Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction 17

Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC

Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #17 LIVE ON THE INTERNET

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Session I: 10:00 am edt Session II: 2:00 pm edt

Thursday, April 30, 2015 Session III: 10:00 am edt Session IV: 3:00 pm edt Session V: 7:30 pm edt

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SECTION LOTS PAGES Shipwreck Histories .......................................................................................................... 12-21 SESSION I: April 29, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT Gold Cobs (by mint) .................................................................................. 1-91................ 23-41 World Gold Coins (by country) ................................................................. 92-203............ 42-56 U.S. Coins .................................................................................................. 204-243.......... 57-62 SESSION II: April 29, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT Shipwreck Ingots and Natural Nuggets ...................................................... 244-266.......... 63-72 Shipwreck Silver Coins (chronologically by wreck) ................................... 267-659.......... 73-143 SESSION III: April 30, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT Silver cobs of Mexico City, Mexico ............................................................. 660-710.......... 145-151 Silver cobs of Lima, Peru ............................................................................ 711-764.......... 152-163 Silver cobs of PotosĂ­, Bolivia....................................................................... 765-1030........ 165-206 Other Silver Cobs (by country) .................................................................. 1031-1083...... 206-213 SESSION IV: April 30, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT Ancient Coins............................................................................................. 1084-1103...... 215-218 World Silver Coins (by country)................................................................. 1104-1419...... 219-268 Tokens, Medals and Military Decorations ................................................. 1420-1442...... 268-274 SESSION V: April 30, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT Documents (Maps, Engravings, Books)...................................................... 1443-1450...... 275-277 Shipwreck Artifacts..................................................................................... 1451-1499...... 278-288 Non-Wreck Artifacts................................................................................... 1500-1560...... 289-305

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A NOTE ABOUT THE ORDER As the world’s leading purveyors of New World cobs and shipwreck coins, we have always separated and highlighted our cob and shipwreck offerings from the rest of what we sell. We have preserved that arrangement in our auctions as well, with cobs presented in order of establishment of each mint (the rare and unusual mints at the end) and the shipwreck coins, ingots and artifacts presented in chronological order by wreck.

REFERENCES CITED Where possible, in the description for each lot we supply one or more numbers in reference to acknowledged publications in the field. References used in this catalog include the following: CT = Calicó’s Numismática española (2008), formerly by Calicó and Trigo (nine previous editions).

KM = Krause-Mishler’s Standard Catalog of World Coins, various editions, including Spain, Portugal and the New World.

Restrepo = Restrepo’s Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, second edition (2006).

S = Sedwick’s The Practical Book of Cobs, fourth edition (2007).

Spink = Spink’s (formerly Seaby’s) Coins of England and the United Kingdom, forty-first edition (2006).

A list of other, more specialized references used in our catalogs is provided upon request.

COIN GRADING and DESCRIPTIVE TERMS From best to worst, UNC is Uncirculated, AU is Almost Uncirculated, XF is Extra Fine, VF is Very Fine, F is Fine, VG is Very Good, and G is Good, with Fair and Poor below that. (“About” or “A” means the coin is just shy of the indicated grade. Mint State refers to lustrous, choice UNC coins.) We do not always assign numismatic grades to sea-salvage and land-burial coins, which were usually Uncirculated (or close to it) before the effects of corrosion and/or cleaning. Corrosion is usually assessed, from least to most, as follows: none, minimal, light, moderate, and heavy. Also note that we sometimes use the abbreviations E for escudos and R for reales in the listings for Spanish and Spanish colonial items.

A NOTE ABOUT PHOTOS Coin photos in this catalog are generally shown at actual size, with the exception of large lots, which are often reduced, as are most medals, paper money, artifacts, documents, artwork and media. Photos of coins in the most recent NGC capsules have four white intrusions into the rims of the coins due to a special design meant to enable viewing of the edges of those coins.

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Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #17

Live on the Internet, Wednesday-Thursday, April 29-30, 2015

Three hundred years ago this summer, on a long stretch of Atlantic-coast beach here in Florida, a combined fleet of Spanish ships loaded with treasure succumbed to cyclonic disaster and unwittingly created an industry for us today in the form of sunken treasure. The 1715 Fleet Society was formed both to commemorate this tragedy and to honor its memory by celebrating the recovery and preservation of its treasure yields from the past several decades. You will see evidence throughout this catalog of 1715-Fleet treasure and, if you bid high enough, you can make your own mark on history by owning some of these spoils.

This anniversary of the 1715 Fleet disaster has brought some VERY interesting items out of the woodwork, most of which have never been auctioned before, with old pedigrees to the Real Eight Company and other famous salvagers like Mel Fisher, whose followers know that this year also marks the 30th anniversary of the finding of the Atocha “mother lode” in 1985.

The most valuable treasures here are big gold ingots—some in excess of two kilos each and over 11 kilos total, most starting at around their melt values. That represents a unique opportunity for anyone who recognizes the value of historic gold versus modern dollars. Like coins, each Spanish shipwreck gold bar has markings that identify its history, and the ones we offer here are some of the best-marked bars we have ever seen.

In terms of coins, we present over 40 gold cobs from the 1715 Fleet, including the finest known Lima 8 escudos 1711M and many others in certified Mint State grade. The shipwreck gold coins spill into non-cobs as well, including an extremely rare Indian são tome from the Santiago wreck (1585), Chilean bust-type 8 escudos from the Luz (1752) and Brazilian 6400 reis from the “Clive of India treasure” (ca. 1755), as well as some U.S. gold coins from the “Fort Capron treasure” (1857). In U.S. silver coins we feature some classic keys in certified grades, like the 1916 Standing Liberty quarter, the 1916 Mercury dime, the 1937-D “three-legged” Buffalo nickel and the 1909-S VDB Lincoln cent.

In addition to larger-than-ever sections of silver cobs from the Atocha and 1715 Fleet, we feature a huge clump of ancient Roman provincial coins from a Mediterranean wreck; many lots of 1652 transitional 8 reales from the Capitana (1654); and Tom Sebring’s famous 8 reales from the Whydah (1717).

In non-wreck cobs we feature eight examples of Royals in several denominations from the three main mints (Mexico, Lima and Potosí), plus a new, unpublished specimen of the Lima Rincón 8 reales (first “dollar” of South America). The Potosí cob section is so jam-packed with 8 reales that we present for the first time our “Table of Potosí 8 Reales of Philip II” for deciphering all those coins of assayers R, M, L and B. Three Panama cobs round out the trophies in silver cobs.

In World Silver Coins we feature significant collections of early Argentinian and Colombian colonial minors, two original coin dies (from Bolivia and Chile) and a nice selection of British coins of the VIGO, LIMA and countermarked issues.

Finally, in the ever-popular artifacts sections we feature a Spanish cannon dated 1766 and many cannonballs; several choice (intact) specimens of Chinese porcelain from shipwrecks; and some impressive pieces of Spanish shipwreck gold jewelry, including a complete gold-and-coral rosary from the 1715 Fleet.

As always, we have worked around the clock to make this an auction to remember, filled with the best material available at agreeable starting prices, this time with the added attraction of the 1715-Fleet anniversary to generate awareness and excitement. The year 2015 will go down in history as the year of treasure!

Daniel Sedwick

The Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC production team: Agustín (Augi) García-Barneche Cori Sedwick Downing

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Michelle B. Heidt

Remembering Real Eight: An Interview with Lou Ullian (2007) In our Auction #2 we presented an interview with original Real Eight Co. member Lou Ullian, and on the occasion of the 1715 Fleet anniversary we thought it would be appropriate to reprint that interview, with the sad footnote that Lou has since passed away, as have several other Real Eight members and other treasure luminaries in recent years. What follows is the transcript of our chat with Lou on July 27, 2007:

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For those who have not read about you in Pieces of Eight and other important references, please give me a brief overview of your life up to and including your first affiliations with Kip Wagner and Real Eight Co. I was raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, graduated high school and went to Purdue University…received a degree in mechanical engineering…went into the Navy as an ordnance engineer for 3½ years, in Yorktown, Virginia, worked on the first guided missile cruiser…married to my wife in 1954, have two children, boy and girl, three grandchildren. I met Kip through Del Long. I started diving in 1948 once I got in the Navy. Out of the Navy in 1955, I went to work at Cape Canaveral as an ordnance engineer, still diving. Met Del through the diving club, and he told me about a man by the name of Kip Wagner who was finding coins on the beach. He took me down there and introduced me to Kip. Kip was just about ready to start putting together a salvage company. Since I was a diver, I was one of the first divers to get involved with Kip. Two Air Force officers, Harry Cannon and Dan Thompson, ran Real Eight. But me… Harry didn’t know how to dive but he had a boat. One January, one of the coldest days in January, we threw Harry in the swimming pool at the officer’s club and taught him how to dive. In 1959 and 1960, we worked at the first 1715 wreck, Urca de Lima, two miles north of Ft. Pierce inlet. Kip had leases from the State of Florida for all of the 1715 wrecks. In January, 1961, on the coldest day of the year, down at the cabin, Kip could see cannon offshore there and we got in the boat and put on wetsuits…with the cannons were…two chests with clumps weighing about 70 lb each. We determined they were full of coins, and we tried to carry them both back to the boat but we couldn’t do it, and had to leave one on the bottom…we uncovered about 2400 coins that day, first day on the wreck!

That was “Cabin Wreck,” right?

Yes, Cabin Wreck.

What were your accomplishments and duties under Real Eight Co.? Did you have a specific role with Real Eight, or just diving?

Just a diver.

Did you make—personally—some finds that were significant for Real Eight at that time?

I did. I found K’ang Hsi china…down at the bottom using a sand dredge…all of a sudden intact china cups came out of the dredge…30-40 cups. Soon as we went back to the inlet that night, the engine quit, but Kip put the china in the life preservers…said [the china was] more important than we were!

I bet that was a pretty sight! What was it like finding gold on these wrecks?

Found a lot of gold. First gold we found was 23 coins on the Cabin Wreck. That was the day we brought Mel Fisher to Florida.

Lou Ullian (left) with Dan Sedwick DFS:

Before we get to Mel Fisher, though, what was the largest number of coins or artifacts found in one day in the 1960s?

LU: Two and a half tons of silver.

DFS: Was that the two chests you said you found?

LU: No, this was over the keel of the ship.

DFS: Cabin Wreck still?

LU: Yes. About two and a half tons of silver.

DFS: How many chests do you figure that was?

LU: Oh, 15 or 20.

DFS: Wow. Then maybe a couple thousand coins per chest?

LU: Three thousand coins per chest. Three bags, each bag with a thousand coins.

DFS: So that’s what? Fifty thousand coins or so that you found all at once?

LU: Yes. DFS: That’s pretty amazing! But all silver, right?

LU: All silver.

DFS: What was your most harrowing experience diving or searching on these wrecks?

LU: In 1962, in the middle of the winter, dead…I got to work the wreck…couldn’t get the boat in past the third reef, so Dan and I swam in to the area between the first and second reef…Dan came up to me, tapped me on the shoulder…said he just bumped into a shark, decided to go back to the boat.

I don’t know who was more scared, him or the shark! Sharks used to mate there at “Cabin”…I got some pictures of three or four sharks in a wave.

DFS: So you’d routinely see sharks, then, at Cabin Wreck.

LU: Yes. Didn’t seem to bother us, though.

DFS: Still, that had to be nerve-wracking to be working with sharks in the vicinity. But no attacks, then?

LU: One time we had probably a 25-foot tiger shark…come off the bottom out of the water, swam under the boat, nearly as long as the boat. We didn’t do any more diving that day.

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I guess not! Again before I get to Mel Fisher, let me ask you this: Until relatively recently, at least in my experience, it wasn’t standard for collectors to really keep track of which exact 1715 site their coins came from, but over the years I, at least, have relied upon you to help me figure out which wrecks certain items came from. Can you give any general tips as to how you determine the origins?

LU: Well, basically I kept records, in a little notebook. I wrote down each day what was found.

DFS: You seem to have a lot of it committed to memory as well.

LU: True. I got interested in the coins very early, knew they were worth some money. Bob Nesmith came down, looked at them and said “right now you think they’re just like oyster shells but these coins will be worth a lot of money some day.

You need to keep good records.” And he convinced me to do that, showed me how.

DFS: And you still have these records, right?

LU: Sure do.

DFS: Were these records ever anything the State was interested in, or did you ever assist the State in record-keeping?

LU: I helped them, but they didn’t seem too interested.

DFS: Right, that’s been my impression. How did Mel Fisher change Real Eight when he came along, and 1715-Fleet salvage in general?

LU: I was working for the Air Force at the time, made a lot of trips to the west coast and every time I went to the west coast I would go to dive shops. I walked into Mel’s dive shop and he was out diving. Dee Fisher was there…showed me silver cob pieces Mel was carrying in his store…I told her she had half reals…I showed her some 8 reals…Mel was diving on the Silver Shoals wreck off Puerto Rico…I told her he should stop by to see Kip on the way down…he agreed, started to come work with us. The week after the holidays Mel’s crew worked five days a week, ten hours a day. He made it more of a business.

DFS: Changed the face of it, I guess?

LU: Yes. DFS: But also, if I remember correctly, one of his associates was Fay Feild who brought the magnetometer to work on the wrecks, I’m sure that changed it.

LU: That helped a lot.

DFS: But Mel had not met Kip until you invited him to come meet with you, is that correct?

LU: Right.

DFS: How did he and Kip get along?

LU: Pretty well.

DFS: Did everyone with Real Eight get along well with Mel? LU: Harry didn’t get along with him, but everyone else did.

DFS: What eventually happened between Mel and Real Eight and how did Real Eight eventually dissolve?

LU: Mel found out about the Atocha, wanted to look for it, spent more time in the Keys, less time on the 1715 Fleet. So he was down in the Keys quite a bit, that’s why we dissolved the relationship, he wanted to work in the Keys and we wanted to work 1715. Real Eight stayed probably till about 1972 then it dissolved…Kip had died, so the glue that held us together was no longer there.

