refimprove date January 2008 File doubloon.jpg thumb right Spanish gold 4 doubloon coin 8 escudos stamped as minted in 1798 The doubloon from Spanish language Spanish dobl n , meaning double , was a two Spanish escudo escudo or 32 Spanish real reales gold coin , weighing 6.77 grams 0.218 troy ounce s . Doubloons were minted in Spain , Mexico , Peru , and Viceroyalty of New Granada Nueva Granada . The term was first used to describe the golden excelente either because of its value of two ducat s or because of the double portrait of Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella . Doubloons marked 2 S are equivalent to 4 in US gold coins and were traded in that manner. Small 1 2 Escudo coins similar to a US 1 gold piece have no value on them but were worth a Spanish Milled Dollar in trade. In Spain, doubloons were current up to the middle of the 19th century. Isabella II of Spain replaced an escudo based coinage with decimal reales in 1859, and replaced the 6.77 gram dobl n with a new heavier dobl n worth 100 reales and weighing 8.3771 grams 0.268 troy ounces . The last Spanish doubloons showing the denomination as 80 reales were minted in 1849. After their independence, the former Spanish colonies Mexico, Peru and Nueva Granada continued to mint doubloons. Doubloons have also been minted in Portuguese colonies, where they went by the name dobr o , with the same meaning. In Europe the doubloon became the model for several other gold coins, including the France French Louis ... krewe s since 1959, when the Rex parade Rex Krewe reportedly first used them. Doubloon is used as a slang term for a poker chip. Moby Dick includes a chapter entitled Moby Dick Coin The Doubloon . In Raymond ... to locate a coin owned by her late husband, the Brasher Doubloon , every owner of which has been ... West by Captain W. E. Johns, the story revolves around a cursed doubloon. In the television series ... stolen Doubloons In the film The Goonies , Chunk finds a Doubloon. In the Friends episode The One ... more details
Brasher Doubloon ref One of the surviving gold coins, weighing 26.6 grams and composed of .917 ... for the New York Style EB Punch on Wing NGC AU55, ref name Brasher Doubloon EB on Wing, Auction Description and Photos cite web url http www.ha.com 360 30016 title Brasher Doubloon EB on Wing ... Punch on Breast NGC XF45 ref name Brasher Doubloon EB Punch on Breast, Auction Description and Photos cite web url http www.ha.com 360 30017 title Brasher Doubloon EB Punch on Breast, Auction Description and Photos author Mark Borckardt ref and 690,000 for the rare but less iconic Lima Style Doubloon. ref name Brasher Doubloon Lima Style, Auction Description and Photos cite web url http www.ha.com 360 30015 title Brasher Doubloon Lima Style, Auction Description and Photos author Mark Borckardt ref The unique Brasher Doubloon, the first gold coin made for the young United States, was sold December ... unique early american brasher doubloon gold coin sold 080415875.html ref . The coin was the subject ... 1787 Brasher Doubloon Another view of the http www.coinfacts.com colonial coins brasher doubloons brasher smithsonian obv.jpg 1787 Brasher Doubloon Notes reflist External links http www.coins.nd.edu ... coins printable coin.cfm?coincode 1 05 Legendary Coins & Currency Brasher Doubloon, 1787 http numismatics.org collection 1969.62.1 Brasher Doubloon in the collection of the American Numismatic ... more details
Infobox film name The Brasher Doubloon image Brasher doubloon578.jpg image size caption Theatrical release poster director John Brahm producer Robert Bassler writer The High Window Novel br Raymond Chandler br Screenplay br Dorothy Bennett br Leonard Praskins starring George Montgomery actor George Montgomery br Nancy Guild br Conrad Janis music David Buttolph cinematography Lloyd Ahern editing distributor Twentieth Century Fox released start date 1947 02 06 runtime 72 minutes country United States language English budget The Brasher Doubloon known in the UK as The High Window is a 1947 film noir based on the novel The High Window by Raymond Chandler . Fred MacMurray , Victor Mature , and Dana Andrews were all mentioned at different times in the http latimesblogs.latimes.com thedailymirror 2009 03 trouble was h 8.html Los Angeles Times as having been cast as Philip Marlowe in the film before the studio settled on George Montgomery actor George Montgomery . The plot revolves around a man being pushed