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A 1915 Italian 2 centesimi, depicting on its reverse a personification of Italy standing on the prow of a ship. If you look closely, you can see two sailing vessels far out on the horizon behind her.  
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Here is a Coast Guard 1990, 200 year commemorative coin...  
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Hear is another commemorative coin. This one for the Navy...  
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Quote: A 1915 Italian 2 centesimi, depicting on its reverse a personification of Italy standing on the prow of a ship. If you look closely, you can see two sailing vessels far out on the horizon behind her. Well played. 
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1992 Alderney £2 coin: 
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This is a 1794 L.E. New York 1Cent Talbot Allum & Lee. A really cool coin and a recent acquisition. Also has an interesting history. Most of these ended up being used for planchets in the US production of Half Cents. 'In 1794 William Talbot, William Allum, and James Lee, joined into a partnership to open an East India trading company located at 241 Water Street in New York City. At that time they commissioned Peter Kempson's mint in Birmingham, England to produce at least two tons of copper tokens for the firm. These tokens, probably designed by Thomas Wyon, bear the dates 1794 and 1795 and were designated as cents with an average weight just about the same as a regal British halfpenny. The obverse of the token depicts the standing figure of Liberty (following the French style with her right breast exposed). In her right hand she holds a staff with a liberty cap on top while behind her is a large parcel; around the rim is the legend "LIBERTY & COMMERCE" with the date in exergue. On the edge is written, "PAYABLE AT THE STORE OF" which is continued on the reverse with the legends "TALBOT, ALLUM & LEE / NEW YORK" and below "ONE CENT." [a few early issues exclude "NEW YORK"]. The main image on the reverse depicts a merchant ship at sea. This was the first American merchant token produced on a large scale. In fact, so many were produced, the company had more than they could accommodate. On April 23, 1795, William Talbot sold the Philadelphia mint 1,076 pounds of the tokens (about 52,000), mostly the 1795 variety. The mint, desperatly seeking copper stock, used these tokens as planchets for the 1795 Half Cents variety without poles (which were actually minted in the spring of 1796). In 1796 Lee retired, and soon thereafter the firm dissolved. On December 10, 1796, the Philadelphia mint purchased all of the remaining stock of these tokens (1,914 pounds) from Mr. Talbot and used them as planchets for 1797 Half Cents.' Source: https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoi...t.intro.html  
Edited by MikeF 01/29/2018 7:24 pm
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@Mikef. That's a really cool coin and some fascinating history.
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This is pretty good sized at just over 34 mm in diameter.  
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Quote: This is pretty good sized at just over 34 mm in diameter. Very nice! 
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Was organizing some coins when a tiny ship caught my eye centered on the obverse of this 20 Centavos piece from Ecuador...  
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Quote: Was organizing some coins when a tiny ship caught my eye centered on the obverse of this 20 Centavos piece from Ecuador... Well spotted! 
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1963 5 mil piece from Cyprus  
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Very nice! 
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Perchance would anyone know what country this is from? Assuming perhaps Greece because of some of the alpha-characters.? EDIT: I was exploring the early days of this thread and found a match. A Greek 1 drachma coin.  
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Edited by chafemasterj 02/02/2018 12:21 pm
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chaf you are correct that coin is from GREECE
Edited by scopru 02/02/2018 12:12 pm
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