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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26608545, member: 10461&quot;]<b><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Bahamas: 1974-FM copper-nickel proof 10-cents, bonefish</font></font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS PR69 DCAM.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/39640166" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/39640166" rel="nofollow">Cert. #39640166</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/9224" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/9224" rel="nofollow">Numista-9224</a>.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/bahamas-10-cents-km-61-1974-2005-cuid-1041795-duid-1282507" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/bahamas-10-cents-km-61-1974-2005-cuid-1041795-duid-1282507" rel="nofollow">Krause-Mishler-61</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Diameter: 23.50 mm (scalloped, with 12 notches).&nbsp; Weight: 5.54 g.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Some may wonder why I spent nearly fifty dollars to certify this piece, which was worth less than two dollars as of the time I acquired it.&nbsp; I have always loved the design and odd shape, but more importantly, my family lived aboard a forty-foot trimaran sailboat in the Bahamas in 1974, and we had many island-hopping adventures.&nbsp; My mother would give me pocket change, and I fondly remember the Bahamian coins of the time.&nbsp; In Nassau I could buy a comic book with one of these &quot;bonefish&quot; ten-cent pieces.&nbsp; (I even recall that one of those was a Disney comic about Scrooge McDuck.) So this coin was added to my collection for purely sentimental reasons.&nbsp; Of course this particular piece is a Franklin Mint proof, and not a circulation issue like the ones I spent as a kid.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Despite the orientation in the PCGS images, the side with the bonefish is the reverse.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-eBay, purchased raw in the original mint cellophane.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1696122[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1696123[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1696124[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1696125[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">005600</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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