Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer T, quadrants of cross transposed, Grade 2 (19 points), with hand-signed certificate from 1976. S-P21; KM-10. 22.66 grams. Bold full shield and full cross-and-tressure despite moderate corrosion all over, small P+T, dark brown encrustation on fields, desirable pre-"Mother Lode" certificate. With original Fisher cardboard holder and photo-certificate 4394 from 1976 (Cape Coral Bank), hand-signed by Eugene Lyon, Duncan Mathewson, Austin Fowles and Mel Fisher, pedigreed to the J.P. Silberman Estate.Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida.
Estimate: $800 - $1200