![]() There are only 15 known authentic specimens that were struck at three different times. Unlike the Hawaii Five-O 1913 Liberty Head Nickel that lost almost $500,000 when it sold a second time, this owner made a $140,000 profit when he sold it. This is the same coin that is listed as the #10 Most Valuable Coins in the World above that sold for $3,737,500 in April of 2008. Price Realized: $3,877,500 Date Sold: AugSold By: Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas (Auction #1188, Lot #5699) The entire collection realized $106.69 million sold across five separate auctions. There was another 1804 silver dollar in the Pogue coin collection ( The Sultan of Muscat-Watters-Brand-Childs-Pogue ) that is the finest known specimen, but unfortunately, a bid of $10.81 million was not high enough for the coin to sell in the auction.Īuction Listing: The Legendary Dexter Specimen of the 1804 Dollar Dexter, a wealthy numismatist who owned it for 14 years at the end of the 19th century. ![]() This specimen has a small D punched in a cloud on the reverse of the coin indicating that it's promenades belonged to James V. Brent Pogue coin collection auction jointly by Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Sotheby’s over the span of two and a half years. This coin was auctioned as part of the D. ![]() Once again the "King of American Coins" takes one of the top 10 spots on the list of The World's Rarest and Most Valuable Coins. Pirates and sailors risked their lives for a chance at these Spanish shipwreck coins-and now they can be yours.Price Realized: $3,865,750 Date Sold: March 31, 2017 Sold By: Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Sotheby's These highly anticipated 1715 Spanish fleet coins are the buy of a lifetime. Together, this magnificent design represents colonial Spain’s dominion over land and sea. The other side displays a cross, the arms of Castile (castles), and the arms of Leon (lions). The crowning piece of the set, the 8-escudo features the Pillars of Hercules above waves, symbolizing Spain’s portal from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic-and the wider world. The 2-escudo also displays a cross on one side, while the other features the Pillars of Hercules. The 1-escudo features a castle on one side, and a cross on the other. When you handle a 1715 gold escudo coin, you hold in your hand the true handiwork of an 18th-century minter. The escudos we offer you are cobs-coins that were struck and trimmed by hand. Many of the dates and types of escudos from the early 18th century were unknown until the past 50 years, when modern salvage of the 1715 Spanish treasure fleet began. They were minted in Madrid and Seville, as well as in several of Spain’s colonies. Gold escudos were introduced by Spain in the 16th century and became the nation’s primary gold currency. The total of the registered treasure on four of Ubilla’s ships was 6,388,020 pesos, which include the 1, 2, and 8 escudos from Bogota, Mexico, and Lima that we present to you today. In 1715, a convoy of 12 ships led by Captain-General Don Juan Esteban de Ubilla left Cuba, laden with 14 million pesos’ worth of treasure and cargo.īefore long, the treasure of gold coins was lying at the bottom of the sea. Precious metals mined in the Americas were sent to Spanish colonial mints, which struck coins for shipment to Spain by the royal fleet. King Philip V had ordered an increase in treasure shipments to replenish Spanish wealth. In 1711, Spain was on the verge of bankruptcy after a hard-fought war with the Dutch and English, who had blocked and destroyed Spanish ships bringing treasure from the Americas to Spain. ![]() For the next four years, the Spanish braved sharks, barracudas, and buccaneers to salvage what they could of the gold coin treasure-but a hoard worth millions still remained. ![]() In the morning, wreckage and bodies were scattered across 30 miles of uninhabited coast-and the search for loot began. Only a few men survived that night, and it’s from them we have this tale. And then the sailors saw them: the breakers on the coral reefs that line the Florida Coast. The fleet scattered, each ship alone in the screaming wind. In the afternoon, the wind came, and by nightfall a hurricane had struck. The next morning, the sun never seemed to rise, and by noon, visibility was so poor that each ship lit a lamp to guide the others. And for the 1,000 men sailing the 12 ships of the Spanish Treasure Fleet, the night passed uneasily. The sea birds had vanished.Īs the day passed, the swell grew. But there was a strange swell in the sea, silent and unsettling. They had had two days of calm seas, with no wind and only the slightest wisps of clouds in the sky. ![]()
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