LPJ Collection - My PCGS Coins
S$1 2000 P LEIF ERICSON MODERN COMMEMORATIVE SILVER DOLLAR
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Coin Details
Origin/Country: |
United States |
Design Description: |
MODERN COMMEMORATIVES |
Item Description: |
S$1 2000 P LEIF ERICSON MILLENNIUM |
Full Grade: |
PCGS PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO |
Owner: |
Merlin8* |
Owner Comments:
2000 P PF68
Leif Ericson
Mintage: 144,748
Part of My Heritage Set
Dedicated to my Scandinavian heritage.
My genetic ethnicity ties me to Scandinavia which includes the present day nations of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The Vikings were feared by the coastal towns of medieval Europe as seaborne raiders and violent pillagers. They were also well-travelled merchants and ambitious explorers that raided the Mediterranean coast of Africa. They settled areas as far south as the Black Sea and traded with the Byzantine Empire. It was a Norse sailor named Leif Ericson who is credited with being the first European to travel to North America 500 years before Columbus.
The rise of the Viking culture spread Scandinavian ancestry throughout Europe. Their earliest coastal voyages took them to Scotland, northeastern England and established the settlement of Dublin, Ireland. As their power grew the Vikings spread farther along the Volga River to the coast of France and Spain. But perhaps their most famous accomplishments were the oceanic voyages across the Atlantic establishing villages in Iceland and Greenland and exploring the northern coast of Canada. Few of the early Scandinavian settlers are thought to have survived in the Americas however Iceland remains a society rooted in Scandinavian language and culture.