Davy Jones Locker
1715 Fleet - Sunk on Florida's East Coast

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: MEXICO - TO 1823
Item Description: ESCUDO (1712-13)MOJ 1715 FLEET
Full Grade: NGC MS 63
Owner: jim hawkins

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1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida

The Spanish 1715-Fleet disaster was probably the greatest to befall any of the Spanish treasure fleets in terms of casualties and money, with reports of a loss of 14 million pesos and as many as 1,000 or more lives.

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