{"id":112913,"date":"2024-06-29T17:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=112913"},"modified":"2024-06-23T12:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T10:39:16","slug":"20-00-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=112913","title":{"rendered":"Discovery of 17th century coins may prove legend of infamous Polish conman actually true"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jpost.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/archaeology\/article-801089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discovery of 17th century coins may prove legend of infamous Polish conman actually true<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>JERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>According to local legend, conman Anthony Jaczewicz pretended to have healing powers to trick the people of Poland during a deadly plague.<\/strong><br \/>\n.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/q_auto\/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822\/539550\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>An ancient coin from the reign of the last Jewish king, Antigonus II Mattathias is seen after having been recovered from an alleged thief in eastern Jerusalem.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>(photo credit: Israel Antiquities Authority)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/archaeology\/article-788008\">Gold and silver coins<\/a>&nbsp;from the 17th and 18th centuries were discovered in Poland, according to an official cited by CBS News on Monday. The coins are thought to have belonged to the notorious Polish fraudster Anthony Jaczewicz, a figure famous in local folk law.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid02RNXw2MoQeJBi83PTgzpvJjzPU6mKBAAADvrHkN21ASFokvo2xvX6j7F2pNvU9eA9l%26id%3D100079768383602&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500&amp;is_preview=true\" width=\"650\" height=\"806\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/archaeology\/article-790090\">The coins<\/a>&nbsp;we recovered may be part of this&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/archaeology\/article-782504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legendary treasure<\/a>&nbsp;collected by Jaczewicz,&#8221; said Sebastian Grabowiec, who heads the exploration group that found the coins, in comments to the government-backed Polish science organization PAP.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The coins now sit in an archaeological museum in Ostrowiec \u015awi\u0119tokrzyski.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>The myth of Anthony Jaczewicz<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Thought until now to be a local legend, the Provincial Office for the Protection of Monuments in Kielce have begun analyzing the coins to see if the myths were, in fact, fact.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<figure class=\"article-image-in-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mfp-image-popup-container-link aligncenter\" title=\"Half-shekel coin from the third year of the Great Revolt. (credit: Tal Rogovski)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822\/521528\" alt=\"Half-shekel coin from the third year of the Great Revolt. (credit: Tal Rogovski)\" data-mfp-src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822\/521528\" data-image-name=\"Half-shekel coin from the third year of the Great Revolt. (credit: Tal Rogovski)\" data-image-credit=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mfp-image-popup-container-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/Icons\/zoom-image-icon.svg\" alt=\"Enlrage image\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\"><figcaption class=\"article-image-caption article-image-credit\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Half-shekel coin from the third year of the Great Revolt. (credit: Tal Rogovski)<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jaczewicz reportedly \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie Mountains around the year 1708, where he established something resembling a settlement at the same time a widespread and deadly plague hit Poland.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Using the plague to his advantage, Jaczewicz used his position as a preacher to spread around that he had healing powers.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Made desperate by the worsening health situation, Jaczewicz was said to have amassed a small fortune as people flocked to him for aid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The con was said to be so successful that &nbsp;Jaczewicz was able to hire security who often stole property from others in the settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jaczewicz was later captured by aristocrats, but escaped detainment only to be captured again and tried in 1712 by a court in Krakow<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery of 17th century coins may prove legend of infamous Polish conman actually true JERUSALEM POST STAFF According to local legend, conman Anthony Jaczewicz pretended to have healing powers to trick the people of Poland during a deadly plague. . 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