Watch List notes:

Clump of two Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, one 1679C and the other with date and assayer not visible, ex-Spink. 43.44 grams total. Just two 8R fused together with minimal encrustation but both solid despite the usual corrosion, also nicely toned, one with pillars side out and other with cross side out. Pedigreed to the Spink (New York) auction of December 2001, with original lot-tag #738 and with "Isla de Muerto Shipwreck" tag #04904. Recovered from: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador
(350 - 500 USD)