This past week I shared a coin from the tropical paradise of Belize. As I mentioned last week it's a gorgeous place to visit with rain forests, beautiful beaches, and amazing reefs to dive. If you ever get the chance to visit don't pass it up, you won't regret it! Plus, it's the only country in Central America that speaks English instead of Spanish for all the non Spanish speakers out there!
Today I'm going to continue on with the silver coin series, with another coin that I purchased at the very same time in Phoenix, Arizona. There is a whole set of these for each year from 1975 until 1981 with decreasing mintages each year. These are relatively hard to find in good condition and the only two the shop had in stock I purchased because they were in such nice shape. Again, this was around 20+ years ago and so these are some older pictures from my laptop!
About the coin:
From numista.com
These were minted in Wawa, Pennsylvania, which is a suburb of Philadelphia for those interested. The Franklin Mint produced coins for many nations around the world in the 70's and 80's but have subsequently abandoned the precious metal products. It's a shame really, they made such nice stuff!
This particular set had a mintage of only 1,826, so relatively low. The bullion value of the the silver is $8.24 as of this morning with silver over $42 per Troy ounce. However, the collector's value will be much higher. I'm not sure what they run currently, but I would venture to guess around at least $20 or more.
What really caught my eye about this one is it is another animal coin, and I'm a sucker for animal coins!
The featured feathered creature on this coin is listed as the blue-crowned motmot. They are no longer called that for some reason, now they are the blue-capped motmot.
Blue-capped Motmot
pixels.com
animalia.bio
These beautiful birds are found in the rain forests from southern Mexico down through Central America on the side of the Caribbean Sea. Although fairly large in size at 15 to 17 inches (38 to 43 cm) they are hard to spot in the forest. Their colors act as great camouflage and they are relatively inactive so they are hard to spot.
They are known for the very distinctive tail that can be seen on the coin and in the second picture above. When I was in Central America on my several visits I don't believe I ever saw one personally. It would have been cool, but I spent more time in the water than in the rain forest! I probably should have spent some more time bird watching...
But a very beautiful bird and I can see why they celebrated it on their coins!
That will wrap up my post for this Wednesday, I do hope you enjoyed the coin and seeing the pictures of the real McCoy as well. Please feel free to leave any questions or comments below, and thank you for all of the support. I really do deeply appreciate it. Have a great Wednesday everyone!
References:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21397.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-capped_motmot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize
Disclaimer
I am not a financial planner and this isn't financial advice. Please always do your own research before investing your money. You worked hard enough to earn it!
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