Nice coin @panzerman , great early shipwreck coin. I know that coins were found in a wreck dated 480 BC and a gold scarab in a wreck dated 1300...
That is one impressive set @lordmarcovan , congratulations. I have also learnt about coins that I had absolutely no idea existed and thank you for...
Yes @The Meat man Anne VIGO coin is also on my wish list too. I read somewhere years ago that there was a story about Pirates providing the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Great Britain 1746 LIMA, George II, D. Nono, 1/2 Crown. Seaby 3695 A VF details. Cleaned. [ATTACH] KM# 583.2; Sp# 3703; Silver...
[ATTACH] Here is my overview and speaker programme for the 1715 Fleet Society 2026 Conference held 12–14 January at Indian River State College,...
I would always say aesthetics , rarity is often a price barrier and I find little pleasure in knowing that I own something others couldn't and not...
This is something I picked up last December from A Karanitsos auction house in Greece. It is a medal awarded for bravery to the rescuers of...
I guess this is a private minting aimed at a wide audience. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I was fortunate enough to be able to buy this last year at below...
I wrote about the Hollandia on the second page of this post. There is a lot of information available on this shipwreck and it was carefully...
Could be @daveydempsey , if this was located in the UK I would say that there is a chance it is a dug coin but I would question a coin in a...
Spoken like a true collector @lordmarcovan. That is one magnificent coin oozing with history who knows what it bought in the past and where it has...
Another fabulous coin @panzerman . For those that don't know. In 1725, the French naval vessel Le Chameau struck a reef near Louisbourg, Nova...
I was moving a little off track with the last couple of posts so here is a coin I picked up on my recent trip to Florida. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I...
I have a large ink bottle and ink pot recovered from the SS Republic. The large bottle is a little chipped but the makers name is intact. [ATTACH]...
Here is my little piece of shipwreck Chinese porcelain @lordmarcovan . [ATTACH] [ATTACH] From what I learnt the pot you posted was made in the...
It never ceases to amaze me how many things are out there and how many wrecks there are with recovered coins and artefacts. Following on from...
I wouldn't call myself a connoisseur @lordmarcovan , aficionado maybe, Junkie probably. I do have a piece of Chinese shipwreck porcelain, two ink...
Nice coin and great display @lordmarcovan. If anyone said to me 5 years ago I would have bought a holed coin I would have called them crazy! Since...
The Hollandia is a shipwreck which has a nice spread of readily available salvaged coins. Here is one I picked up last year together with the...
Criminals are usually stupid. I know a criminal forensic scientist and he once told me how a burglar had been arrested and accused of several...
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