DFS: So it was pretty much when Kip died that Real Eight ended?

LU: Yes, plus the fact that we were used to going out on the Cabin

Wreck and getting 1000-2000 coins a day.

And that wasn’t happening any more?

That wasn’t happening any more.

How did Mel Fisher end up with all of the leases on those wrecks?

LU: When Real Eight Co. dissolved, we let Mel come in and take over the leases.

DFS: Well, of course, most of the Real Eight people have since passed away; of those, who were your closest associates, and what are your favorite memories of your association with them?

LU: We were always good friends. I still spend a lot of time with Rex Stocker, Kip’s nephew. I see Del Long once in a while, John Jones; but Harry [Cannon] and Dan [Thompson] and Doc [Dr. Kip Kelso] all passed away. We were always good friends.

DFS: Did they all stay in this area?

LU: Yes. DFS: That’s amazing that you could stay friends throughout all of that. It’s not the usual thing for treasure divers to stick together and stay friends after finding things. What do you think is the future of 1715-Fleet salvage?

LU: I think most of the wrecks have been found…most of the treasure has been found…still getting a little bit of stuff.

DFS: So you don’t think that new sites will be found?

LU: Rex Stocker may have found one in 42 feet of water. I don’t think it will be a major ship. The two capitanas and two almirantas we worked carried most of the treasure.

DFS: Everything else is just a boat that would not have had anything on it in the first place.

LU: Yeah, not much on them.

DFS: Do you think any of the current sites will yield any new finds, or do you think they’ve all been pretty well worked, both the capitanas and the almirantas?

LU: I think maybe there’s still a partial chest, there’s some jewelry to be found, but I don’t think major finds of silver or gold coins will be made.

DFS: Not the cargo, in other words.

LU: That’s right.

DFS: You are also known for your involvement with various important salvage operations on the Pacific coast of South America, particularly Ecuador; what is your role in the operations down south?

LU: Provide money.

DFS: So it’s just the financial support?

LU: I’ll work the coins, clean them, treat them, once they find the main part of the wreck.

DFS: So you do provide numismatic assistance with that and expertise?

LU: Yes. DFS: And you do your own cleaning?

LU: Yes. DFS: What do you predict for the future regarding these operations down in South America?

LU: Well, the wreck we’re looking for, sunk in 1612, should have 6 or 7 million pesos of silver and gold on it.

DFS: Six or 7 million pesos?!

LU: That’s what they claim. The Spanish couldn’t salvage it, some boxes were ruined…little too much mud there.

DFS: What depth of water is it?

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Twenty to 30 feet.

But the mud overburden is a lot more?

Nine or 10 feet of mud.

Is that the only promising site that’s being looked at down there?

Four or 5 other sites.

But that one’s getting the main attention.

That’s the first, yes.

How about the Capitana [of 1654]? Has that been worked out, do you think?

I think it’s been worked out.

Where I want to go now is into your numismatic interests over the years. You’ve been accurately known as an accomplished numismatist among divers, kind of a rare breed; could you please describe some of the things you’ve had an interest in over the years.

Thanks to Bob Nesmith, soon as we started finding all the silver coins, we decided we needed to keep a record of them.

When we first found them, we’d take them in to coin shops, but they never saw them [before], didn’t know what they were.

So we decided we needed to put them up for auction. Henry Christensen and Harvey Stack set up auctions, started selling the coins, trying to get people interested in them. When we first started selling the coins, they’d sell for $25-$30 apiece.

Today a good 1715[-Fleet] coin, undated, will bring $125.

A full dated coin will bring $400 or $500. What’s amazing is that of the nearly 100,000 coins we picked up, it’s hard to find 1715[-Fleet] coins. They disappeared into collectors’ hands.

What was your role, then, in the auctions that took place?

I helped attribute the coins. Also I found…different ways to clean coins, learned how to clean coins (I think) better than anyone else.

Did you have numismatic interests before the coins were found on the 1715 Fleet?

I used to collect American large cents. I had some numismatic interest in American type-coins and large pennies.

Do you still collect anything besides the shipwreck coins?

Not really.

What do you see as the future of shipwreck salvage in general, particularly concerning government involvement and deepwater salvage with robotics?

Well, I think deepwater salvage is here…[S.S.] Central America [1857] is a good example of that. I think the government sees it as a new source of money. They’re going to try to grab control of it. Spain has competed with the United States over warships here to the north of us.

What do you think that means for collectors?

They just want to collect coins. What’ll happen is it’ll go underground.

When it becomes a situation, though, where you have to salvage in deep water and spend a lot of money to run a robot and crew and that kind of thing, these days we seem to be seeing companies that spend a lot of money and have big companies to manage and do things very promotionally to make up for it—do you think that’s the future of it, or do you think it will go underground, as you say, with that type of operation?

The governments…will put unreasonable rules and restrictions on them and it will go underground. If they don’t,

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they will go out of business.

That leads into your experience with Ecuador. Did you partake in any of the negotiations with the government of Ecuador?

Joel Ruth did most of that. Now we have a good relationship with that government.

I see that as an example of a government that is doing things properly and constructively, working with the divers and the salvage company.

True. The Ecuadorians feel the Spanish stole from them anyhow.

Good point. Are there any other governments that seem to have a good mindset like Ecuador?

Cuba does.

Cuba does? That’s surprising. You never see shipwreck coins from Cuba, though. Do they just stay in Cuba?

Mostly stay in Cuba.

Do you see a future for shipwreck salvage in Cuban waters?

I think once the United States gets its head out of the sand, then it’ll become a very fertile ground.

Well then at that point do you think Cuba will allow the coins to go elsewhere?

I think so.

To bring in revenue for their country?

I think so.

That’s interesting. What about the Bahamas? Do you see any future for the Bahamas? They’ve been kind of off and on.

I’m not sure what’s going to happen there.

What was your relationship with the Maravillas salvagers, Humphreys and them? Did you assist them in any way numismatically?

I attributed the coins and cleaned them. Very interesting story, how I got involved with them. Herbo Humphreys sent John de Bry a box of jewelry coins they were going to sell for about $100 apiece. John gave them to me to attribute. I found one coin there worth about $5000. I called Herbo Humphreys and said “do you really want to sell these for $100 apiece?

I’ll buy them all. I got one coin in here that is worth four or five thousand dollars.” He says “you’re kidding!” He flew me up there, and I sold the coin for him the next day.

[Laughing] So did you get to buy the whole box for $100 each?

No. About 40 coins, half of them were worth two-three hundred dollars.

What role have you taken in marketing over the years for the various shipwreck coins you’ve handled.

I’ve worked with Stack’s, Henry Christensen, Ponterio, Frank and Dan Sedwick.

Of course! It pays to know what you’re doing and know the right people to deal with, I guess.

That’s for sure.

I’m sure a lot of divers over the years have depended on your connections.

I’ve enjoyed it. Still work with Dan Sedwick a lot [laughs].

Do you miss the diving much? Was that one of your favorite aspects?

Yeah I do miss the diving.

It sounds like camaraderie with the Real Eight gentlemen was also quite enjoyable.

Sure was.

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Can you think of anything else you want to add, any other stories?

Coins are the history of mankind. Every South and Central American cob tells an interesting story of our early history. It’s been a very interesting adventure, more than most people get to do. I was lucky. I met Kip…we had a lot of fun diving on the wrecks. Back in those days…when Kip and the others were involved…made it very pleasant. For four of five years we just enjoyed our weekends diving. Our wives put up with a lot. My parents lived down in Sebastian. We’d drop my wife off with two kids…then we went diving, and we’d come back and they’d have supper all ready for us.

DFS: Did your children ever have any interest in diving?

LU: Not really. It’s interesting, my daughter says “wish I’d have been interested,” she’s interested now! One other story I’ll tell you: National Geographic came to us to do an article, and we pulled about a million dollars’ worth of stuff out of the bank. And Helen’s [Lou’s wife] brother, Jimmy, visited us, and we put him the spare bedroom and we didn’t tell him that underneath the bed we put a million dollars’ worth of gold and silver. The next morning when he woke we said, “was the bed lumpy?” “A little bit.” I said, “well, it was all the gold bars and silver coins….” He still talks about that!

DFS: A new twist to the Princess and the Pea! LU: He couldn’t believe we had all this gold and silver stuck around the house.

DFS: Yeah. It’s hard for people to conceive, sometimes, the staggering value of the material that has come up over the years.

LU: Another time, at Dan’s [Thompson] house, we found about 1500 gold coins one day, and it was too late to put them in the bank… so Dan got out a card table in his and his wife’s bedroom, piled all the coins on the bed and on the card table. I told him “let’s go to my home and get some supper,” I was hungry. Went home, ate supper. Jane, Dan’s wife, went into the bedroom, turned on the light, and a pile of gold was glistening at her! She couldn’t understand how I could go home and eat supper and leave all the gold coins lying around.

DFS: Well, that is kind of risky! What have you done for security over the years?

LU: Keep quiet.

DFS: Keep quiet and low profile?

LU: Yes. DFS: And big dogs, I guess [laughing].

LU: True. [Lou and his wife have two big German shepherds, who mingled with us throughout the interview.]

DFS: I have an associate who told me his method of security is that he lives with his family only at the top of a mountain in Oregon and they have large dogs and that’s all they’ve ever needed for security.

LU: I keep everything in the bank.

DFS: Yeah, that’s the best thing.

LU: Enjoyed talking to you.

DFS: I’ve enjoyed having the pleasure of the interview. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time.

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SHIPWRECK (AND HOARD) HISTORIES Throughout this catalog we offer coins, ingots and artifacts from many dozens of different shipwrecks and hoards—”treasure” in the truest sense. So as not to break up the flow of the catalog in the listings, we offer the history behind each wreck here in chronological order. Some lots in the catalog do not have histories here either because we have no further information or what we do know is brief enough to include with the lots. Please feel free to contact us for more information about any of these wrecks or about shipwrecks or treasure in general. Also be sure to check out our Virtual Shipwreck and Hoard Map on the web at http://www.sedwickcoins.com/map/map.html.

“Tumbaga wreck,” sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island

Before there were coins and Spanish Treasure Fleets, Hernán Cortés and his men acquired treasure in the form of Native-American gold and silver artifacts that were melted down in Mexico for easier transportation. The variable-fineness ingots thus created were known to archeologists but were not thought to exist until the discovery of a wreck full of them off Grand Bahama Island in 1992. After the salvage of what ultimately was determined to be a ca.-1528 wreck, the ingots came to be known as “tumbaga” bars and were subsequently distributed to the collecting community by Frank and Daniel Sedwick. Like most official Spanish colonial bullion, each bar was marked with the fineness (the gold in parts per 24, the silver in parts per 2400) and assayer, and especially with tax stamps to show that the king got his cut. On these particular bars the tax stamps show a legend that reads CAROLVS QVINTVS IMPERATOR for Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire (who was also Charles I of Spain, son of Queen Joanna).

The “Tumbaga” Saga: Treasure of the Conquistadors, by Agustín García-Barneche (2010), gives the story behind these bars, particularly their history and manufacture, with complete data and analysis and photos of many of the ingots. Each bar is also described in detail in Tumbaga Silver for Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire, by Douglas Armstrong (1993), a professional conservator hired by the salvage company to clean and preserve all the silver “tumbaga” bars.

“Golden Fleece wreck,” sunk ca. 1550 in the northern Caribbean

This wreck was nicknamed for a royal stamping (“Golden Fleece”) on several of the gold “finger” bars (ingots) it yielded.

Practically all the coins from this wreck were Mexican Charles-Joanna silver coins (all assayers prior to S), including several rarities, the most important being three specimens of the Rincón “Early Series” 8 reales of 1538, the very first 8 reales ever struck in the New World. To date the finders of the wreck have not identified the wreck or disclosed its exact location, but they affirm it was in international waters in the northern Caribbean. Though it was a relatively small find of a few thousand coins at most, it has been the primary source for Mexican Carlos-Juana coins on the market since the mid-1990s.

Perhaps more impressive than the coins from this wreck are the few dozen gold and silver ingots it has yielded, all of which have entered the market exclusively through Daniel Frank Sedwick. The varying purities of these bars are reminiscent of the “tumbaga” bars (see above), although the later gold ingots were cast in somewhat standard shapes (“fingers”) and sizes. The silver ingots from this wreck, popularly known as “splashes,” were simply poured onto the ground, leaving a round, flat mound of silver that was subsequently stamped with a tax stamp in the form of a crowned C for King Charles I and/ or a fineness in the usual block Roman numerals in parts per 2400, much like the karat system we use today. The gold ingots also show a fineness marking, but no tax stamps or other markings, in parts per

24, with a dot being a quarter karat. Many of the silver and gold ingots from this wreck were cut into two or more parts, presumably to divide into separate accounts.

Spanish 1554 Fleet sunk off Padre Island, Texas

The 1554 Fleet consisted of four caravels, the San Andrés, the Santa María de Yciar, the San Esteban, and the Espíritu Santo, all but the first of which foundered off what is now Padre Island in a violent storm. There were many survivors, but natives killed nearly all of them. Much of the treasure was salvaged soon afterward by the Spanish. In the 1960s two of the ships were rediscovered and salvaged by an out-of-state company, causing controversy by removing what Texans thought should belong to their state. (The third wreck-site was apparently obliterated by a dredging operation in the late 1940s on what is known as the Mansfield Cut, a manmade inlet.) Texas conducted its own excavations on the two sites in the 1970s. The 1554 Fleet wrecks have yielded almost exclusively Mexican coinage of Charles-Joanna (up to and including assayer S), some of which still washes up on the beaches of Padre Island. Even when found on the beach, these coins are illegal to own in Texas, which has declared them all to be the property of the State, but they do trade freely elsewhere.

Uncleaned specimens (mostly beach finds) are distinctively rusty in color and therefore are usually distinguishable from coins from the “Golden Fleece wreck” above.

