Aztec Gold Coins were carriers of a curse.
In the early sixteenth century, Spanish colonizer Hernán Cortés exploited divisions among the Indigenous peoples and invaded the Aztec Empire. To avoid being slaughtered, the Aztecs gathered all their gold and made Aztec Gold Coins to bribe the commander of the Spanish expedition, Hernando Cortés.
Unfortunately, Cortés accepted the gift, then broke his promise without a second thought. After getting the coins, he sent his troops to carry out a brutal, bloody massacre of the Aztec civilization. Cortés believed that if the Aztecs had been able to produce so many coins, they must have even more gold hidden away. Why settle for being bribed when he could take it all by force? As they died, the slaughtered Aztecs laid a curse: anyone who took the coins would suffer eternal punishment."
The cursed Aztec Gold Coins constantly reminded people of their existence.
The pirates who had spent the ten thousand cursed coins had now become undead pirates. Under moonlight, they turned into skeletons. They could not die, but they had lost so much more: they could not drink when thirsty or eat when hungry, and all food turned to sand. Only returning every coin and performing a blood sacrifice could break the curse.
As luck would have it, Barbossa and his crew had fallen victim to the Aztec Gold Coins' curse.
After years of torment and countless hardships, Barbossa and his crew had finally gathered 9,999 coins. Now they were missing only the one in Will Turner's possession.
And today, when Elizabeth fell into the water, the coin she wore against her chest gave off its distinctive aura. That was what drew Barbossa and his crew to attack Royal Port and kidnap Elizabeth, causing a huge misunderstanding.
"Since you believe you're immortal,