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World’s First Olympic Medal From 1896 Athens Games Heads to Auction
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| 1943 Steel Cent Undergoing Cleaning. |
This is the same 1943 steel cent I showed a couple days ago. I showed it after one day in white vinegar. I soaked it for two more days, but it is still not very clean.
I think what you see on the surface of the coin is rust. It doesn't come off easy, and vinegar might not be the best treatment. It certainly didn't work fast. Maybe a rust remover or something would have worked better, but I think I'm done with it, because it isn't worth much of anything anyhow. And I have other better ones.
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There is a new book on some of escudos in the Florida State Collection, most of which came from 1715 Fleet salvors. Here is how Sedwick describes the book.
This landmark work examines hundreds of examples to chronologically sequence the dies used to make 2 escudos gold coins (“doubloons”) at the Bogotá mint in 1692-1714, during the tenure of assayer Buenaventura de Arce Penagos, all in the name of Charles II of Spain, whose death in 1700 marked the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession and an increase in Caribbean piracy...
This work reveals several heretofore unknown aspects about these coins, including muling with 1 escudo dies, transpositions and retrograde characters, and even a secret debasement.
After a lengthy introduction, the coins are presented in three chapters representing distinct periods: Lifetime issues 1692-1699, Transitional issues 1700-1704, and Post-Transitional issues 1703-1714 (the overlap of the last two considered Half-Transitionals 1703-1704). Each chapter shows diagrams of the obverse (shield) die designs and key aspects of the reverse (cross) die designs, with summaries and photos of all the known die combinations. Two appendices do the same for Philip V Arce 2 escudos 1718-1722 and all Arce 1 escudos 1692-1722.
You can find the book along with others on the Sedwick site. Here is the link.
Books & Catalogs – Sedwick & Associates, LLC
The price is $49.95.
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Tuesday they had a Minelab metal detector as a prize on the Price is Right. By the price, I would guess it was a Manticore, although they didn't say and I couldn't see it very well.
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I saw a video of the people searching for evidence in Arizona. I didn't like the search strategy. It seemed very random, like on Oak Island. Hope they have better results finding evidence though.
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| Fort Pierce South Jetty Beach Cam. |
In the above photo you can see some of the newly dumped sand and the murky water far out from the beach.
Below you can also see the sediment from the newly dumped sand. Otherwise, it is a beautiful day to be on the beach.
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| Surf Chart from SurfGuru.com. |