Bobadilla
Sr. Member
Hello!
A friend of mine knows a fisherman in Haiti, who found a strange coin on a beach couple of months ago. My friend took a picture of it. It is no doubt legitime "Piece of Eight", but on the reverse somebody welded a figure of a turtle with triple "T" engraved on it. The turtle and its engravement seems to be original and my friend told me that there was even a small piece of sand bellow the head of the turtle. Why somebody would damage a coin that at those times represented 14 days of easy living? Turtle could mean the Island of Tortuga, located on the north of Haiti, the island that was the pirate base for couple of decades back in the 17th century. Triple "T",... man, I do not have a clue.... of course, my imagination tells me "T" as "Treasure", or may be "Triple Treasure", but what is your opinion guys? The photo of this coin is below.......
Regards to all,
Lobo
A friend of mine knows a fisherman in Haiti, who found a strange coin on a beach couple of months ago. My friend took a picture of it. It is no doubt legitime "Piece of Eight", but on the reverse somebody welded a figure of a turtle with triple "T" engraved on it. The turtle and its engravement seems to be original and my friend told me that there was even a small piece of sand bellow the head of the turtle. Why somebody would damage a coin that at those times represented 14 days of easy living? Turtle could mean the Island of Tortuga, located on the north of Haiti, the island that was the pirate base for couple of decades back in the 17th century. Triple "T",... man, I do not have a clue.... of course, my imagination tells me "T" as "Treasure", or may be "Triple Treasure", but what is your opinion guys? The photo of this coin is below.......
Regards to all,
Lobo