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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26613501, member: 10461&quot;]Not a coin <i>from</i> a shipwreck, but a coin <i>about</i> a shipwreck.&nbsp; Bermuda has in fact an entire <i>series</i> of shipwreck-themed coins, since their history began with a shipwreck (the one shown on the coin below).</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><b>Bermuda: 1997 gold 60-dollars, &quot;Bermuda Triangle&quot;, wreck of the <i>Sea Venture</i></b></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">NGC PR67 Ultra Cameo.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2900739-001/67/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2900739-001/67/" rel="nofollow">Cert. #2900739-001</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/15329" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/15329" rel="nofollow">Numista-15329</a>, <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/bermuda-60-dollars-km-102-1997-cuid-1047608-duid-1309408" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/bermuda-60-dollars-km-102-1997-cuid-1047608-duid-1309408" rel="nofollow">Krause-Mishler-102</a>, Friedberg-31.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">.999 gold. 1.0114 oz. Diameter: 35 mm (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuleaux_triangle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuleaux_triangle" rel="nofollow">Reuleaux</a> triangle). Weight: 31.48 g. Mintage: 1,500.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">It&#039;s a &quot;Bermuda Triangle&quot;. Get the visual pun there? This design won Best Gold Coin at the 1997 Coin of the Year (COTY) awards. It portrays the wreck of the ship <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Venture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Venture" rel="nofollow"><i>Sea Venture</i></a>, which sank in a 1609 storm at Bermuda on its way to the Jamestown colony in Virginia. This shipwreck is thought to have inspired Shakespeare&#039;s 1611 play, <i>The Tempest</i>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1696569[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1696570[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1696571[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1696572[/ATTACH] </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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