A ship coin thread for shipcoin

laurentyvan · January 10, 2004 9:06AM

Our mate shipcoin is far removed from the United States and loves ships on coins. We have shown many ships but I'm sure there are many we haven't seen or some we want to see again. This thread is dedicated to him and Newbie and all who love ships.
Show your ship coins!

This particular coin is scheduled for an upgrade but it's pleasing enough so I'll start with this one from New Brunswick:

oldshep · January 10, 2004 9:14AM

The ship coins are indeed beautiful.
My Favorites:

Shep
Edited : I can't get my Southafrican to show??? operator error for sure.

laurentyvan · January 10, 2004 10:30AM

Wow-kinda quiet tonight. Well, we'll keep forging ahead.

wallstreetman · January 10, 2004 10:53AM

wallstreetman · January 10, 2004 10:56AM

1 oz pure Palladium!

Spinynorman · January 10, 2004 11:42AM

Here's a recent purchase.

Luvdawgs · January 10, 2004 11:53AM

Very pretty ships, guys.

I haven't bought anything new lately.

Laurent, my PM's won't function right now, so wanted to ask you where you found the lovely New Brunswick ship coin, if you don't mind my asking. I love NB coins and tokens...my best friend lives there!

Askari · January 10, 2004 12:06PM

I love that 500 Lire!! Here's one of my medals that I don't think I've shown before -- one by French medalist Jean Vernon (not the very famous Frédéric-Charles-Victor de Vernon):

newbiecollector · January 10, 2004 1:01PM

Here are a few of mine......

Linky Go to page 5

oldshep · January 10, 2004 2:49PM

Wayne - yours are the standard the rest of us are trying to match.

Shep

newbiecollector · January 10, 2004 2:58PM

Shep, you are to kind. I need to get off by backside and photo and upload some more.

I am still not happy with my photo lighting. Some turn out fine and others are.....blah.

Shipcoin · January 10, 2004 3:06PM

Laurent, thank you very much for that thread!!! I appreciate it very much: thanks for thinking about ship coins's collectors! Very nice thread! Shep your favorites are really great coins, I like the scans very much!
Hope to post later also the only one large Sail ship that I have from Canada (unfortunatelly I can work with scanner only on Friday or Saturday

).

Your Brunswick penny just mazing, Laurent: also the ship and also the Queen! Is it coin or token?

Shipcoin · January 10, 2004 3:19PM

I like very much your palladium coin, Wallstreetman! Could you tell, please from what country is it?
Spinynorman, you got that Columbus' flotilla in a really great condition, I see I should upgrade it : mine is only in VF, like my Nelson crown--yours is fantastic , Laurent!

Askari, I like that medal very much, sure also the reverse!

.. Actually , you know , may be the reverce, even more than ship-obverce

And Newbie, I can't add anything to Shep's words about your page N 5!May be just one thing, as usual..
yes you right.. more coins with ships, all your coins with ships

laurentyvan · January 10, 2004 9:00PM

Great ship images me hearties!

Luvdawgs, I picked that New Brunswick coin up at a flea market locally; haven't seen another example of it in a year of looking.

Askari, that medal of La Liberte brings back memories. That is the ship we were on when we came to the United States from France in 1959-lots of memories!

newbiecollector · January 10, 2004 9:02PM

Laurent
Great thread. Of course that is me being self centered, but that don't mean it is not a great thread......

Thank 'ya.....

theboz11 · January 10, 2004 9:30PM

Here is a SA for you

oldshep · January 10, 2004 11:21PM

Can we tolerate a few more?

Shep

wallstreetman · January 10, 2004 11:46PM

Hey SA, I mean boz, I like that. PM me when you decide to sell! You too John!

Luvdawgs · January 10, 2004 11:50PM

Shep,

I love the Can. dollar and S. Afr. 1d. Also, cool 1d you have there, Boz.

Susan

Askari · January 11, 2004 3:43AM

<< <i>Askari, that medal of La Liberte brings back memories. That is the ship we were on when we came to the United States from France in 1959-lots of memories! >>

What a wonderful coincidence!! I'm glad I could bring up nice family memories for you!!

Shipcoin · January 11, 2004 4:31AM

I'm putting just now that thread to my FAVORITES !!
For EVERYDAY lokking, I mean

I'm very apreciated that ship coin show, thanks for all the participants and special thanks to LAURENT for his idea!!

Shep I'll like very much your Griffon dollar, these Canadiens should start to sail also to some Mediterranian ports

And SA has really great shipcoins!

laurentyvan · January 11, 2004 6:15AM

Shipcoin, I don't believe you've seen what these guys own-not really; they've got some stuff I haven't seen recently that is very strong!

Ships seem to strike a resonant chord in coin collectors; first we had our feet, then the horse, then the horse and carriage or cart or war chariot. That was fine for Terra Firma... for the large bodies of water only a ship would do. Today it's a rocket ship or satellite that is the next step in exploration.

At 8 I was in the equivilent of the cub scouts in France-walked by Notre Dame on my way to meetings. Boy scouts and sea explorers in the United States which lead me to the Navy in 1968 as an alternative to being drafted into the army. While in the US Navy 68-72 I had the pleasure of a heavy guided missle cruiser under my feet, bow rising and falling in running seas, spray hitting the bridge as high as the 05 level. I used to serve my watches at sea as helmsman; it would be difficult to convey the emotions that run through your body when you perform hard right rudder at 35 knots of speed.

I have been in seas so large they dwarfed the radar mast on the ship which stands 15 stories above the water line of the USS Boston, compliment of 1200 men. No small ship this, but tossed like a cork by mother nature, rolling 30 degrees from side to side when a storm hit. You have to tie yourself into your bunk, eat sandwiches and crackers (if your stomach will let you) for three days, and grip the toilet very tightly with two hands when you're sitting on it. If the ship rolls to 35 degrees there is a question as to whether or not it will right itself. There was a u-shaped bubble with degrees marked off on the bridge we would watch like hawks-do you know the sensation of heart in mouth?

We used to play a game where, when off-duty, we would sit on the edge of the side of the ship, legs dangling, tied securely to the ship with heavy line and about ten feet of slack. In heavy seas, like the typhoon we endured off the coast of red China in 1969, the idea was to hold on as large waves hurtled into us broadside, sweeping everyone into the sea, only to be hauled back on board by our mates who had rope control.

Rush city! Kind of stupid when you think about it...

My experiences have lead me to an appreciation of ships, when sailors and explorers risked their lives with no idea of what lay in wait for them beyond the horizon. They are beautiful things, even the ugliest of them...

Can we tolerate a few more? As many as you guys can deliver!!

oldshep · January 11, 2004 6:36AM

If you want to get a feel for what it must have been like on those sailing ships - go see the movie Master and Commander!!!
Shep

Shipcoin · January 11, 2004 6:41PM

Laurent!
Every day I learn something new and interesting about you!

I liked your last post in that thread and I understand , that you really have serious reasons to collect coins with ships. My case is more easy: my first education was "Planning of the Ports" -so I say it has some connection

also to ships, and besides that my grandfather was Navy Officer. But the real reason of such theme for collection was that a few yours ago I got nice present from parents-the book "The Fleet on Copper, Nickel and Silver" about all world shipcoins with amazing photos and info about the sheps, minted on these coins. So the intensive learning of that book have leaded me to start collect shipcoins..

Once more thanks for that wonderfull thread..

A ship coin thread for shipcoin

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