out of a high window by a woman while the incident was caught on film. The movie is technically a remake of Time to Kill 1942 film Time to Kill , a 1942 film which adapted The High Window as a Michael Shayne adventure starring Lloyd Nolan . Plot Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy widow, Elizabeth Murdock, to find a stolen coin called the Brasher Doubloon . Marlowe ends up in the middle of a much more complicated case, one that involves blackmail and murder, forcing him to deal with a number of strange individuals. That includes Merle Davis, a deranged secretary to Murdock, whose own role in the matter is considerably more sinister than it seems. Cast George Montgomery actor George Montgomery as Philip Marlowe Nancy Guild as Merle Davis Conrad Janis as Leslie Murdock Roy Roberts as Lt. Breeze Fritz Kortner as Vannier Florence Bates as Mrs. Elizabeth Murdock ... Doubloon, The Category 1947 films Category American films Category English language films Category Film ... more details
Brasher can refer to Brasher Doubloon , a rare American coin Brasher company , a UK boot manufacturer owned by the Pentland Group Places Brasher, New York Brasher Falls Winthrop, New York People Charles Brasher , Canadian inventor Chris Brasher 1928 2003 , British athlete Shirley Brasher born 1934 , British tennis player Suzie Brasher , American figure skater Tim Brasher , Australian rugby league player See also The Brasher Doubloon , a 1947 film Brash disambiguation Brasch , a surname disambig geo surname de Brasher ... more details
Image 1840 Escudos.jpg thumb right Moby Dick Coin Known in the numismatic world as a Moby Dick Coin , the Ecuadorian 8 Currency of Ecuador Escudos doubloon , minted in Quito , Ecuador , between 1838 and 1843, is the one ounce of gold sixteen dollar piece Moby Dick Ahab Captain Ahab nails to the mast of the Pequod Moby Dick Pequod , promising it to the first man who raises Cetology of Moby Dick Moby Dick . The coin is first mentioned in Herman Melville s book Moby Dick , in Chapter 36 The Quarter Deck and later at length in Chapter 99 The Doubloon . It is often confused as a Spanish doubloon, but this coin was not struck by the Spanish crown or endorsed by the Spanish government. The Moby Dick coin was minted in the Republic of Ecuador, at the Quito mint, many years after its independence from Spain, reason why the term Spanish must be taken as erroneous when referred to the origin of this rare specimen. cquote Now those noble golden coins of South America are as medals of the sun and tropic token pieces. Here palms, alpacas, and volcanoes sun s disks and stars, ecliptics, horns of plenty, and rich banners waving, are in luxuriant profusion stamped so that the precious gold seems almost to derive an added preciousness and enhancing glories, by passing through those fancy mints, so Spanishly poetic. It so chanced that the doubloon of the Pequod was a most wealthy example of these things. On its round border it bore the letters, Republica del Ecuador Quito. So this bright coin came from a country planted in the middle of the world, and beneath the great equator, and named after it and it had been cast midway up the Andes, in the unwaning clime that knows no autumn. Zoned by those letters you saw the likeness of three Andes summits from one a flame a tower on another on the third a crowing cock while arching over all was a segment of the partitioned zodiac, the signs all marked with their usual cabalistics, and the keystone sun entering the equinoctial point at Libra. H ... more details
The following list is a chart of the most expensive American coin s. border 1 cellpadding 5 cellspacing 0 class wikitable List of most expensive American coins style background efefef Rank style width 325px background efefef Coin name style background efefef Year style background ffdead Value style background efefef Firm 01 width 325 Flowing Hair Dollar 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar 1794 width 175 7,850,000 Rare Coin Wholesalers of Irvine Private Treaty ref http articles.ocregister.com 2010 05 21 cities 24651240 1 coin collection rare coin coinage Rare 1794 silver dollar fetches record 7.85 million , OCregister.com, May 21, 201 ref 02 width 325 1933 Double Eagle 1933 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle 1933 width 175 7,590,020 Sotheby s Stack s ref http coins.thefuntimesguide.com 2009 02 rare coin prices.php Top 10 Coin Auction Prices For Rare U.S. Coins