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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales "greenie," completely cocooned in encrustation as found.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1660s-1740s Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 375.00 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales  greenie,  completely cocooned in encrustation as found.
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales "greenie," completely cocooned in encrustation as found. 27.95 grams total. Small but thick coin made even thicker by appended crust of shells and coral, lots of green and white color, obscuring all the coin details, scarce and popular thus. With hand-signed Mel Fisher certificate dated October 31, 1967. Recovered from: Spanish 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida