Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure Auction 28 17-19 Nov 2020
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Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1741MF, ex-St. Geran (1744), mounted in silver plated bezel.35.29 grams total.Corroded yet fully detailed example loosely mounted in vintage Aquarius bezel, rare provenance (a French slave ship carrying colonists to Mauritius and the inspiration for the famous 1788 French novel, Paul et Virginie by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre).From the St. Geran (1744), with old card.
Estimate: 150-225 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1741MF, ex-St. Geran (1744), mounted in silver plated bezel.35.29 grams total.Corroded yet fully detailed example loosely mounted in vintage Aquarius bezel, rare provenance (a French slave ship carrying colonists to Mauritius and the inspiration for the famous 1788 French novel, Paul et Virginie by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre).From the St. Geran (1744), with old card.
Estimate: 150-225 USD