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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer not visible, ex-Mendel Peterson, very rare provenance. 17.80 grams. Barely identifiable (nearly full shield, heavily pitted cross, toned from decades in a paper envelope) but important as one of very few coins to hit the market from this wreck, made possible only by virtue of the fact that the former Smithsonian curator (now deceased) collaborated with Teddy Tucker to find and salvage this wreck in 1969, and his collection was dispersed after his death, else this coin would reside permanently in Bermuda with the rest of the finds! Pedigreed to the Thomas Gray collection and formerly displayed at the ANA Money Museum's "Treasures of the Deep" exhibit (2014-15), with special printed tag stating the rare shipwreck origin and pedigree to the Mendel Peterson collection, and pedigreed to our Auction #12, with original lot-tag #335. Recovered from: Warwick, sunk in 1619 off Bermuda

Estimate: $500 - 1000