Recently a visitor to our website sent us a mysterious photograph of what he called a “1715 Cookie”.At first sight it was not clear what this object was. Our visitor indicated that there was a coin inside. He was right! Closer examination confirmed that there was a (very corroded) coin at the center of this […]
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The 1715 Fleet Society wishes to launch a discussion on grading Spanish Colonial cobs. This, our first sailing on the stormy sea of grading, will focus specifically on grading Mexican silver cobs (1536-1733). Other mints and other cob series will be visited in the sequels. We invite collectors of Mexican cobs to take the brief
A dean of Spanish numismatics, Senor Rafael Tauler Fesser, has at last committed his lifetime of study to print in a magnificent new book, ORO MACUQUINO, Catalogo Imperio Espanol 1474 a 1756. In 571 pages illustrated with thousands of color photographs ORO MACUQUINO manages to cover the entire history of Spanish and Spanish Colonial gold cob coinage. No
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Winter 1965 edition of Sport Camping Magazine. This issue featured Real Eight Co. member Del Long who recently passed away on May 4th, 2011.
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Without the recoveries from the 1715 Fleet, our knowledge of Carlos II (1666-1700) Lima escudos would be minimal and fragmentary. Here is a great example. Before 1964 no Lima four escudos were known for most years of Carlos II’s reign, including 1697. Then, in July 1964, the Real Eight Company found this media onza (four
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