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Bogota, Colombia, cob 4 reales, 1657, assayer P°R, very rare.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:1,250.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Bogota, Colombia, cob 4 reales, 1657, assayer P°R, very rare.
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Bogota, Colombia, cob 4 reales, 1657, assayer P°R, very rare. Restrepo-M38-12; S-B7; CT-unl. 8.1 grams. Choice details despite moderate corrosion, including full pillars with NRo mintmark in between and vertical date to right and PLVS / VL at top, full shield-castles-lions with vertical denomination IIII to left (note that Restrepo's example shows the denomination to the right), king's ordinal IIII in legend, nicely contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the Louis Ullian collection and our Auction #2, with lot-tag #91. Recovered from: "Jupiter wreck" (San Miguel el Arcangel), sunk in 1659 off the east coast of Florida