Santiago, sunk in 1585 on the Bassas da India atoll between Mozambique and Madagascar

This relatively obscure wreck sank on a reef at night due to pilot error, following which the captain and crew absconded with the one useable lifeboat, leaving some 400 or more passengers to perish on the wreck. The Santiago was found again and salvaged in the late 1970s by Ernest Erich Klaar and eventually yielded thousands of silver cobs (marketed in the 1980s) of both Spain and Spanish America (particularly the mints of Seville and Mexico). This shipwreck is also numismatically notable as one of only two wrecks (along with the Atocha of 1622) to have produced the extremely rare cobs of the Panama mint.

Unidentified (presumably Spanish) wreck sunk ca. 1590 off the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico

Salvaged surreptitiously by Florida divers, this wreck yielded Philip II cobs of Mexico, Lima and Potosí, some in remarkably good condition. Many of this wreck’s coins are recognizable by their jagged, truncated edges (from corrosion) with pristine interior details. Without consideration of that characteristic pattern of corrosion, the coins from this wreck can pass for Atocha (1622) coins, which is how many of them were successfully sold with fraudulent Atocha certificates in the 1990s.

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Fisher operation in Key West. With some exceptions each certificate also specifies the coin’s Grade, from 1 (highest) to 4 (lowest), a highly subjective evaluation of corrosive damage and overall quality. Most Atocha silver coins are also recognizable by their shiny brightness, the result of a somewhat controversial cleaning and polishing process catering more to non-collectors than to serious numismatists.

“Rill Cove wreck,” sunk ca. 1618 off Cornwall, England

The name and nationality of the ship are unknown and even the date of sinking is not certain. All we know is that records of its local salvage began in 1618. After rediscovery of the wreck by Ken Simpson and Mike Hall in 1975, eventually some 3,000 coins were recovered and sold, all silver cobs, mostly Mexican, but also from Potosí and Spain. Most of the coins are thin from corrosion but with dark toning on fields to enhance details. Because it is rather early, this wreck has yielded several important rarities like the F-oD dual-assayer issue from Mexico.

Santa Margarita, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida

Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida

From the same hurricane-stricken 1622 Fleet as the Atocha (above), the Santa Margarita sank on a reef within sight of the Atocha and was found in 1626 by Spanish salvagers, who recovered only roughly half its treasure. The other half was found by Mel Fisher and company in 1980. Margarita’s treasures were similar to those found on the Atocha, with fewer coins in comparatively worse condition overall (yet not as harshly cleaned afterward). As with Atocha coins, original Fisher certificates are critical to the premium value for these coins, which is on par with Atocha coins. In 2008 divers with the subcontractor company Blue Water Recovery found more gold on the Santa Margarita and also a lead box stuffed full of pearls.

“Dry Tortugas wreck,” sunk ca. 1622 off the Dry Tortugas, west of Key West, Florida

Arguably the most famous of all Spanish galleons salvaged in our time, the Atocha was the almiranta of the 1622 Fleet, which left Havana several weeks late and ran afoul of a hurricane. Eight of the 28-ship fleet were lost, wrecked on the reefs between the Dry Tortugas and the Florida Keys or sunk in deeper water. Five people survived the sinking of the Atocha and were rescued by another vessel, but the wreck itself was scattered after another hurricane hit the site exactly one month later. The Spanish were never able to salvage what was one of the richest galleons ever to sail.

The cargo of the Atocha did not see light again until 1971, when the first coins were found by the now-famous salvager Mel Fisher and his divers, who recovered the bulk of the treasure in 1985 and thereby unleashed the largest supply of silver cobs and ingots the market has ever seen. Well over 100,000 shield-type cobs were found in all denominations above the half real, the great majority of them from Potosí, as were also the approximately 1,000 silver ingots (most the size of bread loaves). A handful of gold 1- and 2-escudos cobs were also recovered, mostly from mainland Spanish mints, but also a few from Colombia, officially the first gold coins ever struck in the New World. The Atocha was also the source for most or all of the first silver cobs struck in Colombia, as well as a few early coins from Mexico, Lima, Spain and even Panama. Even more significant were the many gold ingots, jewelry items, emeralds and other artifacts.

Because of Mel Fisher’s huge publicity and because much of the treasure was distributed to investors at high ratios compared to their investment amounts, the coins from the Atocha have always sold for much more—anywhere from 2 times to 10 times—than their nonsalvage counterparts, even in the numismatic market. (The “glamour market” in tourist areas elevates these coins to as much as twenty times their base numismatic value!) Individually numbered certificates with photos of each coin are critical to the retention of an Atocha coin’s enhanced value. Accompanying barcode tags with the coins also make it possible to replace lost certificates through a database system at the

Presumably a sister-ship to the Atocha and Santa Margarita of the 1622 Fleet (above), the “Dry Tortugas wreck” was discovered in 1989 and reworked in 1991 by Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology.

Among the finds were numerous gold bars (but no silver bars) and about 1,200 heavily eroded silver cobs similar in composition to the Atocha finds, all picked from the ocean floor by a robot. Cannons and other artifacts expected on a typical galleon were notably absent. The bulk of the treasure was eventually sold to a store/museum in Key West that later went bankrupt. Years later it all turned up at a bankruptcy auction, where the bulk of the treasure was repurchased by some of the former principals of Seahawk for a new museum.

São José, sunk in 1622 off Mozambique

The São José was the almiranta of a fleet carrying Francisco da Gama (grandson of the famous Vasco da Gama) from Lisbon, Portugal, to his new post as Viceroy in Goa, India, when the ships were attacked at night on July 22 by an Anglo-Dutch fleet off Mozambique. Suffering from disease, the captain and crew of the São José at first tried to ground her but ended up sinking in deeper water, taking many chests of Spanish silver with her. The English and Dutch made off with some of the cargo and 100 prisoners from the São José, with hundreds more people and the bulk of the treasure lost to the sea. In 2003 the salvage company Arqueonautas located the wreck and eventually recovered just over 20,000 silver cobs (all 8 and 4 reales) from Spain, Mexico, and South America.

“Lucayan Beach wreck,” sunk ca. 1628 off Grand Bahama Island

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Since the accidental discovery in 1964 of around 10,000 silver cobs dating up to and including 1628 in 10 feet of water just 1,300 yards from the Lucayan Beach Hotel, the mystery of identifying the lost vessel has never been solved. Because of the date, popular opinion associates the wreck with the taking of the Spanish 1628 Fleet in Matanzas Bay, Cuba, by the Dutch pirate and national hero Piet Heyn, who reported losing two of the vessels on the way back to Europe. Three names proposed for the ship(s) by various sellers over

the years were the Van Lynden, the Santa Gertrude (or Gertrudis) and the Romario, with scant evidence to support any of the attributions.

Spanish archival research suggested a new name, Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, which sank in that general area in 1624. Since dates on the recovered coins extend past 1624, this attribution must be incorrect.

A more recent recovery in the 1990s off Lucayan Beach turned up similar material, but no further clues as to the ship’s (or ships’) identity.

Practically all of the coins have been Mexican 8 and 4 reales of the assayer-D period, some in quite nice condition and a few with clear dates, which are rare. Expect to pay a modest premium for specimens in white clamshell boxes produced by Spink & Son (London) in the 1960s for a promotion that capped off years of disagreements between the salvagers, their backers and the Bahamian government.

Capitana (Jesús María de la Limpia Concepción), sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador

Concepción, sunk in 1641 off the northeast coast of Hispaniola

This wreck was the largest loss ever experienced by the Spanish South Seas (Pacific) Fleet, of which the Jesus María de la Limpia Concepción was the capitana (“captain’s ship” or lead vessel) in 1654. Official records reported the loss of 3 million pesos of silver (2,212 ingots, 216 chests of coins, and 22 boxes of wrought silver), augmented to a total of as much as 10 million pesos when contraband and private consignments were taken into account. By comparison, the entire annual silver production in Peru at that time was only about 6-7 million pesos!

Obviously overloaded, the Capitana sank technically due to pilot error, which drove the ship onto the reefs south of the peninsula known as Punta Santa Elena, a geographic feature the pilot thought he had cleared. Twenty people died in the disaster. For eight years afterward, Spanish salvagers officially recovered over 3 million pesos of coins and bullion (with probably much more recovered off the record), leaving only an unreachable lower section for divers to find in our time. Ironically, the main salvager of the Capitana in the 1650s and early 1660s was none other than the ship’s silvermaster, Bernardo de Campos, who was responsible for the ship’s being overloaded with contraband in the first place.

The wreck was rediscovered in the mid-1990s and salvaged (completely, according to some) in 1997. After a 50-50 split with the Ecuadorian government in 1998, investors sold most of their half of the more than 5,000 coins recovered at auction in 1999. Almost exclusively Potosí 8 and 4 reales, the coins were a healthy mix of countermarked issues of 1649-1652, transitional issues of 1652, and post-transitional pillars-and-waves cobs of 1653-1654, many in excellent condition and expertly conserved.

As an interesting footnote, the very coins salvaged from the Capitana by the Spanish in 1654 were lost again on the Maravillas wreck of 1656 (see next), and some of those coins salvaged from the Maravillas were lost again in the wreck of the salvage vessel Madama do Brasil off Gorda Cay (Bahamas) in 1657. Furthering Spain’s woes was the destruction of another treasure fleet in 1657 by English marauders fresh from a victory in the Bay of Cádiz off Santa Cruz on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

The Concepción was one of the most significant Spanish wrecks of all time, serving the Spanish with a loss of over 100 tons of silver and gold treasure. The almiranta of a 21-ship fleet, the Concepción was already in poor repair when the Europe-bound fleet encountered a storm in September of 1641, leaving her disabled and navigating under makeshift sails amid disagreement among its pilots about their location. Weeks later, she grounded on a reef in an area now named the Silver Shoals, just east of another shoal known as the Abrojos, which the pilots were trying to avoid. After another storm hit the wrecked ship and the admiral and officers left in the ship’s only longboat, the remaining crew resorted to building rafts from the ship’s timbers.

Survivors’ accounts pointed to drowning, starvation and even sharks for the approximately 300 casualties. In the fallout that ensued, none of the survivors could report the wreck’s location with accuracy, so it sat undisturbed until New England’s William Phipps found it in 1687 and brought home tons of silver and some gold, to the delight of his English backers.

The Concepción was found again in 1978 by Burt Webber, Jr., whose divers recovered some 60,000 silver cobs, mostly Mexican 8 and 4 reales, and also some Potosí and rare Colombian cobs, including more from the Cartagena mint than had been found on any other shipwreck. Unlike the Maravillas 15 years later, the Concepción did not yield any gold cobs in our time, and any significant artifacts found were retained by the government of the Dominican Republic who oversaw the salvage. The bulk of the silver cobs found on the Concepción were heavily promoted, even in department stores. The site is still worked from time to time with limited success.

Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island

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As the almiranta of the homebound Spanish fleet in January of 1656, the Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas was officially filled with over five million pesos of treasure (and probably much more in contraband, as was usually the case). That treasure included much of the silver salvaged from the South Seas Fleet’s Capitana of 1654 that wrecked on Chanduy Reef off Ecuador (see above). The ill-fated treasure sank once again when the Maravillas unexpectedly ran into shallow water and was subsequently rammed by one of the other ships of its fleet, forcing the captain to try to ground the Maravillas on a nearby reef on Little Bahama Bank off Grand Bahama Island. In the ensuing chaos, exacerbated by strong winds, most of the 650 people on board died in the night, and the wreckage scattered. Spanish salvagers soon recovered almost half a million pesos of treasure, followed by more recoveries over the next several decades, yet with over half of the official cargo still unfound.

The first rediscovery of the Maravillas in the twentieth century was by Robert Marx and his company, Seafinders, in 1972, whose finds were featured in an auction by Schulman in New York in 1974.

Included among the coins in this sale were some previously unknown Cartagena silver cobs of 1655 and countermarked Potosí coinage of

1649-1651 and 1652 transitionals, in addition to many Mexican silver cobs and a few Bogotá cob 2 escudos. The second big salvage effort on the Maravillas was achieved by Herbert Humphreys and his company, Marex, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in two big sales by Christie’s (London) in 1992 and 1993, which featured many Bogotá cob 2 escudos, more Mexico and Potosí silver cobs, and several important artifacts. The most recent big sale of Maravillas finds, presumably from one of the many salvage efforts from the 1970s and 1980s, took place in California in 2005, again with a good quantity of Bogotá cob 2 escudos. The wreck area is still being searched today, but officially the Bahamian government has not granted any leases on the site since the early 1990s. It is possible the bulk of the treasure is still to be found.

Consolación (“Isla de Muerto shipwreck”), sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador

San Miguel el Arcángel (“Jupiter wreck”), sunk in 1659 off Jupiter Inlet, east coast of Florida

When salvage first began on this wreck in 1997, it was initially believed to be the Santa Cruz and later called El Salvador y San José, sunk in August of 1680; however, research by Robert Marx after the main find in subsequent years confirmed its proper name and illuminated its fascinating history.

Intended to be part of the Spanish “South Seas Fleet” of 1681, which left Lima’s port of Callao in April, the Consolación apparently was delayed and ended up traveling alone. At the Gulf of Guayaquil, off modern-day Ecuador, the Consolación encountered English pirates, led by Bartholomew Sharpe, who forced the Spanish galleon to sink on a reef off Santa Clara Island (later nicknamed “Isla de Muerto,” or Dead Man’s Island). Before the pirates could get to the ship, the crew set fire to her and tried to escape to the nearby island without success. Angered by their inability to seize the valuable cargo of the Consolación, Sharpe’s men killed the Spaniards and tried in vain to recover the treasure through the efforts of local fishermen. Spanish attempts after that were also fruitless, so the treasure of the Consolación sat undisturbed until our time.

