Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #15

Guatemala, cob 4 reales, (17)38J. S-G1; KM-5; CT-957. 12.96 grams. Bold date on a harp-shaped flan, light surface corrosion and toning. Recovered fro

Guatemala, cob 4 reales, (1)738(J). S-G1; KM-5; CT-957. 13.32 grams. Bold date and other details, light surface corrosion and toning. Recovered from:

Guatemala, cob 4 reales, (1)738J. S-G1; KM-5; CT-957. 13.11 grams. Elongated flan with clear details despite surface corrosion, lightly toned. Recove

Guatemala, cob 4 reales, 1739J. S-G1; KM-5; CT-958. 13.29 grams. Full date and mintmark and assayer, good toning, light surface corrosion. Recovered

Guatemala, cob 4 reales, 1739J. S-G1; KM-5; CT-958. 13.47 grams. Bold full date, nice details on both sides, no corrosion, nice toning. Recovered fro

Guatemala, cob 4 reales, 1739J. S-G1; KM-5; CT-958. 13.18 grams. Full date and mintmark and assayer, nice details but light surface corrosion, lacuna

Guatemala, cob 4 reales, 1739(J). S-G1; KM-5; CT-958. 13.30 grams. Full date and bold pillars, minimal corrosion but less toned than most. Recovered

Guatemala, cob 4 reales, (1)739J. S-G1; KM-5; CT-958. 12.59 grams. Decent details despite light surface corrosion, patchy toning. Recovered from: Rei

Lot of 8 Guatemala cob 4 reales, 1739J. S-G1; KM-5; CT-958. 105.49 grams total. Solid coins with deep toning but all with at least a little surface co

Guatemala, cob 4 reales, 1741(J). S-G1; KM-5; CT-960. 12.95 grams. Full date, good toning, solid coin but with some corrosion. Recovered from: Reijge

Guatemala, cob 4 reales, 1742(J), rare. S-G1; KM-5; CT-961. 12.57 grams. Clear (key) date despite corrosion, well-centered strike, good toning. Recov

Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1741MF. KM-103; CT-791. 26.71 grams. Choice, rainbow-toned and uncorroded beauty with UNC details, und

Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1741MF. KM-103; CT-791. 26.67 grams. Bold AU details, no corrosion but minimal contrast, pillars side

Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1742MF. KM-103; CT-793. 26.64 grams. Nicely toned and corrosion-free, UNC details, slightly crude rims

Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1742MF. KM-103; CT-793. 26.52 grams. Choice details (AU-) due to attractively contrasting toning, mini

Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1743MF. KM-103; CT-795. 26.50 grams. Bold details (AU-), slightly off-center strike, nice light toning

Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1743MF. KM-103; CT-795. 26.69 grams. Beautifully toned AU, no corrosion, slightly off-center strike.

Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1743MF. KM-103; CT-795. 25.12 grams. AU details, deeply toned, nice strike, just a little surface corr

Lot of 14 Dutch silver coins (12 "rider" ducatoons and 2 portrait 1/2 ducatoons), 1600s, very rare from this wreck. 322.13 grams total. A...

Dutch East India Co. (VOC), copper duit, West Friesland province, 1737, very rare as the ONLY copper coin recovered from this wreck. KM-131. 2.76 gram

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1750q. S-P50a; KM-39. 13.17 grams. Choice, well-centered cross and pillars, two bold dates, nice toning, and no corrosi

Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1746MF, encapsulated PCGS Genuine with name of wreck inside slab. KM-103; CT-800. AU- details, nicely

Sweden (Avesta mint), copper "plate money" 2 dalers, Fredrik I, 1749. KM-PM71. 1317 grams, about 8" square. Very solid and relatively...

Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1782FF. KM-106.2; CT-932. 23.26 grams. Bold details all over despite moderate corrosion (especially a

Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1783FF. KM-106.2; CT-933. 24.45 grams. Bold XF+ details, lightly corroded but evenly so, silvery and

Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1783FF. KM-106.2; CT-933. 24.62 grams. XF+ details, light surface corrosion only, light contrasting t

Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1783FF. KM-106.2; CT-933. 24.10 grams. AU details with luster, light toning, corrosion only on part o

Executive pen-holder made of a clump (fallen stack) of 12 Spanish colonial bust 8R Charles III (top one dated 1780) plus 1 Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8

Clump of 9 Spanish colonial bust 8 reales, Charles III, encrusted. 232 grams total. Tight but slightly leaning stack with worn but solid coins, much

Clump of 6 Spanish colonial bust 8 reales, Charles III, encrusted. 144 grams total. Slightly fanned stack with worn, dark-gray coins graced by patche

Clump of 5 Spanish colonial bust 8 reales, Charles III, encrusted. 122 grams total. Thick brown crust covering mostly worn (some solid) coins in a fa

Clump of 2 Spanish colonial bust 8 reales, Charles III, encrusted with large oyster shell. 52.11 grams total. Worn coins but impressively encrusted w

Clump of 1 Spanish colonial bust 8 reales, Charles III, encrusted with the remains of an ivory lice comb, unique combination. 30.03 grams total. The

Lot of 5 Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III, various dates (where visible). KM-106.2. 111.79 grams total. Very silvery and lightly corrod

Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1778FF. KM-106.2; CT-926. 25.00 grams. Bold AU-, nearly corrosion-free and very lightly toned, rather

Spanish colonial bust 8R, Charles III, 1786 date visible, in original coral encrustation. 33.46 grams. Solid coin with good details despite minor cor

Clump of 3 Spanish colonial bust 8 reales, Charles III, date 1785 visible on top coin. 89.97 grams. Tight stack of fairly solid coins, the top one w

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1672E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-347. 19.03 grams. Thin from wear and corrosion but with full pillars and cross, clear date and

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1678E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-354. 23.53 grams. Broad flan with decent details despite flatness and light corrosion, nicely

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1679C. S-P38; KM-24; CT-607. 4.89 grams. Full but corroded pillars-and-waves with two clear assayers, full but off-cent

Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 reales, 1665, assayer PoRS, very rare. Restrepo-M46.40; S-B7; KM-7.1. 24.17 grams. This unforgettable coin has one of the most

Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1800IJ. KM-97; CT-655. 26.32 grams. Non-toned, VF details, minimal corrosion, all details clear. With photo-cer

Stack of 16 British East India Co. copper X cash, 1808, encrusted on sides. 83.61 grams total. Very neat, long, leaning stack of choice coins, the ex

Large clump of 7+ British East India Company copper XX and X cash, 1808, with other small objects inside heavy encrustation. 865 grams total, approx.

Clump of 5 English East India Co. copper X cash, 1808. 43.65 grams total. A jumble of coins (not the usual stack) with three exposed enough to see de

Lot of 15 Spanish and Spanish colonial bust 8R, Charles IV and Ferdinand VII, dates not visible, some with original encrustation. 240.81 grams total.

Lot of 13 silver coins from various shipwrecks, including: "Lucayan Beach wreck" (ca. 1628); unidentified ca.-1671 wreck in Seville harbor...

Lot of 3 silver coins from British East India Company wrecks in the waters off Africa: Mexico cob 8R from the Joanna (1682); Spanish colonial bust 8R

Large lot of 25 miscellaneous shipwreck coins, including 23 silver cobs and 3 British East India Co. copper X cash 1808 from the Admiral Gardner (1809

Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Late Series," assayer O to right, mintmark oM to left. Nesmith 110b; S-M10; KM-18. 13.58 g...