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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26606490, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Palestine (British): 1944 bronze 5-mils, saved by WW2 US Merchant Marine Captain Raymond Fulshaw</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS MS64 RB.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/38640445" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/38640445" rel="nofollow">Cert. #38640445</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/7918" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/7918" rel="nofollow">Numista-7918</a>, <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/palestine-5-mils-km-3a-1942-1944-cuid-1097268-duid-1551535" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/palestine-5-mils-km-3a-1942-1944-cuid-1097268-duid-1551535" rel="nofollow">Krause-Mishler-3a</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Diameter: 20 mm.&nbsp; Weight: 2.9 g.&nbsp; Mintage: 1,000,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This coin of British Palestine would be interesting enough in its own right, but it also has a colorful backstory.&nbsp; According to <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/kazuma78.17304/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/kazuma78.17304/">Josh Zachman</a>, from whom I bought it: </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><i>&quot;It came from the estate of a Merchant Mariner who traveled the world during World War 2. I bought it from the man&#039;s daughter. It was in a box of several hundred coins from probably about 20 different countries. He apparently was in Palestine and got these shortly after they were minted and he had probably 15 other Palestinian coins, although this one and the 20-mils were the two best.&quot;</i> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Josh then confirmed with the man&#039;s daughter that his name was Captain Walter Raymond Fulshaw and he had achieved his Master&#039;s license at age 26.&nbsp; I found <a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/toledoblade/name/walter-fulshaw-obituary?id=12239052" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/toledoblade/name/walter-fulshaw-obituary?id=12239052" rel="nofollow">Captain Fulshaw&#039;s&nbsp; obituary</a> online.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Though Captain Fulshaw wasn&#039;t famous, I thought his association with this coin was worth preserving.&nbsp; Backstories can be interesting, don&#039;t you think?&nbsp; Just imagine the wartime travels of Captain Fulshaw and his coins.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I paid Josh $100 for this coin, which seems reasonable considering the <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices/details/1944-ms/331082" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices/details/1944-ms/331082" rel="nofollow">auction history</a> of similar examples.&nbsp; Bizarrely, one fingerprinted MS65 example sold for <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/palestine/palestine-british-mandate-bronze-5-mils-1944-/a/3032-25549.s?hdnJumpToLot=1&amp;x=0&amp;y=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/palestine/palestine-british-mandate-bronze-5-mils-1944-/a/3032-25549.s?hdnJumpToLot=1&amp;x=0&amp;y=0" rel="nofollow">$1,762.50</a> at Heritage in 2014!&nbsp; I wonder what the story behind <i>that</i> was!</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Josh Zachman.&nbsp; Prior provenance to USMM Captain Walter Raymond Fulshaw (1924-2010).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1695971[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1695965[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695966[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695968[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695969[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695970[/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">010000</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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