Paddle steamers on coins

Afrasi · June 13, 2010, 07:36:16 PM

NOTE. See also: Steam ships (except paddle steamers)

This coin shows a very early steam ship.

These 25 cents coins are usually assumed to be unofficially produced patterns.

Figleaf · June 13, 2010, 10:09:04 PM

Quote from: Afrasi on June 13, 2010, 07:36:16 PMThe second one shows a very early steam ship.

A paddle steamer! That may be the only one on a real coin (not a pseudo coin). Even without it, that is a wonderful piece, Afrasi. Thanks for showing it.

Peter

<k> · May 17, 2011, 02:53:08 AM

The U.S.S. Cairo as it would have appeared steaming down the Yazoo River during the American Civil War.

The Cairo was recovered and partially reconstructed and is now on display at Vicksburg National Military Park.

Andrey5 · April 24, 2014, 09:38:16 AM

Quote from: Figleaf on June 13, 2010, 10:09:04 PMA paddle steamer! That may be the only one on a real coin (not a pseudo coin). Even without it, that is a wonderful piece, Afrasi. Thanks for showing it.

Peter

Another one with a paddle steamer, though by the same engraver I suppose.

<k> · April 25, 2014, 04:37:44 PM

Czecho-Slovakia Federative Republic, 50 korun, 1991. The ship Bohemia.

Early side-wheeled paddle steamer.

<k> · April 25, 2014, 04:38:13 PM

Hungary, 500 forint, 1993.

Side wheel riverboat for use on the Danube. Árpád was one of the first Hungarian Danubian steam boats. It was launched in 1836 from a dockyard near Óbuda (now part of Budapest) for the account of the First Danube Steamship Company. The company and the yard were owned by count István Széchenyi. He was a Hungarian reformer working on Hungarian national development. Árpád was fitted for 400 passengers and was used to shuttle passengers from Pest to Vienna.