If lack of rest between events wasn't an issue, how many gold medals could Katie Ledecky or Michael Phelps have won? In the final battle scene, Jack was protected from death because he had possession of a single gold coin from the Aztec loot. If possession of a single gold coin could turn Jack into an invulnerable, living skeleton under the moonlight, how did the curse not affect Elizabeth after she had in possession the medallion for so many years?