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#16
Thanks, Sgj99. There was another coin that I really wanted to get when I bought the 2 reale but it was waaayyyy out of my price range. It was much larger & not as worn.
 
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cdtracing said:
Here the pics I promised. The paperwork to the 2 reale is downstairs in the office, locked in the safe. I haven't had time to go find the file. But I think Phillip was the King of Spain at the time the ship was sunk by a hurricane in the Caribbean. The hole in it was for stringing it on a leather cord since it was actually use as currency during that time. Sailors would sometime string their coins on a cord to wear around their neck to keep from losing their money. As you can see, this coin is well worn. I use to wear it all the time.

The Atocha coin that I had given my son when he was 16 is a reproduction of a Spanish Reale coin made from silver salvaged from the Atocha using the actual Spanish stamps. This coin is much thinner than mine. My son wanted a coin necklace like mine when he started diving. He picked this out when we celebrated his first wreck dive. I had plans to have it set into a gold bezel like mine but never got the chance.
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i have a silver replica too that i also got when i first started diving many years ago
 
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cdtracing said:
He wore this quite often. It's a good memory!

Please post a pic of your coin!! I would love to see it!!
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do you still dive? we're headed down to Roatan for the week of Thanksgiving ...

here's my two coin pendants, one the Atocha replica and another one is a French coin of some kind. I've always liked it because it has an Angel on it.
 

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#20
Those are beautiful, Sgj99! Do you still wear them? Unfortunately, I haven't dove in several years. Kids, DH's work (he was in Afghanistan for 3 yrs), & my mother's aging health keeps me busy. But now that the kids are grown & mostly on their own, DH & I are hoping to start doing a little travelling....just the two of us. We would both like to get back into diving; DH dove when he was in Hawaii. I've dove all over the Caribbean but he hasn't so he wants to go to some of those islands. We also want to go to Truk Lagoon & Palau.
 
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udalrike said:
This is my replica of an Atocha coin (the seller said that a certain amount of the silver is from real Atocha coins):
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Oh, that is so cool with the octopus!!!! :heart: I think the replica coins are made from silver salvaged from the Atocha & a very small amount of Sterling Silver melted in. The coins are made using the old original stamps used to make the original coins. I don't know if the replica coins are hand stamped like the original coins were made. I have seen some very unique settings for the replica coins. Some day, when I'm able to go back to Grand Cayman, I'm going to get another coin pendant....hopefully an 8 reale.;)
 
#29
Liberty quarter from 2000. My sister and I received one at Christmas that year from our parents. I like to put it on either a silver or gold chain, or on an “omega” necklace. Thanks for letting me share.
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