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Mexico City, Mexico, klippe 8 reales, 1733MF, very rare provenance.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Silver Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, klippe 8 reales, 1733MF, very rare provenance.
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Mexico City, Mexico, klippe 8 reales, 1733MF, very rare provenance. S-M28; KM-48; CT-768. 15.1 grams. Nice details as usual for the type, with full 33 of date, full shield and crown and cross, bold mintmark and denomination to right, next to full king's name, lightly corroded all over but one of very few coins (just a handful of them Mexican) that have ever been available from this rare Danish wreck. From the Wendela, sunk in 1737 off the Shetland Islands, north of Scotland, pedigreed to the original Sotheby's auction of November 8, 1973, lot #99, with photocopy of related pages from catalog.