I've always thought it meant "New Purchases" but one is just as good as the other unless someone collects trucks. Chris
Word. /hijack I'll hereby pat myself on the back for being correct about your not being done purchasing coins for the year. You did make it a week and a half only making 2 sets of purchases though, that's good. / hijack
Your photos in this thread are very good. (really good) Do you know what is depicted on the shield on the reverse of the Bermuda crown coin?
The Bermuda Coat of Arms features a lion, who represents England, holding a shield etched with a ship that has been run aground. The ship in the etching is the "Sea Venture," and was the flagship of the Virginia Company on its way to Jamestown, Virginia. The ship ran aground, purposefully, during a storm at sea, and all passengers on board were saved, thanks to the swift actions of Admiral Sir George Somers. Coincidentally, the reef that the ship ran aground on was the Bermuda reef, and thus the island nation was formed in 1609.