The Fun Times Guide to Coins . Coins.thefuntimesguide.com. Retrieved on 2010 12 28. ref 03 width 325 Brasher Doubloon 1787 Brasher Doubloon EB on Breast 1787 width 175 7,400,000 Blanchard and Co. ref http www.washingtonpost.com national ap exclusive extremely rare gold brasher doubloon minted in 1787 fetches 74 million 2011 12 12 gIQA13V1oO story.html Extremely rare gold Brasher doubloon minted in 1787 fetches 7.4 million . washingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 2011 12 12. ref 04 width 325 1804 silver dollar 1804 Class I Silver Dollar 1804 width 175 4,140,000 Bowers & Merena 05 width 325 1804 silver dollar 1804 Class I Silver Dollar from Queller s Collection 1804 width 175 3,737,500 Heritage Auctions ref http coins.ha.com common auction Rare Coins Heritage Auctions Auction Buy Sell Value . Coins.ha.com. Retrieved on 2010 12 28. ref 06 width 325 1913 Liberty Head Nickel 1913 width 175 3,737,500 Heritage Auctions 07 width 325 St. Gaudens Double Eagle 1907 Ultra High Relief 20 Double Eagle 1907 width 175 2,990,000 Heritage Auctions 08 width 325 Brasher Doubloon 1787 Brasher Doubloon EB on Wing 1787 width 175 2,415,000 Heritage Auctions 0 ... more details
Nov. 2005. Print. ref and the Brasher Doubloon Unique 1787 Brasher Doubloon ref name doubloon Adelson ... Brasher Doubloon, the first gold coin made for the young United States, was sold by Steven L. Contursi ... brasher doubloon gold coin sold 080415875.html title Unique, Early American Brasher Doubloon ... more details
Valcour Aime 1798 1867 was known as the Louis the XIV of Louisiana and reputedly was the wealthiest man in the South. Aime already owned a larger nearby plantation called La Petite Versailles, which burned down around 1920. ref Marc H. Hunter, Family Project restores plantation, The Advocate Monday April 18, 2005 and The Times Picayune Sunday April 24, 2005 , http www.stjosephplantation.com news houma courier.html . ref Early life In 1798, Valcour Aime was born in Louisiana, but it is not positively known, whether on his father s plantation or in New Orleans ... Valcour Aime was in many ways like the son of another immensely wealthy planter, Bernard de Marginy. ref Herman De Bachelle Seebold, Old Louisiana Plantation Homes And Family Trees Pelican Publishing, Jan 30, 2005 , http books.google.com books?id QLgVo2LaPUkC&pg PA172&dq 22Valcour Aim e 22&cd 4 v onepage&q 22Valcour 20Aime 22&f false 172 . ref Adult life As a man, Valcour Aime was viewed as the very model of a Louisiana grand seigneur. ref Eliza Ripley, A Visit to Valcour Aime Plantation, Louisiana sojourns travelers tales and literary journeys , LSU Press, 1998 , http books.google.com books?id cc OC6cxHrwC&pg PA134&dq 22Valcour Aim e 22&cd 2 v onepage&q 22Valcour 20Aime 22&f false 134 . ref Posthumous honors In 1977, he was honored on a Mardi Gras doubloon as a great man of Lousiana. ref See http www.ustica.org doubloon images sunev77.jpg here for images of the doubloons. ref Further reading Valcour Aime, Plantation diary of the late Mr. Valcour Aime formerly proprietor of the plantation known as the St. James sugar refinery, situated in the parish of St. James, and now owned by Mr. John Burnside Clark & Hofeline, 1878 . Dagmar Renshaw LeBreton, Valcour Aime a biography 1948 . References references DEFAULTSORT Aime, Valcour Category 1798 births Category 1867 deaths Category American planters ... more details
Father Vincent Liberto 20 January 1903 3 May 1987 ref http www.findagrave.com cgi bin fg.cgi?page gr&GRid 27151602 Fr Vincent Paul Liberto , Find a Grave accessed 7 April 2012 . ref , formerly of New Orleans , was a notable Roman Catholic priest and a member of The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate OMI . He is notable for having acquired new property in a higher and better location...for a future church in the Archdiocese of San Antonio . ref Archdiocese of San Antonio, 1874 1974 The Archdiocese, 1974 , 147. ref While back in New Orleans in 1969 as a pastor at St. Mary s Italian church, he also made national news for successfully convincing a man intending on committing suicide by pistol at a bus terminal in front of a crowd of roughly fifty spectators to not kill himself. ref http news.google.com newspapers?id 5AwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid 7QEEAAAAIBAJ&pg 5022,5136309&dq vincent liberto new orleans&hl en Man With Pistol Accepts Counsel Talks With Priest Proves Successful , Toledo Blade Monday, 