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Treasure Auction 20  12-14 Nov 2016
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Lot 458

Starting price: 2000 USD
Price realized: 2000 USD
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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1659V, "Star of Lima" type (Series II), very rare provenance, Seliger Plate Coin. S-L5; KM-18.1; CT-264. 21.01 grams. Bold full date and 8-V on typically doubled pillars side, full but off-center cross, moderately corroded all over, toning in crevices, edge-split, one of just a handful of "Star of Lima" 8R from this wreck. Plate Coin on page 101 of Isla el Muerto and the Treasures of the Consolacion (2nd ed, 2008), by William Gene Seliger, with multiple certificates and photo-certificates. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Isla Santa Clara, Ecuador ($2000-3000)
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