Fused Gold Coins
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Gold coins fused by heat.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This pile of five-peseta coins was fused together by the fire aboard the Spanish ship <i>Infanta Maria Teresa</i>, flagship of Admiral Pascual Cervera.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: <i>Infanta Maria Teresa</i> led the sortie out of Santiago Bay on July 3, 1898. As the flagship of Admiral Pascual Cervera, it drew the bulk of the American fire. The <i>Teresa</i> was seriously damaged and on fire. An attempt was made to ram Commodore Winfield Schley's flagship, USS <i>Brooklyn,</i> but when that failed, Admiral Cervera ran the<i>Teresa</i> ashore, allowing his crew to be saved. Despite being ravaged by fire and magazine explosions, the United States Navy believed the <i>Teresa</i> was salvageable. It was refloated and taken to Guantanamo Bay for preliminary repairs. As it was towed to Norfolk, Virginia, for rebuilding, it was caught in a tropical storm. The tow line was cut, and the <i>Teresa</i> was lost at sea.
place: label: associated place
content: Spain
label: associated place
content: Cuba
topic: label: Subject
content: Latino
label: Subject
content: Naval History
label: related event
content: Spanish-American War
label: related event
content: The Emergence of Modern America
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Henry Smith, USN (Ret.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.35389
label: catalog number
content: 35389
label: accession number
content: 91675
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coins, batch of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall connector/connecting technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 4 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 12.065 cm x 1.27 cm