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June 2014 Treasure of the Month

Our featured Treasure of the Month for June is this gorgeous, fully dated 1714 Mexico eight escudos from the Spanish colonial mint at Mexico City. The coin’s Fleet provenance is obvious. What is not obvious

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June 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Fort Pierce, Florida

A few miles south of here on May 24th, 1964 one of the greatest discoveries in the history of 1715 Fleet recovery was made. Mel Fisher, and his crew, uncovered a carpet of gold the

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May 24, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

In an effort to keep everyone instantly informed regarding events being planned for the upcoming commemoration in July of 2015, the Fleet Society is putting together a select list of e-mail addresses belonging to individuals

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May 13, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

Today marks the third anniversary of the launching of the 1715 Fleet Society website.  At this time we would like to thank all of those individuals who have been kind enough to support us with

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May 1, 2014 No Comments

May 2014 Featured Treasure

Our featured treasure item for May is this 64 lb. bell metal ingot recovered by Rex Stocker of the Real Eight Company at the Cabin Wreck site in 1964. Bell metal is a hard alloy

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May 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Sebastian, Florida

As a follow up to our newsletter item of March 28, 2014, the official 1715 Fleet Banquet commemorating the Anniversary of the 1715 Fleet will be held on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at the Inn

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April 22, 2014 No Comments

April 2014 Treasure of the Month

The Treasure of the Month for April is a group of coins (cobs) fresh from the Spanish colonial mints of El Peru, specifically Lima and Potosí. This image is a companion to our Treasure of

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April 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Sebastian, Florida

With less than 500 days remaining until July 31, 2015, we here at the Fleet Society are busy organizing events, lodging, a banquet and other activities in conjunction with the upcoming 1715 Fleet Anniversary.  So

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March 28, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Vero Beach, Florida

Recently Mike Brown represented the 1715 Fleet Society at the Treasure Coast Coin Club’s annual banquet on March 11, 2014. His topic was a brief history of the 1715 Fleet followed by questions and answers.

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March 17, 2014 No Comments

March 2014 Treasure of the Month

Our Treasure of the Month for March is a fully dated 1713 silver eight reales cob from the old colonial mint in Mexico City. Currently on display at the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee,

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March 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

Now available through this website is the 2015 Commemorative Calendar featuring treasures of the 1715 Fleet. This quality publication is loaded with high definition images taken from our own 1715 Fleet Photo Gallery. Initially offered

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February 24, 2014 No Comments

February 2014 Treasure of the Month

Our Treasure of the Month for February is a one escudo (Charles II) from the 1972 Schulman Sale. This coin is somewhat unique because it is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued in Paris

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February 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

This is a post script to the post FUN Show update that I reported on January 16, 2014.  The following group of pictures were taken at the FUN Show between January 9 – 12, 2014.

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January 31, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Vero Beach, Florida

This is a personal post FUN Show update from Ben Costello, 1715 Fleet Society. This was the third year that the 1715 Fleet Society hosted an informational table at the recent FUN Show in Orlando,

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January 16, 2014 No Comments

January 2014 Treasure of the Month

Last month we featured two unmarked contraband silver wedge ingots. January’s Treasure of the Month is the corner of a gold bar from the 1715 Fleet. The corner weighs 225 g, almost a full half

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January 1, 2014 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, PA

In our last posting of December 24th we promised that a big announcement regarding another item that we had just finished producing would be forthcoming. The Fleet Society has just finished publishing a 2015 Commemorative

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December 31, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pa

Tomorrow is Christmas and we at the 1715 Fleet Society would like to wish all of our friends and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  It is hard to believe but

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December 25, 2013 No Comments

December 2013 Featured Treasure

December’s Treasure of the Month are two unmarked contraband “wedge” ingots. These two ingots are part of eight slices of an entire “cake” of contraband ingots that were smuggled in the bottom of a cask

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December 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Colorado Springs, Colorado

As many of you already know, the ANA (American Numismatic Association) publishes a monthly magazine for its members called The Numismatist.  Each month the magazine features a cover story. Some time ago The 1715 Fleet

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November 20, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Charleston, South Carolina

Personal Note from Ben Costello: Today I am in the beautiful and historic town of Charleston, South Carolina.  My trip here is mainly business, but I have had some time to do shipwreck research.  Not

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November 15, 2013 No Comments

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