I like that! Come to think of it, i have a piece of ship-themed currency, too. (Maybe i will do a December giveaway after all...) Hmmm... since...
This one (from the same exonuma bulk bag as those USS Olympia medals) is pretty interesting. It's a 1934 Lincoln cent, but the reverse seems to...
@coin_nut - you've kept us rollin' right along, on a highway paved with VOC duits! Excellent.
Hey, that's a nice one!
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Peru [IMG]
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Keep the ships theme steamin' along. United States: bronze Civil War token, "Our Little Monitor" type, 1863 [IMG] [IMG]
I'm not so sure about that, but I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, either. I did wonder about that.
Sometimes gimmicky stuff can be fun. I suppose that's the whole point. Those "ghost ship" medals are ten times more attractive and classier than...
I agree. The Portuguese made some lovely coins, ship-themed or otherwise, which are appealing in any grade.
Those are cool. A little bit Millennial-generation-gimmicky, sure, but cool and attractive nonetheless. I like 'em! Are they silver rounds?...
Iran (Persia): gold toman of Fath Ali Shah, AH 1233 (1817), Yazd mint [IMG] (En route to PCGS for grading as of 11/03/2017; this is a temporary...
Across to Greece. Ancient Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte, Athena and quadripartite punch, ca. 478-387 BC [IMG] (NGC VF; Strike 5/5,...
Pow! There ya go! :)
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PS- it would be fun to see the progression of this thread plotted out on a world map, with all the zigzag lines crisscrossing the globe as we...
I had a rare (British) Sierra Leone silver dollar from the 1790s on my old "Holey Coin Vest". (Maybe you know the type, with the crouching lion...
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