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This page focuses on all things 1715 Fleet-related — including our regular Treasure of the Month feature, This Day in Fleet History posts, tidbits from the Fleet Society Archives, new recoveries, and more.

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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

DATELINE: Washington, PA

Visitors to our website are aware of our “Treasure of the Month” which is located on our calendar page. Inasmuch as October is the month of mystery (Halloween) we decided to feature a mystery item

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October 10, 2012 No Comments

October 2012 Treasure of the Month

Octobers Treasure of the Month is a mystery item. Obviously it is a fish, but what is its purpose? Is it simply a pendant? A fancy piece of jewelry? Or does it have some other

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October 1, 2012 No Comments

September 2012 Treasure of the Month

Our featured Treasure of the Month is an intimate group of five Mexican eight reales from the Spanish colonial mind at Mexico City. These coins display the prominent hammer marks or faceting blows, that are

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September 1, 2012 No Comments

August 2012 Treasure of the Month

August’s Treasure of the Month is actually a treasure within a treasure. On June 1st, 2003, Captain Jon Wilson  and his crew were working on the Cabin Wreck, one of the most productive of the

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August 1, 2012 No Comments

DATELINE: Treasure Coast, Florida

Fleet Day 2012 “The Day After” Ralph Curnow 2008 As Ralph Curnow’s painting vividly reminds us, the morning of July 31st, 1715, revealed the aftermath of a terrible tragedy. 297 years ago today wrecked ships

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July 31, 2012 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

This month (July 31st) marks the 297th Anniversary of the loss of the 1715 Plate Fleet. However, and most ironically, July 31st marks another Fleet related anniversary. For more information concerning this historic event go

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July 1, 2012 No Comments

July 2012 Treasure of the Month

July 31, 2012 is Fleet Day and will mark the 297th anniversary of the 1715 Fleet disaster. But July 31st also marks another important but lesser-known Fleet anniversary. On July 31, 1992, the late Captain

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July 1, 2012 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

May was an exciting month for the 1715 Fleet Society.We were contacted by two website visitors who have private collections of jewelry and other fleet related artifacts. These seldom seen items were made available to

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June 2, 2012 No Comments

June 2012 Treasure of the Month

June’s Treasure of the Month is an assortment of spectacular jewelry items from an old collection that was recently brought to our attention. The owner of these pieces very graciously allowed us to photograph them

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June 1, 2012 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, Pennsylvania

Today marks the second anniversary of the death of my friend and mentor, Lou Ullian.  Lou was an inspiration and a great source of information about the 1715 Fleet.  Just prior to his death, I

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May 16, 2012 No Comments

DATELINE: Washington, PA.

Today is the first anniversary of the 1715 Fleet Society website. Much more is coming in the next three years, we promise, but we have not been idle this first year. “Well begun is half

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May 1, 2012 No Comments

1715 Glory Hole!

by Ernie Richards Fleet Day this year, July 31st, will mark the 297th anniversary of the tragic loss of the 1715 Plate Fleet along Florida’s east coast. Exactly twenty years ago, July 31st, 1992, Captain

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May 1, 2012 No Comments

May 2012 Treasure of the Month

“THE GREATEST COIN RECOVERED FROM THE 1715 FLEET” Mr. and Mrs. Lucky had been coming to Florida’s Treasure Coast for a few years, and they dabbled in a pastime here known as metal-detecting. Escaping the

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May 1, 2012 No Comments

DATELINE: West Palm Beach, Florida

Recently a visitor to our website sent us a mysterious photograph of what he called a “1715 Cookie”.At first sight it was not clear what this object was. Our visitor indicated that there was a

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April 27, 2012 No Comments

The 1715 Fleet Society wishes to launch a discussion on grading Spanish Colonial cobs. This, our first sailing on the stormy sea of grading, will focus specifically on grading Mexican silver cobs (1536-1733). Other mints

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April 9, 2012 No Comments

DATELINE: Madrid, Spain

A dean of Spanish numismatics, Senor Rafael Tauler Fesser, has at last committed his lifetime of study to print in a magnificent new book, ORO MACUQUINO, Catalogo Imperio Espanol 1474 a 1756. In 571 pages illustrated with

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April 8, 2012 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

DATELINE: Washington, PA

Visitors to our website are aware of our “Treasure of the Month” which is located on our calendar page. Inasmuch as October is the month of mystery (Halloween) we decided to feature a mystery item

Read More
October 10, 2012 No Comments

October 2012 Treasure of the Month

Octobers Treasure of the Month is a mystery item. Obviously it is a fish, but what is its purpose? Is it simply a pendant? A fancy piece of jewelry? Or does it have some other

Read More
October 1, 2012 No Comments

September 2012 Treasure of the Month

Our featured Treasure of the Month is an intimate group of five Mexican eight reales from the Spanish colonial mind at Mexico City. These coins display the prominent hammer marks or faceting blows, that are

Read More
September 1, 2012 No Comments

August 2012 Treasure of the Month

August’s Treasure of the Month is actually a treasure within a treasure. On June 1st, 2003, Captain Jon Wilson  and his crew were working on the Cabin Wreck, one of the most productive of the

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August 1, 2012 No Comments

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