2025 Ascension Island Silver-Plated $2 Popeye® Coins with Folder

(8 coins)

$159.00

Select a Grade: Prooflike

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Start an exciting, limited-edition $2 series featuring Popeye® – America's fearless sailor!


  • 2025 Silver-plated, Prooflike legal tender coins issued by Ascension Island
  • Selectively colorized reverses by Littleton's talented artists
  • First coin depicts Popeye® The Sailor Man, with a hearty grin, his pipe, squinty eye, and famously muscled forearms with anchor tattoos. Micro text around the center motif states: i yam what i yam and tha's all what i am
  • Second coin depicts Popeye® ready to gobble up some leafy greens that give him super strength to right wrongs and defend those he loves. Micro text declares: strong to the finish
  • Third coin depicts Olive Oyl, with her long-limbs, is frequently in need of rescuing. Often sassy, always with her black hair in a neat bun, Popeye's girlfriend was ever-ready for an adventure. She's shown with a beating heart and micro text exclaiming oh, popeye!
  • Fourth coin depicts Swee’Pea, a foundling adopted by Popeye, is endowed with magical strength by Segar so he can fight adults with the rest of the crew. The micro text inside the coin's rim reads: eat, sleep, yawn, repeat
  • Fifth coin depicts Eugene the Jeep – a dog-like creature with magical powers who helped Popeye and Olive Oyl get out of tricky situations.
  • Sixth coin depicts Bluto – also a sailor, he fought with Popeye for Olive Oyl's affections.
  • Seventh coin depicts Wimpy – cartoon creator E.C. Segar made J. Wellington Wimpy Popeye's friendly advisor who was always running a tab for hamburgers. In reality, Segar was paying homage to his hometown mentor who paid for his cartoon drawing classes.
  • Eighth coin depicts Alice the Goon – the humanoid rescued by Popeye, who could see the good in her and had her babysit his infant son, Swee'Pea™>/sup>. With her superhuman powers, Alice was also an ally who could be counted on in the fight for good over evil.
  • Obverse features an anchor as the unique Popeye® privy mark
  • Custom folder for all 10 coins comes with fun facts about the characters originally created by E.C. Segar
  • Officially licensed coin series from the King Features BrandTM

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