The Original Coin Of The Holy Face…?
I am reaching out to anyone who may have real information that will assist us to further authenticate, and to lend a true story to the origin of this old and rare, Mysterious coin.
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We have now received other similar in design, but obvious cheap souvenir copies, coins and medallions, from organizations associated in some way to the Vatican and the Holy Face Association, the latter was what some learned experts were telling us, that is what this coin is!
We can now disqualify these medallions and souvenirs as a possible match! However there are obvious similarities in design.
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What seems more plausible, is that variations of medallions and souvenirs were copied from our coin, or one just like it. Could our Coin be the Originator of what was used to design the “Holy Face” Medallion?
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Sister Maria Pierina de Micheli (1890 – 1945) was the Nun that was granted permission from the Curia in Milan, Italy in 1940, to produce multiples of the medal of the “Holy Face”, and hand them out to Men and Women serving in the Military before heading off to battle, during World War ll.
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A strange and some what confusing issue relating to this coin;
the image of Jesus, used for the “Holy Face” Medallion, said to have been copied from the Photograph taken by “Secondo Pia”, an amateur Photographer, in May 28 1898 of the “Shroud of Turin”, was as previously mentioned, approved by the Curia in Milan in 1940, to be used for the “Holy Face” Medallion.
However Pope Pius Xll who was said to have been given the first “Holy Face” Medallion, did not approve and give his blessing of the “Holy Face” Medallion until 1958, shortly before he died, 18 years after the Medallions were out in circulation!
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It does appear that a coin(s) like ours, may be held in the Vatican or the Secretariat of State Roman Curia Archives, as we have received paper work from organizations associated with the Vatican and/or the Catholic Church, where there are poorly printed “photo copies” of this coin, but without any written description!
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We first discovered this coin set into the mast of a Bronze statue of an old Tibetan Fishing Boat.
We have since removed the coin from the statue. We’re not sure why it was put there, either to hide it, in plain sight as it were, or placed there as a decorative after thought?
In my estimation; I find the notion, that the coin was put there as a decoration unlikely, as there would be no need to go to such effort, to mill out a piece of the statue to place a real two-sided coin, when one could simply fashion a one-sided disk with an image of the Holy face, if one wanted to make that design statement!
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We have now been able to validate, that our coin is of a different size and metal, the markings are also different from the look-a-like souvenirs.
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We have also found published works, that talk of Jesus’s time spent in India and Tibet, during the so called
“missing years of Jesus”, the years of Jesus's life from the age of 12, to approximately 28 years old. It is also recorded in the India, Tibet region that a coin was struck in his honor, could this coin be one of these?
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Below, is a photograph of the coin set into the sail of the Bronze Alloy statue, of what we now believe to be an old Tibetan Fishing Boat.
This next photograph shows some markings near the Stern of the Statue, that we have as yet, not been able to make out!
Our coin and the statue have been given a gentle cleaning.
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Firstly, it is obvious that someone has gone to great trouble in an attempt to produce similar copies of this coin, to use for their “Holy Face” medallions and souvenirs trinkets!
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We have learned that written Latin changed over time, other languages in the region were also spoken and used in the early years of the first Century, these early languages sometimes shared their properties with each other, some of the languages from the region also included: Koine Greek, Hebrew, and a plethora of colloquial Aramaic dialects.
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You will notice many subtle differences; The Medallion is slightly larger than our coin.
A dot under the letter E on our coin, (used in earlier written Latin) and after the words “SUPER” & “nos”, but missing from the Medallion!
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It is said the medallion must be worn around ones neck at all times!
I need to state that the coin has no signs that a piece has been removed, that may have once been used to carry a link, to use as a pendant, as seen on the medallion (below right).
This next photograph, is showing the reverse sides of our coin and the Holy Face Medallion.
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One will notice the creases around the outside edge of the reverse side of our coin, these marks appear to be left from the process of manually pressing two moulds together.
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The letters are of a different Font, and possibly from a different time period of Latin, where the letters “n” and “u” are reversed, (this reversal of letters may have a greater significance) and most obvious, the 1.0.G.D on our coin, (meaning; “In all things God may be glorified”) and A.M.D.G on the Medallion, and I might add, in an English Font, (meaning; “For the greater glory of God”) also the raised outer band around the reverse side of the Medallion!
Hear is a photograph of a Souvenir coin, (much larger in size, with a blank reverse side), one can buy online, next to our coin and the Holy Face Medallion.
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Again there is an obvious similarity, but created and signed by an Artist, (clearly contemporary), also with an “Italy” raised stamp (bottom left)!
The image below is of a different Holy Face Medallion, and is also unmistakably another refashioned contemporary copy.
If our coin was struck in the last Century or so, we would be perplexed, as to why old Latin would have been used with an original coin!
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I am not looking for comments of what people might think or believe, but am hoping to find real information that will help uncover the true story, and origin of this coin, and go to provide authenticity that we can use to verify.
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*I would like to state that we are not professional Historians or accredited scholars of Religion.
However, at Willsbridge.com, much of our work involves a great deal of research, we work tirelessly to uncover information, in an attempt to seek provenance and proof of authentication for an item that we are working on. We often enlist professionals, and seek to glean information from experts in many different areas to achieve our goals.
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I’d like to thank you in advance for your time and consideration, if you are able to provide real information to help us in uncovering this coins true story of origin.
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Adrian Wills
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E-mail: adrian@willsbridge.com
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Skype: 505-715-6929
Last night while doing a Google image search on St Jude and the Holy Face medallion, his sign (a boat like the one you pictured here) kept coming up in my searches. That's when I remembered this blog. I believe your boat and its Holy Face medallion represents the saint of hopeless causes. St Peter holds the keys, but Jude has the boat and the Holy Face medallion.
ReplyDeleteI have found same coin I ollso try to fiend last two year what was that it's looks oregenal coin my coin
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