Fun For History Buffs: "When This Coin Was Made..."

I like tuna a lot.

Tuna salad. Tuna fish sandwich. Tuna melt. Seared Tuna. Tuna Sashimi. Tuna casserole. Tuna wrap...

I probably have more mercury than Mercury dimes.

Oh, Hello.

That was an excellent post. It really ties the whole thread conversation together.

LOL yes we have gone full circle there haven't we?
And a free lesson given in buying several cans of something with a good lot number.
Try that sometime. I am an expert in food.

It is somebody else's turn. I really like this thread, one of my favorites.
We can have a little fun here and tie it to coins too.

When this coin was minted.








The keel of "this" ship was laid in Lunenburg ,N.S .
Launched in 1921 she was the pride of the east coast fishing fleet.Also built for racing(against the American fleet in Gloucester,Mass.) , a short history of her racing career.
1921- In Canadian waters she defeats American schooner "Elsie"

1922-This time in American waters off Gloucester she defeats "Henry S Ford".A schooner designed and built solely to beat her.

1923-Quote" Bluenose faced Columbia, another American yacht newly designed and constructed to defeat the Canadian schooner. The International Fishermen's Trophy race was held off Halifax in 1923 and new rules were put in place preventing ships from passing marker buoys to landward. During the first race, the two schooners dueled inshore, the rigging of the vessels coming together. However, Bluenose won the first race. During the second race, Bluenose broke the new rule and was declared to have lost the race. Angus Walters protested the decision and demanded that no vessel be declared winner. The judging committee rejected his protest, which led Walters to remove Bluenose from the competition. The committee declared the competition a tie, and the two vessels shared the prize money and the title.The anger over the events led to an eight-year hiatus in the race

1930-] A new American schooner was designed and built in 1929-1930 to defeat Bluenose. Gertrude L. Thebaud. She was the last schooner of her type constructed for the fishing fleet in Gloucester. In 1930 off Gloucester, Massachusetts, Bluenose was defeated 2-0 in the inaugural Sir Thomas Lipton International Fishing Challenge Cup.The second race was controversial, as it was called off due to weather issues both times Bluenose took the lead. The following year, Gertrude L. Thebaud challenged Bluenose for the International Fisherman's Trophy. Bluenose won handily, beating the American schooner in both races.
1937-In 1937, Bluenose was challenged once more by the American schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud in a best-of-five series of races for the International Fisherman's Trophy. However, the financial difficulties of the owners of Bluenose almost prevented the race from going ahead. Furthermore, Bluenose's sailing gear had been placed in storage after the schooner had been refitted with diesel engines. It was only with the intervention of American private interests that Bluenose was made ready for the race. Beginning on 9 October 1938, the first race, off Boston, was won by Gertrude L. Thebaud. Bluenose won the second which was sailed off Gloucester, but a protest over the ballast aboard Bluenose led to modifications to the schooner. She was found to be too long at the waterline for the competition. The alterations completed, Bluenose won the third race sailed off Gloucester, by an even greater margin than the second race. During the fourth race sailed off Boston, the topmast of Bluenose snapped, which contributed to Gertrude L. Thebuad's win. The fifth race, sailed off Gloucester was won by Bluenose, retaining the trophy for the Nova Scotians. This was the last race of the fishing schooners of the North Atlantic." End quote. Wikipedia
Hence the reverse of Canada's Dime

I chose a coin to post and looked at what happened that year and found one notable event for our hobby.

When this coin was (improperly) minted...



...the European currency situation had just begun a major shift.

January 1, 1999, saw the official implementation of the new Euro for accounting purposes. It would be three years later that physical coins and notes were introduced into the market. I'm sure someone who actually uses the currency could tell more but, here are a few tidbits I found interesting:
















Oh, and if you're using a typewriter w/o the € symbol, just type C, backspace and type =.

Gr€at post Spru€tt001!

Good stuff!

I'll chip in one that's at the top of my recent files

Guernsey, 2 doubles (farthing) 1899-H




November 29, 1899 was the birth date of Emma Morano, the last ever living person to have (certifiably and beyond doubt) been born in the 1800s. She was the oldest person in the world for over a year until her death in April of this year.



Some major events of miss Morano's birth year:
- Conclusion of the Spanish-American war
- Benz becones the largest automobile company in the world, manufacturing 572 cars that year
- Marconi successfully transmits a radio signal across the English Channel for the first time
- The paperclip is patented
- 4 month old Sobhuza II becomes King of Swaziland, and would go on to rule for 82 years, the longest reign in human history.

Also, more related to the coin itself, in 1899 Guernsey was home to one Margaret Ann Neve, who celebrated her 107th birthday that year. She lived until 1903, and was one of the very few people ever to survive from the 18th century until the 20th. She was the second-ever person to verifiably reach age 110, and had a vivid recollection of the French Revolution and was still in possession of a belt buckle she had recovered from the Battle of Waterloo several months after the battle.