Treasure of the Atocha and other Great Shipwrecks


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Bernard & Mel Fisher
c1992
Two Friends Bar, Key West

TREASURE
Recovered from Mel Fisher's
Atocha 1622

and other Famous

Shipwrecks and Ancient Hoards

Artifact Replicas Bernard

Experience acquired while working in the Marine Salvage business has given Bernard Reller the knowledge and contacts necessary to understand the value and appeal of treasure coins and artifacts.

His many associations in the marine salvage business have allowed the recent acquisition of a significant number of coins carried aboard the Spanish galleon Atocha. All coins are in the Grade I and Grade II range.

The coins are available for discerning collectors.

	Atocha Silver and Gold Bars		The "Lyon" Silver Bar

All Reller Silver Replica Treasure Coins are made using Silver from bars recovered from the Wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha located in 1986 by Mel Fisher off the Coast of Key West, Florida. Accompanying each coin is a certificate authenticating the Silver used in the coin's production.

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Replica Treasure Artifacts
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	Admiral Gardner The British East Indiaman, Admiral Gardner, sank on January 24, 1809, carrying almost fifty tons of East India Company copper coins.		Atocha In September of 1622, during a hurricane, the Nuestra Señora de Atocha went down forty miles west of Key West. Some of the wreckage was discovered in 1971, by Mel Fisher after years of searching. It's main treasure-trove was finally located in 1986 producing large quantities of silver cobs, gold bars, jewelry, and choice emeralds.
	Capitana (El Rubi) Flagship of the Fleet of 1733, El Rubi carried more than a ton of gold and silver coins and bullion along with ingots of copper and other New World commodities. After running aground in a hurricane she eventually settled to the bottom. The Spaniards recovered several boxes of mostly copper coins. The remainder was located in 1938, the first such discovery of the Fleet of 1733.		Concepcion Lost near Hispaniola on November 1, 1641, the Concepción went down with more than 60,000 cobs from the reigns of Philip II, Philip III, and Philip IV.
	Consolación Delayed in leaving, the Santa Maria De La Consolación sailed alone in 1681, heavily ladened with silver coins from Chile. Pursued by the infamous buccaneer, Bartholomew Sharpe, the Consolación ran aground on a reef near Santa Clara island, known as Isla de Muerto (Island of the Dead or Deadman's Island), in the Bay of Guayaquila, Equador. The ship was set afire by the crew and neither the pirates nor returning Spaniards were able to salvage the treasure.		El Constante While returning from Vera Cruz to Spain, El Constante sank off the Louisiana coast in September of 1766. The wreckage was salvaged under the control of State of Louisiana archeologists.
	Fleet of 1554 In 1554, three Spanish galleons of a fleet of twenty went down off Padre Island, Texas. Coins recovered from the wreckage date to the reign of Carlos and Johanna.		Fleet of 1715 In July of 1715, ten Spanish galleons sank off the east coast of Florida. Thousands of reale cobs from the reign of Philip V were recovered in the late 1950s.
	Fleet of 1733 The Florida Keys claimed a fleet of twenty galleons in July of 1733. Much of the treasure was recovered by the Spanish, but divers have found silver cobs and rare pillar dollars.		Joanna A British East India ship, the Joanna, sank off the southern tip of Africa in June of 1682. Silver cobs from the reigns of Charles II and Philip IV have been recovered.
	La Capitana The Spanish Flagship La Capitana Jesus Maria sank off the coast of Equador in the mid-17th Century carrying Peruvian gold, silver and jewels. The treasure's value has been estimated between $3.7 Billion and $7.5 Billion.		Lucayan Beach Wreck A Dutch ship or a captured Spanish galleon was found off Lucayan Beach, Grand Bahamas. More than fifteen thousand silver coins from Mexico City and Potosi have been recovered.
	Maravilla The Maravilla sank in January 1656, off Little Bahama Bank. Recovered from the wreck were silver cobs of the Mexico City and Potosi Mints and gold two escudo cobs of Santa Fe de Bogotá (Colombia) Mint.		Princess Louisa The Princess Louisa, an East Indiamen ship, was lost in 1743 on Galleons Reef in the treacherous waters off the Cape Verde Islands. She carried Spanish Colonial cob coinage from the New World mints of Potosí, Lima and Mexico. An effort to salvage the shipwreck in 1744 was unsuccessful as were numerous later attempts. In a 1998 – 1999 expedition, a well-known marine archeological recovery company, Arqueonautas, located and recovered the historical treasure coins of The Princess Louisa.
	Santa Margarita The Santa Margarita, sister ship to the Atocha, went down on September 6, 1622, off the coast of the Florida Keys. Thousands of coins and a quantity of gold bars and chains have been recovered.		Whydah Driven ashore off Eastham on Cape Cob during a storm, the pirate ship Whydah, yielded more than five thousand silver cobs from the Mexico and Potosi Mints.

	Bibliography
	Olin, Phillip S., Treasure, The Business and Technology. Micanopy, FL: Key Lime Publishing, 1998. Potter, John S., The Treasure Diver’s Guide. Revised Edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Publishing, 1972. Sebring, Thomas H., Treasure Tales - Shipwrecks and Salvage. Devon, PA: Cooke Publishing Company, 1986.