Yeah, I was looking at shipwreck coins, pillar coins, pieces of 8 again... had searched for dan carr earlier as well, and this popped up...... Yeah I pulled the trigger. and of course the proper details... 1622 Atocha 8 Reale 28 Grams Antiqued Poured Shipwreck Silver Cob Daniel Carr $$ 1622 Atocha commemorative cob, antiqued finish. Struck on hand-poured .999 silver cobs which contain trace amounts of Atocha silver and 1715 Fleet recovery silver. Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Spanish: Our Lady of Atocha) was a Spanish treasure galleon and the most widely known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. At the time of her sinking, Nuestra Señora de Atocha was heavily laden with copper, silver, gold, tobacco, gems, and indigo from Spanish ports at Cartagena and Porto Bello in New Granada (present-day Colombia and Panama, respectively) and Havana, bound for Spain. The Nuestra Señora de Atocha was named for a holy shrine in Madrid, Spain. It was a heavily armed Spanish galleon that served as the almirante (rear guard) for the Spanish fleet. It would trail behind the other ships in the flota to prevent an attack from the rear. Weight: 28.00 grams, Fineness: .999 Fine Silver, Diameter: 33 mm.
Very very nice. My grandfather was born in Arridonas, Spain 1870 and grandmother in Sicily, Italy in 1881. I have a few coins but oh my this one is very nice. Something I will research myself to put with my dad’s coins. Beautiful!
Very nice. I keep telling my wife this storm season I'm going to Sebastian, Florida right after a storm there to go treasure hunting with a metal detector. I'll learn how to use it on the drive over.
