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Cartwheel Twopence Coins, Cartwheel Penny Craziness
Probably my favourite Georgian coins, the Cartwheel pennies are a currency experiment that didn’t quite go as planned. They were created by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint in Handsworth, Birmingham in 1797. Eight of these cartwheel twopence coins, laid … Continue reading
Posted in Coin Collecting, Identifying Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Finds
Tagged 1797, Admiral Gardener, Cartwheel, cartwheel penny, cartwheel two pence, Coins, Dutch East India Company, George III, goodwin sands, Handsworth, Matthew Boulton, shipwreck, Soho mint, Token, tuppence, two pence, Twopence, VOC, wreck
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Half a Million Dollar Gold Bar Stolen From Mel Fisher Museum
A 75 ounce gold bar, salvaged from the wreck of the spanish galleon Santa Margarita by treasure hunter Mel Fisher, has been stolen from the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. Police are searching for two suspects caught … Continue reading
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Tagged atocha, bar, fisher, gold, hunter, mel, shipwreck, treasure
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