Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 13 27 Nov 2017
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Foreign Coins, Colombia, Philip V (1701-1746), cob 2 escudos, undated, Bogota, crowned shield of arms, rev. cross in quatrefoil, wt. 6.82gms. (KM.17.1; Fr.8), struck a little off-centre as usual, a little weak to right of obverse, otherwise about extremely fine
*ex Christies, 14 July 1987, lot 179
Recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de la Cruz, one of the ships of the 1715 Plate Fleet, which was returning to Spain from Havana, Cuba, in July 1715. Seven days later eleven of the twelve ships in the fleet were wrecked in a hurricane off the coast of Florida with the loss of about 1000 lives.
(500-600 GBP)
*ex Christies, 14 July 1987, lot 179
Recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de la Cruz, one of the ships of the 1715 Plate Fleet, which was returning to Spain from Havana, Cuba, in July 1715. Seven days later eleven of the twelve ships in the fleet were wrecked in a hurricane off the coast of Florida with the loss of about 1000 lives.
(500-600 GBP)