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CATALOGUES FOR SALE
Several new listings and relistings are below. One of the first things a collector of gold cobs and Spanish Colonials should consider is spending a little money on books and catalogues. If you want to know what choice Fleet Limas and Mexicos really look like, get the Schulman and Ubillas Sales! Ortiz and Sellschopp formed beautiful collections of Spanish Colonial gold & silver. Buying these catalogues is both education & investment. The price of these catalogues is rising almost as fast as the coins, and I am happy to repurchase catalogues you no longer need. Most of the catalogues below are now priced at my cost. While supplies last, I will offer a free copy of Garcia's Spanish-English Numismatic Lexicon (The Macuquina Code) with any purchase.
Emilio Ortiz knew quality and rarity, and his remarkable collection testifies to his expertise. The sale is full of high quality gold and silver rarities. Gold and silver royals of Mexico and Potosi including Luis I issues. Rare Lima and Cuzco gold including many 1715 Fleet coins.
Rare macuquinas of Colombia and Santiago. Etc. 118 pages, 446 lots, black & white photography with color plates & maps.
A virtually as new copy of this very hard to find and ever more expensive catalogue. Every library of Spanish Colonial coins wants to have a copy of the legendary Ortiz sale. Not in stock but please inquire.
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Hardcovers, 220 pages, 1356 lots ( many are four coins lots, comprising one, two, four and eight reales for a single date ). Many rarities photographed in color and black & white. With original Prices Realized.
Every serious library of Spanish Colonial coinage wants a copy of the Sellschopp Sale. Becoming rare and expensive! One copy available for $139.50. available for
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GOLD & SILVER COINS OF THE SPANISH WORLD FROM THE MARAVILLA SUNK IN 1656 & FROM THE SPANISH PLATE FLEET PERISHED IN 1715.
It featured an extended "Preface" on the coinage of the Maravillas and cataloguing by the famous Spanish colonial numismatist Gabriel Calbeto. It also offered separate essays on the shipwrecks of the Maravillas and the Spanish Plate Fleet.
The Real 8 Corporation consigned 253 lots of gold, silver and artifacts to this sale, including 102 Spanish New World gold cobs. Some of the gold rarities included a Mexican 1697 onza and jeweled-cross Carlos II gold. Many full-date Mexican eight reales were offered. [ where, oh where, are these coins now?]
The Maravillas consigment was 515 lots large, and included many rare counterstamped and transitional rarities from Potosi. Prior to the discovery of the Capitana, the Maravillas was the major source of these coins. Gold cobs from Bogota and very rare silver from Cartagena were also offered. This is nicest copy of this key Treasure Sale I've owned. Virtually as new with no marks or folds or usage wear of any kind. For someone who wants the best at a still reasonable price. Not in stock but please inquire. ______________________________________________________________
On December 10th, 1986, Stack's sold the Eugenio Gebauer Collection of Colombian Gold coins. The large collection had many cob and milled rarities from the colonial and modern mints of Colombia.
The sale also contained a separate consignment titled "A Choice Group of Cob Gold from the 1715 Fleet. " Among its rarities, a very rare Cuzco one escudo ( one of the two or three found on the Fleet ), and a 1713 Bogotá two escudos featured in the Lasser Sales. And did you notice the cover photo of a Lima 1704 four escudos? One of two known, according my census of Fleet Gold. Goldcobs is pleased to offer a very fine copy of this landmark sale of Colombian and Fleet gold. 140 pages . One copy for $28.50.
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43 Lima Gold cobs, almost all onzas, covering the entire period 1696-1750.
Rare Fleet dates include 1696, 1697 ( four specimens), 1699, 1700 ( two specimens ), and 1704-1708. Plus a choice Cuzco 1698 2 escudos. From the same consignor, Mexican silver Royals with dates of 1607, 1639, 1699,1711,1723-24, 1727, and 1730. Potosi Royals with dates between 1757 and 1767.
Many fine non-royal silver cobs. An excellent selection of early Mexican milled gold. Plus of course about 3000 lots of rare and desirable US material. 3802 lots, approximately 470 pages with plates and supplement, original PR copy. This catalogue is in nearly MINT condition. Not currently in stock.
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Real 8's consignment included 23 choice gold cobs in all denominations, many showing 1712-1714 dates. Most are Mexican assayer J issues, but Lima is represented with two 1712 onzas and Colombia with one 2 escudos.
The 20 lots of silver cobs include not only a good run of dated 1714-15 eight reales, but a pair of Potosi cobs, dated 1698 and 1699.
Other notable gold and silver cobs in the sale include a Bogotá two escudos circa 1636 identified as from Stack's February 1959 sale of "The Mesuno Hoard."
I am pleased to offer a fine, unmarked copy of this very scarce Treasure sale. one that very Fleet and Treasure collector should be interested in. One copy for $30.
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Real 8's consignment is titled "Spanish Fleet Treasure" and comprises a selection of choice Mexican silver cobs. Several beautiful assayer L Charles II eight reales are pictured including a 1695. Assayer J full dates include 1708 and 1714.
Just preceding the Real 8 consignment is a mysterious group of Mexican cobs identified as from " an unidentified wreck off the coast of Florida." The cobs are exceptional quality eight reales showing clear dates of 1621 through 1625. Most of these issues of assayer D ( Diego de Godoy ) are quite rare, especially the 1625 and 1624/3. There is a also pictured a near royal-quality undated issue of assayer A ( Antonio de Morales, 1608-10 ).
