The sinking of the fleet in 1715 was arguably one of the deadliest shipwrecks in history, and its blow to the Spanish Empire was almost devastating. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to historical data, in 1715 the fleet was loaded with gold and silver currency of various sizes with a total face value of about 7 million escudos, and the sinking of these 11 ships meant that the equivalent of at least three years of tribute from Spain and North America disappeared from the sea.

This massive shipwreck was born out of 300 years of tireless efforts by pirates, explorers, and treasure hunters and their fascinating legends.

At that time, the sinking of the fleet was a major event that shocked the world, and the news quickly spread through the streets.

In order to prevent the English, who had considerable military and political power geographically, from taking the lead, Spain carried out several large-scale salvage salvages in the years following the shipwreck.

The exact results of the salvage are unknown, but it is said that nearly half of the property stranded offshore has been recovered by the Spaniards.

However, soon after the shipwreck, the involvement of the English disrupted the Spanish position, and the raids of the English pirates on various routes in Latin America also made it impossible for the Spaniards to concentrate on salvaging the remaining treasure.

The salvage of the fleet's treasures slowly became unattended in the mid-to-late 18th century.

Another hundred years later, in modern times, the salvage of these coins began around the end of the 1950s.

Due to storms and tides, many gold and silver coins have been found off the coast of Florida and even on the beach, and the legend of the fleet of 1715, which has been in the dust for 200 years, has re-attracted a large number of modern treasure hunters.

In order to ensure the legal "mining" of treasures, the Florida government has even issued special regulations: treasure hunters can contract the sea, but the treasure obtained must be declared and 20% of the harvest must be handed over to the state government.

To this day, the 1715 Fleet Treasure has been the most fashionable topic in the collecting circle, people have heard the word "1715Fleet" for more than 50 years, and treasure hunters have salvaged the 1715 treasure several times, the most famous of which is the Schmidt family, which once salvaged millions of dollars worth of 18th-century Spanish shipwreck currency at the bottom of the Florida Sea.

Most of these salvaged coins are minted, and most of them have an average price of between 1,000 and 20,000 meters of gold, which is why Huo Sining has always felt that the Spanish currency in her hand is not of high value, because Spanish currency is very common in the market and is not a particularly precious and rare thing.

However, Huo Sining obviously thought badly, the price of these coins is not high, one is because of the large number of surviving in the world, and the other is because although this thing is a royal currency, it is actually just a name.

In fact, the Viceroyalty of New Spain minted hand-made gold and silver coins in the early 18th century, which has a common name called "Cob" in English, which translates to "block coin" in Chinese, is actually similar to the gold and silver ingots circulating in ancient China, which is not special, but because it is officially issued, so it has the title of royal gold coin.

The reason why Ji Kun was so nervous, and even made a phone call across the ocean to ask, was because the four gold coins in Huo Sining's hand were completely different from these gold coins salvaged in Florida.

Because these currencies in Huo Sining's hands are not circulating coins, but special coins made for the king.

Huo Sining found on the Internet that six or seven years ago, the auction company of Eagles in the United States had auctioned a special Spanish royal coin, which was made in 1772, and the hammer price at that time was 250,000 US dollars, and the transaction price plus commission was 293,750 rice yuan, which is about 300,000 yuan.

In the media reports at the time, there were clear photos of this special coin, Huo Sining compared the gold coin in her hand with the special coin that was auctioned, and found that these gold coins were indeed very similar, the only difference was that the gold coins in her hand were dated 1771, not 1772.

Seeing this situation, Huo Sining understood a little, and knew why Ji Kun attached so much importance to the gold coins in her hand.

Unexpectedly, the few gold coins she casually turned out in the captain's room were actually of high value, Huo Sining was shocked, and only after a while did she say: "This is really **** luck." ”

Huo Sining had just found out the origin of these gold coins when Liu Cheng's call came in:

"Miss Huo, something is wrong!"

Huo Sining was stunned for a moment, and asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?"

Liu Chengdao: "I just received a lot of calls, all asking about the photo you posted on Weibo, some big bosses I don't know also said that they are willing to buy the gold coins in your hand at a high price, and there is also a call from the English Embassy over there, asking me to verify, what you said about picking up gold coins on the beach is true or false, and there is a wave of reporters who insist on saying that they want to have an exclusive interview......

"What?"

Huo Sining was stunned when she heard this, she didn't expect that she would just post a Weibo casually, and she would cause such a big problem.

This made Huo Sining feel a little embarrassed, and she hurriedly boarded Weibo to check the situation.

Sure enough, in just over an hour, her Weibo about picking up treasures by the sea has already been on the hot search list, and it has an upward trend.

Under that Weibo, there have been tens of thousands of comments and retweets, and they are still rising, and many netizens are questioning and curious.

――Is it really possible to find treasure at the beach?

- What kind of luck is this?

――Location, Miss Huo is in Dover, there are gold coins to pick up on the beach over there!

――The English government will not be like Huaxia, and the treasure found on the beach needs to be handed over to the state, right?

- You're going to make a fool of yourself, aren't you just four gold coins, what's all the fuss, it's not worth any money at all?

――What do you know upstairs, I have checked the information, this is the royal currency of Spain in the 18th century, and each one is worth 100,000 yuan!

- Hey, I've checked the information, upstairs are you're sure you're not here to be funny, don't show your IQ, it's not a royal currency, it's a special coin of the King of Spain! A few years ago, one piece was auctioned for 300,000 meters of gold!

--, what you said upstairs is true or false, 300,000 pieces? Aren't those four pieces more than a million meters of gold?!

- No, that was a few years ago, and I guess it's not that price anymore!

-- I am a person in the European antiques circle, this kind of gold coin is specially made for King Philip V of Spain "royal gold coin", each one is unique, the current price, should go up to 500,000 meters of gold, the auction house auction price is only high!

- I'm going to ...... (To be continued.) )