4 August 1969 11. ref Family He was the uncle of Vivian Liberto . ref Johnny Cash, Man in Black Zondervan Pub. House, 1975 , 69. ref On 7 August 1954, he presided over the wedding of his niece and singer Johnny Cash at St. Anne s Catholic Church in San Antonio. ref Vivian Cash and Ann Sharpsteen, I Walked the Line My Life with Johnny Simon and Schuster, Oct 21, 2008 , 271. ref Honors Image Mardi Gras doubloon of Father Vincent Liberto.jpg 200px right Father Vincent Liberto on a Mardi Gras doubloon from 1980. In 1980, The Italian American Marching Club in New Orleans, a Mardi Gras krewe , honored him on their doubloons issued for that year. References references category 1903 births Category 1987 deaths Category Roman Catholic priests ... more details
Image Smithsonian logo color.svg right 150px The National Numismatic Collection is the national coin Cabinet room cabinet of the United States . The collection is part of the Smithsonian Institution s National Museum of American History . Overview The National Numismatic Collection is one of the world s largest collections of coins, paper currency, exonumia and related items. In total the collection contains over 1.6 million objects, including 450,000 coins, medals and decorations and 1.1 million pieces of paper money. ref cite web url http americanhistory.si.edu collections numismatics title The National Numismatic Collection publisher Smithsonian Institution accessdate October 12, 2011 ref History As of 2004, the exhibit housing the Collection was the last surviving exhibit from the Smithsonian Museum of American History s original 1964 arrangement. In late 2004, the exhibit was closed, and the Collection returned to the Smithsonian s vaults. Only a few dozen of the Collection s most notable specimens remain on display today. Noteworthy items in the collection A gold 20 Excelentes coin of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain Brasher half doubloon All three types of the 1804 silver dollar 1849 Double eagle Two 1877 fifty dollar patterns One 1913 Liberty Head nickel Two 1933 Double Eagle s The 1974 aluminum cent References Reflist External links Official http americanhistory.si.edu collections numismatics Smithsonian Institution Category Smithsonian Institution Category Collection of the Smithsonian Institution Category Numismatics Category Smithsonian Institution Archives related ... more details
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Leon Godchaux 10 June 1824 1899 lived in Louisiana, where the largest sugar plantations were the Calumet, and those owned by Leon Godchaux, The Sugar King of the South. ref Texas. State Dept. of Education, Texas school journal, Volume 25 Texas Educational Journal Publishing Co., 1907 , http books.google.com books?id 1v8BAAAAYAAJ&pg RA7 PA3&dq 22Leon Godchaux 22 Sugar King&hl en&sa X&ei ZbxcT8iDNorW0QGIx8GsDw&ved 0CE4Q6AEwAw v onepage&q 22Leon 20Godchaux 22 20Sugar 20King&f false 3 . ref Business successes He achieved business success in his home state, for with a first class crop and many outside offerings, there is no doubt that Raceland refinery will beat the record this season, thus placing Leon Godchaux at the head of the list of sugar producers of this State and give to him the title ref Planters Labor and Supply Company and Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, Hawaiian planters monthly , Volume 13 1894 , http books.google.com books?id 7Cg2AQAAIAAJ&pg PA223&dq 22Leon Godchaux 22 Sugar King&hl en&sa X&ei ZbxcT8iDNorW0QGIx8GsDw&ved 0CEcQ6AEwAg v onepage&q 22Leon 20Godchaux 22 20Sugar 20King&f false 223 . ref the Sugar King of Louisiana. At his death in 1899, he was a multimillionaire from the profits of the sugar industry, investments, and a clothing store in New Orleans. ref Gerald J. Keller and E. Darroch Watson, Reserve Arcadia Publishing, Sep 26, 2011 , http books.google.com books?id KEcMM3yiGcQC&pg PA38&dq 22Leon Godchaux 22 Sugar King&hl en&sa X&ei ZbxcT8iDNorW0QGIx8GsDw&ved 0CEAQ6AEwAQ v onepage&q 22Leon 20Godchaux 22 20Sugar 20King&f false 38 . ref Posthumous honors In 1975, he was honored on a Mardi Gras doubloon as a great man of Louisiana. ref See http www.ustica.org doubloon images sunev75.jpg here for images of the doubloons. ref For additional posthumous honors, see also SS Leon Godchaux and St. John the Baptist Parish School Board Alternative schools for the Leon Godchaux Accelerated Program. References references Category 1824 births Category 1899 ... more details
