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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26623404, member: 10461&quot;]<b><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Great Britain: 2020 gold 100-pounds, Mayflower 400th Anniversary commemorative, first day of issue</font></font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6039444-048/69/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6039444-048/69/" rel="nofollow">Cert. #6039444-048/69</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/296804" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/296804" rel="nofollow">Numista-296804</a>, <a href="http://ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-100-pounds-km-1921-2020-cuid-1892526-duid-1892786" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-100-pounds-km-1921-2020-cuid-1892526-duid-1892786" rel="nofollow">Krause-Mishler-1921</a>, Spink-OB1.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">.999 gold, 1.0033 oz.&nbsp; Diameter: 32.69 mm.&nbsp; Weight: 31.21 g.&nbsp; Mintage: 500.&nbsp; First day of issue.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I purchased this coin for not much more than its gold melt value at the time- and it doubled in value a year and a half later as bullion prices rose.&nbsp; If one is going to set aside an ounce of gold, I think it is far better to do that with an appealing lower-mintage issue like this rather than some generic bullion coin with a mintage in the hundreds of thousands or millions, wouldn&#039;t you say?&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Not only do I like coins with sailing ship designs, but I am also a maternal descendant of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradford_(governor)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradford_(governor)" rel="nofollow">William Bradford</a>, the Pilgrim governor, who came to America aboard the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower" rel="nofollow"><i>Mayflowe</i>r</a> in 1620.&nbsp; So this coin was a natural fit for me.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Along the same theme there is, of course, the 1920 United States Pilgrim half dollar.&nbsp; Naturally, I have <a href="https://i.mycollect.com/r/p/orig/photos/2025/12/mycollect_de0f43db467dff47dc489ffef44c30504d1bd967d876e2f66d801901a2f96591.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://i.mycollect.com/r/p/orig/photos/2025/12/mycollect_de0f43db467dff47dc489ffef44c30504d1bd967d876e2f66d801901a2f96591.jpg" rel="nofollow">one of those</a>, too.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Great Collections, <a href="https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1559868/Great-Britain-2020-Gold-194-163-100-Mayflower-400th-Anniversary-First-Day-of-Issue-NGC-Proof-69-UC-AGW-10-oz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1559868/Great-Britain-2020-Gold-194-163-100-Mayflower-400th-Anniversary-First-Day-of-Issue-NGC-Proof-69-UC-AGW-10-oz" rel="nofollow">Item #1559868</a>, 12 May 2024.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1697677[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1697678[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1697679[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1697680[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1697681[/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">248950</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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