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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1678L/G, choice and probably unique.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Silver Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:700.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1678L/G, choice and probably unique.
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1678L/G, choice and probably unique. S-M21; KM-unl. (cf. 46). 25.3 grams. Incredibly bold, full date and oML (with clear overassayer, first we have ever seen), very solid and uncorroded flan, well above average for this wreck and a highly important numismatic piece even without the wreck provenance. From the Joanna, sunk in 1682 off South Africa, pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of February 13, 1999, with lot-tag #235 and certificate.