Can anyone find the sailor on the boat?

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George T. Morgan is the sailor on the boat.

George T. Morgan engraved the reverse of the 1892-1893 World's Columbian Exposition Half Dollar.

Morgan's initial "M" is concealed in the ship's rigging at the lower right of the mainsail.




More info on the Columbian Exposition Half Dollar Commemorative History.

 

Whew!

I thought that this was going to be another "little king" thread!:goofer:

 

Your sailor is pretty hard to see, so how about one that is not hard to find!

 

Charmy,
I cant find yours. I saw the other one immediately but yours, I am having trouble seeing:goofer:

 

If you enlarge the picture you can't help seeing the guy manning the tiller.

 

that's right. I'm sure its a minting artifact, but it sure is interesting with extreme blowup.


Ruben

 

I can see the guy on the Columbian! Does anyone else see him?

Chris

 

Yes, Chris, "the guy on the Columbian" is none other than Christopher Columbus on the obverse side of the coin, engraved by Charles Barber.

Regards, krispy

 

I was joking because the one on Penny Ladies coin was so big. I was saying I couldnt see hers but could see the very tiny one on the other coin. It was sarcasm

 

I wasn't joking!

I hope Peter is able to correct this with the photo upload.

Chris

 

Okay.

Until the image thing is fixed, here it is the image code:

 

I'm not, however. If you look on the image you can see what looks like a sailor on the square rigging in the middle.

Ruben

 

Ahoy!




You guys care to illustrate where you see your little sailor? :goofer:

 

I can't see it .Must be the invisible man on a Ghost Ship !

 

Look in the two squares on the left just below the deck railing. You can see him sitting there facing right, drinking a cup of coffee and reading the morning paper.

Chris

 

Of course! It's as plain as day! :goofer:

I guess they had a printing press running off those papers each morning on their Atlantic crossing.

 

I shamefully admit that I wasn't thinking coins when I opened this thread.

 

Pelican Express Airways........"We deliver to all points of the globe. On time! Every time!"

Chris

 

Ah yes, PEX! ...and they chose to take a wooden sail masted boat for what reason, when there was clearly Air service capable of delivering printed news to a ship upon the waves bound for the Indies??? :rolling: