Recently, our good friend Ranger Ed Perry, Park Services Specialist with the McLarty Treasure Museum, sent along this special announcement notifying us of a presentation by Robert Marx at the Sebastian Inlet State Park on Saturday, March 21, 2015. The lecture is in conjunction with the 300th anniversary of the loss of the 1715 Fleet. The […]
1715 Fleet Commemoration Week Updates Indian River County Main Library announces new schedule for the 1715 Fleet Commemoration Week events. Indian River County Main Library, through the efforts of Pam Cooper, Supervisor of the Archive Center and Genealogy Department, has been very pro-active in scheduling events during Commemoration Week, July 26, 2015 to August 2,
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This article, by Phil Flemming and Ben Costello, was published in the January 2015 edition of The Numismatist, and the full text of the article is included below. Three hundred years ago, a Spanish treasure fleet was lost in the waters off Florida’s eastern coast. Over the last five decades, salvage operations on known wreck
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Mr. Daniel Carr produces 1715 Fleet Anniversary Cobs as owner of Designs Computed, LLC and Moonlight Mint. He has recently designed a 1715 Fleet 300th Anniversary Commemorative Cob. Struck on hand poured .999 silver, the Daniel Carr Treasure Cobs contain trace amounts of 1715 Fleet silver, and are approximately 28 grams in weight. These Commemorative items sell for
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The 1715 Fleet Society was pleased to display an exhibit of 1715 Fleet related artifacts at the Treasure Coast Coin and Currency Show, held by the Treasure Coast Coin Club in Vero Beach, Florida on Saturday, January 24, 2015 and Sunday, January 25, 2015. The exhibit was very well received and we were visited by some
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Our special treasure for February is this sweet little “clump” (technically known as an “aggregate”) which consists of approximately 100 one reales and half reales. Weighing approximately one pound, it is obvious from its shape that this small grouping was most likely in a bag when it was lost. One can only imagine who might have
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