I am very fond of ships on coins.
I know that many people share this fondness. I have a few coins depicting ships.
So, I will post a series called "Ships on Coins" and I will show all the coins that I have on this theme.
There will be no order of presentation or country of issue. As the coins are stored in several places, I will simply search on each place and publish those that I found.
The sixth is a 2012 CAD $10 "Shannon".
It weights 15.87g with 99.99% silver purity, Proof finish and selectively gold plated. Its mintage was 9,970 units and the issue price was CAD $64.95.
The War of 1812 was a fundamental turning point in Canada’s history, a struggle from which some of Canada’s earliest unifying moments emerged. These stories, including that of the Leda-class frigate, HMS Shannon, have become important chapters in the narrative of Canada’s evolution from colony to sovereign nation.
Created to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, this coin is part of a larger collection celebrating the heroes and events of the War of 1812.
The reverse image features Canadian artist Bonnie Ross’ depiction of HMS Shannon leaving the Halifax harbor during the War of 1812. Behind the central image of the vessel, the docks and buildings of early 19th-century Halifax harbor line the left side of the coin, while on the right side a tall ship sails in the distance. The central image is a starboard-side portrait of HMS Shannon rendered in elaborate detail, sails unfurled and filled by a steady westerly wind, jib boom and bowsprit pointed to sea. The foremast, mainmast, and mizzenmast rise regally above the storied frigate, the wind sock atop its mainmast blowing steadily in the wind.
The selectively gold-plated cameo in the top right corner of the coin features the original figurehead from the Shannon’s bow.
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Nice touch with the gold-plated cameo on the reverse of the ship coin. Thanks for sharing! I like ship coins a lot!
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I have another one with the gold-plated cameo. I will show it in a few days.
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I am certainly looking forward to it, @ronavel! 🥰🌺🤙
I have another one with the gold-plated cameo. I will show it in a few days.
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I am certainly looking forward to it. Putting a gold plating just the cameo is an extra step that the RCM had to do to make that commemorative coin extra special.
Oops, writing on the same coin, putting it off till later.
All I will say for now is this coin has one of the longest COAs issued by the RCM. 46 cms worth. 😂
I have only the coin. No box or COA.
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Very classy @ronavel,that they have a gold-plated cameo of the original figurehead from the Shannon’s bow! Excellent commemorative my friend!!
Even with a lousy photo you can see all the details.
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So very nice my friend!!!😀
I love ships! This is a nicely done coin; I especially like the little gold inlay. So now for the memory this evokes: In high school (many,many,many years ago) I played the flute in the band (I still play today). Our high school band was fairly large, but there was this piece of music we would play called the 1812 Overture. Musically, it told the story of the war, with it building to the actual battle. Now think about what I'm about to say......we would have someone in the balcony of the high school auditorium with a couple of shotguns loaded with blanks and when we got to that part of the music, they would shoot them off inside to simulate the war. It was extremely intense and a total sensory overload, and we loved every minute of it!
Sadly, in today's world, you could never do what we did back then. Thanks for sharing friend, and have a lovely day!
I have seen several presentations of Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812. In one of them not only were utilized cannons, but a church's carillon.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed it to commemorate the successful Russian defense against Napoleon's invading army in 1812.
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Thank you for sending me the link! I've not heard this in years and it still brings chill bumps to me! And, lots of memories!