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Arctic Territories Polar Dollars Seal $2 2010 Polymer Banknote Crisp Unc

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Arctic Territories – Polar Dollars – Seal – $2 – 2010 – Polymer Banknote – Crisp Uncirculated

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Isle of Man Explorer Leif Eiriksson Proof Silver Crown 1996 Box and COA

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While most people believe that America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492, we now know that the Vikings and Leif Eriksson reached the shores of North America 500 years before Columbus. Leif was probably born in Iceland about 970-980 but as a child he moved with his parents to Greenland. It was a tradition that young Viking men make a voyage back to Norway, the land of their ancestors. Leif traveled to Norway in 999 and stayed with King Olav Trygvasson. As one story goes, as Leif was sailing back to Greenland he was driven off course and accidentally found new lands. In one place there were fields of wild wheat and grapevines. For many years archaeologists had looked for Viking evidence in America but none had been found until 1961 when at the northern tip of Newfoundland, at a place called “L’Anse aux Meadows” evidence of buildings, jewelry, tools, slag iron, and coal were found confirming the presence of the Vikings! This beautiful silver coin was issued by authority of the government of the Isle of Man and has a legal tender value of 1 Crown. Minted in 1996, it is part of the Explorers series and features the bust of Leif Eiriksson. This coin comes in a mint issued display case with a Certificate of Authenticity.

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Canada 100th Anniversary Discovery of South Pole Ten 25 cent Enameled Coins Mint Box & COA

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This issue was limited to a total of 5,000 sets, each set housed in a presentation case with a Certificate of Authenticity.

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Arctic Territories Polar Bear Dollars $10 2010 Polymer Banknote Crisp Unc

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Arctic Territories – Polar Bear Dollars – $10 – 2010 – Polymer Banknote – Crisp Uncirculated

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Tonga History of Seafaring Thor Heyerdahl 1 Pa’anga 2010 Proof Silver Crown

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Tonga – History of Seafaring – Thor Heyerdahl – 1 Pa’anga – 2010 – Proof Silver Crown – Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914, Larvik, Norway – April 18, 2002, Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. Heyerdahl became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed 4,300 miles by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. All his legendary expeditions are shown in the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo.

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Isle Of Man Commemorating the Voyages of Nansen & his Ship The Fram 1 Crown 1997

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Fridtjof Nansen (born October 10, 1861 in Store Fren, near Kristiania, now Oslo – died May 13, 1930 in Lysaker, outside Oslo) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner. Nansen had the polar vessel “Fram” built with a rounded hull, designed so as to prevent the ice from pressing it down. In 1893, Nansen allowed the “Fram” to be frozen into the drift ice north of Siberia in the hope that it would drift over or close to the North Pole. However, it soon became evident that the ship was drifting too far south. With one companion, Hjalmar Johansen, Nansen left the “Fram” and the rest of the crew, and set off to ski to the North Pole. They got further north than anyone had been before, but drifting ice and lack of food forced them to turn back and seek the mainland. They survived two winters by shooting walruses and polar bears. By an incredible stroke of luck, they stumbled across a British expedition, headed by Frederick George Jackson, on Frans Josefs Land, which took them back to Norway. The “Fram” also reached home safely with its whole crew intact. Although the North Pole had not been reached, Nansen was celebrated as a polar hero to an even greater extent than before, both nationally and internationally. In Kristiania he was received at the palace by King Oscar, and on the palace balcony accepted the plaudits of the enormous crowd assembled outside.

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