Infobox Film name Time to Kill image image size caption director Herbert I. Leeds producer Sol M. Wurtzel writer Raymond Chandler br novel The High Window br Brett Halliday br character Michael Shayne br Clarence Upson Young screenplay narrator starring Lloyd Nolan br Heather Angel actress Heather Angel music cinematography Charles G. Clarke editing Alfred Day distributor released runtime 61 minutes country USA language English language English budget preceded by followed by Time to Kill is the first screen adaptation of Raymond Chandler s novel The High Window , which was remake remade five years later as The Brasher Doubloon . The detective was changed from Philip Marlowe to Michael Shayne for this version, with Lloyd Nolan playing the part and Heather Angel actress Heather Angel in a rare turn as leading lady . The movie was directed by Herbert I. Leeds. Cast Lloyd Nolan ... Michael Shayne Heather Angel actress Heather Angel ... Myrle Davis Doris Merrick ... Linda Conquest Murdock Ralph Byrd ... Lou Venter, bodyguard Richard Lane actor Richard Lane ... Lt. Breeze Sheila Bromley ... Lois Morny Morris Ankrum ... Alexander Morny Ethel Griffies ... Mrs. Murdock James Seay ... Leslie Murdock Ted Hecht ... George Anson Phillips William Pawley ... Mr. Hensch Syd Saylor ... The Mailman Lester Sharpe ... Elisha Washburn Charles Williams ... The Dentist LeRoy Mason ... Rudolph, the headwaiter Chandler External links imdb title 0035443 Time to Kill Category 1942 films Category Detective films Category American films Category 20th Century Fox films ... more details
Infobox person name Conrad Janis image caption birth date birth date and age 1928 2 11 birth place New York City, New York , United States U.S. occupation Actor Musician years active 1945 present spouse Vicki Quarles 1948 1957 divorced 2 children br Ronda Copland 1979 1983 divorced br Maria Grimm 1987 present Conrad Janis born February 11, 1928 is an American jazz musician trombone and also a theatre , film , and television actor . In the fall of 1953, he played eldest son Edward in the Ezio Pinza situation comedy Bonino TV series Bonino on NBC . His costars were Mary Wickes , Chet Allen , Van Dyke Parks , and David Opatoshu . ref IMDB, Bonino http www.imdb.com title tt0045374 ref He appeared in an episode of Get Smart playing a KAOS agent, and later guest starred as a dance marathon emcee on The Golden Girls but is most noted for playing Mindy s father, Frederick McConnell, on the sitcom Mork & Mindy . He appeared in the sci fi sitcom Quark TV series Quark and was featured in The Buddy Holly Story and in the Goldie Hawn comedy The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox . He also made a brief appearance as himself in the jazz bar scene from Nothing in Common . Janis was born in New York City, New York , the son of Harriet, a writer, and Sidney Janis , an art dealer and writer, ref http www.filmreference.com film 42 Conrad Janis.html Conrad Janis Biography 1928 Bot generated title ref and he has a brother named Carroll. ref http www.nytimes.com 1989 11 24 obituaries sidney janis trend setting art dealer dies at 93.html?pagewanted all&src pm Sidney Janis NY Times Obituary ref At age 19, he starred in the film noir The Brasher Doubloon 1947 with George Montgomery. References reflist External links http www.conradjanis.com Conrad Janis official website IMDb name 417641 Conrad Janis IBDB name id 11925 name Conrad Janis Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Janis, Conrad ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1928 PLACE OF BIRTH ... more details
Refimprove date October 2009 Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Pirates in an Adventure with Whaling br The Pirates in an Adventure with Ahab image File The Pirates in an Adventure with Whaling cover.jpg 200px Cover image caption Cover art for the Hardback edition author Gideon Defoe illustrator cover artist country United Kingdom language English language English series The Pirates genre Comedy novel publisher Orion Publishing Group Orion Books release date 1 September 2005 english release date media type Print hardcover & paperback pages 160 pp isbn 0 297 84901 8 oclc 60512658 preceded by The Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists followed by The Pirates in an Adventure with Communists The Pirates in an Adventure with Whaling also known as The Pirates In an Adventure with Ahab is the second book in The Pirates