Sea-going sailing ships (circa 1500 to 1850)

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Guernsey, 1 pound, 1983.  HMS Crescent, a frigate.

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Australia Bicentennial, 50 cents, 1988.  HMS Endeavour.

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New Zealand, 50 cents, 2006.  HMS Endeavour.

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New Zealand, 50 cents, 1994.  HMS Endeavour. 

This bimetallic version of the coin was included in mint sets in 1994 only.

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Cook Islands, 5 dollars, 2009.  HMS Endeavour.

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Pitcairn, $50, 1988.

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St Helena-Ascension, 50 pounds, 1986.  Napoleon on St Helena.

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Papua New Guinea, 5 kina, 1997.  La Recherche.

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Fiji, 10 dollars, 2001.

Endeavour was a barque (not a barge) commanded by Cook.

He claimed New Zealand for Great Britain in 1769. AFAIK, she didn't reach Fiji.

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Fiji, 10 dollars, 2001.

Providence was a 6th rate barque, commanded on Bligh's second voyage, in which he did see Fiji.

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Fiji, 10 dollars, 1993.

A fluyt, presumably Tasman's ship Zeehaen. His other ship was the yacht Heemskerk.

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USA, half dollar, 1938.  The Kalmar Nyckel.

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Sweden, 2 kronor, 1938.

A joint US-Swedish issue, commemorating a group of Swedes who settled in Delaware. The area was eventually taken by the Dutch, who lost it to the English, who in turn lost it to the settlers. The ship was the Kalmar Nyckel, a 17th century lightly armed pinnace. The rigging has been much simplified and the sails are not elongated enough, making the ship more symbolic than realistic.

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Canada, 25 cents and $1, 2004.  The 400th anniversary of French settlement.

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Isle of Man, 1 crown, 1996.  Sir Francis Drake and the Golden Hind.