Mexique Coin - Mexico - Philippe V - Gold cob 1 escudo (1714) J - Error Legend - NGC MS 65 Shipwreck - 1715 Fleet Shipwreck BU

Recovered from: Spanish 1715 Fleet east coast of Florida.

Coin certified 1715 Fleet Shipwreck Label NGC.

On July. 1715. A fleet of eleven Spanish ships and one French ship departed Havana Harbor bound for Cadiz. Spain under the command of Captain Juan Esteban de Ubila and Don de Echeverz. On board these vessels were four years of accumulated treasure that was desperately needed by the Spanish treasury. Passengers carried their own personal wealth they had struggled to obtain in the New World.

On July 19. 1715. The first signs of a hurricane appeared but despite every effort made by the crews to save their ships on the 31st the entire Spanish Fleet perished along Florida’s East coast. Over seven Hundred lives were lost along with the ships.

Coin certified NGC MS 65. Very high grade.

https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6476082-004/65/

Legend error : The cross is off-center in such a way as to show clearly the (H)ISPANIA(RVM) in which the P is apparently punched over a sideways P!.

References : S-M30; KM-51.2; Cal-1739; Fr-7c.