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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1659V, "Star of Lima" type, rare.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1660s-1740s Start Price:800.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1659V,  Star of Lima  type, rare.
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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1659V, "Star of Lima" type, rare. S-L5; KM-18.1. 23.3 grams. Solid specimen with bold full cross, lightly corroded but still very clear pillars with date and assayer and L*M, both sides a bit doubled and with flat peripheries but all in all a rather competent specimen of a desirable type that was in fact struck without royal authority. With ROBCAR photo-certificate #M110101. From: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Isla de Muerto, Ecuador