Crazy Ivan Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Could anyone tell me if it's a coin?And if it is...which country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porthos Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 The coin is probably a commemorative coin of Spain. The exact details regarding denomination can be ascertained by anyone familiar with modern Spanish coins. (Sorry can't help you there). As regards Hernando de soto - Hernando de Soto (Jerez de los Caballeros, c.1496/1497–May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition to the territory of the modern-day United States, was the first European to discover the Mississippi River. A vast undertaking, de Soto's expedition ranged throughout the southeastern United States searching for gold and a passage to China. De Soto died in 1542 on the banks of the Mississippi River at present-day Lake Village, Arkansas. Hernando de Soto was born to parents who were hidalgos of modest means in Extremadura, a region of poverty and hardship from which many young people looked for ways to seek their fortune elsewhere. Two towns—Badajoz and Jerez de los Caballeros—claim to be his birthplace. All that is known with certainty is that he spent time as a child at both places and he stipulated in his will that his body be interred at Jerez de los Caballeros, where other members of his family were also interred. The age of the Conquerors came on the heels of the Spanish reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from Islamic forces. Spain and Portugal were filled with young men begging for a chance to find military fame after the Moors were defeated. With discovery of new lands to the West (which seemed at the time to be far East Asia), the whispers of glory and wealth were too compelling for the poor. De Soto sailed to the New World in 1514 with the first Governor of Panama, Pedrarias Dávila. Brave leadership, unwavering loyalty, and clever schemes for the extortion of native villages for their captured chiefs, became De Soto's hallmark during the Conquest of Central America. He gained fame as an excellent horseman, fighter, and tactician, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts. Hope it helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneydog Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I think it may be a commemorative to De Soto who discovered a large part of Flordia and other places in that area. De Soto was a spanish explorer back in the 15 or 16 hundreds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Don't think that is a coin - it's certainly not a Spanish coin. Maybe a medal from Florida? Sorry , I cannot read the text around the coat of arms ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 All I can say is to confirm the statement above....it is not a Spanish coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted July 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Thank You Gentlemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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