Shipwreck Coins
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Lot 2605 Session 9 (4.30pm Thursday) Shipwreck Coins
Estimate $100
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MEXICO, Philip IV (1621-1765), cob eight reales, Mexico City mint, uncertain date, assayer uncertain, (KM.45). Water corrosion and weak in places, otherwise very good.
Ex 'Nuestra Senora de la Pura y Limpia Conception' (Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception), wreck on silver bank near the Dominican Republic, wrecked on October 31, 1641. This ship impact was on a remote ocean reef Sthat claimed the lives of hundreds of the passengers and crew. With Certificate of Origin, from Nicholas J. Bruyer No.268. housed in folder as sold.
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