1715 Fleet 8 Reales, Mexico City — Real Eight Certificate
- Catalogue number: DTR-00056
- Denomination: 8 Reales
- Mint: Mexico City (oMJ)
- Assayer: J
- Monarch: Philip V
- Date: 1705–1712
- Weight: 23.99 g
- Certification: Raw
- Wreck: 1715 Plate Fleet, Florida coast
- Papers: Real Eight Co. certificate No. 206 (partial) + Sedwick Auction 39 record
A piece of eight from the fleet that gave Florida's Treasure Coast its name, with paper from Real Eight — the company that pioneered the 1715 salvage in the 1960s. The certificate is partial and we say so; the Sedwick auction record backs it. History with its receipts.
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A piece of eight from the fleet that gave Florida's Treasure Coast its name, with paper from Real Eight — the company that pioneered the 1715 salvage in the 1960s. The certificate is partial and we say so; the Sedwick auction record backs it. History with its receipts.