"Follow The Leader" coin thread BY THEME (for ALL types of coins, tokens, and medals)

wait for it .... here it is.

Sailing ships...

 

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Sailing ships...

 

Just picked up these tokens from Tavistock, where Drake was born. Four different ones, but only two shown here as they fit the Sailing ship theme. Common reverse.
Presumably the Pelican
Plymouth Harbour?

Common reverse - clearly some big promotion in 1980. The other two obverses are of Drake landing on a foreign shore, and of him being knighted by Elizabeth I. If you don't know about Drake, here is the Wiki page: Francis Drake.

 

El Draco, still well hated by the locals in Cartagena. He and his men not only singed the beard of the Spaniard, they also did a very thorough job of rape, pillage and plunder.

 

One more sailing ship:



How about island nations nations next.

 

Ancient Ceylon, this one is labeled as 1276 though that is only approximate.

 

Here is the one I was looking for last night. Has a real date and some readable language on it. Madagascar. Island nation, continue

 

Mauritius Independence.

cont.. Island Nations

 

Singapore, I think is an independent island city-state.

 

New Zealand -- 1972 1 dollar:

 

Fiji

 

Why not bigger islands . Here is Japan from more insular times:

 

Philippines



Continue with Island Nations

 

@lordmarcovan Sorry for the delay:
Here you go...

 

Taiwan

 

Australia...

Island Nations....

 

How about Jamaica, mon