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Guanajuato, Mexico, cap-and-rays 8 reales, 1883 BR, with chopmarks from circulation in Asia, very rare provenance, ex-Mendel Peterson. DP-Go65; KM-377.8. 27.09 grams. Lustrous AU cap-and-rays side with five large, bold chopmarks, the eagle side more like XF with deep, rich toning and three weaker chops, an incredible yield from the wreck of a coaling schooner that was driven onto rocks at Point Reyes in rolling seas and heavy fog, dived on by the famous adventurer and Smithsonian curator Mendel Peterson sometime in the 1950s-70s. Pedigreed to the collection of the late Mendel Peterson (Curator of Underwater Archeology for the Smithsonian Institution), with small certificate from Gene Brandenburg.Recovered from: Annie E Smale, sunk in 1910 off California.

Estimate: $250 - $500