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.
Patriotic takeoff on the famous Flying “V” guitar featured in one of my other eBay offerings this week. We can thank Ted McCarty for establishing the precedent for bold and innovative design in solid-body electric guitars with his Flying V guitar. Introduced by Gibson in 1958, the flying V was made famous by musicians such as Albert King and Jimi Hendrix. This coin from our collection of guitar coins would make a great gift for that guitar enthusiast in your life!
One of the more unusual coins minted under authority of the government of the Somali Republic. The Flying V guitar, which is a favorite of rock musicians from Jimi Hendrix, to the band Metallica, was patented by the Gibson Guitar Company in 1958. This is the guitar that 99% of air-guitarists visualize as they strut their stuff. Would make a great gift for that guitar enthusiast in your life!
Ireland – Lucky Charm Colored Leprechaun – Host Coin – 50 Euro Cents – KM-37 – Capsule – Life is good and we are all Irish when the Leprechauns smile at us, so with this great little pocket piece you should have the luck of the Irish on your side wherever you go. Your soon to be favorite Leprechaun is hosted on an Irish 1/2 Euro brass coin and comes in a hard plastic capsule.
Malawi – Endangered Frogs – Malagasy Rainbow Frog – 10 Kwacha – 2010 – Proof Colored Coin – The Malagasy Rainbow Frog (Scaphiophryne gottlebei), is one of the most highly decorated of the Madagascan frogs. In 2008, the Malagasy rainbow frog was named as “being among the rarest and most remarkable amphibians” on the planet by the Zoological Society of London. Thousands are captured every year for the pet trade. The painted burrowing frog is a small, roundish, brightly colored species with a distinctive white, red, green and black pattern on the back. The skin of the back is very smooth, but the skin of the grey belly is a little bit rough. The ears are inconspicuous, but the eyes are prominent.
Malawi – Endangered Frogs – Blue Poison Arrow Frog – 10 Kwacha – 2010 – Proof Colored Coin – Poison Arrow Frog is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to Central and South America. These species are diurnal and often have brightly-colored bodies. Although all wild Poison arrow frogs are at least somewhat toxic, levels of toxicity vary considerably from one species to the next and from one population to another. Many species are critically endangered.
Palau – Endangered Wildlife – Anemonefish – $1 – 2011 – Brilliant Uncirculated – Color! – Anemonefish are a unique group of fish that live amongst the tentacles of sea anemones. The anemone’s tentacles sting and paralyze most fish that brush against them. Fortunately, they have a layer of mucus covering their skin that prevents the anemones from stinging them. By seeking shelter amongst the sea anemone’s tentacles, the anemone fish are protected from other predatory fish that might otherwise see them as a meal. They are never found far from the protection of their host anemone. Scientists believe that these fish provide benefits to the anemones as well. The anemonefish drops scraps of food as it eats and the anemone cleans up the leftovers. Very territorial, they drive off butterfly fish and other anemone-eating fishes. Beautiful colored crown, part of the Endangered Wildlife series of coins that has been issued under the authority of the government of the Republic of Palau since 1992.
Listed in Krause’s Standard Catalog of World Coins as KM-260.
Each coin measures 35mm by 35mm and is struck from 27 grams of copper that has been silver-plated. This beautiful three coin set comes as shown with a Certificate of Authenticity.
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.
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