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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer D, in original Spink box.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:175.00 - 250.00 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer D, in original Spink box.
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer D, in original Spink box. S-M18a; KM-45. 21.95 grams. Choice specimen with bold full oMD, good full shield and cross, broad barrel-shape with part of edge lost to corrosion but surfaces nice, deeply (and attractively) toned all over. Housed in its original box (white clamshell, with LUCAYAN BEACH PIRATE TREASURE 1628 on top) from 1960s Spink promotion. Recovered from: "Lucayan Beach wreck," sunk ca. 1628 off Grand Bahama Island