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January 2018 NYINC Auction 11-13 Jan 2018
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COLOMBIA. 1655-CS 8 Reales. Cartagena mint. Philip IV (1621-1665). Restrepo M48.2. VF Detail - Salt Water Damage (PCGS).
25.52 grams. Another example from this short-lived emission, famously featured on both the front and back covers of the 1974 Maravillas catalog by Hans M.F. Schulman. Light silver gray with darker contrast in recessed areas. The obverse is aligned to 12:00, allowing for NARV of HISPANARVM to be visible at the lower obverse periphery. The columns and most of the obverse legend are bold. The reverse shows a crisp shield, good clear denomination, and complete IIII ordinal. The C of the mintmark is mushy but present. Overall, the eye appeal is very pleasing for a salvage coin. This piece was the star centerpiece of the first auction offering of coins from the Maravillas salvage, illustrated obverse and reverse with enlargements on the back cover of the catalog. This piece left Cartagena aboard the Maravillas on July 3, 1655, making it a product of the first two weeks of production at the Cartagena mint. Trying to avoid English ships around Cuba, the fleet took port at Vera Cruz until late August and finally left Havana on January 1, 1656. The ship was lost on a reef in the Bahamas just a few days later. This coin stayed there until Robert Marx rediscovered the site in 1972.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
25.52 grams. Another example from this short-lived emission, famously featured on both the front and back covers of the 1974 Maravillas catalog by Hans M.F. Schulman. Light silver gray with darker contrast in recessed areas. The obverse is aligned to 12:00, allowing for NARV of HISPANARVM to be visible at the lower obverse periphery. The columns and most of the obverse legend are bold. The reverse shows a crisp shield, good clear denomination, and complete IIII ordinal. The C of the mintmark is mushy but present. Overall, the eye appeal is very pleasing for a salvage coin. This piece was the star centerpiece of the first auction offering of coins from the Maravillas salvage, illustrated obverse and reverse with enlargements on the back cover of the catalog. This piece left Cartagena aboard the Maravillas on July 3, 1655, making it a product of the first two weeks of production at the Cartagena mint. Trying to avoid English ships around Cuba, the fleet took port at Vera Cruz until late August and finally left Havana on January 1, 1656. The ship was lost on a reef in the Bahamas just a few days later. This coin stayed there until Robert Marx rediscovered the site in 1972.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
From Schulman Coin & Mint's sale of coins from the Maravillas, December 1974, lot 451.
Estimate: $1500.00- $3000.00