I've got in front of me at the moment a tray of pieces of eight made in the Spanish American mints. They give the unmistakeable ring of very high quality silver. But the range of the coins here ...

A diver scavenging a wreck from a hurricane-sunk treasure fleet has achieved a childhood dream by finding stash of Spanish silver ... coins were higher denomination four and eight-real pieces.

I've got in front of me at the moment a tray of pieces of eight made in the Spanish American mints. They give the unmistakeable ring of very high quality silver. But the range of the coins here ...