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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 8542824, member: 135271&quot;]Here is a new favorite!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2022_09/1745_lima_V3.jpg.4f8ffe3adaad722110429fde7725f7fc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I love the special history behind this coin - treasure ships, daring seamanship, desperate battles, set in the far-flung New World coasts of South America - what could be more captivating? </p><p><br /></p><p>It isn&#039;t often one can tie a coin to a single historical event so directly!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a painting of this very battle, done in oil by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Scott_%28painter%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Scott_%28painter%29" rel="nofollow">Samuel Scott</a> in the mid-1700&#039;s, shortly after the event itself:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2022_09/14400.jpg.0d682066c31b27b4ac84a8da3bbf8378.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else have any LIMA coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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