Throughout the month of July, ill be looking back at historical moments from the past. From conflicts to coronations, sporting moments to royal memories, and famous firsts and lasts, with my love of all things shiny and precious, ill be trying to tie these events in with coins that have been created to commemorate these moments.
On 12 July 1776 Captain Cook and his crew set sail in HMS Resolution on his third voyage, they were in search of the Northwest Passage. It was almost four years to the day since Cook had gone in search of the Great Southern Continent.
Unbeknown to Cook it would be his last adventure, he was killed following a dispute in Hawaii on 14 February 1779.
250th Anniversary the Voyage of Captain James Cook
This is the 2019 Captain James Cook £2 Coin, celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Voyage of Discovery. This is the second in a 3-coin series. The first coin was released in 2018 and the final coin will be released in 2020.
This coin was originally available from the royal mint and had a sale price of £67.50, subsequently the price has risen, and if you can find one for around the £100 mark youre doing well.
SOURCE: ROYAL MINT
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Captain Cook is well known in history books around my neck of the woods. Quite a few geographical locations are named by Cook after his associates, peers and some crew members. One was a Lieutenant Bligh, the same officer in charge of the infamous HMS Bounty of Mutiny fame. Has a local Island name after him.
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