Our featured treasure for February is this rather unassuming artifact that, while modest in appearance, is of extreme rarity. This item is an original “riel” strap for making cob planchets. The odd shape of Mexican cob coinage is a well-known characteristic of these coins. This leads to the question of how these coins were actually made and why […]
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Recently I received phone calls from several conference registrants seeking information about lodging during the conference. I directed them to Jaya Dillard who works for the Visitors Bureau (904-209-4429) who has been extremely helpful regarding lodging, restaurants, parking, public transportation and other issues relating to St. Augustine. However, I did mention that I have stayed on a
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The 1715 Fleet Society is pleased to announce the induction of Jonah Martinez and Bill Bartlett to the 1715 Fleet Honor Roll. The Honor Roll is dedicated to those men and women who have contributed to our collective knowledge of the 1715 Fleet. Jonah and Bill were instrumental in recovering what has now become known as
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As we have previously posted, the 1715 Fleet Society is sponsoring a reception on March 15, 2017, from 5 pm to 8 pm in St. Augustine. We have finally decided to host this reception at the Virginia Room, which is located on the second floor of the Ringhaver Student Center at Flagler College. For specific directions
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As all of you who regularly visit our website know, the 2017 Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Show was held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL from January 5 – 8, 2017. This year’s Show was rather exciting because we were fortunate to have Jonah Martinez and Bill Bartlett at our table during the several days that the
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Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Jaya Dillard, Sales & Service Manager, for the Visitor & Convention Bureau here in St. Augustine. The Visitors Bureau generally, and Jaya specifically, have been extremely helpful to me in planning for the upcoming Conference in St. Augustine in March. Jaya has very cordially agreed to assist those
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We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those individuals who have very graciously provided time, money, talent and energy to make the Fleet Society an ongoing success. During this past year, we have seen our membership climb to 69 (up 10 from last year). Also, we have seen our viewership increase
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I’d like to wish the members and readers of the 1715 Fleet Society and the readers of the 1715 Fleet Society Website a very happy new year. As the web administrator for the Fleet Society, I’d like to share some highlights of the fleet’s online home in 2016. During the year, we saw nearly 50,000
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