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Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, 1659V, "Star of Lima" type, very rare, plate coin in Seliger book. S-L5; K

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Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, 1659V,  Star of Lima  type, very rare, plate coin in Seliger book. S-L5; K
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Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, 1659V, "Star of Lima" type, very rare, plate coin in Seliger book. S-L5; KM-17; CT-661. 5.0 grams. Full and clear L*M / 1659 between pillars, nearly full cross, thin from corrosion and flat in the peripheries but nicely toned and one of very few 4R available from this unauthorized striking. Plate coin on page 101 of Isla el Muerto and the Treasures of the Consolacion (2nd edition), by William Gene Seliger (2008). From the Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Isla de Muerto, Ecuador