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you to any particular coin you are interested in. Below is an excerpt from
our forthcoming (but much delayed) book, GOLD COBS
OF THE 1715 FLEET, Chapter Three “The Real 8 Auctions”.
Collectors often ask us about how many and what kinds of gold
cobs have been recovered from the 1715 Fleet sites. Approximately 11,000 gold cobs have been recovered from the 1715
sites since the early 1960’s. This is a census number, not
a guess, as we explain in Chapter Five "A Census of Fleet Gold". The Real 8/Treasure Salvors auctions of the 1960’s
and 1970’s offered more the 2000 gold cobs. Allowing for
some bias toward better material, these 2000 coins provide an
excellent sample of the range of material found. I reproduce
below some of my tabular data without the accompanying text. The
Real 8 catalogues are an excellent place to start studying
Spanish Colonial gold cobs.
A Summary of the
Spanish Colonial Gold Cobs offered in the six major Real 8
Auctions between 1964 and 1977
|
Sale/
Date |
Lima |
Cuzco |
Mexico |
Bogota |
totals: |
|
Christensen’s Ubilla- Echevez 10/64 |
31 |
2 |
52 |
21 |
106 |
|
Parke
Bernet TSM 2/67 |
30 |
2 |
198 |
34 |
264 |
|
Schulman’s Spanish Galleon Treasure 11/72 |
40 |
5 |
731 |
102 |
878 |
|
Sotheby
Parke Bernet’s TSM 6/73 |
9 |
2 |
209 |
52 |
272 |
|
Schulman’s Coins of the Spanish World 12/‘74 |
2 |
0 |
79 |
21 |
102 |
|
Bowers
Blauvelt & 1715 Fleet Sale 2/77 |
0 |
0 |
249 |
80 |
329 |
|
totals: |
111 |
11 |
1518 |
310 |
1951
* |
|
percentages by mint: |
5.7% |
0.005% |
78% |
15.89% |
100% |
*This total
does not include four escudos from Seville offered in PB’67.
Henry Christensen
The UBUILLA-ECHEVEZ COLLECTION
October 8,
1964, Hoboken, New Jersey
This, the
first large Real 8 sale, offered 106 of the best Spanish
colonial gold cobs recovered from the 1715 wrecks, including
five Mexican gold Royals.
I . Summary
of Fleet gold coins offered by mint
|
Mint |
Specimens offered |
comments |
|
Lima |
31 |
|
|
Cuzco |
2 |
one Cuzco 1E |
|
Mexico |
52 |
includes 5 Royals |
|
Santa Fe de Bogotá |
21 |
|
|
totals: |
106 |
|
II. Gold
Cobs of Lima and Cuzco [ lots 131-163 ]
|
Mint |
Specimens offered |
comments |
comments |
|
Lima 8E |
7 |
1710
(4), 1711, 1712(2) |
|
|
Lima 4E |
6 |
1697,1699,1704,1707,1710,1711 |
|
|
Lima 2E |
13 |
1697,1700,1703-05,1708(2), 1709 (2), 1710, 1711(2), 1712 |
|
|
Lima 1E |
5 |
1699,1703-04,1711-12 |
|
|
Cuzco
2E |
1 |
1698 |
large
planchet |
|
Cuzco
1E |
1 |
1698 |
|
|
total: |
33 |
range: 1697-1712 |
|
III. Gold Cobs
of Santa Fe de Bogotá [ lots 166 – 186 ]
|
denominations |
no. of
coins |
dates/
reigns |
comments |
|
dated
2E |
11 |
1672,1687,1697,1701,1704,1705,1707,1708 |
|
|
undated
2E |
7 |
|
|
|
dated
1E |
0 |
|
|
|
undated
1E |
3 |
|
|
|
totals: |
21 |
|
|
IV. Gold
Cobs of Mexico [ lots 195 – 246 ]
|
denominations |
no. of
coins |
dated |
undated |
dates
seen |
comments |
|
8E |
13 |
9 |
4 |
1696,1699,1702,1708,1713-14 |
3
royals |
|
4E |
10 |
8 |
2 |
1695,1701,1711,1713-14 |
royal |
|
2E |
9 |
6 |
3 |
1701,1710,1712-14 |
|
|
1E |
19
|
13
|
6 |
1695,1697-98, 1703-04,1707-14 |
royal |
|
totals: |
52 |
|
|
date
range: 1695-1714 |
5
royals |
Parke-Bernet
Galleries
TREASURES OF THE SPANISH MAIN
February 4, 1967, New York City
This, the second important Real 8 Sale, offered an impressive
315 lots of artifacts & coins from the 1715 Fleet . 264 Spanish
Colonial gold cobs went on the block, in addition to 140 silver
cobs and 74 lots of artifacts, including several major pieces.
