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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P, with canvas impression on obverse.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P, with canvas impression on obverse.
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P, with canvas impression on obverse. S-M19; KM-45; Cal-Type 319. 25.45 grams. Typical but interesting "wristwatch" shape, also typically weakly struck all over, mostly toned and corrosion-free, the whole obverse surface with checkered pattern from the remains of a canvas bag. With Sedwick photo-certificate. Recovered from: Concepcion, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola