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Attractively encrusted clump of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, probably all Philip V, ex-Bowe

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1660s-1740s Start Price:1,750.00 USD Estimated At:1,750.00 - 2,500.00 USD
Attractively encrusted clump of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, probably all Philip V, ex-Bowe
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Attractively encrusted clump of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, probably all Philip V, ex-Bowers & Ruddy 1977 sale. 180.5 grams total. One of the best little artifacts available from this popular wreck, with eight of the coins standing at a right angle to the other two, all thickly encrusted with white shells and other debris, the coins apparently all solid, with a highly desirable pedigree to boot (photographed in the original catalog). Pedigreed to the Bowers & Ruddy auction of February 1977 (Blauvelt, Iberoamerican and 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet), with original catalog. Recovered from: Spanish 1715 Fleet, sunk off the east coast of Florida