Haze

Afternoon everyone……

I don’t know if any of you have read or seen anything about the wildfires in Canada. Yes it’s there is a huge wildfire in Canada currently that they are trying to resolve.

The reason why I’m mentioning this is because our sky hear in the northeast has been completely hazy since yesterday afternoon because of the smoke coming down from the wildfires. You can also smell the burnt wood smell in the air.

They have issued an air quality warning for the entire northeast all the way down to Maryland. They don’t have an ETA on how long this is going to last. My guess would be that it will stay this way until the jet stream changes direction.

As far as the wildfires, I hope they get them under control before it endangers more people.

You all know about my love of ships on coins by now. It’s no secret after this many years of posting.

So today I’m going to share another beautiful ship coin. This is a 2016 Cooks Island coin, it’s two ounces and as typical of me. I got this one graded as a PR70 of course by PCGS.

Here is some info from Numista: Features Location Cook Islands Issuing company CIT Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022) Type Non-circulating coins Year 2016 Value 10 Dollars 10 NZD = USD 6.03 Currency Dollar (1972-date) Composition Silver (.999) Weight 56.7 g Diameter 38.61 mm Shape Round

Commemorative issue The Great Tea Race

Obverse The Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II

Script: Latin

Lettering: ELIZABETH II 5 DOLLARS COOK ISLANDS 2016

Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse Jack Spurling's The Great Tea Race of 1866

Script: Latin

Lettering: THE GREAT TEA RACE OF 1866 BE THE FIRST TO DOCK IN LONDON 150TH ANNIVERSARY 2016