When vast amounts of silver coins were found in the area starting in the 1990s, by local entrepreneurs Roberto Aguirre and Carlos Saavedra (“ROBCAR”) and the government of Ecuador in 1997 under mutual agreement, the exact name and history of the wreck were unknown, and about 8,000 of the coins (all Potosí silver cobs) were subsequently sold at auction by Spink New York in December 2001 as simply “Treasures from the ‘Isla de Muerto.’” Most of the coins offered were of low quality and poorly preserved but came with individually numbered photo-certificates. Later, after the provenance had been properly researched and better conservation methods were used, a Florida syndicate arranged to have ongoing finds from this wreck permanently encapsulated in hard-plastic holders by the authentication and grading firm ANACS, with the wreck provenance clearly stated inside the “slab”; more recent offerings have bypassed this encapsulation. Ongoing salvage efforts have good reason to be hopeful, as the manifest of the Consolación stated the value of her registered cargo as 146,000 pesos in silver coins in addition to silver and gold ingots, plus an even higher sum in contraband, according to custom.

As well known as this wreck has become among the Florida treasure community and shipwreck collectors around the world, surprisingly little has been written about it, and not one major auction has been dedicated to its finds.

The San Miguel was not a big treasure galleon in a huge convoy; rather, she was a lone aviso, a smaller ship for carrying letters and other communications quickly back to Spain. But unlike most avisos, the San Miguel was carrying some important treasure, as it was in the right time and place to take on samples of the unauthorized “Star of Lima” coinage of 1659 for the King to see. In October the San Miguel encountered a hurricane off the southeast coast of Florida, grounded on a sandbar, and broke apart rapidly, leaving only 34 survivors among the 121 people on board. Those survivors were all quickly captured by natives (Ais) and therefore had no opportunity to salvage the scattered wreck.

Today only parts of the wreck of the San Miguel have been found, discovered by lifeguard Peter Leo in 1987, in about 10 to 20 feet of water and under as much as 20 feet of sand. Salvage is ongoing.

Besides a couple of gold ingots and one large silver ingot, the yield to date has been modest, mostly low-end silver cobs of Mexico and Potosí, a good amount of the rare 1659 “Star of Lima” silver coinage, a couple Bogotá gold cobs, and some rare Cartagena silver cobs. All were sold through various dealers and private transactions. If the hull of the ship is ever found, as the salvagers think it will be, the market may finally see some of the gold cobs of the “Star of Lima” issue of 1659.

Unidentified wreck sunk ca. 1671 in Seville Harbor, Spain

The city of Seville is situated on the Guadalquivir River, about 50 miles inland from the ocean port of Cádiz, where treasure from the New World arrived on sea-going galleons. From there the treasure sailed upriver by boat to Seville. Sometime in 1671 it is believed one of these boats sank outside Seville, or at least its treasure was lost there somehow in the river, for in the mid-1990s a large hoard of obviously salvaged silver cob 8 and 4 reales of Potosí, none dated later than 1671, and mostly in decent condition, began to emerge from markets in Spain without provenance but reportedly found in Seville Harbor during the installation of a fiber-optic cable across the river.

It should be noted that the same type of coins (with characteristics identical to those from the Seville wreck) have been sold in recent years as having come from the so-called “Señorita de Santa Cristina” of 1672 off Cádiz, but we can find no record of this ship or its salvage.

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about 28,000 guilders’ worth. In 1982 the wreck was rediscovered by a group of South African divers led by Gavin Clackworthy, who brought up silver ingots (discs) and more than 23,000 silver cobs, most of them Mexican 4 and 8 reales of Charles II in generally low grade, but a few showing bold, formerly very rare dates 1679-1681. Over the past two decades, these cobs have entered the market from both private dealers and auctions, but always in relatively small quantities at a time. Almost all the coins are in very worn condition, usually thin and nearly featureless, but without the heavy encrustation and pitting that characterize Caribbean finds.

1681 Fleet (“Portobelo wreck”), sunk in 1681 off Portobelo, Panama

The 1681 “Tierra Firme” Fleet, commanded by Juan Antonio Vicentelo de Leca y Herrara, better known as the Marqués de Brenes, left Cádiz, Spain, on January 28, 1681, and reached Cartagena, Colombia, on April 2. From there a small armada of 12 ships was sent out to assess the danger of pirates in the area, as this was the age of Henry Morgan and other privateers on the Spanish Main. Bad weather also intervened, and it was not till November that the 1681 Fleet finally left Cartagena bound for Portobelo, Panama.

As the Fleet approached Portobelo, strong winds and hard rain prevented the pilots from recognizing the land until nighttime, by which time they had passed their destination and found themselves near dangerous reefs off the Islas Naranjos. The Capitana (lead vessel), Santo Cristo de San Agustín y Nuestra Señora del Rosario, immediately anchored and signaled the rest of the fleet to anchor as well. It was too late for the merchant nao Boticaria, which struck a reef there at midnight on November 29, but gently enough that almost everyone on board was saved.

Rescue boats soon arrived. As the Boticaria stayed on the reef for three days before sinking, salvagers were able save almost everything. Meanwhile, news came in that another ship in the fleet, the galleon Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, had wrecked on another reef near even farther along, off a point near a western entrance to the Chagres River known as Punta de Brujas (not to be confused with Brujas on the Pacific coast). Unlike the Boticaria, however, the 22-gun Soledad hit the reef with such force that 50 people died, including its owner, Captain Antonio de Lima.

The rest of the 1681 Fleet finally reached Portobelo on December 3, still under adverse weather conditions. More casualties arose when the ship Chaperón found herself stranded at the mouth of the Chagres River and in danger of sinking due to lack of anchoring equipment and personnel. In the process of delivering assistance, a small ship known as a tartana was lost, and by the time the other rescue ships made it to the Chaperón they found that its crew had all escaped and only three boatloads of goods could be saved before the ship sank.

After taking care of business in Portobelo, the ill-fated fleet returned to Cartagena on March 27, 1682, and on May 8 set sail for Havana, Cuba. That night yet another merchant ship, the Santa Teresa, captained by Don Manuel de Galarza, was lost, and several other vessels had to return to Cartagena. Then, while en route to Havana, the galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepción y San Ignacio de Loyola hit a reef just past Cape San Antonio, Cuba, and was set afire after its cargo was salvaged. Reaching Havana on June 1, the ragtag 1681 Fleet finally made it back to Spain on September 2.

The various lost ships of the 1681 Fleet have been salvaged off and on in modern times. While it would seem that the location of each wreck would indicate its identity, the fact is that most sources have not been well documented, and the wrecks of pirate ships with loot from the same fleet are possible as well.

“Taj Mahal treasure,” sunk ca. 1702 off Sri Lanka

The story of the so-called “Taj Mahal treasure” is more about modern romance than historical events, for it was famously salvaged by the author Arthur C. Clarke in 1961-3, while he was living in Sri Lanka and scouting for film sites. Childhood polio had left Clarke wheelchair-bound, but he could dive, and that is just what he did when some boys told him and his associate Mike Wilson about the find on the Great Basses Reef. The adventure that ensued is well documented in Clarke’s 1964-5 books The Treasure of the Great Reef and Indian Ocean Treasure.

Ten coin-clumps were recovered from this unidentified wreck, each coin a silver rupee dated AH1113 (1702 AD) from the time of Shah Aurangzeb Alamgir, the sixth and last great mogul emperor of India, and the son of Shah Jahan, who had built the Taj Mahal in mid-1600s. Two of the coin-clumps are permanently ensconced in museums—one in the Smithsonian and one in the Arthur C. Clarke archives (“Clarkives”) in Taunton, England. A third clump was recently featured on the TV show Pawn Stars. All the rest of the clumps were broken up and the coins have been marketed since 1992, when they were acquired by famous treasure hunter Carl Fismer, who then teamed up with video producer Robert Lewis Knecht to travel to Sri Lanka and record the story again from Clarke himself. Arthur C. Clarke died in 2008, but not before diving one more time with Fismer and Knecht.

Merestein, sunk in 1702 off South Africa

Joanna, sunk in 1682 off South Africa

This Dutch East Indiaman was outbound when she tried to put into Saldanha Bay to alleviate rampant scurvy on board the ship.

On April 3, 1702, she hit reefs on the southwest point of Jutten Island and within hours was smashed to pieces. Only 99 of the 200 people aboard the Merestein survived.

On board the Merestein were several chests of silver coins for trade in the East Indies and for which immediate salvage plans were undertaken. But Jutten Island is no easy dive, and all attempts were abandoned until modern times.

The wreck was rediscovered and salvaged in the early 1970s, yielding almost exclusively Dutch silver ducatoons from the 1600s.

The number of coins found in the 1970s was around 15,000 and is believed to be nowhere near all of the treasure that was lost. Thousands more coins and artifacts were recovered by the salvage company Sealit in the 1990s.

An English East Indiaman on her way to Surat on the west coast of India, the Joanna separated from her convoy and sank in rough seas on a reef off the southernmost tip of South Africa on June 8, 1682, sending 10 people to their death. Eventually 104 survivors reached the Dutch colony of Cape Town, from which a salvage party was soon dispatched. The Joanna’s cargo consisted of 70 chests of silver coins, of which the salvage party reported having recovered only

Association, sunk in 1707 off the Scilly Isles, southwest of England

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The sinking of this ship and four others in a fleet of 21 returning from the Mediterranean was one of the worst British naval disasters of all time. The Association sank on October 22 under stormy conditions after what can only be described as guesswork navigation that led the ships straight onto the rocks of the Scilly Isles, where as

many as 2,000 sailors lost their lives as a result. The admiral of the fleet, Sir Cloudisley Shovell, whose ten chests of personal wealth (in addition to several others) were rumored to be aboard the Association, was one of the casualties of the sinking, although legend has it he reached shore alive, only to be murdered there by a local woman for a ring on his finger.

The wrecksite was located in 1967 by British Navy divers, touching off a frenzy of activity on the site for years to come. Cannons and a few coins were raised in the 1960s, but it was not till 1973 that a significant amount of coins were found (8,000 in that year alone).

These coins, mostly British silver and gold but also many Spanish and Spanish-American silver cobs, were sold at auction beginning in 1969 and into the early 1970s. The cobs presented an eclectic mix, mostly 8 reales from the 1650s forward (even a “Royal” presentation issue from 1676), but from nearly all mints (especially Lima and Potosí), some even left in as-found conglomerate form combined with British coins. It is interesting to note that parts of this wreck, like others in the area, were flattened hard to the muddy sea floor by huge boulders that still roll around with the currents, making for dangerous and difficult salvage.

Feversham, sunk in 1711 off Nova Scotia, Canada

years. Nearly half of the vast treasure (at least the registered part) was recovered and kept in a nearby storehouse. In 1716, a flotilla of British freebooters under Henry Jennings raided the storehouse and carried off some 350,000 pesos of the treasure to Jamaica. The Spaniards, however, resumed operations until they could salvage no more and quit in 1719.

The rest of the treasure remained on the ocean floor until our time.

Modern salvage on the 1715 Fleet began in the late 1950s, when local resident Kip Wagner found a piece of eight on the beach after a hurricane and decided to pursue the source. With the help of a 1774 chart and an army-surplus metal detector, he located the original Spanish salvage camp and unearthed coins and artifacts. Then, using a rented airplane to spot the underwater wrecksite from the air and check the location again by boat, Kip found the source of the coins and soon formed a team of divers and associates backed by a salvage permit from the State of Florida. All of this took place over a period of years before it evolved into the Real Eight Company, whose ranks later included such luminaries as Robert Marx and the flamboyant Mel Fisher. The Fisher family still sub-leases the sites to hopeful salvagers today.

The vast treasures yielded by the 1715 Fleet in our time fall into nearly every category, from coins to jewelry, precious stones to cannons, religious artifacts to Chinese porcelains. The 1715 Fleet remains the world’s largest source for New World gold cobs, while the silver cobs recovered number in the hundreds of thousands.

Promotions of the coins by Real Eight and others have spanned the decades, in addition to significant auctions by Henry Christensen (1964); Parke-Bernet Galleries (1967) and Sotheby Parke Bernet (1973); the Schulman Coin and Mint (1972 and 1974); Bowers and Ruddy Galleries (1977); and even the U.S. Customs Service (2003).

Despite a wealth of publications pertaining to the 1715 Fleet with names of the ships and the known locations of some of the wrecks, there is no universal agreement as to the identity of the vessel at each wrecksite. In many cases, in fact, it is possible that separate wrecksites represent different parts of the same ship. As a result, salvagers over the decades have resorted to nicknames for the sites based on landmarks, local individuals, and even features from the wrecks themselves, such as (from north to south): “Pines” (Sebastian), “Cabin” (Wabasso), “Cannon” (Wabasso), “Corrigans” (Vero Beach), “Rio Mar” (Vero Beach), “Sandy Point” (Vero Beach), “Wedge” (Fort Pierce), and “Colored Beach” (Fort Pierce). Regardless of the exact site of origin, a great majority of the coins and artifacts are sold simply as “1715 Fleet.”

The Feversham was on its way north with three other ships from New York to Quebec with provisions and cash to assist a British campaign against the French when all four ships sank on and around Scatarie Island off Cape Breton in a storm on October 7, 1711. About 100 people died in the disaster, while the remaining 49 survivors were able to bribe a passing French fisherman to take them to New York for 200 pounds. Apparently no one—British or French—was able to salvage anything from the wreck in its time.

In 1968 the wrecksite of the Feversham was rediscovered by a group of divers led by famous Canadian salvager, Alex Storm, whose recoveries were sold privately to a “highly-reputable Canadian institution” in 1972. In the mid-1980s the Feversham was salvaged again by a new group of divers. The Feversham’s numismatic yield was small in comparison with Spanish galleon treasures, but quite important as a cross-section of coinage in circulation in New York at the time. Mostly it was Spanish American silver cobs and Massachusetts Bay Colony shillings, many of the former with rare, weight-adjustment plugs to bring them up to standard. A small group of gold cobs—almost entirely Bogotá 2 escudos, virtually identical to those from the Spanish 1715 Fleet—was found in later salvage efforts. An abundance of auctions offered these coins from 1989 through 1999.

