WORLD Coins
Mexico - 8 Reales 1740 FM, Silver, FELIPE V 1700–1746 Mexico City mint. Crown over globes between the columns of Hercules, date below. Rev. crowned arms between assayers mark and value.Cayón 9421; KM. 103.Ex. auction Sotheby & Co., 18 April 1972, lot 362 ('Hollandia').
From the VOC ship 'Hollandia,' the Hollandia was a Dutch East Indiaman which wrecked on Annet Isles of Scilly on 13 July 1743 causing 276 fatalities. The wreck was discovered by Rex Cowan in 1971. Wth old stock ticket from Jacques Schulman. 25.80 g. Sea water corrosion. Very fine