Our continuing fascination with EOs (encrusted objects) led us to feature this item as October’s Treasure of the Month. Weighing in at a hefty 5 lbs 9oz, this EO contains approximately fifty-four Mexico eight reales in eleven stacks of four to five coins each. Covered in sand and shells from years of exposure to ocean […]
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We recently received an email from the Bureau of Archaeological Research (BAR) regarding procedures for accessing the State Collection of 1715 Fleet related artifacts, coins, etc. That email stated: “The Bureau of Archaeological Research (BAR) encourages both professional and avocational scholars to access our Collections in order to further the study of Florida’s past. For questions about
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We received this information from Dana Reed, of ASC International USA, who has been instrumental in planning a conference to take place at the end of November 2015 in Havana, Cuba. Explore the history of Cuban coins, currency and recovered treasures from the Spanish Colonial era. The trip includes visits to the Cuban National Mint and
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Recently we were contacted by Mr. Mark E. Mitchell who is a major dealer/appraiser of original historic newspapers who reported that he had found original issues of The Post Boy from London, England reporting on the loss of the 1715 Fleet. Mr. Mitchell was kind enough to send us several scans of the newspapers. Mr.
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Recently we were contacted by David Lisot (david@coinvideo.com) advising that the DVD’s he prepared in connection with the recent 300th Anniversary Commemoration are now available. There are 13 individual DVD’s for $25 each. A complete set of all 13 DVD’s sells for $250 with a donation of 20% from the sale of each video or
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On this day 450 years ago, St. Augustine was founded by Spanish admiral and Florida’s first governor, Pedro Menendez de Aviles. The city served as capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years, and remained the capital of East Florida and later the Florida Territory until 1824. The Castillo de San Marcos located within the
As a post script to our earlier item regarding the Time Capsule buried at Jaycee Park, Vero Beach on July 31, 2015 (See our Newsletter Post of August 20, 2015), here is a newspaper article from the Treasure Coast Newspapers which reported on the event. We neglected to include this in our previous post. Special thanks
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Last month we spotlighted an exquisite 1715-dated gold Royal found by the Schmitt family on June 17, 2015 as our featured Treasure of the Month. September’s Treasure of the Month is a continuation of this fairy tale saga. This time it was Brent Brisben and his crew of the Capitana that became legends in the
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