Regular updates from the 1715 Fleet Society
Past and current featured treasures
Special days of significance to the 1715 Fleet
A major Real Eight auction of artifacts, silver and gold coins takes place at the Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York City.
Our Treasure of the Month for February was a recent acquisition from the Florida United Numismatist (FUN) Show held in early January of this year. Our featured item is this silver eight reales dated 1698...
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Upon my recent return from a trip to Florida, I was pleased to find in my mailbox a book sent to me by Allen Balogh (Society member #37) titled A Perilous Journey from Cuba, which...
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As previously announced on January 1st, 2022, the 1715 Fleet Society has been reconstituted as a 501c(3) nonprofit corporation. Because of this change, the corporate structure of the new organization is different than what we...
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Our Cover Coin this time can trace its origins back to the prolific mint of the Andes at Lima, Peru via the 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet. This piece is an extremely rare 1703/2 eight escudos...
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While visiting the Florida United Numismatist (FUN) Show in Orlando earlier this month I was pleased to welcome our latest member, Lluís Lalana I Culla, from Barcelona Spain. Lluís is with Aureo and Calicó Numismatic...
Read moreThe Florida United Numismatists (FUN) annual January show was held this year from Thursday, January 6 to Sunday, January 9 in Orlando. As previously indicated in an earlier post, the Fleet Society did not sponsor...
Read moreThe Real Eight Company makes its first significant recovery of Spanish silver coins at the Cabin Wreck site, near Sebastian, Florida.
Greetings and Happy New Year. We are proud to announce that as of today, January 1, 2022, the 1715 Fleet Society is now a 501 c (3) nonprofit organization. Originally, the Society was organized as...
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On behalf of myself and the other Directors of the 1715 Fleet Society I would like to wish everyone a Happy (and prosperous) New Year.
It goes with out saying that 2020 was an unprecedented year. We had high hopes for 2021 but unfortunately the lingering effects of Covid 19 continued to dominate the new year. Our usual trip to...
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We welcome in the new year with our latest Treasure of the Month for January, this small group of encrusted silver eight reales. Featuring encrusted objects is a hallmark of our monthly treasures. It is...
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After a one year absence due to Covid 19, the January FUN (Florida United Numismatists) Show will return to Orlando January 6-9 , 2022. This year the Fleet Society will NOT have a table as...
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On behalf of myself and the other Directors of the Fleet Society, we would like to wish all of our members, supporters and website visitors a very Merry Christmas.
Ben Costello, Director.
The National Geographic Society exhibits Spanish gold, silver and artifacts recovered by the Real Eight Company from the 1715 Fleet. Explorers Hall, Washington, D.C.
Schulman’s last auction of Real Eight Company coins. Featured were 253 lots of 1715 Fleet coins, 102 of which were gold.
Our Treasure of the Month for December (a month known for gift giving) may very well have been under someone’s Christmas tree at one time. This unusual item is a ballast stone from the 1715...
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Alan Workman’s fourth literature sale is now online, featuring items from the numismatic library of world coin expert Holland Wallace. For those who may not be familiar with Alan Workman, he has a vast array...
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