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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible, extremely rare provenance, with or

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1660s-1740s Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible, extremely rare provenance, with or
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible, extremely rare provenance, with original Tyvek museum tag and Barry Clifford certificate. KM-47. 22.8 grams. Good full cross and crown, with light surface corrosion but much flatness (as made), the real attraction being the provenance, with barcoded tag for proof that the coin was officially recovered from the world's only documented pirate ship to yield quantities of treasure, virtually all of which is still owned by Clifford's museum, which travels the country and generates millions of dollars in ticket sales. A similar specimen with partially visible date but without the Clifford certificate sold in our Auction #10 for $8,050 and became the subject of an excellent numismatic article by the well-known shipwreck author Tom Sebring. With original Tyvek museum tag and Barry Clifford certificate #23870. Recovered from: Whydah, sunk in 1717 off Cape Cod, Massachusetts