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The last dogfights between WW2 piston-engine, propeller-driven airplanes were fought during the Soccer War between Honduras and El Salvador (1969). Honduran Corsair pilot Major Fernando Soto shot down two Salvadoran Corsairs and a Mustang in one single dogfight.

Full story:

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The Last Piston-Engine Dogfights

Corsairs against Mustangs in the skies over Central America in 1969.
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Rico said:
The last dogfights between WW2 piston-engine, propeller-driven airplanes were fought during the Soccer War between Honduras and El Salvador (1969). Honduran Corsair pilot Major Fernando Soto shot down two Salvadoran Corsairs and a Mustang in one single dogfight.

Full story:

www.smithsonianmag.com

The Last Piston-Engine Dogfights

Corsairs against Mustangs in the skies over Central America in 1969.
www.smithsonianmag.com www.smithsonianmag.com

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There's a great book on this war, which really did start after a football match. It's by the revered Polish journalist, Ryszard Kapuściński, 'The Soccer War'.
 
@Rico Thanks! I'm actually a bit of a coin collector, though mostly USA coins. The ancient coins are fascinating, however.

I think the oldest coin I have is a Spanish 8 Real from the 1700s, a shipwreck coin, also known as a "piece of eight" which you may have heard of from Hollywood pirate movies. :)
 
Meat Grinder said:
@Rico Thanks! I'm actually a bit of a coin collector, though mostly USA coins. The ancient coins are fascinating, however.

I think the oldest coin I have is a Spanish 8 Real from the 1700s, a shipwreck coin, also known as a "piece of eight" which you may have heard of from Hollywood pirate movies. :)
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That's interesting. Any chance of a photo?
 
chiquichops said:
That's interesting. Any chance of a photo?
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Sure, why not? I enjoy show & tell. Hardly anything groundbreaking here.

Gentlemen, the 8 Real silver coin, aka "piece of eight". This was accepted far and wide throughout the known world when the United States of America was but a young nation and had not yet started minting it's own coins.

That is King Charles on the obverse. I believe these were also known as "pillar coins" due to the reverse.

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Oh, I heard about this. I'll read up on it later. was there some legal dispute about that shipwreck?
Thanks. I'll check it out. The piece of 8 is cool. Weird from our point of view that they thought 8 was a good number but I like it.
 
chiquichops said:
Oh, I heard about this. I'll read up on it later. was there some legal dispute about that shipwreck?
Thanks. I'll check it out. The piece of 8 is cool. Weird from our point of view that they thought 8 was a good number but I like it.
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I don't know about the legal dispute thing. From what I understand, which, admittedly isn't much, salvage rights would apply.

As for the 8 Real, or "piece of eight" this might shed some light:

en.wikipedia.org

Spanish dollar - Wikipedia

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That is pretty neat... there is an antique book dealer in the wee village of Ballater near the Royal family's haunt of Balmoral. I had ordered a 1st Edition of Normandy to the Baltic by Field Marshal Montgomery that still had its 46 maps and 3 Diagram sheets in pristine order. Not bad considering it was printed in 1946. Anyway.. while picking it up I got my hands on a book that was printed in 1625 that they let me have a flick through... it was amazingly made although it was all a bit too fire and brimstone for my liking... oh and it cost the guts of £600. :)
 
Bootie said:
That is pretty neat... there is an antique book dealer in the wee village of Ballater near the Royal family's haunt of Balmoral. I had ordered a 1st Edition of Normandy to the Baltic by Field Marshal Montgomery that still had its 46 maps and 3 Diagram sheets in pristine order. Not bad considering it was printed in 1946. Anyway.. while picking it up I got my hands on a book that was printed in 1625 that they let me have a flick through... it was amazingly made although it was all a bit too fire and brimstone for my liking... oh and it cost the guts of £600. :)
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I have a copy of that Montgomery book as well -- also with all the map sheets intact (not sure if it was a first edition) -- found it at a flea market about 25 years ago :)
 
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