Sea-going sailing ships (circa 1500 to 1850)

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Egypt, 1865.

Images courtesy of numisbids.com.

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Really nice illustration of a merchant (unarmed or lightly armed) frigate.

Peter

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Australia, $1, 2019.  Mutiny On The Bounty.

And what does this very British theme have to do with Australia? 

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Denmark, 1 ducat, 1699.

Image copyright of Bruun Rasmussen.

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Denmark, 1 ducat, 1746.

Image copyright of Bruun Rasmussen.

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Denmark, 1 ducat, 1754.

Image copyright of Bruun Rasmussen.

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Denmark, 2 ducats, 1667.

Image copyright of Bruun Rasmussen.

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Small, single-decked merchantman, around 1630.

An intermediate type between a carrack (square stern, built up fo'c's'le) and a flute (round stern, flat bow deck.)

Peter

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New Zealand, 20 cents, 1990.  Collector coin only.  150th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Ship: HMS Tory, which was used to transport the first group of settlers from England to New Zealand.

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A barque at anchor in sheltered water. See this article, containing a sketch that may well have been the model for the design.

I wonder who tossed Nicholas Lowry overboard.

Peter

[Alex Island]

One day I saw a coin on which were the names, which coincided with the names of several islands that I was looking for. The coin says:

Bruny  D'Entrecasteaux  Recherche 

In September 1791, the French Assembly decided to send an expedition in search of Jean-François de La Pérouse. Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was selected to command this expedition. He was given a frigate, Recherche (500 tons).

As a result, they discovered and named the islands:

D'Entrecasteaux Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Bruny Island (Tasman Sea)
Recherche Archipelago (Western Australia)

Thus the coin bears the names of the islands and archipelagos that have names in connection with this expedition.

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"Recherche" (ex-La Truite) is a frigate. The design of the coin is clearly copied from a painting by Roux, reproduced here, except that the second frigate of the expidition, l'Espérance (ex-La Durance) was scandalously replaced by an oversized rock. In fact, L'Espérance contributed much to the success of the expedition and had a bay named after her.

Peter