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1715 Fleet Shipwreck Coins

The 1715 fleet was a Spanish convoy of twelve ships bound for Spain from Havana laden with a wealth of New World gold and silver.  On Wednesday July 31, 1715, a devastating hurricane sank eleven of the fleet's ships off the east coast of Florida, in an area south of Melbourne to a point south of Fort Pierce.  Millions of dollars in gold and silver cobs, ingots, and other treasures along with hundreds of lives were lost.

Spanish salvage operations in the following years recovered much of the treasure, but the remaining riches rested on the ocean floor for almost 250 years until its discovery in the 1960's by Kip Wagner and the Real Eight Company along with their associate Mel Fisher.

Certificates of Authenticity accompany all 1715 Fleet Shipwreck treasure coins.  View a typical New World Treasures photo type Certificate of Authenticity.

 


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1715 Fleet - 8 Reales
Item#:  8014
Denomination:  8 reales
Mint:  Mexico
Assayer:  (J) Not Visible
Weight:  26.4 grams
Diameter: 1.2-1.9 inches

Price:  $395.00  BUY ITEM

 

Shield type cob, Mexico mint, Philip V, assayer J (not visible), circa 1713-1714.  Cross side features include a full cross with one very nice lion and castle visible in the bottom cross quadrants.  Lightly visible 70% full shield of the 1713-1714 period design, visible M mintmark, denomination mark 8, and 17xx of date (the 7 is very light).  A nearly full weight fleet coin with a very desirable shape.  Supplied with a New World Treasures photo type Certificate of Authenticity as seen in this example and a booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume 3 - 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet" that provides details about the fleet and its coins.


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1715 Fleet - 8 Reales
Item#:  10011
Denomination:  8 reales
Mint:  Mexico
Assayer:  Not Visible
Weight:  26.3 grams
Diameter: 1.3-1.5 inches

Price:  $395.00  BUY ITEM

 

Shield type cob, Mexico mint, Philip V, circa 1700-1712.  Cross side features include a nearly full and boldly struck cross with all of the lions and castles visible.  The shield side is also boldly struck and has a nearly full shield of the 1700-1712 period design.  A beautiful cabin wreck find with great eye appeal and a nice heavy weight.  Nice pieces like this are not commonly found in today's market place.  Supplied with a New World Treasures photo type Certificate of Authenticity as seen in this example and a booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume 3 - 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet" that provides details about the fleet and its coins.


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1715 Fleet - 4 Reales
Item#:  8004
Denomination:  4 reales
Mint:  Mexico
Assayer:  J
Weight:  12.7 grams
Diameter: 1.0-1.2 inches

Price:  $345.00  BUY ITEM

 

Shield type cob, Mexico mint, Philip V, assayer J, circa 1713-1714.  Cross side features include a 70% full cross with a visible castle and lion in the top cross quadrants.  Nice 60% full shield of the 1713 to early 1714 period design.  Nice 4 reales coins are in high demand due to their perfect size for jewelry mounting.  Supplied with a New World Treasures photo type Certificate of Authenticity as seen in this example and a booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume 3 - 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet" that provides details about the fleet and its coins.


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1715 Fleet - 2 Reales
Item#:  7257
Denomination:  2 reales
Mint:  Mexico
Assayer:  J
Weight:  6.1 grams
Diameter: .8-1.0 inches

Price:  $275.00  SOLD

 

Shield type cob, Mexico mint, Philip V, assayer J, circa 1710-1712.  Nearly full cross with two nice lions and one castle clearly visible.  Nice 70% full shield with partial mintmark M, full assayer mark J, and of the 1710 to early 1712 period design.  Nice 2 reales coins are in high demand due to their nice size for jewelry mounting.  Supplied with the original Real Eight Co. Certificate of Authenticity signed by Robert Marx and a booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume 3 - 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet" that provides details about the fleet and its coins.


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1715 Fleet - 8 Reales
Item#:  9019
Denomination:  8 reales
Mint:  Potosi
Assayer:  Y
Weight:  25.5 grams
Diameter: 1.3-1.4 inches

Price:  $995.00  BUY ITEM

 

Pillars and Waves type cob, Potosi mint, Philip V, assayer Y, dated 1707.  Nice full cross with a bold castle and lion in the upper cross quadrants and partially visible ones in the lower.  Also visible on the cross side are portions of the crown and denomination mark 8 along with the assayer mark Y at right.  Exceptional pillars side details including the denomination mark 8, assayer mark Y, mintmark P, most of the central PLV SVL TRA, portions of the mint name POTOSI in the legend, bold central date 1707, and most importantly a full peripheral date 1707 (in the legend).  Full peripheral dates are rare finds on cobs, but even more rare on the few recovered from the 1715 fleet.  This is a beautiful Potosi mint coin, the nicest that we've seen from this wreck and as nice as others in the Florida state collection.  Supplied with a New World Treasures photo type Certificate of Authenticity as seen in this example and a booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume 3 - 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet" that provides details about the fleet and its coins.


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1 Escudo -1715 Fleet
Item#:  9074
Denomination: 1 escudo
Mint:  Mexico
Assayer:  J
Weight:  3.4  grams
Diameter: .70 inches

Price:  $2195.00  SOLD

 

Shield type 1 escudo, circa 1711-1713, Philip V, Mexico mint, assayer J.  Nice, nearly full cross of the design unique to the 1711-1713 time period.  Equally nice, nearly full shield with full oM J mint and assayer marks.  Recovered from the 1715 fleet wreck of the "Nuestra Senora de las Nieves de Animas" and supplied with the original Mel Fisher photo type Certificate of Authenticity and a booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume 3 - 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet" that provides details about the fleet and its coins.


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1715 Fleet - 2 Escudos
Item#:  6082
Denomination: 2 escudos
Mint:  Bogotá
Assayer:  Not Visible
Weight:  NGC Slabbed
Diameter: .75-.80 inches

Price:  $3495.00  SOLD

 

Shield type 2 escudos, Philip V (actually a posthumous issue of Charles II struck during the reign of Philip V), Santa Fe de Bogotá mint, assayer Buenaventura de Arce (not visible as is typical of this issue), circa 1713.  Observe:  Crowned coat of arms of a style unique to 1713 issues.  Reverse: Jerusalem cross die matched to coin 11.01768 of the Florida State collection. This is an uncirculated coin with original mint luster and NGC graded Mint State 62.  The dull appearance in the images is due to the reflection caused by photographing the coin through the hard plastic NGC case.  Supplied with a New World Treasures photo type Certificate of Authenticity and a booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume 3 - 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet" that provides details about the fleet and its coins.


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1715 Fleet - 8 Escudos
Item#:  9037
Denomination: 8 escudos
Mint:  Mexico
Assayer:  J
Weight:  27.0 / 37.6 grams with bezel
Diameter: 1.4 inches with bezel

Price:  $8995.00  SOLD

 

Shield type 8 escudos, dated 171(4), Philip V, Mexico mint, assayer J.  Excellent full cross and shield including a bold mintmark oM, assayer mark J, and date 171(4).  Although the last digit is missing, the shield side details are clearly those of the year 1714.  This impressive piece is mounted in a heavy 10.6 gram 18k gold bezel and was basically uncirculated prior to being lost at sea.  Supplied with a New World Treasures photo type Certificate of Authenticity and a booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume 3 - 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet" that provides details about the fleet and its coins.

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