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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1753116, member: 4910&quot;]Buy the coin and get the story.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_portugal_joe_1750r_clive.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Portugal Peca 5600 Reis 1750-R (Rio de Janiero mint)</p><p>Size: 32mm</p><p>Weight: 14.30gm (approx)</p><p>Gold: 0.4215oz (917 fine)</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was also known as a &quot;Joe&quot; or &quot;Half-Joe&quot; because the king on the coin</p><p>was Johannes, Latin for John.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins circulated around the world, including the the American colonies,</p><p>and appear in almanacs, including Ben Franklin&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not own many slabbed coins but this one tells a story along with the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Robert Clive (1725-1774), &quot;Clive Of India&quot;, was a British officer credited with</p><p>establishing the supremacy of Great Britain over India.</p><p><br /></p><p>After his successful military, diplomatic and economic ventures on behalf of the</p><p>Crown in India, Clive returned to London.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1755, he had to travel to India and sent his money, around £3000, ahead,</p><p>in the form of Portuguse gold Peca coins, an international currency at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The money was put on the &quot;Doddington&quot;, and Clive left on another slower ship.</p><p>The ships left England in April 1755, and near South Africa, the Doddington</p><p>managed to wreck on the Chaos Islands of Algoa Bay, now known as Bird Island.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few crew members survived, and after several months, were able to build a boat,</p><p>sail to Mozambique, and be rescued.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1977, professional treasure hunter divers found the wreck and the gold,</p><p>and claimed it had been found on a ship in international waters, possibly a pirate ship.</p><p><br /></p><p>The South African government claimed that the gold came from the Doddington,</p><p>located in their waters, and after years of legal action, South Africa got 1/3 of the treasure,</p><p>and the finders got the rest.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins were sold through auction houses in 2000, there were 830 coins,</p><p>minted between 1727 and 1754.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin that I have is dated 1750, minted in Rio de Janiero,</p><p>and graded by NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation) as</p><p>&quot;1750R Brazil 6400R / UNC Details / Environmental Damage / Clive of India Treasure&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1774 Clive was offered the command of all British forces in North America,</p><p>but he declined the offer and then killed himself either with a penknife or opium.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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