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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, (1660)V, "Star of Lima" type, very rare (especially from this wreck).

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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, (1660)V,  Star of Lima  type, very rare (especially from this wreck).
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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, (1660)V, "Star of Lima" type, very rare (especially from this wreck). S-L5; KM-18.2; CT-266. 24.75 grams. Very broad and strangely oblong flan with bold L-8-V flanking the pillars, weak in centers, typically sea-worn but nicely toned. Recovered from: Joanna, sunk in 1682 off South Africa