Afternoon everyone….
My sneaky pirate north of the boarder @kerrislravenhill is a ship coin hound such as myself. While I know that she has at least one of this coin, I’m pretty sure though it’s more than just one since after all it is a Canadian coin from her homeland.
While the coin is not overly expensive, and there are plenty of them circulating around. The coin was not intended for circulation when minted. They are a special mint proof coin. There are just over 688,000 of these per the Canadian Mint website.
The coin I am writing about is a 1979 Griffon Tercentenary coin. This example happens to be an NGC graded SP69. It’s crazy shiny and was extremely difficult to take pictures of.
Here is some info on the coin from Numista….
Features
Issuer Canada
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1979
Value 1 Dollar
1 CAD = USD 0.73
Currency Dollar (1858-date)
Composition Silver (.500)
Weight 23.3276 g
Diameter 36 mm
Thickness 2.66 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N#16315
References Ch# RC-808, KM# 124
Commemorative issue
300th Anniversary of the Griffon
Obverse
Bust of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 37 years of age, wearing tiara, facing right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA
Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA
Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God
Designer: Arnold Machin
Reverse
The griffon, first ship that sailed the great lakes, sailing to the right, denomination and dates around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DOLLAR CANADA
1679 GRIFFON 1979
Engraver: T. Smith
Designer: Walter Schluep
Edge
Milled
Mint
Royal Canadian Mint of Ottawa, Canada (1908-date)
And now for the coin…
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What a pretty coin! That is really nice!
That's a winner!
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It is a lovely coin, with the lovely young Elizabeth II on the obverse, @silverd510 !
Its design is very special and beautiful so I would definitely like to buy it
Got me one of those natural you got a graded one 🤣
I have a pair of specimen grade coins of the Griffon. I've been following the search of this ship with the latest theory is that she was sunk in Lake Michigan close to Garden peninsula. A wreck is located but not confirmed as the Griffon. Yes, it is hard to get a good shot of this coin.
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You must be killin' it out here!
@silverd510 just slapped you with 10.000 PIMP, @kerrislravenhill.
You earned 10.000 PIMP for the strong hand.
They're getting a workout and slapped 3/3 possible people today.
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