions
Is it solid silver?
Yes. It is struck in .999 fine silver and weighs 1 oz.
How is it different from the regular Memento Mori Coin?
Same design, different metal. The regular coin is brass or solid copper with an antique finish for everyday carry; this one is .999 silver, made to keep.
Is this a good 25th anniversary gift?
Silver is the traditional 25th anniversary metal, and the message about making time count suits the occasion.
Other coins on the same theme
- Memento Mori Coin: the classic Stoic reminder, your time is limited
- Life Spiral Coin: for the hard worker who needs reminding that nothing comes along at the end
- Fleeting Time Coin: “What you are I once was,” for milestone birthdays
- Vita Brevis Coin: “You are dust,” memento mori with a faith angle
- Omnia Vanitas Coin: for ego and humility
- Carpe Diem Coin: the bright side, remember to live
Original design by EDC Reminder Coins, protected by copyright. We don't take custom orders.