Whydah, sunk in 1717 off Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Flagship of the notorious pirate Sam Bellamy, the Whydah sank in a storm on April 26 with the loss of all hands (including Bellamy himself ) except for two. Found in 1984 and subsequently salvaged by Barry Clifford, the Whydah is widely recognized as the first identifiable pirate ship ever to be salvaged. There is now a museum dedicated to the ship on Cape Cod that houses all the salvaged finds from the Whydah, but before that opened, various cobs (silver and gold) and other coins from the Whydah would enter the market via local dealers, who presumably got them from lucky beachcombers and from the families of people who obtained the coins long ago. Today it is nearly impossible to acquire a coin from the Whydah.

1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida

The Spanish 1715-Fleet disaster was probably the greatest to befall any of the Spanish treasure fleets in terms of casualties and money, with reports of a loss of 14 million pesos (plus an equal or greater amount in contraband) and as many as 1,000 or more lives.

It was a typical case of overloaded Spanish galleons foundering in a hurricane after delayed departure. In effect the 1715 Fleet was a combination of two fleets: the Nueva España (New Spain, i.e., Mexico) Fleet from Mexico and the Tierra Firme (Mainland) Fleet from South America, some 12 or 13 ships in all. Encountering a hurricane on July 30, all the ships were driven shoreward and destroyed except for a lone vessel, the tag-along French ship Grifón, which sailed onward without incident. Hundreds of the crew and passengers lost their lives while other hundreds of survivors improvised a camp on shore to await aid from the Spanish fort at St. Augustine, to which a party was sent.

Salvage commenced soon afterward and lasted for several

“Ca Mau wreck,” sunk ca. 1723-35 off Ca Mau Island, Vietnam

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This unidentified Chinese wreck in the South China Sea yielded thousands of Ch’ing Dynasty export porcelain manufactured under the Emperor K’ang Hsi. The finds were first offered at auction

by Christie’s in 1998, but anonymously; more recently the government of Vietnam has auctioned off a major portion of the porcelains. These porcelains are quite popular among collectors of Spanish Fleet items because they are identical to the K’ang Hsi material from the Florida wrecks of 1715 and 1733.

Slot ter Hooge, sunk in 1724 off Porto Santo, Madeira Islands

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in 1990. The removal of artifacts from any of the sites is prohibited today.

In contrast to the 1715 Fleet, and because of the extensive Spanish salvage in the 1730s, the finds by modern divers have been modest, especially in gold coins, of which there are far more fakes on the market than genuine specimens. Nevertheless, the 1733 Fleet has been a significant source for some of the rare Mexican milled “pillar dollars” of 1732-1733 as well as the transitional “klippe”-type coins of 1733.

This East Indiaman, whose Dutch name means “Castle of Hooge” (a place in modern-day Belgium), was outbound to Batavia (Jakarta) with a load of three tons of silver ingots (15 chests) plus four chests of silver coins, three of which contained nothing but Mexican cobs. Blown off course by a storm, the Slot ter Hooge wrecked on November 19 off Porto Santo Island in the Madeira Islands (northwest of Africa), to the demise of some 221 people on board (only 33 survived). More than half the treasure was salvaged over the next ten years by the famous English inventor John Lethbridge, but the rest was forgotten until our time. In 1974 the wreck was rediscovered by the well-known salvager Robert Sténuit, who recovered many silver ingots and coins, mostly Dutch ducatoons but also some Mexican 8-reales cobs.

Vliegenthart, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, the Netherlands

Le Chameau, sunk in 1725 off Nova Scotia, Canada

The East Indiaman Vliegenthart (“Flying Hart” in Dutch) had just departed Rammekens for the East Indies when the deadly combination of a northeast gale, a spring tide and pilot error sent her into a sand bank behind her sister-ship Anna Catharina. The latter ship broke apart in the storm while the Vliegenthart, damaged and firing her cannons in distress, slipped off the bank and sank in 10 fathoms of water. All hands on both ships were lost.

Contemporaneous salvage under contract with the Dutch East India Company was unsuccessful, but it provided a piece of evidence, a secret map, that emerged from obscurity in 1977. Stemming from that, divers employed by the former London attorney Rex Cowan discovered the wreck in 1981, and in 1983 they found their first coins, one of three chests of Mexican silver and Dutch gold coins (totaling 67,000 guilders or dollar-sized units) for the East India trade aboard the Vliegenthart. The second chest was smashed on the seabed and its contents partially salvaged, while the third chest, intact like the first, came up in 1992. The divers also recovered several smaller boxes of large Dutch silver coins known as “ducatoons,” illegally exported and therefore contraband. Among the silver coins found were thousands of Mexican cobs, predominantly 8 reales, many with clear dates in the early 1730s and in excellent condition.

This French man-of-war was attempting to reach Louisburg harbor with a consignment of troops and coins for the French colony when a storm sent her onto the rocks of Cape Breton instead, killing all on board. The main wrecksite was never found until 1961, when Alex Storm spotted cannons on the seabed and led a successful salvage expedition on the site in 1965, yielding many French silver ecus and gold Louis d’ors. The Chameau has been salvaged more recently as well.

1733 Fleet, Florida Keys

Much like the 1715-Fleet disaster, the 1733 Fleet was an entire Spanish convoy lost in a hurricane off Florida. However, due to the lesser severity of the 1733 hurricane, which struck the fleet on July 15, and the shallowness of the wrecksites in the Keys, there were many survivors, and four ships remained in good enough condition to be refloated and sent back to Havana. A highly successful salvage effort by the Spanish yielded even more than the 12 million pesos of precious cargo listed on the Fleet’s manifest (thanks to the usual contraband).

The wrecks themselves are spread across 80 miles, from north of Key Largo down to south of Duck Key, and include the following galleons (note there is not universal agreement as to which wrecksite pertains to each galleon, and each name is a contemporaneous abbreviation or nickname): El Pópulo, El Infante, San José, El Rubí (the capitana), Chávez, Herrera, Tres Puentes, San Pedro, El Terri (also spelled Lerri or Herri), San Francisco, El Gallo Indiano (the almiranta), Las Angustias, El Sueco de Arizón, San Fernando, and San Ignacio. This last ship, San Ignacio, is believed to be the source of many silver coins (and even some gold coins) found in a reef area off Deer Key known as “Coffins Patch,” the south-westernmost of all the 1733-Fleet wrecksites.

In addition, many other related sites are known, mostly the wrecks of tag-along ships that accompanied the fleet proper.

The first and arguably most famous of the wrecks of the 1733 Fleet to be located in modern times was the capitana El Rubí, which was discovered in 1948 and salvaged principally in the 1950s by Art McKee, whose Sunken Treasure Museum on Plantation Key housed his finds for all to see. Unfortunately throughout the next several decades the wrecksites in the Keys became a virtual free-for-all, with many disputes and confrontations, until the government created the

Rooswijk, sunk in 1739 off southeast England

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Off the southeastern tip of England, just north of the Straits of Dover, the sea hides a most unusual feature known as the Goodwin Sands, where sandbanks appear and disappear unpredictably and move with the tides. Many ships over the centuries have sunk here and silted over, and occasionally one of the wrecks will surface and be discovered. Such is the case with the Rooswijk, a Dutch East Indiaman that foundered on the Goodwin Sands in a storm on December 19, 1739 (by the calendar in use by the British at the time), with all hands and 30 chests of treasure, virtually gone without a trace.

By chance in December 2004, the sands that had swallowed the wreck of the Rooswijk parted and allowed diver Ken Welling to retrieve two complete chests and hundreds of silver bars. Operating in

secrecy, salvage continued in 2005 under the direction of Rex Cowan (in agreement with the Dutch and British governments) and is ongoing today. So far, several hundred Mexican silver cobs of the 1720s and early 1730s and transitional “klippes” of 1733-1734, as well as many more hundreds of “pillar dollars” and a smattering of cobs from other mints, have hit the market from this wreck, mostly through auction.

Nuestra Señora de la Luz, sunk in 1752 off Montevideo, Uruguay

Actually a Portuguese vessel leased by the Spanish, the Luz left Buenos Aires in the summer of 1752 with a load of money bound for Spain and had just stopped in Montevideo for provisioning when a strong storm swept her into the coastline, spreading wreckage over a wide area and killing all on board. While over 90% of the treasure was recovered soon afterward, the powder-hold was never found, and as it turns out, that is where some 200,000 pesos (according to later reports) of contraband had been stored.

In April 1992, divers working under Rubén Collado began to recover gold coins on a wrecksite in the Río de la Plata, and soon it became clear the wreck in question had to be from 1751 or 1752, as none of the coins was dated later than 1751. The finds, which were split with the Uruguayan government and then sold at auction in New York and Montevideo, consisted of mostly milled (bust-type) 8 escudos from the new mint at Santiago, Chile. Also in these auctions were 95 gold cobs and 353 silver cobs, the former mostly Lima 8 and 4 escudos (but also some Bogotá 2 escudos), and the latter mostly 8 and 4 reales from Potosí (with several more gold and silver cob sold privately). The gold is pristine, but the silver coins all show at least moderate corrosion.

Hollandia, sunk in 1743 off the Scilly Isles, southwest of England

Blown off course on her way to the East Indies, the Hollandia struck Gunner Rock and sank in about 110 feet of water about 1½ miles east of it on July 13, 1743. There were no survivors.

The first sign of the wreck came in 1971, when divers under Rex Cowan located the wrecksite and within a couple years salvaged more than 35,000 silver coins among the nearly 130,000 guilders (dollar-sized units) recorded to be on board the Hollandia. A great majority of the coins were Mexican “pillar dollars,” but there were also some silver cobs, including the scarce Mexican transitional “klippes” of 1733-1734 and a few Guatemala cobs, in mixed condition.

Princess Louisa, sunk in 1743 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa

Laden with 20 chests (69,760 ounces) of Spanish silver, the East Indiaman Princess Louisa fell victim to surprise currents and inaccurate charts and struck a reef and sank off Isla de Maio in the early morning hours of April 18. Forty-two of the 116 people aboard floated to safety on the nearby island, but nothing on the ship could be saved. Contemporaneous salvage never came to fruition.

In 1998 and 1999 the wrecksite was located and salvaged by the Arqueonautas firm, whose finds from this wreck have been largely marketed by a Houston coin and jewelry dealer ever since, although some coins were also sold at auction in 2000-2001. Most of the coins were New World silver cobs from all the mints that were operating in the early 1700s (including rare Bogotá cobs), predominantly minors (smaller than 8 reales), in average condition, with quite a few preserved in as-found multiple-coin clusters.

Geldermalsen (“Nanking Cargo”), sunk in 1752 in the South China Sea

The Geldermalsen was a Dutch East India Company ship returning to Amsterdam with a cargo of over 160,000 porcelains and 145 gold ingots (in addition to tea and textiles) when she hit a reef and sank on January 3, 1752. In 1985 the wreck was found by Michael Hatcher, and the salvaged material was sold at auction by Christie’s Amsterdam in 1986 as the famous “Nanking Cargo.”

Bredenhof, sunk in 1753 off Mozambique

The Bredenhof was a Dutch East Indiaman headed to India with 14 barrels of copper “duits” (penny-like coins), 29 chests of silver bars, and one chest of gold ducats. On June 6, 1753, about 13 miles from the eastern coast of Africa and 120 miles south of the Portuguese settlement of Mozambique, the Bredenhof found herself in difficult currents and struck a reef. Amazingly, among the first items jettisoned to try to raise the ship off the reef were some of the chests of silver bars!

The gold was taken by the ship’s officers, some of whom survived the trip to Mozambique, but the silver bars and copper coins were lost until modern times, despite salvage attempts in the 1750s.

In 1986 divers with the salvage company Sealit found the wreck and recovered hundreds of silver ingots and hundreds of thousands of copper coins, all sold at auction by Christie’s Amsterdam that same year.

Reijgersdaal, sunk in 1747 off South Africa

More popularly known in the U.S. as Reygersdahl, this typical East Indiaman was carrying eight chests of silver coins (nearly 30,000 coins) when she sank on October 25, 1747, between Robben and Dassen Islands. After four-and-a-half months at sea, the crew had anchored there to fetch rock rabbits (“dassies,” for which Dassen Island was named) and other fresh food to relieve massive illness on board the ship, on which some 125 had died and 83 were incapacitated out of 297 people; but in the face of a gale, the anchor-line snapped and the ship foundered on the rocks. Only 20 survived the sinking, and only one incomplete chest of coins was recovered. The area was deemed too dangerous to attempt further salvage.

Beginning in 1979, modern salvage on the wreck by the salvage company Sealit yielded thousands of coins (as many as 15,000 by the early 1980s, when protective legislation was enacted in South Africa), mostly in near pristine condition, which have been sold in various auctions and private offerings ever since. A great majority of the coins from this wreck are Mexican pillar dollars in excellent condition, but there were also a few hundred New World silver cobs, including Guatemala cobs, which are rarely seen from shipwrecks.

Tilbury, sunk in 1757 off Nova Scotia, Canada

In an expedition against the French fortress at Louisbourg, the Tilbury was one of four ships (in a fleet of twenty) that were carrying a total of 34 chests of silver coins when the fleet encountered a hurricane off the southeast coast of Cape Breton. The Tilbury and one of the non-coin-bearing ships, the smaller sloop Ferret, sank in the middle of the night on September 25, 1757. Two hundred eighty of the 400 men on board the Tilbury survived to become French prisoners; the other ship and its crew were lost without a trace.

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Famous diver and author Alex Storm (with Adrian Richards) located the bow section of the Tilbury in 1969 on a stretch of coastline known, appropriately enough, as “Tilbury Rocks,” where until the 1980s there was even a cannon from the wreck lying on shore for all to see. In 1986 divers Pierre LeClerc and Gilles Brisebois found what is believed to be the midsection of the ship farther offshore, and these divers recovered several hundred coins, many of which were auctioned in 1989. Most of the coins were silver pillar dollars, but there were also several silver cobs and even at least one gold cob among the finds. The missing stern section of the ship, where the bulk of the treasure was stored, is still to be found.

scrambled into caves and up the cliffs.

Local dive teams have salvaged coins and small artifacts from the Halsewell in recent years, but not in any significant quantities.

