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New ship coin (well ... sort of) arrived today ... pics !!!

AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
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Samoan coin comemmorating the voyage of the Kon-Tiki in 1947.
The book "Kon-Tiki" was my favorite as a young reader, and the voyage taken by Thor Heyerdahl and his crew was fascinating.

It's not really a ship, but a raft made of balsa logs, but it is still my favorite sea-going vessel image

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  • NJMark1NJMark1 Posts: 479 ✭
    Nice Coin. Wasn't the raft made of bundles of reeds?

    Mark
  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice Coin. Wasn't the raft made of bundles of reeds?

    Mark >>



    That was "The Ra", if memory serves. Heyerdahl did another raft voyage in the Mediterranean some years after the Kon-Tiki expedition.
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  • elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭
    Cool! I loved that book as a kid. I might need one of these... image
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  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    Tom - Very nice coin - I have had that on my watch lists a couple of times - excellent photo!!!!!!!
    Shep
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  • LuvdawgsLuvdawgs Posts: 1,512 ✭
    Very pretty coin, Tom. image I hadn't known there was a coin with that raft on it. I enjoyed the book too. image
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  • RefremaRefrema Posts: 408
    In the Mid 60s, I lived in Oslo Norway where the actual Kon Tiki is located in a museum. When I visited it, Thor Heyerdahl happened to be there, and invited me and a couple others to get on it and explained several things about it. It was a wonderful experience.

    The Kon Tiki is still there and located near the Viking Ship Museum as well as the Fram Artic ship Museum.

    When I started my collection of Viking Ships on coins, I counted the Kon Tiki as a Viking ship since there were very few Viking Ship coins that I could locate. Thor Heyerdahl was a “Viking” (sort of) and it was his ship. I still have it with the Viking Ships, but now I now have about 200 different Viking Ship coins and medals.

    It is a great coin to have.

    Bob
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  • PuddlePiratePuddlePirate Posts: 728 ✭
    That is a neat coin, about the same time a young man sailed around the world in an 18 ft boat called the Dove as I remember. There were some bold sailors around then. Cool coin, its on my "one day" list.
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    AF, that coin looks sooooooooo much better in your pix than in the scans. I'm glad you like the coin!

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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>In the Mid 60s, I lived in Oslo Norway where the actual Kon Tiki is located in a museum. When I visited it, Thor Heyerdahl happened to be there, and invited me and a couple others to get on it and explained several things about it. It was a wonderful experience.

    The Kon Tiki is still there and located near the Viking Ship Museum as well as the Fram Artic ship Museum. >>



    Sounds like a wonderful experience, Bob image
    Heyerdahl did two other "raft" adventures. One on the "Ra" and another on a vessel called the "Tigris" (I think). Samoa has coins featuring each of his vessels. I think I'm going to try to get all of them.
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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>AF, that coin looks sooooooooo much better in your pix than in the scans. I'm glad you like the coin!

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    I love it, Mike. Thank you again image
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