7/27/25 Report - Nine Super Royals from the Anniversary Find. More About Eight Escudo Royals. The Day of the Find.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report

Nine Royals from the 300th 1715 Fleet Anniversary Find.

as originally posted in 8/20/15 Treasure Beaches Report

Photo Submitted by Captain Jonah

Of the hundreds of gold coins found that day, these are the kings.  Eight-esscudo Royals.  It doesn't get any better than that.

Below is what Daniel Frank Sedwick says about Royals in his article, “Royals”: a Cob by Any Other Name.

This name (Royal) is often criticized, for it appears to have been conjured up in the 1960s-1970s as a sales tool, when Hans Schulman decreed one such coin as being “a coin not struck for the public, but for the king only”!  Some researchers believe the proper term for these coins is “galanos” (gallants), a term that appears in mint records from the early 1700s, but these records do not make it clear what the “galano” coins are. Earlier U.S. numismatists used to call these coins simply “circulars,” “rounds,” or “presentations.” In Spain, commercial companies refer to these coins as “Tipo Real” (Royal type), while researchers tend to call them “redondos” (rounds), ...  But whether or not you believe these special round coins had some regal purpose, the fact is that “Royal” is the term that most properly relays the quality and importance of these pieces, so it has stuck...  (Source: Microsoft Word - royals)

You'll want to read that article.  Daniel also gives a list of known royals by date towards the end of the article.  Also a table of values for escudo royals (partly shown below).

Source: Sedwick:  Microsoft Word - royals

So the 8-escudo Royals shown at the top of this post, which are dated 1711 and 1712, would, according to this table, be valued in the range of $200,000 to $350,000 each.  Of course, that is just an estimate and the realized value might end up being much higher.

One of the problems with many articles on the internet is that the publication date is not provided or not easy to find.  That is the case with this article.  I don't know how long ago it was published, but I do know it has been around for some years, so things, including prices, have probably significantly changed since the article was published.

Anyhow it is a great article that you will want to read.

Captain Jonah positioned the Capitana pretty close to the beach when they made the find.

Celebration on the Captitana.
Photo originally submitted by Fred Banke.

I didn't know yesterday I was going to do a second post on this find, but I received emails on the topic, including the following one by Warren D. that I wanted to post.

... That first day, I and another beach hunter Stefi S, happened to be on the beach and witnessed the recovery of the gold coins. We had a running conversation with Jonah thru out the day while Danny and Bill were bagging and tagging gold coins. The word for the day was "surreal".

Heart racing adrenaline rushes occurred every 10 or 15 minutes until your body could no longer produce adrenaline. Then you became giddy, like being drunk. I remember every conversation, joke and facial expression. Witnessed a part of history, how often does that happen?

Keep hunting,

Warren D.

Thanks Warren.

I originally did six or seven posts on that find back in 2015.  Here are a couple of the links.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 8/20/15 Report - Nine 8-escudo Royal Beauties From Mexico. More On New Treasure Coast Discoveries. Brent Brisben on Fox News.

The Treasure Beaches Report Direct From Florida's Treasure Coast.: 8/21/15 - More On The Capitana's 4.5 Million Dollar Treasure Coast Finds. See The Video. Bombs On The Beach.``````````

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The press release at Captain Hiram's was a fun time too.  The coins were on display, and I took some photos there, but my photos weren't the best although I may have posted a few.

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I'll probably get on some other topics tomorrow even though we are not yet to the date of the anniversary find is still a couple days away.  A lot of people do not discover the new posts on the day they are posted.   

I have some other topics that I've been thinking about.

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Surf Forecast for the Fort Pierce Inlet Area from SurfGuru.com.

Well that is about the flattest surf forecast I've seen.

Nothing brewing in the tropics either.  More good salvage and shallow surf weather.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net