Hartwell, sunk in 1787 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa

Auguste, sunk in 1761 off Nova Scotia, Canada

On her maiden voyage to China, the British East Indiaman Hartwell was heavily laden with silver when the crew mutinied. After quelling the fight, the captain headed to the Cape Verde Islands to offload the mutineers. Exhausted from the mutiny, the weary sailors ran the ship into a reef off the Island of Boavista, losing the ship entirely.

Fortunately all hands were saved.

Salvage by the British East India Company 1788-1791 yielded nearly half of the approximately 200,000 ounces of silver cargo on board the Hartwell. Pirates at the time recovered another 40,000 coins.

The wrecksite was found again and salvaged by Afrimar in 1994-1996 and by Arqueonautas in 1996-1999, providing the market with Spanish colonial bust-type 8 reales in generally poor condition.

After the end of the Seven Years’ War between England and France in 1759, French officers and aristocrats in Canada were sent from Quebec back to France in ships such as the Auguste. In stormy conditions and damaged by fire, the Auguste struck a sand bar on November 15 and subsequently sank in Aspy Bay off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Only seven of the 121 on board survived, and the wealth of the passengers was lost until our time. To date, well over a thousand coins of various nationalities have been found, along with many important artifacts.

Piedmont (“Lyme Bay wreck”), sunk in 1795 in Lyme Bay, south of England

Nicobar, sunk in 1783 off South Africa

One of a huge fleet of 300 ships on their way to the West Indies to suppress a French uprising, the Piedmont was forced into Lyme Bay during a hurricane on November 18, 1795, that scattered and sank the ships of the fleet all along the Dorset coast. The Piedmont and five other ships (Aeolus, Catherine, Golden Grove, Thomas and Venus) broke apart on Chesil Beach and came to be known collectively as the “Lyme Bay wrecks.” An estimated 1,000 men lost their lives in the disaster, including well over a hundred from the Piedmont alone.

In the early 1980s, the wrecks were salvaged by divers Selwyn Williams and Les and Julia C. Kent, who discovered many silver cobs of the late 1600s on the wrecksite of the Piedmont. It is presumed that the coins had been captured or recovered from a seventeenth-century wreck and stored in the vaults of the Bank of England for about a century before being transported and subsequently lost again. These coins are usually recognizable by their uniformly dark-gray color, a bit sea-worn but not overly corroded. A significant group of extremely rare Colombian silver cobs from the Piedmont (but not identified as such) was offered at auction in 1995.

One of very few famous shipwrecks of the Danish East India Company, the Nicobar was outbound to India with a load of copper plates from Sweden that were actually a form of coins, inasmuch as each one bore a date, denomination and mintmark, along with the monogram of the king or queen. Demonetized in 1771, the copper “plate money” became more like ingots, with trade value at the current rate for pure copper. But the Nicobar never reached its destination: After stopping at False Bay to replenish supplies and offload sick crew, the ship left again on July 10, 1783, and ran aground in a storm that night. The wreck was rediscovered in 1987 by local fishermen, who salvaged some 3,000 copper plates, the bulk of which were sold by Ponterio & Associates in California.

Cazador, sunk in 1784 off New Orleans, Louisiana

The Cazador was a Spanish brig of war headed from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to New Orleans under the direction of Captain Gabriel de Campos y Piñeda. Her cargo of some 450,000 pesos of newly minted silver coins was meant to stabilize the fragile economy in the Spanish possession of Louisiana, which had suffered from the use of French paper currency. The fact that the coins never arrived probably hastened the decision to cede the colony to Napoleon in 1800, soon after which Louisiana was sold to the fledgling United States of America for $15 million.

Nobody knows how the Cazador was lost, and no evidence of the ship was found until 1993, when a fishing crew led by Captain Jerry Murphy snagged their net on something about 50 miles south of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. When the net was brought up, it spilled out hundreds of silver coins onto the deck of Jerry’s boat, aptly named Mistake. Shortly thereafter, the fishermen obtained the rights to the find and began recoveries under the name of Grumpy Inc.

Lady Burgess, sunk in 1806 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa

An outbound British East Indiaman with a cargo of general merchandise, the Lady Burgess found herself separated from her fleet and hit a reef in the Cape Verde Islands on April 20, 1806. In the ensuing chaos, 52 of the 180 people on board the ship perished. Inasmuch as she was not a treasure ship, the Lady Burgess was not salvaged in her own time and was therefore untouched when the salvage company Arqueonautas located her remains in 1999 and recovered a modicum of Spanish silver bust-type 8 reales and British gold guineas that had been among private specie on board the ship.

HMS Athenienne, sunk in 1806 off Sicily

Halsewell, sunk in 1786 off Dorset, England

The British Naval ship Athenienne was traveling from Gibraltar to Malta when she suddenly struck the fabled “Esquerques” reef some 80 miles from Sicily (Italy) and sank on October 20, 1806. Over a hundred survivors made it to Sicily in longboats, but many more hundreds perished in the wreck. Modern salvage of the Athenienne in the 1970s produced about 4,000 Spanish colonial silver bust-type 8

A British East Indiaman outbound to India, the Halsewell hit bad weather in the English Channel and was blown onto the cliffs on the Dorset coast. She was battered to pieces as minority survivors

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reales (about 10 per cent of the total believed to be on board), of which only about 500 were more than just featureless slivers.

S.S. Central America, sunk in 1857 in deep water off North Carolina

Sunk in a hurricane on September 12, 1857, the mail steamer Central America took with her more than 400 lives and over three tons of gold. The wreck lay undisturbed until 1986, when Tommy Thompson and his Columbus-America Discovery Group located the ship in 8500 feet of water. After 10 years of legal struggles, the salvagers were awarded about 92 percent of the treasure, with most of the rest going to insurance companies who had paid the claim when the ship sank.

Widely touted as the greatest treasure ever found, the gold from the Central America has been very heavily promoted and cleverly marketed.

Admiral Gardner, sunk in 1809 off the southeast coast of England

Along with her sister-ship Britannia, the English East Indiaman Admiral Gardner was outbound with an immense cargo (48 tons!) of copper coins for circulation in India when both ships sank in a storm on the Goodwin Sands on January 24, 1809. Ten lives were lost, as was all the cargo. The coins were recovered in modern times, literally a million of them packed in wax inside wooden barrels.

“Fort Capron treasure” (Gordy-Ashley gold), sunk in 1857 off Ft. Pierce, Florida

“1810 wreck,” sunk off Ft. Pierce, Florida

A hurricane in 1810 sank several ships along the east coast of Florida, particularly in the vicinity of Ft. Pierce. Several ship names have been proposed for the site in question here including a Roberts, not to be confused with a ship of similar name (without the s) sunk off Vero Beach 11 years later.

See article by John Kleeberg in our Auction #9.

S.S. Republic, sunk in 1865 in deep water off Savannah, Georgia

Originally christened the Tennessee (which is how she was identified in our time), the sidewheel steamer Republic was carrying some $400,000 in specie from New York to New Orleans when she sank in a hurricane about 100 miles offshore on October 25, 1865.

One of many deep targets located by the salvage company Odyssey, the site of the Republic was salvaged by submersible craft beginning in 2003. In addition to gold and silver coins of the Civil War-era United States, Odyssey found the ship’s bell with part of the name Tennessee, confirming the ship’s identity and launching a massive, ongoing promotional campaign for coins and artifacts from the wreck.

S.S. New York, sunk in 1846 off New Orleans

The S.S. New York was a side-wheel steamer on a weekly shuttle from Galveston, Texas, to New Orleans, Louisiana, when on September 7, 1846, she found herself in the midst of a hurricane and was unable to stay afloat and sank with 17 souls, the remaining 36 on board being rescued by the S.S. Galveston. According to reports, some $30,000-$40,000 worth of US gold and silver coins and banknotes were lost in the wreck, many of the US coins being early products of the southern branch mints of Charlotte (NC), Dahlonega (GA) and New Orleans (LA). At the time, however, reports of the war against Mexico over Texas statehood took precedence, and the wreck of the New York was all but forgotten.

In the 1990s, however, an astute oil field worker was able to find the shipwreck based on fishermen’s reports of a known “snag” in a certain area of the Gulf of Mexico. In 2007 the wreck was salvaged in a full-scale operation that yielded thousands of gold and silver coins in excellent condition. Many of the finds were first offered at auction

by Stack’s in 2008.

Douro, sunk in 1882 off Cape Finisterre, Spain

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The British Royal Mail Steamer Douro was en route to England from Portugal when she collided with the Spanish steamship Yrurac Bat and sank in the early morning hours of April 2, 1882, in deep water off the northwest coast of Spain. All but six people on board survived, but the ship and its cargo of tens of thousands of gold coins were a total loss. The wreck was found and salvaged in 1995 by Sverker Hallstrom and Nigel Pickford using a remote-operated vehicle (ROV) at a depth of 1,500 feet. The cargo of gold coins, mostly British sovereigns was sold at auction by Spink (London) in 1996.

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Gold Cobs Mexico City, Mexico

1. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, 1713J, from the 1715 Fleet, with hand-signed Fisher certificate. S-M30; KM-57.1; CT-106.

27.01 grams. Choice Mint State with full but slightly doubled cross and shield, very bold oXMJ, clear date, typical edge-beveling (as made) but

beautiful luster. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder and small, hand-signed Fisher certificate dated September 9, 1966. Estimate: $7,000-$10,000.

2. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, (17)13J, from the 1715 Fleet, with hand-signed Fisher certificate. S-M30; KM-57.1; CT106. 26.93 grams. Lustrous

AU with good full shield and crown and cross, bold oXMJ and 3 of date, parts of denomination and king’s name.

From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder and small, hand-signed Fisher certificate dated September 9, 1966. Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

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3. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, 1714J, with GRAT in date position on obverse, date above cross, from the 1715 Fleet. S-M30; KM-57.2; CT-107. 27.14 grams. Choice full cross and crown, bold and crisp but slightly doubled shield and GRAT, bottoms of all four digits of date, Mint State but with a couple minor marks. From the 1715 Fleet, with photo-certificate. Estimate: $8,000-$12,000.

4. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8

escudos, 17(14)J, with GRAT in date position on obverse, date above cross, from the 1715 Fleet. S-M30; KM-57.2; CT-107. 27.09

grams. Full but doubled and partially

flat shield and cross, weakly struck Mint State with remains of encrustation on reverse. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s.

Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

5. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 es-

cudos, (1714)J, with GRAT in date position on obverse, date above cross, from the 1715 Fleet. S-M30; KM-57.2; CT-107. 26.77 grams. Bold

GRAT and oMJ, full shield and cross with central flatness, otherwise lustrous Mint State, with spots of dark encrustation. From the 1715 Fleet, with Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) plastic and paper tags #NCB-4295MOE from 1987. Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

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6. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8

escudos, (1714)J, with GRAT in date position on obverse, date above cross, from the 1715 Fleet. S-M30; KM-57.2; CT-107. 26.60 grams. Very off-center shield side with

bold oMJ and king’s ordinal V, most of shield and nearly full cross, both partially flat, otherwise Mint State, minor edge-split and spots of dark encrustation. From the 1715 Fleet, with Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) plastic and paper tags #NCB-4297MOE from 1987.

Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

7. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos,

1714J, date over GRAT on obverse, rare, from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS 63, finest known in NGC census.

S-M30; KM-57.2. 26.89 grams. Choice

full shield, full crown and cross, bold full date over GRAT, light reddish toning, a truly superb specimen that currently tops the grading census. From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.

8. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8

escudos, 1714J, from the 1715 Fleet. S-M30; KM-57.2; CT-108. 27.06 grams. High Mint State (very lus-

trous and crisp), with choice, full, well-centered cross side but doubled shield side, full date and crown and much legend on both sides, patch of thick, dark encrustation on part of edge. From the 1715 Fleet, with original certificate from the salvager.

Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

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9. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8

escudos, 1714J, from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS 63. S-M30; KM-57.2; CT-108. 27.06 grams. Off-center but very well-struck

obverse with bold full date, oMJ and crown, nearly full shield, choice full cross-and-tressure, tied for top grade in NGC census (along with next lot). From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $7,000-$10,000.

10. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8

escudos, 1714J, from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS 63.

S-M30; KM-57.2; CT-108. 27.00 grams. Lus-

trous and choice full inner details (well centered) but edges slightly crude (as made), still tied for top grade in NGC census (along with previous lot). From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the 1960s inked with COLORED BEACH / ART HARTMANN. Estimate: $8,000-$12,000.

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11. Denomination set of Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8-4-2-1 escudos, 1714J, from the 1715 Fleet. 50.60 grams total. A premium

and well-matched set, all the coins well struck and high grade (Mint State) with clear dates and no doubling, just one tiny mark on the 4E but otherwise as close to a perfect set as you can get. From the 1715 Fleet, the 4E, 2E and 1E with small, hand-signed Fisher certificates dated September 9, 1966, and the 8E with a generic Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) certificate. Estimate: $17,500-$25,000.

12. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 escudos, Charles II,

assayer L, from the 1715 Fleet, with hand-signed Mel Fisher certificate. S-M29; KM-54. 13.55 grams. Lustrous

Mint State with light red toning, full oXML and nearly full shield, oversized cross, odd shape with blunted points.

From the 1715 Fleet, with 1972 certificate hand-signed by Mel Fisher, and pedigreed to our Auction #9, with original lot-tag #6. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

13. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 escudos,

Philip V, assayer J (style of 1711-13), from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC AU 50. S-M30; KM-55.1. Full

crown, nearly full shield and cross, full mintmark oXM, partial date (either 1712 or 1713), typically beveled edges. From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

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14. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 escudos, 1714J,

from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS 63.

Lustrous and with hints of red toning, full date and crown and oMJ, crisp full shield (very slightly doubled) and cross. Recovered in 1982 from the “Corrigans” site of the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

S-M30; KM-55.2; CT-234. 13.51 grams.

15. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 escudos, (1711-13)(J), from the 1715 Fleet.

