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| Maravedi Found by The Capitana Crew During The 2019 Season. |
On 3/7 I posted a photo of a find by Terry S. and asked if it might be the oldest coin found on the Treasure Coast. JamminJack sent me a photo of this maravedi found by the crew of the Capitana during the 2019 salvage season.
From my research it seems to match a maravedi pictured in Monedas Espanolas Desde Juana y Carlos A Isavel II 1504 a 1868 by Calico et al. From that, it appears to be a four-maravedi from the mint of Santo Domingo and from the reign of Juana and Carlos and would also be early 16th century, like the coin found by Terry.
From my research it seems to match a maravedi pictured in Monedas Espanolas Desde Juana y Carlos A Isavel II 1504 a 1868 by Calico et al. From that, it appears to be a four-maravedi from the mint of Santo Domingo and from the reign of Juana and Carlos and would also be early 16th century, like the coin found by Terry.
I should say that as far as I know, Terry's coin has not yet been authenticated, but if it is authentic and my match is correct, then both the maravedi and Terry's find seem to be from the same general time period.
Below is the other side of the maravedi.
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| Other Side of Same Maravedi Found by The Capitana Crew During the 2019 Season. |
And below is a scan of an illustration of a similar four-maravedi from Santo Domingo shown in the Calico book. (Sorry about the lack of clarity of the scan.)
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| Four Maravedi from Santo Domigo Shown in Calico Reference. |
But that isn't all. JamminJack also sent me a photo of a very old coin which he described as "found on the Winter Beach camp site before development covered the site." It is in his possession.
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Photo of Holed Carlos y Juana Mexico One-Reale
Find and photo by JamminJack.
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Here is the tag coin's tag.
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Tag of Above One-Reale.
Submitted by JamminJack.
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My reference book, like the tag, dates that coin to the early 16th century.
On 3/7 I asked if Terry's find might be the oldest coin found on the Treasure Coast. Without being able to put an exact date on any of these coins, they do appear to be from the same period. Two examples were shown today. Each one could be the oldest of its type. If not the oldest, they appear to be among the oldest.
I intended to check out the coins in the Florida collection too, but haven't done that yet.
Isn't it interesting that one of these old coins was found during the 2019 salvage season and then another in early 2020. Just coincidence? Or could there be some connection? Maybe a hole or area containing older items was exposed. I don't know.
There are always new and interesting questions.
I've been planning on talking more about the Winter Beach camp for some time now, but there has been a lot going on. Maybe I'll get to it soon.
Thanks to the expert readers of this blog for helping me to bring you such interesting content.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
