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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1804 TH, very rare provenance, ex-Mendel Peterson.

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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1804 TH, very rare provenance, ex-Mendel Peterson.
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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1804 TH, very rare provenance, ex-Mendel Peterson. Yonaka-M8.104; Cal-980; KM-109. 26.13 grams. Very rare and historical piece recovered from the RMS La Plata, sunk on Nov. 18, 1867 off St. Thomas by a tsunami which developed after an offshore magnitude 7.5 earthquake; the first coin we have offered from this wreck. Solid example with much design visible despite the surface encrustation and light saltwater corrosion. Pedigreed to the collection of the late Mendel Peterson (Curator of Underwater Archeology for the Smithsonian Institution), with small certificate from Gene Brandenburg. From: R.M.S. La Plata, sunk in 1867 off St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands