If you like the series of coins that the National Manufactory of Currency and Stamp begins to broadcast today December 17, dedicated to the «History of Navigation», do not delay in buying them, they will be exhausted and their price will increase in price very little time. It is a recommendation that I allow myself to make, based on the information I have about the success that the series has already awakened, it is not about any publicity.
The Royal Mint has decided to coin a series of coins dedicated to recall the "History of Navigation", which reproduces a selection of boats that, for one reason or another, have been relevant throughout the times . A total of 20 coins make up the series of which the first four are issued today, the rest in 2019. Acquiring the first four is given the album that includes the history and description of each boat.
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The first four
COMBAT FENICIA SHIP
With their ships, the Phoenicians dominated the Mediterranean and peered into the Atlantic. The most famous navigation of which they are attributed was that they did around 600 BC by order of Pharaoh Nekao II, and that according to many led them to turn Africa in the anti-clockwise direction.
The Phoenicians were the best shipbuilders of their time, which in general made them stronger and lighter than their competitors. Being a substantially merchant town, most of its ships were merchants. However, they also had to defend themselves and attack at sea, and from there arose the Phoenician warship. If the merchant ship was, naturally, round and wide to enhance the carrying capacity even at the cost of reducing speed, the war was long and shallow, suitable for rowing propulsion. Initially they were built symmetrical not only to band and band, but both ends served equally as stern that of bow to be able to attack a coast and to leave quickly to the sea.
Period: Between the 16th and 4th centuries BC
Length: Between 40 and 50 m. Manga: Between 8 and 10 m.
Propulsion: Mixed one or two sticks with square sails and one or two rows of oars per band.
Armament: Catapults and the hand of the combatants that endowed it.
On the obverse of the first piece, in the central area, a detail of the work entitled "Phoenician and Assyrian combat ships. At the service of Persia in the time of Cambises "made by Rafael Monleón y Torres, which is kept in the Naval Museum of Madrid. On the right, the mint mark. Above the central image, in a circular and uppercase, the legend NAVE DE COMBATE FENICIA. Surround the motives and legends of the central area a line of pine nuts. In the outer area of the coin, in a circular direction, appear aquatic motifs treated in a symbolic manner and, in the lower part, in ascending circular direction and in capital letters, the legend SPAIN and the year of minting 2018.
JUAN SEBASTIÁN DE ELCANO SCHOOL SHIP
The first crossing of the ship was from Cádiz to Málaga with HM King Alfonso XIII on board (1927). He sailed from Cádiz for his first trip of instruction and first round the world. Throughout his long life he has participated in five major ocean races and has won seven times the prestigious Boston Teapot that the "Sail Training International" grants to the ship that manages to navigate by sail the highest number of miles in any period of 124 hours during year.
The school ship of midshipmen Juan Sebastián Elcano was built in the Cadiz shipyards of Echevarrieta and Larrinaga. His name is the first circumnavigator of the planet. He put his keel on 21.11.1925, was launched to the sea on 05.03.1927 and delivered to the Navy on 17.08.1928. It cost eight million pesetas. Rigged brig-schooner, has bowsprit and four sticks, each of them baptized with the names of previous ships schools of the Navy (Blanca-Almansa-Asturias and Nautilus).
Period: 20th Century
Length: 113.1 m. Beam: 13.1 m Strut: 8.68 m. Draft: Max. 7 m
Propulsion: Sail and Motor.
Armament: Two guns of 37 mm and portable armament: four machine guns (2 Browning of 12.7 mm and 2 MG-1 of 7.62 mm).
On the obverse of the second piece, in the central area, an image of the School Ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano is reproduced in colors, according to photography owned by the Spanish Navy. On the right, the mint mark. Above the central image, in a circular and uppercase, the legend BUQUEA JUAN SEBASTIÁN SCHOOL OF ELCANO. Surround the motives and legends of the central area a line of pine nuts. In the outer area of the coin, in a circular direction, appear aquatic motifs treated in a symbolic manner and, in the lower part, in ascending circular direction and in capital letters, the legend SPAIN and the year of minting 2018.
DRAKKAR SCANDINAVO
Famous Drakkares were the Ormen Lange (the Great Serpent) of Olaf I of Norway (995-1000) and the Mora, flagship of William the Conqueror (English king from 1066 to 1087) in the conquest of England. Very famous was the one of Erik the Red and Canute II Great, Danish king (1018-1035) that got to have 1,400 ships of this type with capacity to mobilize 126,000 men.
The Nordic or Scandinavian peoples (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian), generically referred to as Vikings, from the sixth century to the eleventh, pressed by the poverty of their land and the demographic expansion, threw themselves into the sea in looting and trade trips, activities that were in increase to be very productive and beneficial. The means used in their movements, from the seventh to the eleventh century, was the ship known as the drakkar, the evolution of an Icelandic word with which the dragons were named and which received that name because in the bow, as a species of a figurehead, they carried a figure of that mythical animal or of a serpent, snekars. Long and narrow boats, their measurements varied enough from one model to another.
Period: From the 6th to the 11th century
Length: from 35 m. or more to other shorter ones
Propulsion: Sailing and rowing
DRAKKAR SCANDINAVO
Famous Drakkares were the Ormen Lange (the Great Serpent) of Olaf I of Norway (995-1000) and the Mora, flagship of William the Conqueror (English king from 1066 to 1087) in the conquest of England. Very famous was the one of Erik the Red and Canute II Great, Danish king (1018-1035) that got to have 1,400 ships of this type with capacity to mobilize 126,000 men.
