Australian Shipwreck Coins - The "Gilt Dragon"

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Lot 1055    Session 4 (4.30pm Tuesday 18th November)    Australian Shipwreck Coins - The "Gilt Dragon"

Estimate $1,250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,300

BOLIVIA, Philip IV, (1621-1665), cob eight reales, two date, (16)53, Potosi Mint (27.643g) (KM.21). Toned, struck on an irregular flan, some weakness in places, otherwise good fine and rare.

Ex The 'Vergulde Draeck' (Gilt Dragon). With Western Australian Museum Certificate No.12834.

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