series by Gideon Defoe , published in 2005 by The Orion Publishing Group . After The Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists , the pirates felt that their ship was in need of some repair. So they go to see Cutlass Liz, the beautiful yet ferocious pirate boat yard owner, where, after much showing off, the Pirate Captain buys the most expensive boat, The Lovely Emma . Not having much gold the Pirates are unable to pay for the boat, so they go on an adventure to find 6,000 Doubloon dubloons . They go to Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas , and get mixed up with Ahab, who is hunting Moby Dick , the pirate Captain goes mad, and the Prize ham plays a major part in the whole adventure. Film Main The Pirates In an Adventure with Scientists film Aardman Animations adapted the first two books of the series, The Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists , and The Pirates in an Adventure with Whaling , into a 3D stop motion animated film internationally titled The Pirates Band of Misfits . The film was released on March 28, 2012, and it was directed by Peter Lord , the director of Chicken Run . ref name empire cite news last O ... more details
The escudo was the name of two distinct Spain Spanish currency denominations. Gold escudo Image doubloon.jpg thumb right An Eight Escudo Coin The first escudo was a gold coin introduced in 1535 1537 , with coins denominated in escudos issued until 1833 . It was initially worth 16 Spanish real reales . When different reales were introduced, the escudo became worth 16 reales de plata in 1642, then 16 reales de plata fuerte or 40 reales de vell n from 1737. Coins Gold coins were issued in denominations of , 1, 2, 4 and 8 escudos, with the 2 escudos coin known as the doubloon . Between 1809 and 1849, coins denominated as 80, 160 and 320 reales de vellon were issued, equivalent, in gold content and value, to the 2, 4 and 8 escudo coins. Most were minted in Madrid, marked with a superscripted M or in Seville bearing an S below and left of the Royal Coat of Arms. The mintmaster s initials appeared on the opposite side. Silver escudo The second escudo was the currency of Spain between 1864 and 1869 . It was subdivided into 100 c ntimos de escudo . The escudo replaced the Spanish real real at a rate of 10 reales 1 escudo. It was itself replaced by the Spanish peseta peseta , at a rate of 2 pesetas 1 escudo, when Spain joined the Latin Monetary Union . The later silver escudo was worth one quarter of the earlier, gold escudo. Coins Copper coins were issued in denominations of , 1, 2 and 5 c ntimos de escudo, with silver 10, 20 and 40 c ntimos de escudo, 1 and 2 escudos, and gold 2, 4 and 10 escudos. The 1 escudo was introduced in 1864, followed by the other silver and gold coins in 1865 and the copper coins in 1866. All the coins were minted until 1868, with 10 escudos also minted in 1873 during the First Spanish Republic First Republic . See also Portuguese escudo References refbegin numis cite SCWC date 1991 refend External links http www.sedwickcoins.com articles colonialcoinage.htm The Colonial Coinage of Spanish America An introduction by Daniel Frank Sedwick Category Cu ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 Pirates Quest For Davy Jones Gold is the board game version of the popular Pirates of the Spanish Main tabletop game. It is produced by WizKids . It represents a simplification of the tabletop game , while retaining most of the crucial elements of gameplay from it. It can be played by two to four players. Players Unlike the Tabletop game, where it is possible to collect different fleets by buying packs from stores, Pirates Quest For Davy Jones Gold comes with set fleets comprising a four mast and a three mast ship in each of four different colours, representing those of four captains Blackheart Red The Blackheart and The Bloody Sword , Calico Cat Green The Treasure Hunter and The Doubloon , Jack Hawkins Blue BlackHawk and Night Hunter and Wesley Yellow The Dolphin and The Mermaid . In the four player variant, each player takes turns to pick a captain, each of whom has his or her own special ability, such as Calico Cat s Ships that can dock at and explore an island all in one go, rather than taking two turns to do so. They also get that captain s two ships. With three players, one captain is excluded. In the two player version, each player controls two captains and four ships. It should be noted that