Shipwreck Coins
Lot 2565 Session 9 (4.30pm Thursday) Shipwreck Coins
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $240
BOLIVIA, Charles II (1665-1700), cob eight reales, Potosi mint, 1687 date, assayer VR, (KM.26). Weak in places, parts of original find patina, otherwise fine - very fine.
Ex 'H.M.S. Association' wreck off Gilstone Reef, Scillies, UK, wrecked on October 21, 1707). Lot includes a Certificate of Origin, signed by J.R.Heslin (Diving leader) and T.J. Hiron (Dive Surveyor); Scillonian Diving Services.
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