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 twenty seventh is a 2017 50 Franks "Santa Maria".
Issued by BH Mayer's Mint on behalf of Rwanda, it weights 31.1g with silver purity of 99.9% and Brilliant Uncirculated finish. It is the first issue of the "Nautical Ounce" series.
La Santa María (The Saint Mary), alternatively La Gallega, was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, the others being the Niña and the Pinta.
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