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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1796FM, very rare provenance.

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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1796FM, very rare provenance.
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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1796FM, very rare provenance. CT-690; KM-109. 23.3 grams. Clear details despite moderate corrosion and patchy toning, first and only coin from this wreck we have ever seen (although we have seen artifacts from it). Recovered from: HMS Queen, sunk in 1799 off Salvador, Brazil