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<p>[QUOTE="Sam_I_am.MiaFLUSA, post: 3126839, member: 84102"]A dubious find. A Spanish <i>Doubloon</i> / <i>8•Escudos</i> / <i>Onza</i> was approx. 27grams. A "sea salvaged" find is hardly synonymous with a "pirate" coin. Few salvaged finds can be truly or convincingly identified as pirate coins …and some of those that have been thusly identified &/or thusly marketed are gross errors. </p><p> When I lived in the BAHAMAS, I found it noteworthy that most of the coins found on the beach had been salted by a group that had the decency to clearly mark them "Souvenir of Lucaya"! Which probably may be an indication of more pirates & dirt bags currently in the USVI… <b><i>Caveat Emptor!</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sam_I_am.MiaFLUSA, post: 3126839, member: 84102"]A dubious find. A Spanish [I]Doubloon[/I] / [I]8•Escudos[/I] / [I]Onza[/I] was approx. 27grams. A "sea salvaged" find is hardly synonymous with a "pirate" coin. Few salvaged finds can be truly or convincingly identified as pirate coins …and some of those that have been thusly identified &/or thusly marketed are gross errors. When I lived in the BAHAMAS, I found it noteworthy that most of the coins found on the beach had been salted by a group that had the decency to clearly mark them "Souvenir of Lucaya"! Which probably may be an indication of more pirates & dirt bags currently in the USVI… [B][I]Caveat Emptor![/I][/B][/QUOTE]
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