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June 2013 Featured Treasure

June’s featured treasure is a 1695 VR eight reales coin from the Spanish colonial mint at Potosí. It’s shown in two states: to the left as found, with green oxidation and coral deposits, and to

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June 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

The Fleet Society is pleased to announce that it’s website is now linked to COINWeek. Please see our previous posting of March 15, 2013 for details. For more information about our posting on COINWeek click

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May 30, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

Today marks the second anniversary of the introduction of the 1715 Fleet Society website. Last year we highlighted our accomplishments during our first year. Since then our Research Collection of Mexican and Peruvian cobs has

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May 1, 2013 No Comments

May 2013 Treasure of the Month

Since May is the month of flowers we thought we would use this bouquet of Fleet gold and silver as our Treasure of the Month. Our little grouping is sprinkled with green emeralds, which contrast

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May 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

If you have not had a chance to check out our Research Collection lately you might want to take a look. Recently we added a number of new coins to our collection. The Research Collection

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April 24, 2013 No Comments

April 2013 Treasure of the Month

This month we are honored to feature the above (17)15-dated Mexico eight reales as our Treasure of the Month. This coin is special because it has a Hollywood history. It was showcased in a segment

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April 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

Author Douglas R. Armstrong has published yet another wonderful book that is a must read for all 1715 Fleet historians. “The Winter Beach Salvage Camp” outlines the report prepared by Mr. Armstrong for Florida’s Bureau

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March 30, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

The Fleet Society is pleased to announce that it’s website will soon be linked to COINWeek. COINWeek is the most advanced independent on-line media source for print and video rare coin and currency news; with

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March 15, 2013 No Comments

March 2013 Treasure of the Month

March’s Treasure of the Month proves that not all treasure comes in the form of gold, silver, or jewels. This month’s offering is a “gem” of a find. Upon close inspection it does not appear

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March 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!  Mug #4 in our series of eight Commemorative Mugs is in production.   This mug features several silver eight reales from El Peru with an antique map of Florida as the background. To

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February 16, 2013 No Comments

February 2013 Treasure of the Month

February’s treasure of the month is a unique golden crucifix that was brought to our attention by a visitor at the recent FUN (Florida United Numismatists) Show in Orlando. He told us this incredible story.

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February 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

This is a post script to the post FUN Show update that I reported on January 16, 2013. The following group of pictures were taken at the FUN Show between January 10 – 13, 2013.  Wide

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January 23, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Vero Beach, Florida

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

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January 16, 2013 No Comments

January 2013 Treasure of the Month

From the 1715 Fleet, a choice Potosí eight reales. About 2.3 percent of the reales recovered from the Fleet come from this Peruvian mint. The pillar side of the coin shows both El Peru and

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January 1, 2013 No Comments

DATELINE: Orlando, FL

Greetings. In just a few weeks the Florida United Numismatists will host its 58th Annual Convention at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. The show will run from January 10-13, 2013. Like last year,

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December 24, 2012 No Comments

December 2012 Treasure of the Month

December’s Treasure of the Month consists of two jewelry pieces found in 1992 by Bob “Frogfoot” Weller’s crew not far from Kip Wagner’s cabin near Sebastian, Florida. According to Margaret Weller, Bob’s widow, the piece

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December 1, 2012 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, PA

Special Announcement! Today is a very special day.  We have exactly 1000 days left until the 300th Anniversary of the 1715 Fleet Disaster which will occur on July 31, 2015. The 1715 Fleet Society began

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November 2, 2012 No Comments

November 2012 Treasure of the Month

November’s Treasure of the Month is a gold tray, once thought to be a communion tray. Later, it was determined to be a cocoa pot tray. A form of relatively sweet, but spiced cocoa was

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November 1, 2012 No Comments

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