A mysterious coin of the world: The secret alchemist society coin
There are coins that sell for hundreds and thousands of dollars due to their premium value and rarity. They are the prized possessions that everyone wants to get. And yet there are coins that are high in rarity, but shrouded in mystery, making them into an enigma that few can decipher.
A mysterious coin of the world was found on a sunny day by a 10 year old boy Ruben Coronel in 1970 in La Pampa, Argentina. He had dug six metres deep into the ground during the excavation of a well with the help of a relative and the discovery of the brass coin startled him. The words on the legend had no meaning. TPNID AHDTAO, ANOTH, NOT, words which have baffled some keen followers for 5 decades. Most importantly, the coin was dated 1404, which seemed improbable due to the make of the coin as the coins in 1400s were crude, but nevertheless it seemed to be some important date.
This discovery was well documented in the Primera Hora newspaper and the young boy became a sensation with people bidding him big sums of money for parting with the coin, but he did not.
Argentine lawyer and filmmaker Demtrios Charalambous who has been studying ancient totems was baffled with the coin and he tried to trace the owner for a long time without success, meeting different people with the same name as the boy. He was later able to meet the same boy who had become a man, but he said that he had lost the coin during the shifting of his home. Demetrios estimates that this coin was minted or made between 1850-1870 in North America.
But this coin surfaced in other parts of the world, but it is less than 5 known. An American dug it in his yard, and said that the property also revealed some old Argentinian coins. He thought that the previous owners had come link with South America and brought some coins from there while in military services. The coin was similar to the liberty head coin of America.
The year 1404 is quite significant for one reason. It was the year that the act of Multipliers was passed by the British parliament forbidding alchemy or in other words, Alchemy was banned. On January 13, 1404, King Henry IV outlawed alchemy by law of multipliers. The alchemists were on quest for the Philosopher’s Stone that could lead to transmutation of metals and was the elixir of life.
Multiplication could lead to multiplying of precious metals and this could pose a threat to the kingdom, felt Henry IV. This could lead to sudden enrichment of sinister forces, he felt.
Alchemists are people, a closed society, bit like Shamans that find ways to make gold and precious metals from base metals. Many countries have had a tradition of alchemists and talks are rife about Paras Patthar or alchemist stone in India that could turn base metals into gold.
The year 1404 is important for the alchemists as they went into hiding or stopped revealing their profession, they wound up their establishments or laboratories and went into hibernation, but the secret societies did not end.
The TPNID coin depicts the same year, the date which has become a buzzword in the alchemist circles. Their societies have never ended, their work is on. They mad e these coins as part of the society. The legend probably depicts the names of elements, metals or compounds used in alchemy.
The Rosicrucian order was founded in 1607. Their documents narrate the mysterious life of an alchemist who travelled to various parts of the world to gather secrete knowledge. Their second document tells about the secret society of alchemists who wanted to change the political and social face of Europe. It is said that Rosicrucianism led to the emergency of Freemasonry later on.
This coin has had a past though shrouded in mystery of a secret society. It is not known how many were minted but they are very few in present age, probably less than 10 or close to 5.
It is important that the story of this coin be established so that the world can know more about it as it is a vignette from our past and presents a big chapter of an unknown mystic science called alchemy,
