New World Treasures
Spanish Colonial Coins and Artifacts
906-779-3794 |
|
[ Atocha ]
[ Capitana ]
[ Maravillas ]
[ Consolacion ]
[ 1715 Fleet ]
[ Vliegenthart ]
[ Rooswijk ]
[ Princess Louisa ]
[ Reijgersdaal ]
[ El Cazador ]
[ Other ]
[ Back To Shipwreck Coins ]
[ Home ]
[ Order ] |
|
|
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.
|
|
Click on picture to enlarge
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. |
|
|
|
Click on picture to enlarge
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. |
|
|
|
Click on picture to enlarge
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. |
|
|
|
Click on picture to enlarge
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. |
|
|
|
Click on picture to enlarge
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. |
|
|
|
Click on picture to enlarge
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. |
|
|
|
Click on picture to enlarge
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. |
|
|
|
Click on picture to enlarge
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. |
|
|
|
TOP OF PAGE
nwtreas@chartermi.net
906-779-3794
© Copyright 2003-2010 New World Treasures. All rights reserved.
|
