How can anyone not get into a frothy frenzy after reading Pistareen’s article about the Concepcion S
Longacre
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I was taking a look at the recent issue of Coin World (the older of the two issues that I received yesterday). After going through my standard procedure (check Table of Contents for Advertisers’ Index; look up page where CoinRaritiesOnline’s ad is located; then flip to that page to look at the ad), I looked to see if this was the issue with another article by Pistareen. To my delight, there was an article in this issue.
In the article, Pistareen (John Kraljevich) tells us a tale of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, which sunk off of Hispaniola in 1641. The Spanish salvaged the wreckage, but found very little treasure.
A man by the name of William Phips the Carpenter (to distinguish him from Joe the Plumber), with the backing of the deep pocketed Duke of Albemarle, discovered where the wreck was located, and found its treasure of silver and gold. Phips the Carpenter’s work with the Concepcion is commemorated with a medal struck in 1687 (Betts 67), from the recovered silver from the shipwreck. These medals are excessively rare, but coins recovered from the shipwreck are rather inexpensive and can be collected by the hoi polloi as a memory to this shipwreck and Phips the Carpenter.
I don’t have a picture of his medal readily available, but maybe someone can post it. I believe these are technically called Relic Medals, if I recall my reading of the Whitman Medals book correctly.
I really like how the history behind these medals can really make the medals come to life and put them into perspective. I, for one, was in a frothy frenzy after reading the article. I hope my numismatic brethren felt the same way.
In the article, Pistareen (John Kraljevich) tells us a tale of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, which sunk off of Hispaniola in 1641. The Spanish salvaged the wreckage, but found very little treasure.
A man by the name of William Phips the Carpenter (to distinguish him from Joe the Plumber), with the backing of the deep pocketed Duke of Albemarle, discovered where the wreck was located, and found its treasure of silver and gold. Phips the Carpenter’s work with the Concepcion is commemorated with a medal struck in 1687 (Betts 67), from the recovered silver from the shipwreck. These medals are excessively rare, but coins recovered from the shipwreck are rather inexpensive and can be collected by the hoi polloi as a memory to this shipwreck and Phips the Carpenter.
I don’t have a picture of his medal readily available, but maybe someone can post it. I believe these are technically called Relic Medals, if I recall my reading of the Whitman Medals book correctly.
I really like how the history behind these medals can really make the medals come to life and put them into perspective. I, for one, was in a frothy frenzy after reading the article. I hope my numismatic brethren felt the same way.
Always took candy from strangers
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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<< <i>Sorry, but I don't froth. >>
Nor do I... and it has been years since I have frenzied...
Longacre, with all the frothing and frenzying you seem to do, it is a wonder you haven't collapsed from dehydration and exhaustion!!!