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Belarus USS Constitution Ship Coin

pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
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Came across this one on eBay this afternoon, while avoiding work. I don't go for the hologram/gilded/whatnot hype, but if I did, this one would probably be the one I bought. I quite like the reverse.

Belarus has come out with some beautiful designs in very small mintages over the last few years that I've noticed them.

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  • FilthyBrokeFilthyBroke Posts: 3,518 ✭
    I really like this design, but of course I have come to like most coins with nautical themes. I do wish they had gone the traditional route and engraved the whole design rather than putting the trendy hologram insert on there. Even with the hologram, it's quite attractive.
  • pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
    As holograms themselves go, I rather like its design.
  • olmanjonolmanjon Posts: 1,187 ✭
    Almost 60 years ago, my family took a trip to Boston and I had the good fortune to walk on this ship. Old Iron Sides is permantely docked in the harbor and is used as a training ship for the Navy or Merchant Marines. Would love to be aboard her now as a 64 year old. Quite an impressive ship. Love her.
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  • LynchLynch Posts: 299


    << <i>Came across this one on eBay this afternoon, while avoiding work. I don't go for the hologram/gilded/whatnot hype, but if I did, this one would probably be the one I bought. I quite like the reverse.

    Belarus has come out with some beautiful designs in very small mintages over the last few years that I've noticed them.

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    I agree that the design is very attractively designed. 2 questions come to mind.

    1. What relationship does Old Ironsides bear to the history and culture of Belarus?

    2. If you took this coin to Belarus and tried to spend it, would anyone there recognize it or have seen one before?
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  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    Yeah, slightly odd seeing an icon of republican independence celebrated by a post-Soviet autocratic state.

    Then again, building on what Lynch said, the USS Constitution probably has only slightly less connection to Belarus than Belarus has to whoever designed, minted and distributed this on their behalf.

    But I agree, it is a nice design image

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  • pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
    The coin is part of a series of famous, globally-recognizable ships.
  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>1. What relationship does Old Ironsides bear to the history and culture of Belarus? >>


    None at all. Belarus is landlocked. At the time the Constitution served as an active warship, Belarus was a part of the Russian Empire. The closest the Constitution came to what is now Belarusian territory would have been the port of Tripoli in what is now Libya.


    << <i>2. If you took this coin to Belarus and tried to spend it, would anyone there recognize it or have seen one before? >>


    Belarus has never issued circulating coinage and has not known the concept of using coins for money since the collapse of the USSR. Very few people in Belarus will be aware that Belarus issues any kinds of coins at all.

    Of course, once they became convinced the coins you were trying to force upon them were silver, they'd gladly take them off your hands for face value for you. There's 80,000 rubles worth of silver in that 20 ruble coin. image
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  • savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,310 ✭✭✭✭
    Sapyx, very interesting......this begs the question: Is there a coin issued anywhere that has a more out of touch face value than this example??

    20/80,000 is pretty extreme

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  • pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
    I continue to be surprised at the beauty of many of the coins of Belarus. They are making some fine designs over there.


    The Sedov:

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    The Dar Pomorza:

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    Amerigo Vespucci's ship:
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  • LynchLynch Posts: 299


    << <i>I continue to be surprised at the beauty of many of the coins of Belarus. They are making some fine designs over there. >>



    I agree, they are very attractive designs.

    I wonder where they are being struck?

    http://www.nbrb.by/engl/CoinsBanknotes/ seems to raise more questions than it answers.
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  • LynchLynch Posts: 299


    << <i>

    << <i>I continue to be surprised at the beauty of many of the coins of Belarus. They are making some fine designs over there. >>



    I agree, they are very attractive designs.

    I wonder where they are being struck?

    http://www.nbrb.by/engl/CoinsBanknotes/ seems to raise more questions than it answers. >>



    Never mind, I think I have found the answer.
    http://www.franklinmint.com/%2FBelarus-Sailing-Ships-Sedov-Silver-Coin-wHologram--P10207.aspx
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  • pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
    Mint of Poland
  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    A fine example of a nice ship design - I like it!

    Shep
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