Treasure our sports heritage; hockey, baseball, golf and curling. These sports are played around the world. In this four part series from the Solomon Islands, each set contains two half-ounce pure silver coins shaped like the equipment needed to play each sport: a hockey stick and puck; a baseball bat and ball; a golf club bag and ball; and a curling stone and broom.

The word “hockey” is generally thought to have originated from the French word “hoquet” which translates to “shepherd’s crook”. It is likely derived from stick-and-ball games, such as hurley and shinty brought by immigrants to the North American colonies.

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