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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible, with W.A.M. certificate, ex-Jones

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 375.00 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible, with W.A.M. certificate, ex-Jones
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible, with W.A.M. certificate, ex-Jones. KM-45. 26.29 grams. Thick and solid coin with nice full shield, weaker cross (cupped around that side) but with well-detailed lion and castle in bottom quadrants, clear mintmark oM, no corrosion, attractively toned all over, desirable wreck with official certification. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection and to our Auction 4, with original lot-tag #324 and original tag certificate #10252 from the Western Australian Museum. Recovered from: Vergulde Draeck, sunk in 1656 off Western Australia