(official mint image of 'silver version')

 

• Celebrating 100 years of Scouting
• Legal tender from the Isle of Man
• Available in Proof Gold editions, Sterling Silver and Unc. Cupro Nickel

 

2007 Proof 999.9 1/5oz Gold Centenary of the Scouts Coin

On 1st August 2007, the Scouts celebrated their 100th Anniversary. To mark this wonderful achievement the Isle of Man Government has approved the release of this superb issue. Robert Baden-Powell was a very productive painter and writer and he discovered, upon returning from South Africa, that a military training manual he had written, ‘Aids to Scouting,’ had become a best seller. During the Boer War young lads were sent to run messages and these lads were known as ‘Scouts’. Based on this early book he then wrote ‘Scouting for Boys’ and whilst writing this he tested his ideas on a camping trip for 20 boys on Brownsea Island in 1907, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting. 100 years later, the Scouting movement has grown quite considerably (around a million times bigger) and now involves boys and girls, men and women from nearly every country in the world.

The design depicts Lord Baden-Powell in the centre with the Scouting symbol the Fleur de Lys below. Make sure you add this enchanting coin to your collection today.