Yes it certainly is. Word of warning, collectors love them. Stackers won’t touch them with a barge pole.Hey Richard, question on behalf of Guy Fox. Is it possible to get a genuine shipwreck, 'pieces of eight' gold coin? He said and I quote, 'none of that ETSY or Amazon replica bullshit'. I have no idea why he wants this, or what he's going to do with it.
I said I would ask you, as you seem to have your ear to the ground. Little help?
Yes it certainly is. Word of warning, collectors love them. Stackers won’t touch them with a barge pole.
Reason being. You could buy a genuine rare gold coin that has been found from a shipwreck and pay top dollar for it. 10 years down the line and someone else finds another treasure chest worth from the same ship wreck making your coin not so rare and a big drop in premium.
Oh and the “pieces of eight” stuff is a silver coin. They would cut the coin up to pay for items. The most you could practically cut a coin up was into eight pieces.Right, well he's serious. You Sir, are a star. I shall relay this information
Oh and the “pieces of eight” stuff is a silver coin. They would cut the coin up to pay for items. The most you could practically cut a coin up was into eight pieces.
Hence the term 2 bits for example.
Generally it was a Spanish Dollar. Struck in silver.So pieces of eight weren't struck in gold?
Generally it was a Spanish Dollar. Struck in silver.