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Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1751J, from the Luz (1752), housed in a promotional w

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Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1751J, from the Luz (1752), housed in a promotional w
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Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1751J, from the Luz (1752), housed in a promotional wooden box with gold-plated silver replica ingot, limited edition #154/170. KM-3. About 12" x 10" x 2-1/2" altogether. A gorgeous promotional package, housed in a heavy mahogany-wood box engraved with a ship and "The Treasures Of The River Plate" on top, certificates and plaques inside along with the coin and ingot (669 grams, a reproduction of lot #247 in the original Sotheby's auction of March 1993), the coin lustrous AU with scratches. From the Luz, sunk in 1752 off Montevideo, Uruguay.