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Lisbon, Portugal, gold peca (6400 reis or 4 escudos), Jose I, 1753.

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Lisbon, Portugal, gold peca (6400 reis or 4 escudos), Jose I, 1753.
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Lisbon, Portugal, gold peca (6400 reis or 4 escudos), Jose I, 1753. Gomes-41.04; KM-240. 14.38 grams. Very bold strike, UNC details, muted luster, the accompanying book somewhat scarce and desirable as well. With original (generic) Spink / Sedwick certificate and with book Clive's Lost Treasure (1978), by Geoffrey and David Allen, about the Dodington wreck of 1755 (believe to be the original source of these coins). Recovered from: "Clive of India" wreck, sunk ca. 1755 in the Indian Ocean