About the Piece
The American football did not always have its familiar pointed shape. As the forward pass transformed the sport in the early 20th century, the ball became longer and slimmer, making it easier to grip and throw in a spiral. The external laces survived for the same reason: once they were no longer needed simply to close the ball, they became part of how a passer controls it.
Spectres recreates the modern football as a fully three-dimensional silver object. The prolate-spheroid form continues all the way around the piece, with raised laces, panel seams and stitching following the construction of the real ball rather than appearing only on one decorated face. Even the individual numbering becomes part of the football language, engraved as “#/1000 TOUCHDOWNS.”
The mirror-proof finish takes the object in a different direction from brown leather and toward championship hardware. That connection is deliberate: the Vince Lombardi Trophy itself is a regulation-size football made in sterling silver by Tiffany & Co. Spectres reduces that familiar gridiron form to a hand-held precious-metal object, retaining the shape of the game while giving it the gleam of its highest prize.
Specifications
What’s Included
- Individually numbered Spectres piece
- Matching numbered Certificate of Authenticity with product specifications
- Custom-designed Spectres presentation box
Every Spectres piece carries the Ghost mint mark.
How is this a coin?
- A coin is defined by its official issuance, not by its physical shape. This piece is formally issued as legal tender by a sovereign issuing authority, with an official denomination and year of issue.
- Money and coinage have also taken unconventional forms throughout history, including ancient Chinese knife- and spade-shaped money. Spectres continues that idea in modern legal tender, where a coin may be round, shaped, functional, sculptural or fully three-dimensional.
