Seville, Spain, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer not visible, Grade 2, with hand-signed certificate from 1982. KM-54; Cal-Type 171. 16.92 grams. Thin and out-of-round from corrosion (also silvery all over) but with well-detailed shield and enough cross-side detail to recognize Seville-style lions, also possible 2 of date (probably the penultimate digit), desirable pre-"Mother Lode" certificate. With original Fisher tag and photo-certificate SR-1294 from 1982, hand-signed by Leah Miguel, pedigreed to the J.P. Silberman Estate.Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida.
Estimate: $700 - $1000