Authentic Ancient Pirate Spanish Colonial Coin Museum Display

This custom museum display showcases an Authentic Spanish Colonial 'King Philip III' Pirate currency dating from early 1600 AD.

The Golden Age of Piracy spans the 1650s to the late 1720s - The buccaneering period of approximately 1650 to 1680, characterized by Anglo-French seamen based on Jamaica (English capture from Spain in 1655) and Tortuga attacking Spanish colonies and shipping in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.

Factors contributing to piracy during the Golden Age included the rise in quantities of valuable cargoes being shipped to Europe over vast ocean areas, reduced European navies in certain regions, the training and experience that many sailors had gained in Eu...