Somali Republic – Green Ghost Motorcycle Coin – 2007 – One Dollar -Brilliant Uncirculated — Existing laws preclude us from naming these motorcycle coins by their brand names, but everyone can pick out their favorite bike (or all six of them). These enameled One Dollar legal tender world coins were just issued by authority of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
Issued in 2003 as part of the modern commemorative coin series from the United States Mint. This legal tender One Dollar coin has been authenticated, encapsulated and graded MS-69 by PCGS, one of the leading third party grading services.
Okay, every now and then there’s an innovation in numismatics that truly bamboozles me. This world coin has (believe it) friction/odor tech (better known as “scratch and sniff”). Now I like the smell of money well enough but this is one step beyond and this coin actually emits the smell of gunpowder and smoke when the image of the ship is rubbed! That’s getting into the buccaneer spirit! And it’s appropriate considering that the “Ark Royal” was the flagship of Queen Elizabeth’s navy in its fight against the Spanish Armada. She saw service from 1588 till 1636. If you’re a collector of world coins and have an affinity for buccaneers, privateers, or ships then this world coin would make an extraordinary addition to your world coin collection.
Okay, every now and then there’s an innovation in numismatics that truly bamboozles me. This world coin has (believe it) friction/odor tech (better known as “scratch and sniff”). Now I like the smell of money well enough but this is one step beyond and this coin actually emits the smell of gunpowder and smoke when the image of the ship is rubbed! That’s getting into the buccaneer spirit! And it’s appropriate considering that the “Christian den Syvende,” built in 1767 for Denmark’s schizophrenic Monarch, King Christian VII, was a massive three-decked ship of the line. It had 90 guns and a crew of 849 men and saw about 40 years of service! If you’re a collector of world coins and have an affinity for buccaneers, privateers, or truly impressive ships then this world coin would make an extraordinary addition to your world coin collection.
The latest of two new motorsport issues by the Isle of Man, this one featuring Italian superstar Giacomo Agostini. His career can be summed up in a few bold statistics: fifteen world titles, not one serious fall in a seventeen year career. The first real mega star in the story of the sport.
Princess Coronation Class Locomotive No 6233 Duchess of Sutherland was built in Crewe Locomotive Works by the London Midland and Scottish Railway Co. Ltd. and entered service in July 1938. She was active for the next 25 years until her retirement from active service in 1963. In 1996 she was purchased by the Princess Class Locomotive Trust and in 1998 a complete overhaul was commenced which eventually wound up costing over one-half million Pounds Sterling. The reconstruction was completed in 2001 and the locomotive is again seeing service and is expected to be active until 2007.
Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, the LNER Class A3 Pacific locomotive number 4472 “Flying Scotsman” was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works. Later renumbered to 60103 by British Railways following nationalization, it was employed on express trains on the East Coast Main Line from London King’s Cross to Doncaster, Leeds, York, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Edinburgh. Normally used on the run from London to Edinburgh, the Flying Scotsman traveled over 3,000,000 miles before it was retired in 1963 and has frequently been called “the most famous steam locomotive in the world”.
I had heard of these crowns, but had never seen them. This crown features the 1907 Matchless being driven by legendary biker Charlie Collier. Matchless was one of the true pioneer motorcycle manufacturers. The Collier brothers built their first machine in London in 1899, and the company really came to prominence in 1907 with victory in the single-cylinder class of the first Isle of Man TT which they backed up with a second victory in 1908. Over the next seventy years, Matchless produced many distinguished bikes, from singles to magnificent four-cylinder machines. It has a legal tender value of one crown in the Isle of Man. These coins are the size of an Eisenhower Dollar, and would make a great gift for any motorcycle enthusiast, even if that happens to be you.
3 ounce .999 silver proof coin measures 50mm in diameter. 1 of 499 such coins to minted under the authority of the government of Cook Islands.Includes an embedded swatch of the airship’s fabric.
This 2013 Fijian Proof Silver Coin contains authentic pieces of the meteorite which crashed to earth in Morasko (now a wooded reserve to the north of the city of Poznań in Poland) about 5,000 years ago.
This note is listed in Krause’s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money as Pick-153a.
Franklin Mint – History of US – Sit-down Stikes Sweep the Nation – 1937 – 45mm – Proof Bronze Medal – There were 4,470 recorded strikes during 1937, mostly of sit-down variety – Feb 5-July 22 – President Roosevelt fails to “pack” the Supreme Court – May 6 – German dirigible Hindenburg explodes at Lakehurst, NJ – July – Disappearance of Amerial Earhart during Pacific flight.
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