Are you a sports fan? Have a favorite team (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, etc.)? College or Pro? Have a favorite player (including bowling, golf, billiards, tennis, volleyball, etc.)? Have you ever wondered, "What coin or coins is/are associated with sports (Not Olympic) and/or athletes?" I have, so I did some research. It would take four or five posts just to present all the sports coin commemoratives and memorabilia available to numismatists, so I'm only going to acquaint you with one sport's coin venue (football). Some coins featuring football are struck as commemoratives honoring the college bowl games (Orange Bowl, Chik-Fil-A Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Rose Bowl, etc.). Others honor pro football's Super Bowl winners. Highland Mint, in Florida, has been given the rights to produce the coins used in the Coin Tosses (usually striking 5,000 pieces for fans and collectors). Sometimes a coin is struck commemorating a game with 1,000 or more given to the first 1,000 or more fans attending the game. After some games a special MVP coin is minted and in still other instances the stadium (ballpark), itself is honored. There are issues of coins featuring a Hall of Fame recipient along with his record-setting accomplishments. I will try to present you with photos of some of these Football coins. Here's Highland Mint's Coin Toss coin for Superbowl XLII (42). This one is bronze: http://www.highlandmint.com/catalog.cfm?Action=ShowProduct&ProductID=1516 Here's the Gold overlay specimen: http://www.highlandmint.com/catalog.cfm?Action=ShowProduct&ProductID=1515 Here's the two-toned coin (gold plated on a silver overlay medallion): http://www.highlandmint.com/catalog.cfm?Action=ShowProduct&ProductID=1514 Who was the MVP in Super XLIII? Here's a commemorative action photo of the MVP plus a 24KT Gold overlay Steelers Super Bowl XLIII Champions Coin and a 24KT Gold overlay Super Bowl XLIII Commemorative Coin! http://store.profootballhof.com/Santonio-Holmes-Super-Bowl-XLIII-Mvp-Photomint.aspx Do you know which Cleveland Browns' player was Rookie of the Year in 1957? Take a look at this commemorative coin honoring 60 years of Browns' football: http://www.clevelandskyline.com/Cleveland_Browns_page_19.htm Do you know who Brett Favre is? Guess what? Here's a set of coins honoring several of Brett's football accomplishments: http://www.motormint.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2185 Check out this "Final Days of Texas Stadium" Dallas Cowboys memorabilia coin: (click photo for enlargement): http://www.sportswall.com/photo1793k.html Two Coins in a Photo Mint package commemorate Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2729861 Here's the New York Giants' Super Bowl XLII Win in 2007 (over Arizona) bronze Coin: http://www.beaniebestbuy.com/HM/HM07SBBR.JPG Here's the Two Tone Coin: http://www.beaniebestbuy.com/HM/SB422TONE.JPG This 24kt gold and color Coin ends this post:: http://www.beaniebestbuy.com/HM/SB42CH24.JPG Hope this opened a whole new venue of coin collecting for you... Clinker
Maybe something like this? Cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman That said, I just pulled one from circulation today. Not that easy to find one these days.
hontonai: Yes, there are several legal tender coins featuring non Olympic sports. Here's two 50 Cents coins issued by South Africa (photos courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery): http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...2002) Soccer player&query=South Africa Soccer http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...03) Cricket player&query=South Africa Cricket There are quite a few struck by/for some Central and South America countries as well as a few Caribbean island nations featuring Pan-Am and other sports competitions besides the Olympics. Clinker
