About a month ago I shared one of the coins I had picked up on a diving trip to Belize, and I think it's about time to share another! After I shared that coin I did a little more research into it only to find out that it came out of a silver proof set made in 1974. The coin today also came from one of those sets as well. I'm not quite sure why they broke up the set, but someone did at some point.
Nearly half of the land in Belize is covered by rainforest. It sits in the middle of Central America where much of the land is nothing but rainforest so that's not a huge surprise. The density of the forests is amazing, and getting lost in one isn't a hard thing to do. Every year people wander off of trails and are never seen again. You could be fifty feet from the trail and never find it again unless you know what you're doing.
The variety of wildlife in these jungles is mind boggling. New species are found frequently because so much land is unexplored. I recall seeing all sorts of birds and annoying little monkeys. The ones that lived near the hotel weren't afraid of humans and would beg for (or steal) any food you might have. If you haven't been to a rainforest before in the tropics it's well worth the trip, they are an amazing place to visit!
Today I'm sharing the 25 cent coin from one of those silver proof sets I mentioned earlier. It was still in it's protective capsule when I took these shots so the scratches and imperfection are really just the capsule and not on the coin. Have a look:
About the coin:
Country: Belize
Mint: The Franklin Mint, Pennsylvania, USA
Year: 1974
Mintage: 31,000
Strike type: Silver Proof
Denomination: Twenty-five Cents
Composition: silver 92.5%
Weight: 16.6 grams
Diameter: 23.5 mm
Edge: Reeded
Reverse: Blue-crowned motmot
Obverse: Belize coat of arms with lettering BELIZE SUB UMBRA FLOREO 1974 FM ( I flourish in the shade! is the translation from Numista)
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The blue-capped motmots live in the rainforest throughout Central America. It's bright colorations provide camouflage against predators because when they are holding still they are relatively difficult to see. I never would have guessed that, however I am most certainly not a guru about rain forests. It ranges between 15 to 17 inches (38 to 43 cm) in length, so not a very large bird. It likes to eat small insects and lizards, with some occasional fruit. Instead of nesting in trees like most birds they nest in tunnels which I found interesting.
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References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-capped_motmot
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces34525.html
Re-blog lottery, some bad news
I do have some bad news regarding the daily lottery, down below I will discuss it after today's winner.
Now for the winner of the re-blog lottery! Today we had 28 people re-blog my post, thank you so much! The people who re-blogged were:
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I do have some bad news regarding this giveaway. I have been informed that it is it is considered buying votes to give away HSBI for in a re-blog lottery. I still want to give away HSBI to give back to the Hive community, so over the next couple of days I'll find another solution that isn't going to cause any problems. Until then I'm going to have to suspend the lottery, I'm sorry! But please stay tuned!
Pretty coin from Belize!
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good luck finding a solution to that problem. Hope you get it fixed soon, I love that HSBI
Good luck all in the coin contest.
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re-bloged any ways
Me too! It's a lot of fun! I just need to find a way that doesn't upset the Hive "powers that be". I appreciate the re-blog. If you have any ideas let me know as well please.
Actually you are able to do what you want and because you are following the rules and you are doing excellent work...
I have a feeling that you are just going to get even more popular.
And seriously the guy who complained doesn't need to vote on your content because it's not needed. All the rest of us love your content. And we continue to throw votes to support you!
Keep doing the awesome work! Everybody is noticing!
1 thought for what is worth say secret prize worth 5 hive
Not a bad idea, maybe a random prize for those who comment... I'm just frustrated that I hit the radar of the down vote community. Thank you!
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I mean I kinda get it. No offense but it is kinda spammy doing it daily. The rewarding for upvote and reblog I mean. I would just post content and grow naturally. You will do great regardless. You don’t need the reward reboot thing to grow. You will do so without that :)
I decided just to re-start it, hopefully I won't run into any more problems. I have been getting support from some whales!
Yep the solution is it's no problem at all and this reblog lottery can be super amazing!
Everybody rejoice this is awesome!
Just because one Karen says they don't like it doesn't mean this can't get even more popular...
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very true
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I like that idea too, but if I get down voted on a curation trail it's the end of my account. It's too bad that "whales" have that much power, but they do!
You must not understand how powerful all of us are... together...
And that guy is a single person. He didn't threaten to downvote.
Your choice...
Just do a post that is only about the giveaway. Make it a special once a week thing it’s attaching it to every post about anything they looks bad.
Absolutely it is just the opinion of one person!
Nobody other than one Karen.
Please restart the reblog lottery and continue having some good times.
However this does definitely give you a lot more friends and interested parties.
You're doing a killer job!
Thanks man! I've been a little occupied the last day or so, going to look more into it today. Last thing I need is to get nailed by a down vote curation trail
Dude you got an entire community and some big people interested in your content...
I'd fire things back up and go harder!
I'm thinking about just re-starting it. Since it wasn't a direct threat to downvote. These Hive "purists" are mostly whales who have been here since the beginning, it's going to take awhile for me to amass the HP to fight back against those guys.
Hit me up on discord. Got good news for you.
Don’t man. It looks bad. Do it once a week and not for posts about other topics. So a post that is a contest post and thats the whole reason for post.
That's a good thought. Thanks for the idea!
That’s horrible advice.
It’s not one person. If every post someone does has a reblog upvote thing it will be whale downvoted. The solution is not doing it for random posts and instead do one post a week that is a post for the contest.
The coin is older than me yet, still has better shape.
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Coins can last forever, sadly we don't fare so well over the ages...
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Belize is one of those pending trips that I have.
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Just don’t do giveaway daily. Make it a once a week special thing. It’s almost every post having it that looks bad.
Maybe once or twice a week I'll do a giveaway post, it's a good idea. Thanks!
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Interesting that someone would break up a proof set….
You would think it would be more valuable years later as a complete set!😇
Awesome coin, my friend!😀
I never would have broken it up, but I'm a coin guy. Maybe someone needed some quick cash or something I sold them off individually?
That makes sense, that’s probably what happened!🤔
I definitely agree with you. I would not have broken it up. 😇
So much sterling coinage in the good old days also pretty sick design on this one
Too bad they don't make coins anymore at the Franklin Mint, they made some awesome stuff!
All good things must come to an end 🤣
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! It was my lucky day.
That wheel liked you today for sure! I'm going to see what I can do to still give out HSBI, I'm hoping to find a solution soon.
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