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Treasure Auction 29  7-10 May 2021
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Lot 1579

Starting price: 60 USD
Price realized: 300 USD
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Great Britain (London, England), crown, Charles II, 1671 (second bust), ex-Sotheby's.KM-422.3; Sp-3357.24.54 grams.Very rare as perhaps the earliest coin recovered from this wreck (then in circulation for 135 years!), silvery corroded surfaces, bold king's bust and legend, reverse a bit weak but clear date, full lettered edge visible.Pedigreed to the Sotheby's auction of Dec. 19, 2000, part of lot 485, and with Sedwick certificate from 2001.From: Lady Burgess, sunk in 1806 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa
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