Life is an odd thing. When you're young everything seemed to go so slow, now as an adult it's more like being on a bullet train that just keeps speeding up. I know a lot of that has to do with the amount of work I have done as adult. When I haven't been at work it was family time spending time with my son. The very little amount of down time seems to have made the perception of time go by so quickly.
This past year I have continued to work, but more contract work where I choose hours and where the jobs are. I have more time off for myself and have been able to take more "me" time which in a way has been a very strange paradigm. This coming winter I'm going to take one or two weeks to spend in the Caribbean, back to my old stomping grounds to just have some fun and get in some diving.
It's been awhile since I have shared another one of my British Virgin Island sunken ship treasures of the Caribbean series coins. I thought it fit well with my vacation planning I've been working on for a few weeks now. Who knows, maybe I'll find some sunken treasure while I'm at it! Maybe I'll find more than just an old cannon on one of these dives.
In 1985 the British Virgin Islands produced their coin series: Sunken Ship Treasures of the Caribbean. A beautiful coin series that aptly describes just how much treasure there is sitting on the bottom of the ocean all over the Caribbean. Mostly in very shallow water just on or just off of reefs, because that's generally what caused those old treasure laden ships to sink. This is another coin I picked up from the series years and years ago.
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About the coin:
Country: British Virgin Islands
Mint: The Franklin Mint
Series: Sunken Ship Treasures of the Caribbean 1985
Composition: 92.5 % silver
Denomination: 20 Dollars
Weight: 19.09 grams
Diameter: 38 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Engraver: Raphael David Maklouf
Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II with lettering: ELIZABETH THE SECOND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS RDM 1985
Reverse: Anchor below denomination
This is a beautiful series of coins, not too expensive to pick up if your are looking for some nice coins to add to your collection. The Franklin Mint produced them and as always did such quality work. Like I mentioned previously it really is a shame they stopped producing precious metals.
This last week I wrote about gold hunting in the desert which I haven't done in years or even panned for gold in some nice California streams. I really haven't been doing much diving either. I've decided to start dedicating more of my free time to do the things I enjoy for as long as my health holds out!
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I'm already picturing myself on the beach...
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Thats a pretty sweet coin!
Thanks! Nothing compared to that cross you just shared though!
That looks like Hawaii!!!
The Caribbean looks a lot like Hawaii from pictures I've seen, but never having been there. I love all that beautiful and warm shallow water, I wish the California coast was like that!
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This modern strike is a throwback to the original British West Indies coins. Tough to find at a reasonable price, I'd love to add this to my seafaring stack.☠️
They aren't too hard to find or pickup so should be an easy addition. How are you holding up?
Busy writing a Eulogy, filling out forms, they're keeping me busy.
Time is a curious thing. I see my children grow up and I am amazed. Life flies by, you don't have to waste a minute.
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Enjoy it while it lasts, they grow so fast. In the blink of an eye my son went from and infant to almost an adult!
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Absolutely super awesome silver once again. And I think it is killer that you're able to share such amazing and thought provoking pieces.
The sheer diversity of of these coins are incredible.
Thanks! I try to do something different daily.
You are always putting up those detailed war reports daily, that's a lot of work! I'm not sure how you do it!
Actually it takes all day I do a little bit at a time and try to get a decent amount done.
Some days it's definitely very difficult! Some days like today it has passed by and by 10:30 in the morning I've already got the majority of my work already done.
I really need to start using all of the rest of my other accounts as well. I am definitely super behind on posting dog pictures. Super behind on engagement!
Oh and I've got the 7th anniversary coming up! We finally hit 15,400 steak HP! So definitely super duper excited about that!
So thank you very much and I really love what you got going on it's really awesome to get the alert and get to see such cool coins and or that epic gold nugget!
Me and puppy dog are working on getting some land and doing a tiny home and homestead in southern Oregon because I'd really like to be closer to really good gold! Although a little bit of land in eastern Oregon wouldn't be too bad and they've got really good gold as well in certain spots... I really miss my Gold fever and I actually did a couple of posts about gold mining!
That's a fairly high face , and sterling very nice coin
Thanks! Sure beats a coin with 40% silver!
You are so very correct about times speeding up.......Lol
It's already late October how did it happen!🤔
"I'm already picturing myself on the beach....."
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October again and all the Halloween displays are up around the neighborhood here. It seems like it was just yesterday last year. At least this year I'm hoping not to have COVID like last Halloween!
Covid definitely put a damper on Halloween my friend……
Hope it is a wonderful time for the kids this year !🤗
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