Blackbeard: Silver Treasure Coin from the Golden Age of Piracy (1 Real Album)

Piracy in the Caribbean arose because of a perfect storm of events—including a literal perfect storm. First, the War of Spanish Succession, a ”World War Zero“ that saw the major European powers enjoined in battle for a dozen years, ended in 1714, leaving thousands of seasoned seamen suddenly unemployed. Sailors who worked on merchant ships, meanwhile, were treated like slaves, and were happy to leave their employers for better work. Finally, the Spanish ”treasure fleet“ of 1715 was lost to a hurricane off the coast of Florida, with all that gold and silver lost to the vasty deep. A loose confederation of pirates launched a raid on Spanish divers trying to salvage the treasure, a group that included notorious figures like Henry Jennings, Black Sam Bellamy, Benjamin Hornigold, and Edward Teach, better known by his nickname: Blackbeard. Includes Certificate of Authenticity.