Interesting artifact for Spanish colonial collectors and Pirate fans

tewcd

I have been on vacation to out-of-the-way Atlantic Beach, North Carolina for a few days. Although I'm back now, I've been suffering from coin withdrawal. Luckily, though, there's some interesting history in the area, including the fact that Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, sank in the vicinity.

At the NC Maritime Museum, there's a late display of conserved artifacts, among which on will find this:




So this is how Blackbeard ensured his reales were...real!

worldcoinguy

Neat post and good eye for the numismatic angle.

I wouldn't have wanted to be the poor soul that tried to pass fakes off to Blackbeard by accident.

DeiGratia

<< <i>Neat post and good eye for the numismatic angle.

I wouldn't have wanted to be the poor soul that tried to pass fakes off to Blackbeard by accident. >>



+1

TwoKopeiki

Pretty neat. I'll definitely add a set of Reales weights to my collection at some point. They do come-up for auction from time to time.

WWW

I want to be a pirate.