Shipwrecked Piece of Eight - Silver Spanish Dollar Fragment jewelry_hq Buslov and Inna Safonova

Buslov and Inna Safonova

This necklace features a polished bead of fine Baltic amber

It is firmly mounted in a sturdy steel stand and is perfect for tabletop display

and Cetatea Poenari

03" Orthoceras fossil with a fine sterling silver backing and an 18-inch chain of the same material

Shipwrecked Piece of Eight - Silver Spanish Dollar Fragment jewelry_hq Buslov and Inna SafonovaTales of pirates looting Spanish galleons have entertained us for centuries, but the Spanish lost far more vessels to storms. The Nuestra Seora de la Concepcin, a flagship of the Spanish navy, left Havana in September of 1641 at the head of a 21 ship fleet and carrying 100 tons of silver and gold. A hurricane struck almost immediately, hobbling the ship, which then drifted into the reefs and shoals along the Florida coast. This specimen is a piece of