Saved from the melting pot

Saved from the melting pot.
Yesterday, December 15, was Emilio Jacinto's 149th birthday. Many years ago I browsed over a "bayong" full of scrap silver at an antique dealer's home and picked out a black oxidized pen in the form of a quill with a ribbon [LEFT].
When I asked the price, the dealer weighed it and computed at the spot price for silver per gram. I went home and cleaned it. To my surprise it was a school prize for poetry, awarded to EMILIO JACINTO Y DIZON ! [RIGHT]
While ...