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Mexico City, Mexico, silver medal made from Atocha (1622) silver in custom Lucite holder and clamshe

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Medals & Tokens Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, silver medal made from Atocha (1622) silver in custom Lucite holder and clamshe
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Mexico City, Mexico, silver medal made from Atocha (1622) silver in custom Lucite holder and clamshell case. 269 grams total. This is basically a Mexican Royal 8R 1621D restrike, as the design is completely accurate, yet it is clearly not intended to deceive and comes housed in a special Lucite holder embossed with "PIECE OF 8" FROM CASA DE MONEDA MEXICO'S OFFICIAL MINT EST. 1535 / GENUINE LOST SILVER TREASURE OF THE ATOCHA TREASURE SHIP SUNK 1622 (the coin resting inside a picture of a treasure chest), officially struck at the Mexico City mint from silver recovered from the ship (melted down from one of the big loaf-shaped bars), undated but probably done in the late 1980s, the medal itself lustrous, frosty and of course Mint State, with deep toning around rims.