Daily Archives: March 16, 2018
6th. CRUSADE Frederick II Silver Antique finish Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2014
6th. CRUSADE Frederick II Silver Antique finish Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2014This coin is part of series History of the Crusades. Highly detailed coins with common obverse on all coin. Antique finish which makes the coin very interesting to see. The Sixth Crusade started in 1228 as an attempt to regain Jerusalem. It began seven years after the failure of the Fifth Crusade. It involved very little actual fighting. The diplomatic maneuvering of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II resulted in the Kingdom of Jerusalem regaining control of Jerusalem and other areas for fifteen years. The Crusades were a series
SS REPUBLIC Ship Original Coal Silver Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2013
SS REPUBLIC Ship Original Coal Silver Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2013This silver coin commemorates the american steamship SS Republic lost in a hurricane off the coast of Georgia in October 1865, en route to New Orleans while carrying a large cargo of silver and gold coins. The coin presents an original coal from the SS Republic. The obverse depicts the SS Republic and an original fragment of coal from the steamship is inlaid. The coins obverse depicts the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. SS Republic The SS Republic was a side-wheel steamship that sank in the
