ATOCHA 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISCOVERY COMMEMORATIVE COVER SILVER COATED MEDALLIONL

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SCARCE ATOCHA GALLEON SILVER COATED MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISCOVERY OF THE FAMED SHIPWRECK.....OFFICIAL COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE PRODUCED BY THE FRANKLIN MINT... ATOCHA 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISCOVERY COMMEMORATIVE COVER 2010.....CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIES THAT THE COVER AND MEDAL ARE A TRIBUTE TO THE FAMED ATOCHA SHIPWRECK OF 1622....THE MOTHER LODE WAS DISCOVERED AFTER YEARS OF TOILING NEAR KEY WEST, FLORIDA ON JULY 20, 1985 BY THE FAMED TREASURE HUNTER MEL FISHER....THE COVER CONTAINS AN ORIGINAL PROOF FINISH TRIBUTE MEDALLION COATED IN SILVER RECOVERED FROM THE SHIPWRECK ITSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ALSO CERTIFIED THAT THE COMMEMORATIVE COVER IS INDIVIDUALLY NUMBRED WITH A LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000.....THIS PARTICULAR PIECE IS VERY LOW STAMPED SERIAL NUMBER 00212/10,000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PRINTED SIGNATURE OF SEAN FISHER, VICE-PRESIDENT OF MEL FISHER'S TREASURES AND WALTER J. KOLE, CHIEF NUMISMATIST OF THE FRANKLIN MINT....
THE ATOCHA 25TH SILVER ANNIVERSARY COVER HAS A SUPERB VIGNETTE IMAGE OF THE SPANISH GALLEON, NUESTRA SENORA DE ATOCHA IN ALL ITS GLORY....THE ENCASED SILVER COATED/CLAD PROOF FINISH MEDALLION (OBVERSE STAMPED "THE ATOCHA SHIPWRECK TREASURE" 1622 WITH ENGRAVED GALLEON IMAGE AND REVERSE HAS THE CROSS DESIGN WITH LIONS AND CASTLES, DEPICTING THE DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL 8 REALES.... PRINTED MEL FISHER'S "THIS IS THE DAY" ICONIC QUOTE..... INDICATES LIMITED EDITION 00212 OF 10,000.... ALL PIECES ENCLOSED WITHIN A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION FOLDER , EVEN WITH THE ORIGINAL TISSUE OVERLAY!! ....THE BACK OF THE CERTIFICATE CARD IS PRINTED A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE AMAZING HISTORIC SHIPWRECK STORY....ALL ORIGINAL ITEMS IN MINT STATE CONDITION!!!!  AWESOME COLLECTIBLE OR ELEGANT GIFT FOR ANY TREASURE HUNTER!!!!!!!