The Nordic or Scandinavian peoples (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian), generically referred to as Vikings, from the sixth century to the eleventh, pressed by the poverty of their land and the demographic expansion, threw themselves into the sea in looting and trade trips, activities that were in increase to be very productive and beneficial. The means used in their movements, from the seventh to the eleventh century, was the ship known as the drakkar, the evolution of an Icelandic word with which the dragons were named and which received that name because in the bow, as a species of a figurehead, they carried a figure of that mythical animal or of a serpent, snekars. Long and narrow boats, their measurements varied enough from one model to another.
Period: From the 6th to the 11th century
Length: from 35 m. or more to other shorter ones
Propulsion: Sailing and rowing
On the obverse of the third piece, in the central area, a detail of the work entitled "Vessel of the Scandinavian Vikings. Century X. Rebuilt by the Norwegian Government on the occasion of the Fourth Centenary of the Discovery of America ", carried out by Rafael Monleón y Torres, which is kept in the Naval Museum of Madrid. On the right, the mint mark. Above the central image, in ascending circular direction and in capital letters, the legend DRAKKAR SCANDINAVO. Surround the motives and legends of the central area a line of pine nuts. In the outer area of the coin, in a circular direction, appear aquatic motifs treated in a symbolic manner and, in the lower part, in ascending circular direction and in capital letters, the legend SPAIN and the year of minting 2018.
SPANISH NAVY
The fundamental milestone in the history of the Spanish line ship, is the arrival to the throne of Ferdinand VI and the designation of Secretary of State for the Navy of Mr. Zenón de Somodevilla, Marques de la Ensenada, his policy led to the creation of the huge arsenals. Of these, the most active in the construction of ships were those of Havana and Ferrol. The Royal Navy reached its zenith in 1793 with 79 ships of line, one of them being the largest in the world, the Holy Trinity, a total of 218 ships being built during the XVIII.
Within the framework of the second Anglo-Dutch maritime war, the Duke of York (future James II of England) adopted line formation line at the Battle of Lowestoft (13.06.1665). From then on, the arms race sets its goal to obtain ships with sides resistant to enemy fire, maneuvers to maintain training without problems, quick and easy to repair. From that date until the appearance of the steam, the line ship will evolve both in its hull and in its rigging, arriving at the end of the XVIII, with helmets lined in copper, booms and square sails in the mizzen mast and cannons up to 36 pounds on the low decks. Spain, immersed in that race since the arrival to the throne of Felipe V, counted on the best ships of line present in Trafalgar (Neptuno, 1795 and Argonauta, 1796).
Period: 18th and 19th century
Length : 62.3 m. Beam: 9.66 m Strut: 8.3 m.
Propulsion: Candle.
SPANISH NAVY
The fundamental milestone in the history of the Spanish line ship, is the arrival to the throne of Ferdinand VI and the designation of Secretary of State for the Navy of Mr. Zenón de Somodevilla, Marques de la Ensenada, his policy led to the creation of the huge arsenals. Of these, the most active in the construction of ships were those of Havana and Ferrol. The Royal Navy reached its zenith in 1793 with 79 ships of line, one of them being the largest in the world, the Holy Trinity, a total of 218 ships being built during the XVIII.
Within the framework of the second Anglo-Dutch maritime war, the Duke of York (future James II of England) adopted line formation line at the Battle of Lowestoft (13.06.1665). From then on, the arms race sets its goal to obtain ships with sides resistant to enemy fire, maneuvers to maintain training without problems, quick and easy to repair. From that date until the appearance of the steam, the line ship will evolve both in its hull and in its rigging, arriving at the end of the XVIII, with helmets lined in copper, booms and square sails in the mizzen mast and cannons up to 36 pounds on the low decks. Spain, immersed in that race since the arrival to the throne of Felipe V, counted on the best ships of line present in Trafalgar (Neptuno, 1795 and Argonauta, 1796).
Period: 18th and 19th century
Length : 62.3 m. Beam: 9.66 m Strut: 8.3 m.
Propulsion: Candle.
On the obverse of the fourth piece, in the central area, an image of the work entitled "Three Pole Ships Ship" is reproduced in colors, which is kept in the Naval Museum of Madrid. On the right, the mint mark. In the upper left, in ascending circular direction and in capital letters, the legend NAVÍO ESPAÑOL. Surround the motives and legends of the central area a line of pine nuts. In the outer area of the coin, in a circular direction, appear aquatic motifs treated in a symbolic manner and, in the lower part, in ascending circular direction and in capital letters, the legend SPAIN and the year of minting 2018.
REVERSE COMMON
On the back (common to all the pieces), inside a central circle, appears the value of the coin 1.5 EURO, in two lines and in capital letters, and the legend HISTORY OF NAVIGATION, in a circular and uppercase sense. Surround the legends of the central area a line of pine nuts. Outside the central circle, in the outer area of the coin, there are six dolphins jumping, in a counter-clockwise direction, on the same aquatic motifs that appear on the anvers. It surrounds all the motifs and all the legends with a graphite of pine nuts.
The maximum number of pieces that are minted for each of the reasons will be 10,000 units. The low volume of issuance will be another reason for them to end up being highly valued currencies.
Characteristics of the coins
Facial: 1.5 euros Composition: Cupronickel Weight: 15 g Diameter: 33 mm Maximum emission volume: 10,000 of each Price: 14 € plus VAT
If you want to see the complete series, you can see it in what was published here on August 22nd.
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