S-M30; KM-53.2; CT-350. 6.68 grams. Full cross and shield but all exterior details either flat or off the planchet (oblong flan), AU+ with luster.

From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

16. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 escudos, (171)4(J), from the

1715 Fleet. S-M30; KM-53.2; CT-350. 6.84 grams. Choice full crown and

cross, nearly full shield, lustrous Mint State with small black streaks (as found). From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to our Auction #16, with original lot-tag #12 and Karen McKee tag and certificate. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

17. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 escudos, (1714)J, from the 1715 Fleet, ex-Real Eight. S-M30; KM-53.2; CT-350. 6.80 grams. Choice

full shield and cross (typically sharply detailed), with clear 171 of date and full oMJ, the peripheries mostly flat and sloping, important pedigree to a 1977 auction of Real Eight Co. finds, Mint State. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the Real Eight Co.’s consignment in the Bowers & Ruddy auction of February 1977 (Blauvelt…), with original lot-tag #5180, and to our Auction #14, with original lot-tag #11 and Sedwick photo-certificate.

Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

18. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 escudos, (1714)J, from the 1715 Fleet, ex-Schulman auction (1972).

S-M30; KM-53.2; CT350. 6.71 grams. Nice full shield and cross (the latter slightly off-center)

with typically crisp details, flat peripheries, Mint State. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the original Schulman auction of November 1972 (lot 403), with original stapled cardboard holder and catalog. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

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19. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 escudos, 1714J, from the

20. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 escudos, 17(14)J, from the

1715 Fleet.

1715 Fleet, ex-Bob Johnson (original Real Eight member).

S-M30; KM-53.2; CT-350. 6.90 grams. Crisp and lustrous Mint State with full shield, double date and oMJ and cross, parts of peripheries typically flat. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

Crisp Mint State with full shield and cross (the latter slightly off-center), full oMJ, edge-split. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to original Real Eight member Bob Johnson.

Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

S-M30; KM-53.2; CT-350. 6.64 grams.

21. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 escudo, 1711J, “1712 style” reverse,

Royal-like, from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS 65, finest known specimen in NGC census. S-M30; KM-51.1; CT-506. 3.35 grams. Unusu-

ally broad flan, nearly round and with full inner details (shield and oXMJ, cross with “ears”-style ornaments in quadrants) and bold full date, much crown and legend, lustrous and exceptional for grade, clearly a premium piece even if not a full-fledged Royal. It is interesting to note, also, that this coin features prominently in a famous photo by John De Bry of an example of a military decoration known as the Order of the Holy Spirit that HRD recovered in 1988. From the 1715 Fleet.

Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

22. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 escudo, (171)2(J), mintmark oM, from the 1715 Fleet. S-M30; KM-51.2; CT-508. 3.31 grams. Small flan with

nice full cross, most of shield and crown, bottom of 2 of date visible, AUwith reddish sediment on fields, tiny marks near edge. From the 1715 Fleet.

Estimate: $750-$1,100.

23. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 escudo, (1714J), from the 1715 Fleet, mounted in 14k gold pendant-bezel. S-M30; KM-51.2; CT-510. 5.06 grams total. Choice full cross (slightly off-center), nearly full

shield with bold denomination I to right, lustrous UNC with parts of peripheries flat. From the 1715 Fleet, with plastic tag and Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) photo-certificate #4239. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

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Lima, Peru 24. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos,

1704H, rare, from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS 61. S-L25a;

Lustrous and with choice full inner details and nearly full legends, one weak spot on both sides, minor doubling on pillars side but with rare date clear. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s.

Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.

KM-38.1; CT-14. 26.93 grams.

25. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1708H, from the 1715 Fleet.

S-L25a;

Lustrous AUwith gray encrustation in crevices, nice full cross-lions-castles and pillars-andwaves, full crown, well centered. From the 1715 Fleet, with Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) photo-certificate (and paper and plastic tags) #NCB-3727MO (1988). Estimate: $8,000-$12,000.

KM-38.1; CT-18. 26.96 grams.

26. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1709M,

from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC AU 58. S-L28; KM-38.1; CT-20. 26.98

grams. Lustrous, with choice but slightly off-

center full pillars and cross, much legend (full king’s ordinal V), spots of encrustation and reddish sediment. From the 1715 Fleet, with Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) plastic and paper tags #NCB-3769MO (1988). Estimate: $9,000$13,500.

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27. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1710H, from the 1715 Fleet, with hand-signed Fisher certificate, encapsulated MGC MS

63. S-L25a; KM-38.2; CT-21. 26.88 grams. Incredibly broad flan with full legends (bold full date) and crown and inner details, choice and lustrous (tied for highest grade in NGC census) with one small weak spot to left of pillars, also tiny edge-split, otherwise one of the nicest Lima 8E we have ever seen and surely a candidate for finest known for this first issue to bear a second date in the legend. Curiously, it appears that the E of REX in the legend is punched over a “backwards” (rotated 180 degrees) E. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder and small, hand-signed Fisher certificate dated September 9, 1966. Estimate: $15,000-up.

28. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1711M, from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS 64 (highest grade certified for ANY Lima cob 8E). S-L28; KM-38.2; CT-22. Choice bold strike with superior centering and luster, much legend (including king’s ordinal V), noteworthy as the ONLY Lima cob 8E of Philip V certified at this top grade. Amazingly, the cross side of this 1711 is struck from the same die as the 1710 in the previous lot! For whatever reason, this date of Lima 8E always shows just ANO in the legend without any room for a second date (don’t even try to find one!). From the 1715 Fleet, as stated inside the slab, with Fisher photo-certificate #PC08-31151. Estimate: $20,000-up.

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29. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1711M, from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC AU 58.

S-L28; KM-38.2; CT-22. 26.89 grams.

Very broad flan for this date, with nice full inner details and nearly full legends, the pillars side slightly off-center, with a haze of light sediment all over. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s.

Estimate: $9,000-$13,500.

30. Lima, Peru, cob 8 es-

cudos, 1717M, from the Loosdrecht (1719). S-L28; KMChoice bold strike with deep red toning on pillars side, the design curiously adorned with dots (pillars side) and teardrops (cross side) in fields, AU. From the Loosdrecht (1719). Estimate: $7,000-$10,000.

38.2; CT-29. 26.85 grams.

31. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1733N. Bold full pillars and cross, AU- with hints of red and black here and there, no doubling. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

S-L29; KM-38.2; CT-48. 26.72 grams.

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32. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos,

1744/3V. S-L30; KM-unl. 27.05 grams. VF+

with red toning, full pillars and cross, slightly crude peripheries, clear overdate.

Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

33. Lima, Peru, cob 4 escudos, 1750R, from the Luz (1752), encapsulated NGC MS 63.

S-L31; KM-A47; CT-91.

Good full cross with luster in fields, nice and full but slightly off-center pillars, two full mintmarks. From the Luz (1752), as stated inside the slab. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

34. Lima, Peru, cob 2 escudos, 1709M, from the 1715 Fleet,

encapsulated NGC MS 61. S-L28; KM-36; CT-303. 6.78 grams. Hint of

luster and light red toning, full and well-centered pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles, the date often misread as 1700 since the tail of the 9 merges into the top wave. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

35. Lima, Peru, cob 1 escudo, 1732N, encapsulated NGC AU 36. Lima, Peru, cob 1 escudo, 1746/5V. S-L30; KM-unl. 3.34 grams.

XF with deep red toning all over, full details (made without legends), the cross slightly off-center. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

58. S-L29; KM-35; CT-466. Very bold strike contrasted with reddish toning

and dark sediment (also small spots of coral, hence possibly salvaged, the 1733 Fleet being the most likely possibility), choice full details on both sides (made without legends). Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

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Cuzco, Peru

37. Cuzco, Peru, cob 2 escudos, 1698M, from the 1715 Fleet. 38. Cuzco, Peru, cob 2 escudos, 1698M. S-CZ1; KM-28; CT-122.

Small, chunky flan (“Bogotá cut”) with all inner details clear, AU with light red toning, interesting in that the accompanying holder from about 50 years ago states “only 4 in existence.” From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

6.70 grams. Roundish, even flan (“Lima cut”) with full and well-struck

S-CZ1; KM-28; CT-122. 6.76 grams.

inner details, VF+ with black sediment around details. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

Bogotá, Colombia 39. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 4 escudos, Philip V, assayer S to right (style of 1744-6), mintmark F to left, ex-Lasser. Restrepo-M82.8; S-B27; KM-23. 13.22 grams. Bold Mint State with coral in crevices as from

an unspecified wreck (probably a ca.-1744 wreck off Callao, Peru), full but slightly doubled shield and cross, bold mintmark F below denomination 4, broad flan, desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the Joseph Lasser collection. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

40. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer R

41. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, (16)54(R), from the

to right, mintmark NR to left (ca. 1650). Restrepo-M50.25; S-B21;

Maravillas (1656). Restrepo-M50.25; S-B21; KM-4.1. 6.74 grams. Mint

VF with crude central flatness, otherwise full shield, off-center cross, full mintmark NR and assayer R, curious in that the S of HISPANIARVM connects with the dimple-ring in the tressure around the cross to give the appearance of an 8. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

KM-4.1. 6.56 grams.

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State with muted luster, staining and sediment in crevices of slightly off-center full cross, bottom of 4 of date only, full crown and shield with mintmark (N)R to left. From the Maravillas (1656). Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

42. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer not visible, from the

Maravillas (1656), mounted in 18K pendant-bezel. Restrepo-M50.25; S-B21; KM-4.1.

12.07 grams total. Interesting triangular shape, with nice full shield, nearly full but slightly

off-center cross, lustrous AU, thick and form-fitting bezel. From the Maravillas (1656).

Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

43. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1702VA, all 4 digits of

45. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1713 (full date, with 3

date upside down and in reverse order, preceded by assayer and king (Philip V), extremely rare, from the 1715 Fleet.

punched over “backwards” 3), from the 1715 Fleet, ex-Ullian.

Interesting and unique issue with the 3 punched over a previous 3 that was rotated 180 degrees, which makes it look backwards, in a 100% full and bold date, also lustrous Mint State, big flan with nearly full cross and shield, desirable certificate. From the Rio Mar site (Echevez’ Capitana) of the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to our Auctions #6 and 14, with original lot-tags #51 and 45 respectively, with Real Eight certificate signed by Lou Ullian. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

Restrepo-M66; S-B24; KM-14.2. 6.75 grams.

Restrepo-M79.1 (variant); S-B24; KM-14.2. 6.71 grams. A

fascinating coin on many levels, with a somewhat unprecedented (and full) manifestation of the date, strange placement of assayer and king on reverse, and the appearance of Philip’s name (on both sides of the coin) as opposed to Charles, since Charles’ name appears posthumously on the obverse of Bogotá 2E as late as 1715. According to Restrepo, two specimens are known of this weird issue, but the two he pictures show CAROLVS on the obverse as opposed to the PHILIPPVS that appears on the present specimen (which is therefore unique). The cross and shield are both full but slightly messy from doubling, but the grade is high (Mint State) and enhanced by lovely red toning all over. From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

46. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1713, from the 1715 Fleet, with hand-signed Fisher certificate.

Restrepo-M66.32;

Full cross and nearly full shield, AU with muted luster and patches of brown encrustation, clear 171 but weak 3 of date. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder and small, hand-signed Fisher certificate dated October 16, 1970. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

S-B24; KM-14.2. 6.77 grams.

44. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, (1)704, from the 1715

Fleet. Restrepo-M66.36; S-B24; KM-14.2. 6.72 grams. Mint State but with

much flatness and crude edge due to uneven flan, bottom half of 704 of date visible. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

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47. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1714, full date (rare), from the 1715 Fleet.

Restrepo-M66; S-B24; KM-14.2.

6.81 grams. Huge flan with full but rather doubled cross and

shield, bold date, lustrous and high grade (Mint State) with dark stains and encrustation. From the “Rio Mar” site of the 1715 Fleet, with Cobb Coin Co. (Mel Fisher) photo-certificate #10419J and pedigreed to our Auction #12, with original lot-tag #58. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

48. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Charles II posthu-

mous, no assayer, from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS 63. Restrepo-M66.32; S-B24; KM-14.2. Choice full shield and cross, the latter slightly off-center, top grade for type. From the 1715 Fleet.

Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

49. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Charles II posthumous

(no assayer), from the 1715 Fleet. Restrepo-M66.32; S-B24; KM-14.2.

6.78 grams. Lustrous Mint State, the cross and shield both full but

with peripheral flat areas. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

50. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Charles II posthumous

(no assayer), from the 1715 Fleet. Restrepo-M66.32; S-B24; KM-14.2.

6.72 grams. Lustrous Mint State with slightly grainy surfaces (rusty

dies), choice full shield, nearly full cross. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

51. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Philip V, assayer S to right (ca. 1722-4). Restrepo-M80.6; S-B25; KM-17.2. 6.73 grams. Broad, round flan with choice full shield and cross enhanced by heavy sediment in crevices, XF with bold assayer, peripheral flatness. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

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55. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Philip V, assayer not visible (ca. 1740).

52. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Philip V, assayer

Restrepo-M80.12; S-B26; KM-17.2. 6.66 grams. Very small, thick flan with most of shield and cross (the latter off-center), VF. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

not visible (1720s).

Restrepo-M80; KM-17.2. 6.77 grams. Good full shield with part of king’s name (Philip) to right, nice full cross with characteristic dots inside the tressure-dimple-rings, XF. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

56. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Ferdinand VI, as-

sayer S to left, mintmark F-S to right (ca. 1750). Restrepo-94.6; S-B27a; KM-25. 6.31 grams. Nice full crown and shield and cross (crisply

53. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Philip V, assayer S to

detailed), bold assayer and clear mintmark, XF with slightly clipped edge (underweight). Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

right (ca. 1730). Restrepo-M80.8; S-B25b; KM-17.2. 6.74 grams. AU with choice full cross and shield, bold assayer. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

57. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1 escudo, Charles II posthumous

(no assayer), from the 1715 Fleet. Restrepo-M64.16; S-B24; KM-22.