most of the game s contents are compatible with the regular Tabletop game. Playmat Also included in the box is a 28 x 28 inch 70 cm x 70 cm playmat showing seven islands and four cursed zones you can be sent to by Davy Jones Pirates of the Caribbean Davy Jones . Unlike the collectable version, this board is fixed every time you play instead of individual islands being set up on the tabletop at the beginning of each game. Each Cursed Zone can only be escaped by rolling certain values on the dice, either set by the game or chosen by your opponents and failure to escape damages your ships i.e. you must lose a Mast sailing mast Monsters Two sea monsters Kraken and Sea Serpent and five crew treasure cards are also included, with Davy Jon ... more details
The Friedrich d or French language French dor goldener Friedrich II. was a Prussian gold coin pistole nominally worth 5 silver Prussian Reichsthaler s. It was used from 1741 to 1855 and since it was a silver standard regular issue coinage regular issue coin and trade coin at this time, it had a different purpose to domestic silver coinage or Kurantgeld, the so called window on the stock exchange s. It was normally traded at a small agio commerce premium or point mortgage discount to the face value of 5 silver coins. In Prussian purchase contracts or IOU debt bonds it was, due to its monetary usage, distinguished as the preu isch Courant or Friedrich d or . Around 1780, for example, the Saxon August d or had a price of 116 to 120 Groschen s chsischen Silberkurantgeldes, as a maximum discount of 4 Groschen. In the 19th century it usually had a low premium. History Modelled on the Spanish doubloon and French Louis d or , the forerunner of the friedrich d or was the Wilhelm d or. It was first minted in 1741 by Frederick II of Prussia Frederick II . It was continued by his successors Frederick William II of Prussia Frederick William II , Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III and Frederick William IV of Prussia Frederick William IV , until 1855. From 1747 a double Friedrich d or was minted, and a half Friedrich d or from 1749. Its weight in 1770 was 6.05 to 6.03 grams. Other states, such as Saxony, were influence to mint a August , Friedrich August , Christian or Max d or after their rulers first names . These gold and silver coins also instituted a temporary fineness in the coinage of the German states. Appearance The Friedrich d or was 21 Carat purity carat gold. The fine weight was 6.032g. On the obverse was the king s head, and on the reverse was an eagle standing on its shield. In contrast to the gro en groben Silber Kurantm nzen often missing in the Friedrich , Friedrich Wilhelm or August d or gold coin variants as well as in variants on ducat s in ... more details
Infobox Film name Captain Calamity image Capcalpos.jpg image size caption Original film poster director John Reinhardt producer George A. Hirliman producer br Charles J. Hunt associate producer br Louis Rantz associate producer writer Gordon Young writer Gordon Ray Young story br Crane Wilbur screenplay narrator starring George F. Houston George Houston music cinematography Mack Stengler editing Tony Martinelli distributor Grand National Films Inc. released 17 April 1936 premiere runtime 66 minutes country FilmUS language English budget gross preceded by followed by website Captain Calamity is a 1936 American South Seas genre South Seas adventure film directed by John Reinhardt and starring George F. Houston George Houston released by Grand National Films Inc. Grand National Pictures . It was filmed in an early colour process called Hirlicolor at Talisman Studio s and Santa Catalina Island, California . Plot A penniless ship s captain is taking a passenger ashore after their voyage. The passenger throws a gold coin in the ocean that he says has been bad luck to him as it was a gift from his ex fiancee. The Captain sends one of his men, an experienced underwater diver to successfully retrieve it. The passenger explains that is a gold Spanish doubloon and the Captain is more than welcome to it. Going ashore, the Captain decides to have some fun by telling stories he discovered four chests full of the coins that were pirate treasure. The news spreads throughout the island that leads to kidnapping, torture, murder and an attack on the Captain s ship. Cast George F. Houston George Houston as Captain Bill Jones Captain Calamity Marian Nixon as Madge Lewis Vince Barnett as Burp Juan Torena as Mike Movita as Annana Crane Wilbur as Dr. James Kelkey George J. Lewis as Black Pierre as George Lewis Roy D Arcy as Samson Margaret Irving as Mamie Gruen Barry Norton as Carr Louis Natheaux as E.D. Joblin Store Owner Lloyd Ingraham as Trader Jim Alberto Gandero as Gandero a Sailor as ... more details
