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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, 1614/3 F, extremely rare, NGC VF details / sea salvaged / Concepc

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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, 1614/3 F, extremely rare, NGC VF details / sea salvaged / Concepc
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, 1614/3 F, extremely rare, NGC VF details / sea salvaged / Concepcion (Shipwreck Blue Label). S-M17; KM-21. 1.11 grams. Full but hard-to-read date with bold 4 shifted counterclockwise relative to a presumed underdigit 3 (label just says 1614), the first example we have seen of this date and extremely rare as a shipwreck 1/2R in the first place, with full crown and monogram with oM to left and F to right, fleur below flanked by two diamond-shapes, good full cross on other side, darkly toned and only lightly to moderately corroded. Note: At least one prominent expert disagrees with NGC and opines this coin is actually 1611 F/A, based on various details like the crown and mintmark, as all other known 1614's show mintmark as M over O. Pedigreed to the 45th Anniversary Collection, with original plastic flip stickered 001 and official (generic) Letter of Authenticity. Recovered from: Concepcion, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola
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