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Cartagena, Colombia, cob 8 reales, (16)21A, extremely rare first date, "Zucker specimen."

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:16,000.00 USD Estimated At:16,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD
Cartagena, Colombia, cob 8 reales, (16)21A, extremely rare first date,  Zucker specimen.
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Cartagena, Colombia, cob 8 reales, (16)21A, extremely rare first date, "Zucker specimen." S-C2, KM-3.2. 12.7 grams. Exceptionally broad flan with bold 21 date above full cross and tressure (nicely detailed castles and one lion), nearly full and well-detailed shield (good for die-study) with bold assayer A to right, thin from corrosion but all the important details quite clear, one of 3 known with date visible and only recently attributed accurately by numismatists as the official first date of issue. With Sedwick photo-certificate from 2004. Recovered from: “Dry Tortugas wreck,” sunk ca. 1622 off the Dry Tortugas, west of Key West, Florida