@panzerman- that puts me up to 40 golds and 1 electrum in my collection now. I've still got a long long way to go to catch up to you! ;)
Here it is- my last acquisition of 2025. :) Germany (Weimar Republic): 1932 specimen gold medal memorializing the schooner "Niobe" shipwreck...
Germany (Weimar Republic): 1932 specimen gold medal memorializing the schooner "Niobe" shipwreck PCGS SP66. Cert. #37874373. Numista-69196,...
I see your point. While I have owned a couple of them, they're sufficiently enough out of my wheelhouse that I couldn't confidently say yeah or...
Nice one! I can recall owning two antoninianii of Philip the Arab. Both were OK, but your new one looks much nicer. [IMG] [IMG]
The rules of this thread can be challenging. I've often had to look at a map to see if there was an unbroken straight line across the ocean...
As it happens, my final 2025 acquisition was also a medal portraying a sailing ship, albeit from almost a century later. In this case, a 1932...
Ooh, lovely! I can understand the impulse that led to that purchase. Nice writeup and great photos, as always.
South of the border we go… United States: 1799 silver Draped Bust dollar [IMG]
Canada Canada: 1977 gold proof 100 dollars of Elizabeth II, Silver Jubilee issue [IMG]
Keep the ship theme going… Germany (Weimar Republic): 1927-A silver 3-reichsmark, Bremerhaven commemorative [IMG]
I forgot how some of Hadrian’s coins had Trajan’s name on them.
I'll be doing more than that- I’ve got some work for you.
Weimar Germany: Gold specimen medal commemorating the tragic loss of the sailing ship Niobe, 1932. New theme: ships. [ATTACH]
I just acquired another nice piece that commemorates a shipwreck today. I’ll post it soon. It is an item I sold in 2020 and missed, and lo, just...
Just a short, straight sail to Ireland, though… Ireland: 1805 bronzed copper proof halfpenny of George III, Soho Mint [IMG]
Yep. Nice Singapore coin, but invalid play, as there is no straight-line sea route between Great Britain and Singapore. So we’re still on Great...
At least you scored some goodies. At today’s crazy silver prices, that ‘44 is not nothin’, and it’s actually pretty high grade for one found in...
France France: ca. 1380-1422 gold Ecu d'or of Charles VI, from the Lucerne Abbey Treasure (100 Years' War) [IMG]
I’ll throw in an entry for @dano’s Boy Scout here. He may of course post his own as well.
Separate names with a comma.
