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In 2006, the [[Central Bank of Westarctica]] minted two different $1 WAD [[Coins of Westarctica|coins]] featuring Sherman Island and the Westarctican coat of arms on the reverse with a portrait of [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] explorer [[Rolad Amundsen]] on the obverse. The coins were released with two different metallic profiles: one in copper-nickel with silver plating, the other in copper-nickel with gold plating. The entire mintage of 210 coins sold out in record time for the Central Bank. | In 2006, the [[Central Bank of Westarctica]] minted two different $1 WAD [[Coins of Westarctica|coins]] featuring Sherman Island and the Westarctican coat of arms on the reverse with a portrait of [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] explorer [[Rolad Amundsen]] on the obverse. The coins were released with two different metallic profiles: one in copper-nickel with silver plating, the other in copper-nickel with gold plating. The entire mintage of 210 coins sold out in record time for the Central Bank. | ||
[[File:Sherman Island.png|thumb|Sherman Island gold-plated coin]] | [[File:Sherman Island.png|thumb|left|Sherman Island gold-plated coin]] | ||
Revision as of 04:31, 30 March 2018
Sherman Island is an ice-covered island of Westarctica about 59 kilometers (32 nmi) long and 19 kilometers (10 nmi) wide, lying south of Thurston Island in the middle of Peacock Sound.
The island is entirely surrounded by the Abbot Ice Shelf, and even though it rises above the shelf, it can not be navigated to by ships.
Discovery and name
Sherman Island was delineated from aerial photographs taken by US Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946.
The island was named by US-ACAN for Admiral Forrest Sherman, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, 1949–51, when preparations were being made for U.S. Naval support during the forthcoming International Geophysical Year (IGY) operations.
$1 WAD coin
In 2006, the Central Bank of Westarctica minted two different $1 WAD coins featuring Sherman Island and the Westarctican coat of arms on the reverse with a portrait of Antarctic explorer Rolad Amundsen on the obverse. The coins were released with two different metallic profiles: one in copper-nickel with silver plating, the other in copper-nickel with gold plating. The entire mintage of 210 coins sold out in record time for the Central Bank.
