I lived in Miami, Florida for a bit back in the nineties. I had a friend who loved fishing and diving just as I do and we used to make a lot of trips to the Bahamas for just that reason. The fishing is phenomenal as well as the diving. You can see so many different sea creatures and beautiful reefs all around the islands. If you get a chance it's worth the trip!
While I was there I always tried to pick up a coin or two for my collection and found this coin in a shop. It has a great design with a marlin and flamingo on the front and a beautifully designed conch shell on the back. Take a look:
About the coin:
Country: Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Denomination: One Dollar
Mint : The Franklin Mint, Pennsylvania, US
Year: 1978
Mintage: 6,931
Composition: 80% silver/ 20% copper
Diameter: 34.54 mm
Weight: 18.14 grams
Thickness: 2.44 mm
Edge: Reeded
Obverse: The Bahamas national arms with lettering: COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS FORWARD UPWARD, ONWARD TOGETHER
1978
Reverse: Queen conch shell and a small fish and lettering: One Dollar
I've always liked this coin, it's beautifully detailed which one would expect out of the Franklin Mint. They produced some really stunning coins back in the seventies and eighties. It's one of several I have from the Franklin Mint that was minted for the Bahamas, and I haven't run into any others in coin shops here in the US over the years. So they aren't all that common and definitely great coins to collect or for stacking!
Now for some cool queen conch pictures!
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A decorative shell
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One on a reef turned over so you can see the conch
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On the sea floor
Most of us have seen conch shells at some point as they are used for decorations and even musical instruments. Conch are sea snails that are commonly eaten as seafood throughout the Caribbean. The species found in the Americas and Caribbean is the queen conch. They are a common part of ceviche or soups depending on the country you happen to be in. In the Bahamas they are served in soups, salads or fritters, and are very tasty!
Something that I didn't know is that queen conch is that they can produce pearls. They are fairly rare with the most common color being pink but can be white, brown, or orange. They have been highly sought since Victorian times and can be slightly iridescent due to small crystalline fibers near the surface of the pearl. Out of curiosity I started to check prices out and was shocked to find that most start at about $1,000 US and some selling at much, much higher prices. Below is the picture they have in Wikipedia, it was one of the nicer ones I could find.
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I guess I should have done some conch fishing too, maybe I would have found a pearl!
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References
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21127.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conch
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The Bahamas sure has some gorgeous commemorative coins, this would go nice next my 1973 Independence Anniversary Silver ship also from the Bahamas.
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That's a cool one! Where did you pick that one up?
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A lot of the Franklin Mint's were sterling, I was kind of surprised this wasn't too.
Well they making it to their customers specifications right ?
That's a really cool coin, both sides have a great design.
I had no idea conch produced pearls. I live in South Florida
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Maybe it's time to go conch collecting and see if you get lucky. I didn't realize they made pearls either or I might have tried my luck earlier!
I think I have this. I may be mistaken!
I think you may have shared it once upon a time, I think I recall seeing it.
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Always love seeing coin currency from around the world. In this case, I'd love to see a colored version. I think some hints of orange and pink for the shell, pink for the flamingo, blue for the merlin, the colors of the crest... It would be lovely!
I've never seen any colorized versions from the Franklin Mint, but this was back in the seventies. I wonder if anyone did that aftermarket? I've never seen any. But since they were limited in mintage no one may have done that since it could diminish the value of the coin with some collectors. Colored coins are becoming more accepted in the collecting community now though, so hard to say!
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Oh no, I doubt anyone colorized an original, because as you said, the value would diminish. However, if they wanted to make a 50th anniversary edition that was colorized, that would be really neat!
...And a new coin to collect 😄
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Nice biology class from a coin ;)
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I had no idea they could produce pearls, they look stunning, both visually and in price!😇😀
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Thanks! I had no idea about the pearls, maybe I should have been collecting conch when I was diving there!
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Never seen the coins you showed in this post before. I'm Italian, here you wrote that you live in Miami, Miami should be a beautiful place. When I was little I also went fishing
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