1715 Fleet 8 Reales, Dated 1714 — Sedwick Auction Provenance

• Catalogue number: DTR-00057
• Denomination: 8 Reales
• Mint: Mexico City (oMJ)
• Assayer: J
• Monarch: Philip V
• Date: Dated 1714
• Weight: 22.81 g
• Certification: Raw
• Wreck: 1715 Plate Fleet, Florida coast
• Papers: Sedwick Auction 39 lot record (auction provenance, not a COA — stated plainly)

Dated 1714 — struck one year before the fleet sailed into the hurricane. Provenance runs through the Sedwick auction record, the field's specialist house, and the listing says exactly that rather than inventing a certificate. The last full year of the old Spanish Main, in silver.

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Dated 1714 — struck one year before the fleet sailed into the hurricane. Provenance runs through the Sedwick auction record, the field's specialist house, and the listing says exactly that rather than inventing a certificate. The last full year of the old Spanish Main, in silver.