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<p>[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 1658552, member: 19250"][ATTACH]243667.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243668.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243669.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243670.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243671.vB[/ATTACH] I guess I should post these too. The first is from the Atocha double struck cross 8 reale. The second the wreck of the Johanna off South Africa this wreck was a beach wreck thus the coin has a butter like feeling to it..... Very smooth. The crew who perrished in the Johanna running aground were the first whites burried in Africa!</p><p>I almost forgot the Atocha cob was purchased from Mel Fisher him self in Key West and the Johanna was purchased years later from Mel's capt. who was with Mel when they found the Atocha as well as getting the cob from him he also sent me some one of a kind pictures of him and Mel the day they discovered the Atocha! Very Cool BTW Jimmy Buffett came out to the ship and the party started![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 1658552, member: 19250"][ATTACH]243667.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243668.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243669.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243670.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]243671.vB[/ATTACH] I guess I should post these too. The first is from the Atocha double struck cross 8 reale. The second the wreck of the Johanna off South Africa this wreck was a beach wreck thus the coin has a butter like feeling to it..... Very smooth. The crew who perrished in the Johanna running aground were the first whites burried in Africa! I almost forgot the Atocha cob was purchased from Mel Fisher him self in Key West and the Johanna was purchased years later from Mel's capt. who was with Mel when they found the Atocha as well as getting the cob from him he also sent me some one of a kind pictures of him and Mel the day they discovered the Atocha! Very Cool BTW Jimmy Buffett came out to the ship and the party started![/QUOTE]
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