Case of stolen Spanish coins from 1715 Fleet started with a text confession, officials say
In November, state agents arrested Eric Schmitt, of Fort Pierce, after discovering 50 gold coins had been stolen in 2015 from ...
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Gold coins stolen from centuries-old Spanish convoy in $1M heist recovered by Florida authorities
Florida authorities recovered a collection of gold coins from an 18th-century Spanish convoy that was stolen in 2015. The 37 gold coins were snatched from the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet and have ...
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History of Coinage in the U.S.
No coins were available at this time except for various foreign coins such as the widely traded and trusted Spanish real dollars. The first coinage act was proposed and it passed Congress under ...
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Case of stolen Spanish coins from 1715 Fleet started with a text confession, officials say
For nearly a decade, Brent Brisben believed a treasure hunting family he hired to salvage the famous 1715 Fleet shipwrecks had been wildly successful by finding 51 Spanish gold coins, including a ...