Ships have been the topic of coin designers since the Phoenicians took to the seas. In modern times there have been hundreds of issues featuring all different types of watercraft, from Thor Heyerdahl’s raft that crossed the Pacific to multiple aircraft carriers, cruise liners and submarines. One of the more ubiquitous ship coins is the British Half Penny first issued in 1937 that features the “Golden Hind,” Sir Francis Drake’s famous galleon. If your collecting interest are inclined toward maritime issues, we have hundreds of ship coins for you to peruse. Happy sailing!
Nicaragua – Miguel de Larreynaga – 10 Cordobas – 2002 – Pick 191 – Crisp Uncirculated
This note is listed in Krause’s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money as Pick-269c.
This beautiful pattern is in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.
The clipper design on the reverse of this coin is an elegant rendering of the reverse of a 1936 5 Zlotych coin which was issued in that year to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Gdynia Seaport. The obverse depicts another Clipper, the training ship Dar Pomorza. Would make a nice gift for collectors of ship or world coins.
Cook Islands – Ina and the Shark – $3 – 1987(ND) – Pick 1 -Crisp Uncirculated — Ina was the love of Tinirau, the god of the ocean who lived on a floating island. One day Ina jumped into the sea in search of Tinirau, but since the sea was so restless, she was continually tossed back to shore by its gigantic waves. She enlisted the help of some fish to help her swim, but they were too small to carry her, so in her frustration, she beat them with a stick, permanently marking their bodies. This is how the angelfish got their black stripes. Eventually a shark agreed to carry her on his back. For the journey she took some coconuts with her, for food and drink. After some time, Ina became thirsty, so the shark raised his dorsal fin so that she could crack a coconut and quench her thirst. A bit later Ina became thirsty again and this time she cracked the coconut on the shark’s head. One version of the story says that this is how the hammerhead shark came about. Another story says that this is why there is a bump on a shark’s head, which is to this day called Ina’s bump. Reeling from the pain, the shark tossed Ina off his back dove below the waters, leaving her to flounder in the sea. Fortunately, Tekea the Great, the king of all sharks rose from the bottom of the sea and rescued Ina, carrying her to Tinirau’s island where the lovers were finally reunited. This crisp uncirculated banknote would make a nice addition to any collection of sealife or world banknotes. Over the next few months we will be aggressively searching out and obtaining wildlife banknotes, so feel free to bookmark this page and come back often to see the new additions to our collection.
Cape Verde – 2 Coin Set – Sailships Senhor das Areias & Carvalho – 50 & 10 Escudos – 1994
East Caribbean States – St. Kitts – Admiralty Bay & The Warspite – $10 – 2003 – Pick 43k – Crisp Uncirculated
This beautiful uncirculated Crown was issued by the government of Gibraltar to commemorate the International Year of the Ocean in 1998. Featured on the reverse of this Crown is a scene with two windsurfers plying the waves.
For years I have been trying to find enough quantities of nice, brilliant uncirculated world coins with a ship motif, and have finally succeeded. This beautiful set of coins represents fifteen different “ship” coins from fifteen different countries. The countries represented are: Cyprus, Eastern Caribbean States, Gambia, Gibraltar, Greece, Great Britain, Isle of Man, Israel, South Korea, Kuwait, Maldives, Portugal, Qatar and South Africa. This set would make a beautiful and unique gift for any young numismatist or collector of ship and/or world coins.
S. Georgia & Sandwich Islands – Trans-Antarctic Expedition – 2 Pounds – 2007 – Brilliant – Uncirculated
Somali Republic – Famous Sailing Ships – HMS Beagle – 25 Shillings – 2006 – Prooflike
Somali Republic – Famous Sailing Ships – Endeavour – 25 Shillings – 2006 – Prooflike
Somali Republic – Famous Sailing Ships – Sao Gabriel – 25 Shillings – 2006 – Prooflike
Somali Republic – Famous Sailing Ships – Victoria – 25 Shillings – 2006 – Prooflike
Tristan da Cunha – Ships of the Royal Navy – HMS Belfast – 1 Crown – 2008 – Prooflike
Tristan da Cunha – Ships of the Royal Navy – HMS Sceptre – 1 Crown – 2008 – Prooflike
Tristan da Cunha – Ships of the Royal Navy – HMS Victory – 1 Crown – 2008 – Prooflike
Cook Islands – Nelson’s Flagship HMS Victory – $1 – 2008 – Prooflike
Cook Islands – Admiral Horation Nelson – $1 – 2008 – Prooflike
Marshall Islands – To The Heroes of Pearl Harbor – $5 – 1991 – Brilliant Uncirculated – KM-35
Pitcairn Islands – H.M.A.V. Bounty – Two Dollars – 2010 – Proof – Ship
Liberia – Attack on Pearl Harbor – Japanese Zero – Five Dollars – 2000 – BU – KM-651
This beautiful uncirculated Crown was issued by the government of the Isle of Man to commemorate the International Year of the Ocean in 1998. Featured on the reverse of this Crown is a scene with several sailboats from a regatta.
The call “Iceberg, straight ahead” received the reply “Thank You” from the bridge. Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1912, the steamship RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on her starboard side on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, and sank in the North Atlantic, with a loss of over 1,500 lives. At the time, the Titanic was the largest moving object on the planet and was touted as being unsinkable. The drama of the sinking ship became the subject of many books, technical literature and speculation. Numerous movies have been made about the tragic event, spreading the myth of the Titanic around the world. In September 1985, oceanographer Robert Ballard located the wreck of the Titanic at a latitude 41°44′ North and a longitude of 49°55′ West, in a depth of 12,500 ft or 3,840 m.
If your collection of world coins includes World War II commemorative issues, then this is the place for you! Listed on this site you will find dozens of world coins issued by a number of different countries, all of them with World War II themes. These 39 millimeter sized crowns are all in uncirculated condition and will make a very nice addition to any world coins collection.
These 39 millimeter-sized crowns are all in uncirculated condition and will make a very nice addition to any world coins collection.
These 39 millimeter sized crowns are all in uncirculated condition and will make a very nice addition to any world coins collection.
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