The famous biblical narration of Noah's Ark was selected as a motif for the bullion coin. The Genesis flood narrative tells how God punished mankind with a flood because of their sin, with the exception of Noah and his family. God tells Noah that he is sending a flood and gives him detailed instructions for building an ark (a large boat) and taking aboard two or more of every animal species. God later floods the entire planet underwater, but Noah is saved alive inside the ark, along with his family and a remnant of all the world's animals. The floodwaters eventually subside, and Noah's ark comes to rest on Mount Ararat.