Shipwreck Coins
Lot 2596 Session 9 (4.30pm Thursday) Shipwreck Coins
Estimate $500
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MEXICO, Philip III (1598-1621), cob eight reales, undated, (26.46 grams), Mexico City mint, assayer uncertain C as [O or F], (KM.44.1). Very strange style, probably a contemporary East Indies/ Philippine copy, nearly very fine and unknown for style.
Ex 'Nuestra Senora de la Vida' wrecked in 1620 outward bound from Manila toi Acapulco. The lot comes with a certified certificate of Origin signed by Dive Director and on behalf of Nan Hoi and numbered B31.
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