William B. Wood b. Montreal, Canada , 26 May 1779 d. Philadelphia , 23 September 1861 was an theatre manager and actor . He was brought in childhood to New York City , where he began life as a clerk. Feeling that he had a vocation for the Stage theatre stage , he set out for Annapolis, Maryland , with a capital of three doubloon s, and through the courtesy of Manager Wignell, an old family friend, he made his first appearance there on 26 June 1798 as George Barnwell. He was partially successful, and began an engagement the same year in Philadelphia in Secrets Worth Knowing . On 30 January 1804, he married Juliana Westray, an actress. She had joined the company in which Wood was playing, and after her marriage continued to act in the theatres that he managed. In the autumn of 1809, Wood purchased of William Warren elder actor William Warren one half of his interest in the Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington theatres. Previous to entering upon the duties of management he visited New York City and played De Valmont. In the autumn of 1810, he began his career as manager in Baltimore, Maryland , and from September 1812 till the close of the season of 1820, he divided his time between that city and Philadelphia, where his company played at the Chestnut Street Theatre . On 2 April 1820, the latter edifice was destroyed by fire, and, as the insurance had expired a few days before, the loss was heavy. Having secured a lease of the Walnut Street Theatre , the Warren Wood company began to play again in Philadelphia the following November. On the 27th of that month Master Edwin Forrest made his first appearance there on any stage in Douglas . The Chestnut Street Theatre having been rebuilt, it was opened by the same managers on 2 December 1822 with the School for Scandal , Warren playing Sir Peter Teazle, and Wood, Charles Surface. In 1826 the sixteen years partnership between the two managers was terminated by the withdrawal of Mr. Wood. On 1 October 1828, the latter under ... more details
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Multiple issues COI March 2010 notability March 2010 refimprove March 2010 Infobox film name Of Love & Betrayal image caption director Michael Reed McLaughlin producer Michael Reed McLaughlin br Ysreen Braun writer Michael Reed McLaughlin starring Kevin Rahm br Amy Caudill br Tamara Jeffries music Synerxion cinematography Matthew Nelson editing Michael Reed McLaughlin distributor Golden Arts Entertainment br Goliath Promotions released March 15, 1995 runtime 93 minutes director s cut 116 minutes re released March 15, 2010 country United States language English budget undisclosed gross undisclosed Of Love & Betrayal ref http www.imdb.com title tt0113707 IMDB listing for the film Of Love & Betrayal ref is a 1995 American action romance film written and directed by Michael Reed McLaughlin ref http www.imdb.com name nm2692796 IMDB listing for writer producer director Michael Reed McLaughlin ref . It stars Kevin Rahm , Amy Caudill , and Tamara Jeffries . It was filmed on location in The Bahamas and shot on 35 mm film on a 76 schooner. Plot When charter boat skipper Jack O Conner finds a gold piece of eight Spanish dollar off the Florida Keys , he decides to go in search of a legendary hoard of doubloon Spanish doubloons sunk during the Great Hurricane of 1780 Hundred Years Storm of 1780 . For, as Jack s friend Cap n Billau reveals, the coin bears a clue to the treasure s whereabouts one of four islands etched by the infamous pirate, Jacques Un Oeil upon the original doubloon . At Billau s urging, Jack tracks down the two beautiful women who unknowingly hold the remaining clues. Streetwise Sandy Sequoia s piece of eight came from her murdered drug dealer boyfriend in Miami . And lonely heart Portia Pennington inherited her coin from her merchant tycoon grandfather, who died at sea in the Hundred Years Storm of 1893, while hunting for the lost gold. Jack convinces the girls to go in search of the pirate treasure with him. But first, the two must learn to crew his 76 schoon ... more details
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