SHIP'S COINS DELIVERED BY BUTLER IN A ROLLS-ROYCE
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SHIP'S COINS DELIVERED BY BUTLER IN A ROLLS-ROYCE
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From Cruise & Ferry Magazine - 2015
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The "Stepping of the Mast" is an ancient maritime tradition involving the placement of coins for good luck within every new or refurbish ship. It continues today, as shown in this article about a new ocean liner.
Seven Seas ExplorerFincantieri laid the first piece of steel for Regent Seven Seas Cruises™ (RSSC) newbuild at its yard in Genoa, Italy, on 21 January.
The ceremony marked a significant milestone in Seven Seas Explorer™s construction, bringing the ship closer to July 2016 debut.
During the ceremony, a black Rolls-Royce Phantom transported three symbolic coins to the keel laying event, before they were placed on a pillow by a butler and carried to the ship.
The coins included a rare 1921 US silver coin known as the Peace Dollar, which symbolises the safe passage of Seven Seas Explorer; a 1959 silver Italian Lire representing the year the Fincantieri shipyard was established; and a commemorative coin specially minted for the occasion.
All three coins were welded into the newbuild™s keel by Jason Montague, president and COO of Regent Seven Seas Cruises; Robin Lindsay, executive vice president of vessel operations; and Franco Semeraro, senior vice president of hotel operations. The building block was then lowered into the dry dock.
Earlier this month, RSSC revealed Seven Seas Explorer is to offer the line™s first 3,875 sq ft suite, as well as lounges, gourmet restaurants and more.
Classy! A Rolls, a Butler - it's doesn't get much fancier than that.
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What a shame to weld them to the ship
BHNC #203
I have heard many stories about high end gold coins being used as good luck charms.
https://hickinbotham.com.au/blog/the-good-luck-club/
https://blog.kurkhomes.com/home-building-traditions
Edited to add a link
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
I read it as "in", not "to".> @Treashunt said:
That’s cool
I thought it was the placement of a rabbit's foot.
HMMMM...............I wonder how many "Lucky Coin" ships ended up on the bottom.
Pete
I guess in addition to looking for lost treasure from sunken ships, checking the keel for a welded patch should also be done.... Then, if found, grind out the patch and get the coin(s). Cheers, RickO
Ships have LOTS of superstitions. The shattering of a bottle of champagne (or some other alcohol) on the hull of a ship at launch is so that the gods will take the champagne instead of the ship.
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Costa Concordia and Titanic come to mind.
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Even without the 1921 Peace dollar, it looks like a nice boat
https://youtu.be/yB9QkgvUbks
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Similar tradition for US submarines. Before the 126 battery cells (about 2'x2'x5' ea.) are lowered and tightly packed into the sub's battery compartment at the bottom of the sub, the CO, for good luck, places a single silver dollar on the deck for the battery to sit on. During subsequent battery replacements the dollar gets replaced by the current CO.
What happens to the existing coin? It becomes the property of the battery replacement crew member (usually a group of civilians) who happens to be the one who finds it when the old cells are off-loaded. In my early days as a Charleston Naval Shipyard battery replacement crew member I was fortunate to have participated in dozens of battery replacements that took place at US ports around the world. Logistics dictated the battery be shipped to a foreign based sub's home port rather than bring the sub to a stateside port for the change-out. The only two dollar coins I personally found were in Holy Loch, Scotland and La Madalina, Italy. Over the years I either spent or lost the two coins. Was not a collector at the time (can't even remember which dollars they were) but do wish I had had them framed.
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Great info @derryb
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I may have to inquire about this tradition on my next cruise...next month.
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