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.
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.
Tuvalu – Young Collectors – Pirate Henry Morgan – $1 – 2011 – BU Color Coin – Display Card – This coin portrays Sir Henry Morgan, one of history’s most ruthless pirates. Morgan was born to a Welsh farming family in about 1635. Admiral and privateer Morgan made a name for his activities in the Caribbean. He was one of the most successful and pitiless pirates who sailed in the Spanish Main. Notorious for his habit of torturing hapless captives for information, he was knighted for his role in maintaining British interests in the sacking of Panama in 1670. Morgan accumulated several plantations and immense wealth, paid for by his ill-gotten “pieces-of-eight”. Fond of rum, differing reports have Morgan dying of “dropsy” or tuberculosis in 1688. Morgan was buried in Palisades Cemetery in Jamaica. Ironically, the cemetery disappeared when it sank beneath the waves in the earthquake of 1692. Struck by the Perth Mint from aluminium-bronze, the coin is issued as legal tender under authority of the government of Tuvalu and comes on a display card as shown.
S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Islands – Explorer Shackleton – 2 Pounds – 2004 – Brilliant Uncirculated – – Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Islands – Explorer Shackleton – 2 Pounds – 2001 – Brilliant Uncirculated – – Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Chad – McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Aircraft – 1000 Francs – 2003 – Proof Silver Crown – Color – The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner. It was first manufactured in 1965 with its maiden flight later that year. The DC-9 was designed for frequent, short flights. The final DC-9 was delivered in October 1982.
Chad – McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Aircraft – 1000 Francs – 2002 – Proof Silver Crown – Color – The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a medium- to long-range wide-body airliner seating up to 380 passengers. The DC-10 emerged in the late 1960s as the first Douglas wide-body airliner and it was the second wide-body jet reaching operational status after the Boeing 747.
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