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BOLIVIA: Felipe III, 1598-1621, AR 8 reales (19.70g), Potosi, ND, KM-10, assayer NV, cob coinage, crowned arms // cross with lions and castles in the angles, recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, Grade 3, previously mounted for a necklace with traces of mount still on the coin, with original Mel Fisher insert, Good. On September 6, 1622, the heavily laden treasure galleon "Nuestra Senora de Atocha" of King Philip IV's Tierra Firme Fleet struck a reef and sank in a raging storm near the Florida Keys. More than two hundred and sixty persons perished and tons of gold, silver, and other precious cargo were lost to the sea. All attempts to locate the shipwreck failed until the location of the primary cultural deposit was made by Mel Fisher's Treasure Salvors, Inc., on July 20, 1985. The "Nuestra Senora de Atocha" carried over 200,000 hand-stamped silver coins from mints in Potosi, Lima and Mexico City.

Estimate: 250-350 USD