Pirate film with Aztec coins, a Burma pya, British shillings, and Spanish doubloons
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The "Pirates of the Caribbean" films show several different types of "pirate" coins, including some
modern and fantasy ones.
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![]() 1. Title
The film begins with a burning shipwreck.
![]() 2. Burning wrecks
Eliabeth, the governor's daughter, takes a pendant from a young man rescued from the water.
![]() 3. Elizabeth wears pendant
The pendant is later sometimes referred to as an "Aztec coin."
![]() 4. Pendant obverse
The obverse design includes a skull and modified astrological symbols.
![]() 5. Pendant reverse
The reverse design is simpler.
![]() 6. Captain Jack Sparrow appears
He wears a headdress which includes some attached coins.
![]() 7. Jack wearing head gear with assorted coins
The coin on the left is a modern Burma pya coin.
The coin on the right is a Panama balboa coin.
![]() 8. A clearer picture of the Burma pya coin
The coin is a Burma 5 pyas coin made in the 1950's.
A Burma 5 pyas coin dated 1956:
![]() 9. Burma 5 pyas 1956
Copper-nickel, 20 mm, 3.25 gm, scalloped edge
Obverse: Burmese lion facing left Reverse: 5 pyas 1956 in Burmese script Back to the film:
Jack arrives and throws down three British shillings to dock his small boat.
![]() 10. Three British shillings on account book
The coins are prop coins with a shilling reverse design used off and on from 1707 to 1763
(Queen Anne to George III).
![]() 11. Jack and Will
Jack wants to get his ship back; it was taken by another pirate, Barbossa.
![]() 12. Captain Barbossa
Barbossa and his crew are "undead", existing under a curse brought about by a chest of
"Aztec treasure" which they stole several years earlier.
The men and a monkey cannot be killed and cannot enjoy life.
The crew needs to perform a ritual to remove the curse.
![]() 13. Aztec treasure chest
The chest has ancient Aztec or Mexican Indian symbols.
![]() 14. Treasure coins
The coins appear to be standard prop gold doubloons.
![]() 15. Treasure coins closer view
Things are resolved, the curse is lifted, Will and Elizabeth join together, and Jack gets his ship back.
![]() 16. Jack sailing with a compass
Or is he really a modern Pirate?
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Cast, Directors, Writers:
Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa Orlando Bloom as Will Turner Writers: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert |
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