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 eighth is a 1949 CAD $1 "New Foundland".
It weights 23.3276g with 80% silver purity, Specimen finish. Its mintage was 672,218 units and it is one of the few Circulating Commemorative coins from Canada.
It commemorates the "Accession of Newfoundland to Canada".
The reverse image, engraved by Thomas Shingles, features the Matthew, the ship historians believe John Cabot was sailing when he discovered Newfoundland, in 1497. The Matthew departed from Bristol on May 2nd, 1497 and reached North America on June 24th, 1497.
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