
With Daniel Frank Sedwick color photo certificate. Recovered from: Concepcion, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola. XF with light surface corrosion, partial cross and shield, unusual shape with small edge-crack as made. Silver 4 reale cob, Mexico City, Mexico mint.

Treasure from the wreck of the Concepcion, sunk at the Silver Shoals, Abrojos Reef in the Florida Straits in 1641. Each coin comes with a certificate of authenticity with history of the wreck. The vessel was evacuated and intentionally set on fire by the crew to prevent the plunder of treasure Consolacion coins are thus true pirate treasure coins. When the lone ship met pirates, the captain decided to ground the Consolacion on Santa Clara island, nicknamed Isla de Muerto (Island of the Dead), but struck a reef in the process. A delay in receiving silver coins from the mint in Potosi prevented the Santa Maria de la Consolacion from sailing with the rest of the armada from Callao, Chile. The Consolacion, a Spanish Armada del Sur (South Sea Armada) galleon, was lost in 1681 after striking a reef near Guayaquil Ecuador.

When I began this page it focused on one shipwreck: The wreck of the Consolacion in 1681 with pirate history: Artifacts and coins recovered from the submerged ruins of Port Royal are beyond rare, but I indeed have a small collection and may part with a few pieces at some point in time. Port Royal, Jamaica, was the pirate hub of the 16th-17th century, before being destroyed in the earthquake and subsequent tsunamis in 1692. Anyone looking to sell a certified Whydah coin please don't hesitate to write me directly. I have had them from time to time and am always on the lookout, but they arerare. Excavators and investors for the excavation were paid in coins found at the Whydah site but not many at all ever entered the collector market. I am frequently asked: How do I buy a real pirate coin? The only known pirate shipwreck to ever have been found and excavated was Black Sam Ballamy''s doomed pirate ship, the Whydah, but unfortunately I do not have any of those to offer, as those coins are difficult to come by.
