Hello All:
I don't know about any examples from the British Navy,
but there are a bunch of prehistoric specimens from
South America that are indicative of survival.
Hope that coin was kept someplace clean, however.
Best wishes,
Dane Magoon
--- Ron May <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Aye Dennis, but did ship-going doctors really
> trephine sailors skulls and
> insert coins without painkillers or sterile tools
> and the sailors actually
> survive?
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
>
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