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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 496402, member: 6229"]An interesting Gaelic NCLT Coin Project; You know Scotland's original language was Gael. In 2005 a Scottish Isle that is one of the Western Isles off Scotland's coast decided to fund a special project to "Protect and Conserve" the popular tourist attraction "in Perpetuity" with the help of a special NCLT coin. To insure the coin's acceptance, the powers that be, decided the coin shall be composed of .999 silver and be of a proper size (26mm). With each year's issue of the collector's coin will be accompanied with a "certificate of authenticity" which describes the coin and its minting. It was further decided to set the denomination of the coin at 6 Pence. What design/s to strike on the coin? The name of the tiny Isle is Sgarabhaigh. Well it so happens that Gaelic name translates, in English, to "Cormorant Island" because of the flocks of cormorants who make the Isle their home. It was decided the obverse of the coin bear a large image of a cormorant. Two other of nature's creatures (aquatic species) are native to the waters surrounding the Isle and draw their fair share of tourists to the Isle: seals and dolphins. One of each specie resides inside a small shield beneath the cormorant on the coin's obverse. The reverse bears the Sgarabhaigh coat-of-arms. Take a look (courtesy of Joels Coins): <a href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/sgarabhaighr.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/sgarabhaighr.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelscoins.com/images/sgarabhaighr.jpg</a> Thought you'd like to know... Clinker - Numismatic Fun Site Updated 1-3-09<a href="http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage_3.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage_3.html" rel="nofollow">http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage_3.html</a> [/QUOTE]

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