I know of no Florida wreck that has yielded Mexican cobs from this era. From die studies of these Mexican reales, I've come to the conclusion that these are very probably Lucayan Beach ( Bahamas ) coins from a wreck of the 1628 Fleet. The story of the Dutch capture of the Spanish 1628 Fleet is well known, as is the subsequent loss of one of their prizes near the Lucayan Shoals.
These Mexican reales are in phenomenal condition for coins from the Lucayan wreck, but a few such coins are known to found. And these coins are from the same dies as other Lucayan Beach coins. Goldcobs is pleased to offer a near pristine copy of this very scarce catalogue. One copy for $30.
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In February 1974 Bowers and Ruddy proposed to auction the "Treasure from the Galleon San Jose", supposedly an extensive selection of gold and silver Spanish Colonial coins salvaged from the 1733 Fleet Galleon SAN JOSE.
The sale never happened because the US Government laid claim to the treasure, and an extensive court battle followed. That story has been recounted in several places, and I won't bore you with a retelling.
What I will offer for your consideration is a curious fact about the dozen gold cobs presented as from the treasure ship SAN JOSE. The ten Mexican cobs, mostly 1714's, match issue for issue, die for die, coins that were being salvaged from the wrecks of the 1715 Fleet several hundred miles north of the Keys. Likewise for the two "San Jose" Bogotá escudos. Unexplained is how mint state 1714 Mexican and 1705 Bogotá escudos could end up on a 1733 wreck in the Florida Keys. The silver treasure also seems to contain some Lima cobs that belong to the 1715 Fleet, along with a creditable selection of 1731-33 silver that probably is from 1733 sites. A very curious Treasure Sale. Not currently available but please inquire.
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NC9. This is a Coin Galleries auction catalogue from May 1972 containing a choice group of 1715 Fleet gold and silver cobs. The coins are attributed in the catalogue to "From the 1715 Cape Kennedy Treasure Wreck" Never heard of the "1715 Cape Kennedy Treasure Wreck"? Well, neither have I.
Cape Kennedy in Florida, I should explain, lies 50-100 miles north of the 1715 wreck sites, from which these gold and silver cobs were no doubt recovered. No 1715 Fleet wreck has ever been associated with the Cape area.
Apparently this inconvenient fact of geography was not considered important enough to impair their "relocation" to the sexier neighborhood of NASA's Apollo-era launch pan.
In any case, the coins themselves were both rare and attractive. Besides some choice 1713 and 1714 Mexican eight reales, the "Cape Kennedy Treasure" included an exceptional full date 1714 Mexican onza ( see the cover photo ), a very rare 1705 Lima onza, and a 1701 two escudos, clearly a Bogotá issue but for some reason mis-catalogued as a Mexican coin!
I am pleased to offer a very fine, unmarked copy of this hard to find sale. Its fictionalized "1715 Cape Kennedy"site should appeal to every collector of Treasure Fleet literature. One choice copy of this very scarce catalogue for $32.50. Sold. ___________________________________________________________
NC10. This is the catalogue for Schulman's November 1972 sale of gold and silver cobs from the 1715 Fleet. This, Real 8's third major sale, proved to be the grand-daddy of all 1715 Fleet Treasure sales.
An astonishing 878 Fleet gold cobs went on the block, not to mention hundreds of choice silver cobs. The 731 Mexican gold cobs included three royals and a selection of very rare Charles II jeweled-cross issues. Five 1698 Cuzcos were on offer including a single one escudos. Forty Limas included a run of rare Charles II onzas and fractions. 102 Bogotá's included many rare dates.
This catalogue by itself is an encyclopedia of Fleet gold and silver. Every Fleet collector should have and study this indispensable reference work. Before you spend $9000 for a Fleet eight escudos, spend $89 for the book that shows what they really should look like! This is very fine copy of a catalogue that usually comes well-used and abused. Photocopy Prices Realized included. One copy for $80.
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Because of a "first publication" deal with National Geographic, the coins could be publicly identified as from the 1715 Fleet. Real 8 chose to title of the sale THE UBILLA-ECHEVEZ COLLECTION, after the unfortunate commanders of the 1715 Flota.
Real 8 picked gold cobs of the highest quality and rarity for their inaugural auction. 106 gold cobs went on the block including five Mexican royals. The 31 Limas included a 1697 and a 1699 four escudos and a 1697 and a 1700 two escudos.
An exceptional 1698 Cuzco two escudos was paired with very rare one escudos. The 52 coin Mexican consignment had, besides the 5 royals, a rich menu of rare Charles II issues. 1697 and 1699 onzas were among the highlights. The 21 Bogotá two escudos featured dates from 1672 to 1708.
This is an unstained, unmarked, unfolded copy of this rare catalogue. Stained, marked copies command $125 when one can be found. The only thing keeping this catalogue from "as new" condition is a some slight wear on the cover. Photocopy PR included. Here is your chance to own a choice copy of the first Real 8 1715 Fleet sale.
Not in Stock---I would like to buy a choice copy for binding or already bound. ____________________________________________________________
Also available and highly recommended: Alan Craig SPANISH COLONIAL GOLD COINS IN THE FLORIDA COLLECTION (2000). 94 pages, hard cover with dust jacket, 16 color plates, many photos and B&W illustrations. The best book on 1715 Fleet Gold. New copy. $50
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