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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.
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
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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 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#: 8012
Denomination: 8 reales
Mint: Mexico
Assayer: (J) Not Visible
Weight: 26.9 grams
Diameter: 1.4-1.8 inches
Price: $325.00
SOLD
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type cob, Mexico mint, Philip V, assayer J (not visible), circa 1714-1715. Cross
side features include a 70% full cross with all lions and castles at least partially visible.
75% full shield
of the 1714-1715 period design. A nearly full weight fleet
coin with a very desirable shape. 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 - 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
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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 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#: 7444
Denomination: 4 reales
Mint: Mexico
Assayer: (J) Not Visible
Weight: 13.5 grams
Diameter: 1.0-1.2 inches
Price: $295.00
SOLD
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type cob, Mexico mint, Philip V, assayer J (not visible), circa 1714-1715. Cross
side features include a 60% full cross with a visible lion and
castle in the top cross quadrants. Boldly struck 60% full shield
of the 1714-1715 period design. A nice full weight fleet
coin. 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 - 1 Escudo |
Item#: 8046
Denomination: 1 escudo
Mint: Mexico
Assayer: J
Weight: 3.3 grams
Diameter: .70-.80 inches
Price: $3995.00 BUY
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type 1 escudo, dated 1711, Philip
V, Mexico mint,
assayer J. Nice, well centered full cross
of the design unique to the 1711-1713 time period. Excellent
60% full
shield struck off center to the right so that the full oXM J mint and assayer marks and
full four digit
date 1711 are all clearly visible.
Fully dated fleet coins from the Mexico mint are difficult to
come by, for example, of the 1168 Mexico gold cobs documented in
the Florida State collection, only 218 have discernable dates
and much fewer have full 4 digit dates. 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 - 2 Escudos |
Item#: 6082
Denomination: 2 escudos
Mint: Bogotá
Assayer: Not Visible
Weight: NGC Slabbed
Diameter: .75-.80 inches
Price: $3795.00 BUY
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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
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Item#: 8120
Denomination: 8 escudos
Mint: Lima
Assayer: M
Weight: 27.0 / 43.0 grams with bezel
Diameter: 1.4 inches with bezel
Price: $13,750.00 BUY
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type 8 escudos, dated 1712, Philip
V, Lima mint, assayer M. Excellent well centered details
on both the cross and pillars side, graded at grade fine on the
certificate of authenticity. Full weight at 27.0 grams and
mounted in a heavy 16.0 gram 18k gold bezel for a total weight
of 43.0 grams. Supplied
with the original Mel Fisher
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. A
very attractive piece. |
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