The Wessel Coins 5#: Ian McIntosh Interview December 12, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Medieval, Modern
Huge thanks to Dr Ian McIntosh who agreed to this interview about the Wessel Coins, about progress in last summer’s expedition and about hopes for next year. Previous posts on the medieval African coins that ended up in Australia are gathered together in this link. All readers please note that there is also a relevant […]
The Wessel Coins #4: The Article November 18, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Modern
The Wessel Coins, for those who did not read earlier posts, were a series of medieval Kilwan coins (Kilwa = the east coast of Africa) and modern Dutch India Company coins that were found in 1944 on a beach on the Wessel Islands off the coast of northern Australia. Their presence in Australian sand, particularly […]
The Wessel Coins #1: Morry Isenberg’s Discovery July 14, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Medieval, Modern
28 February 2013 the Indiana-University-Purdue-University sent out a press release announcing modestly: ‘IUPUI led expedition seeks source of thousand-year-old coins in Aboriginal Australia’. Nothing to see, move on? Well, it took the world’s press some time to catch on, the real interest only came in May. But, of course, ‘thousand’ year old coins in Australia […]