I. Summary of the Fleet gold offered ( by mint ):
|
Mint |
Specimens offered |
comments |
|
Lima |
30 |
|
|
Cuzco |
2 |
All Fleet Cuzcos
are rare. |
|
Mexico |
198 |
76% of the lots
are Mexican |
|
Santa Fe de Bogota |
34 |
13% of the lots |
|
total: |
264 |
plus 4 penin Sp esc |
II. Gold Cobs of
Lima and Cuzco [ lots 218-43, 268-69 ]
|
Denominations |
#ofcoins |
date/assayers |
photo |
comments |
|
Lima 8E |
20 |
1699,1704,1708,1709-12 |
|
’08 and ’09 were rare before ‘88 |
|
Lima 4E |
3 |
1710, 1712 |
|
All Lima 4E’s remain rare |
|
Lima 2E |
6 |
1697,1709-12 |
|
All dates before ’05 rare |
|
Lima 1E |
2 |
1707 |
|
All dates rare. |
|
Cuzco 2E |
2 |
1698 M |
|
About ten Cuzco 2E’s found on the 1715 Fleet |
|
Cuzco 1E |
0 |
1698 M |
|
Three found on Fleet |
|
total: |
30 |
range: 1697-1712 |
|
|
III. Gold Cobs of Santa Fe de
Bogotá [ lots 244 - 267 ]
|
denoms |
no. coins |
dates/reigns |
photos |
comments |
|
dated 2E |
10 |
1694,
1701-02, 1704-06, 1708-09, 1712 |
|
only the
’05 is a common date |
|
undated 2E |
14 |
Charles II,
PhilipV |
|
|
|
dated 1E |
0 |
|
|
|
|
undated 1E |
10 |
Charles II,
Philip V |
|
mostly ARCE |
|
totals: |
34 |
range:
1694-1712 |
|
|
This 40 page 9”
x 6” booklet was printed by Parke Bernet as guide to the
“Exhibition” of coins and artifacts held in their offices prior to
the sale. It contains many fine color photos of the artifacts &
coins & salvors!
IV. Gold Cobs of Mexico [ lots 26 – 687 ]
a.
Mexican escudos of Charles II ( 1665 -1700 ) [ lots 101 –
113]
|
denomination |
no. of
coins |
dated |
undated |
dates seen |
photos |
|
8 E |
6 |
3 |
3 |
1695, 1697 |
2 |
|
4 E |
6 |
3 |
3 |
1695-96,
1698 |
2 |
|
2 E |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
2
|
|
1 E |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
2 |
|
total: |
21 |
6 |
15 |
1695-1698 |
|
b.
Mexican escudos of Philip V ( 1701 – 1747 ) [ lots 114 – 217 ]
|
denomination |
no. coins |
undated |
dated |
dates seen |
|
8 E |
51 |
23 |
28 |
1708,
1712-15 |
|
4 E |
41 |
22 |
19 |
1704,1711-14 |
|
2 E |
34 |
17 |
17 |
1704,1708,
1712-14 |
|
1 E |
51 |
24 |
27 |
1704,
1707, 1710- 14 |
|
totals: |
177 |
|
91 |
range:
1704-1715 |
[dated = full or sufficient partial date ]
c.
dated/ undated Mexican escudos of Philip V by date
|
denomination |
1702-1710 |
1711 |
1712 |
1713 |
1714 |
1715 |
|
8 E |
1/2 |
0/0 |
2/1 |
7/6 |
15*/14 |
2/0 |
|
4 E |
1 /4 |
1/ 1 |
4/1 |
7/8 |
5/8 |
0 |
|
2 E |
2 /3 |
0/ 1 |
4/1 |
3/4 |
6/8 |
0 |
|
1 E |
3/3 |
5/ 1 |
6/3 |
2/3 |
8/13 |
0/1 |
|
totals: |
7 / 12 |
6/3 |
16/6 |
19/21 |
34/43 |
2/1 |
·
one
royal
One of the great
numismatic treasures of the sale, lot 190, a 1714 eight escudos
Mexican Royal. It sold for $9000.
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