3.31 grams. Choice full cross-and-tressure, nearly full shield despite

diminutive size, AU. From the 1715 Fleet, with original cardboard holder from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

54. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Philip V, assayer M

to right (1730s). Restrepo-M80.12; S-B26; KM-17.2. 6.76 grams. Bold full shield with full crown above and bold assayer to right, full and tiny (1E die?) cross-and-tressure, XF with red toning in crevices all over.

Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

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58. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1 escudo, Charles II posthumous

(no assayer), from the 1715 Fleet. Restrepo-M64.16; S-B24; KM-22.

3.35 grams. Mint State with full shield and cross (the latter slightly off-

center). From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

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Seville, Spain Charles-Joanna 59. Seville, Spain, 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer not

visible to left, mintmark S to right. 3.31 grams. Nice full cross

and shield, well detailed as usual, with interesting die-cracks in cross, XF with contrasting toning. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

60. Seville, Spain, 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer * to

left, mintmark S to right. CT-58. 2.15 grams. Shaved around edge

but with nice full cross and shield (both well detailed), bold assayer, AU. Estimate: $600-$900.

61. Seville, Spain, 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer Gothic

D to left, mintmark S to right. CT-55. 3.29 grams. Broad flan with full legends, nice full inner details, AU. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

62. Seville, Spain, 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer Gothic

D to left, mintmark S to right. CT-55. 3.06 grams. Nice full shield and cross, AU but with very slight wrinkle and small clip on edge.

Estimate: $700-$1,000.

63. Seville, Spain, 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer Gothic D to left, mintmark S to right. CT-55. 3.19 grams. Well-detailed full

shield and cross, the latter with two small punchmarks (old), lustrous AU, probably very lightly clipped. Estimate: $600-$900.

Philip II

66. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip II, (1)591/0 date

64. Seville, Spain, cob 4 escudos, Philip II, assayer Gothic

D below mintmark S to left. CT-11. 13.52 grams. Bold full shield

vertically to right, assayer H to left.

and cross (nicely detailed), full mintmark-assayer and denomination, AU. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

CT-72. 6.73 grams. Choice full shield with bold 91/0 of date, full but off-center cross, AU- with toning around details. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

65. Seville, Spain, cob 4 escudos, Philip II, assayer Gothic

67. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip II, assayer Gothic

(with small old punchmark) and crown, full mintmark-assayer and denomination, full but doubled cross, UNC details but with toning around edge that indicates former mounting. Estimate: $1,250$2,000.

and cross-and-tressure (both very well detailed), nearly full legends, roundish flan, AU+ with toning in crevices. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

D below mintmark S to left. CT-60. 6.67 grams. Choice full shield

D below mintmark S to left. CT-11. 13.42 grams. Choice full shield

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68. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip II, assayer Gothic D below mintmark S to left. CT-60. 6.79 grams. Broad, round, thin flan with good full cross and shield, bold mintmark-assayer, full crown, XF+ with toning in crevices. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

69. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip II, assayer Gothic D below mintmark S to left. CT-60. 6.68 grams. Very broad flan, round

and thin, with full legends and excellent full shield and cross, AU details but somewhat grainy (as struck) and with minor marks. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

70. Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip II, assayer not visible, encapsulated NGC XF 40. Good full shield and cross enhanced by contrasting toning, two peripheral flat areas but clear king’s ordinal II. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

71. Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip II, assayer Gothic D to right, mintmark S to left. CT-110.

2.17 grams. Technically full shield and cross but only AVF and somewhat crude as slightly bent and cracked.

Estimate: $400-$600.

Philip III

72. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, 1612(?), assayer not visible.

73. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B(?).

KM-48.3. 6.79 grams. Very crude strike but with full 161 and weak but al-

KM-48.3. 6.61 grams. AXF with good full cross and shield enhanced by

most certain 2 of date, technically VF or better. Estimate: $500-$750.

contrasting toning, flat peripheries. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

74. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, 1618D, very rare as from the Atocha (1622), with old, hand-signed Fisher certificate.

Very full and bold date outside a nice full cross, the shield full too albeit slightly grainy (as struck), XF or better but with lots of sediment in crevices to authenticate its very important origin, also remarkable as an early find from this ship whose certificate alone is a desirable collectible with signatures of not just Fisher but also corporate officials and archeologists who are now more or less famous in their own right. Only a handful of gold cobs were found on the Atocha, and very few of those had visible dates, let alone clear ones like this, which puts this specimen at the top of the list in terms of rarity and desirability, especially with its early certificate, a true piece of Florida history in itself. From the Atocha (1622), with hand-signed Fisher photo-certificate #4893 dated May 20, 1976. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.

CT-unl.; KM-48.3. 6.77 grams.

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75. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer D. KM-48.3. 6.75 grams. Bold AU with contrasting toning, slightly off-center strike but with full mintmark-assayer, denomination and part of king’s name. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

76. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-48.3. 6.65 grams. Off-center strike but still with full shield and cross, bold denomination, slightly grainy XF. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

77. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-48.3. 6.73 grams. Off-center strike but still with full shield and cross, much crown, bold denomination, slightly grainy XF. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

78. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-48.3. 5.01 grams. Nice full shield and cross, XF+, lightly clipped around edge. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

79. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-48.3. 5.68 grams. Good full cross, off-center shield, part of king’s name bold, XF with clipped edge. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

80. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-48.3. 5.46 grams. Full cross, nearly full shield, bold denomination, XF with clipped edge. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

81. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-48.3. 5.86 grams. Nice full shield and cross, XF, lightly clipped around edge. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

82. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-48.3. 6.78 grams. Bold denomination, most of shield and cross despite flatness due to uneven flan, technically no worse than XF. Estimate: $600-$900.

83. Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer B. KM-42.2. 3.00 grams. Full mintmark-assayer, nearly full shield and cross, lightly clipped around edge. Estimate: $500-$750.

84. Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer D. KM-42.2. 3.36 grams. Toned but grainy AXF with clear mintmark-assayer, nearly full shield and cross, edge-split. Estimate: $600-$900.

85. Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-42.2. 3.42 grams. Good full cross and nearly full shield despite off-center strike, full denomination and crown, AU-. Estimate: $500-$750.

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86. Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-42.2.

3.33 grams. Full cross and shield despite poor centering, peripheral flatness and

slight bend on part of edge, AXF. Estimate: $500-$750.

87. Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-42.2.

1.70 grams. Heavily clipped but with nearly full shield and cross, VF+. Estimate:

$400-$600.

Philip IV 88. Seville, Spain, cob 8 escudos, Philip IV, assayer R/BR(?).

Bold full cross and shield with full mintmarkassayer, lightly red-toned AXF. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

KM-59.2. 26.74 grams.

89. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer not visible.

Thick flan with oversized cross and shield, VF with sediment in crevices, minor marks. Estimate: $600-$900.

KM-51.3. 6.70 grams.

90. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer not visible.

Crude, off-center AVF with sediment in crevices. Estimate: $600-$900.

KM-51.3. 6.66 grams.

Toledo, Spain 91. Toledo, Spain, 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer M to right, mintmark T to left. CT125. 3.37 grams. Typically

broad, round, thin flan with choice full details, AU+ with light sediment on fields. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

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World Gold Coins Australia

92. Sydney, Australia, sovereign, Victoria (young

head), 1864. KM-4. 7.95 grams. Heavily bagmarked XF 93. Melbourne, Australia, sovereign, Victoria (young head), 1872-M, with hint of luster, possibly salvaged (Douro, 1882?), horse reverse, encapsulated NGC AU 55. KM-7; Sp-3857. Scarce key date, scarce early issue that commands a premium over regular golden surfaces with original luster and choice detail, minor bagmarks. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

British-style sovereigns. Estimate: $400-$600.

Bolivia

96. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 escudos, Charles III, 1786PR, 94. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 escudos, Charles III, 1779PR. encapsulated NGC AU details / surface hairlines. CT-154; KM-59.

AU- with minor marks in obverse fields, highly lustrous reverse with one tiny lamination, choice grade for this scarce date. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

CT-145; KM-59. 26.91 grams.

95. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 escudos, Charles III, 1780PR

Choice strike on highly lustrous reverse, minor laminations on obverse, faint adjustment marks on both sides. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

97. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1793PR,

with 8/7 (unique and unlisted overdate). CT-unl. (cf. 146); KM-unl.

encapsulated NGC AU 55. CT-100; KM-81. Nice strike and luster,

Faint but certain overdate (first on record), AUwith minor marks on obverse, slight lamination on reverse, lustrous.

Estimate: $2,500-$3,750. (cf. 59). 26.84 grams.

minor marks in obverse fields only. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

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98. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1799PP.

Very lightly red-toned AU- with minor laminations on obverse, slightly weak center on reverse. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

CT-106; KM-81. 26.90 grams.

99. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1808PJ. CT115; KM-81. 26.95 grams. AU- with minor marks in fields, slightly weak

centers and rims. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

100. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 scudos, 1837LM. KM-99. 27.05 grams.

Lustrous UNC with scratches below Bolívar’s right shoulder, surface hairlines in fields, very flashy and popular. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

Brazil

101. Brazil (Rio mint), 6400 reis, José I, 1751-R, from the Russo-419; KM-172.2. 14.49

102. Brazil (Rio mint), 6400 reis, José I, 1753-R, from the

ous damage. From the “Clive of India treasure” (ca. 1755). Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

matte UNC, well struck and devoid of marks or obvious damage. From the “Clive of India treasure” (ca. 1755). Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

“Clive of India treasure” (ca. 1755).

“Clive of India treasure.” Russo-421; KM-172.2. 14.28 grams. Typically

grams. Typically matte UNC, well struck and devoid of marks or obvi-

Chile 103. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1750J, from the Luz (1752).

CT-70; KM-3. 27.06 grams. Broad flan with off-center strike showing metal beyond rims at top, natural lacuna (before application of edge) at bottom, bold AU (somewhat matte) with sediment around details, central weak spots as usual, a few light scratches. From the Luz (1752) and pedigreed to the Sotheby’s auction of March 1993, with original lot-tag #219. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

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104. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1750J, 107. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1751J, from the Luz (1752). CT-70; KM-3. 27.04 grams. Technically UNC,

from the Luz (1752). CT-72; KM-3. 27.06 grams. Choice strike with

with ample luster around details interspersed with light rainbow toning, but bust and shield are somewhat weakly struck, slightly crude edge (as made) at bottom. From the Luz (1752) and pedigreed to the Sotheby’s auction of March 1993, with original lot-tag #56. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

much luster underlying toning and extensive surface encrustation, slightly crude rims (as made), nice example of uncleaned shipwreck gold. From the Luz (1752) and pedigreed to the Sotheby’s auction of March 1993, with original lot-tag #434. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

108. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1751J, 105. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1751J, from the Luz (1752). CT-72; KM-3. 27.03 grams. Lustrous UNC with from the Luz (1752), encapsulated NGC MS 61. CT-72; KM-3.

slightly crude rims (as made), weak center on reverse, marks in fields.

From the Luz (1752) and pedigreed to the Sotheby’s auction of March 1993, with original lot-tag #72. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

Highly lustrous but with usual central weakness (net grade, in our opinion), slightly off-center reverse. From the Luz (1752). Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

109. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Charles III, 1778/7DA.

106. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1751J,

CT-unl. (cf. 228); KM-unl. (cf. 27). 27.00 grams. Lustrous UNC with lamina-

tion flaw on reverse, light surface hairlines on obverse, clear overdate that is decidedly not 8/7/6 as listed in CT. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

from the Luz (1752). CT-72; KM-3. 27.05 grams. Lustrous UNC with

relatively good detail (only slight central weakness) but obverse fields hairlined from cleaning. From the Luz (1752) and pedigreed to the Sotheby’s auction of March 1993, with original lot-tag #415. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

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114. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VII (“admi-

110. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Charles III, 1781/79DA.

ral bust”), 1809FJ. CT-113; KM-72. 26.99 grams. Bold XF+ with deep

CT-235; KM-27. 26.77 grams. VF+

with hint of luster, minor marks and old rim-bruise, bold overdate (scarce). Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

red toning around details, hint of luster, slightly crude rims (as made), very eye-catching overall. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

111. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Charles III, 1786DA.

115. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VII (bust of

CT-246; KM-27. 26.89 grams. Problem-free AU with slightly weak centers,

luster in legends, scarce key date. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

Charles IV), 1813FJ, encapsulated PCGS XF45. CT-120; KM-78.

Hint of luster all over, minor laminations and weak center on reverse.

Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

116. Santiago, Chile, bust 4 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1749J,

112. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Charles III, 1787DA,

from the Luz (1752). CT-133; KM-2. 13.52 grams. Lustrous AU with

encapsulated ICG EF40. CT-247; KM-27. Uneven red toning, some

weak centers, encrustation around details, desirable first date of issue for this mint. From the Luz (1752) and pedigreed to the Sotheby’s auction of March 1993, with original lot-tag #155/2. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

luster, no problems, clearly XF 45 in our opinion. Estimate: $1,250$2,000.

117. Santiago, Chile, bust 4 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1750/5J,

113. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV transitional from the Luz (1752). CT-134; KM-2. 13.51 grams. AU with weak center on reverse (nice bust), lightly toned all over with muted underlying luster. (Note CT refers to this common overdate as 1750/3.) From the Luz (1752) and pedigreed to the Sotheby’s auction of March 1993, with original lot-tag #155/2. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

(bust of Charles III, ordinal IV), 1789DA. CT-146; KM-42. 27.01

grams. Lustrous Mint State with faint surface hairlines in obverse fields

only. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

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118. Santiago, Chile, bust 4 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1750/5J, from the Luz (1752). CT-134; KM-2. 13.52 grams. Highly lustrous MS but with weak centers as usual and surface hairlines in fields. (Note CT refers to this common overdate as 1750/3.) From the Luz (1752) and pedigreed to the Sotheby’s auction of March 1993, with original lot-tag #384. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

119. Santiago, Chile, bust 1 escudo, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1811FJ (re-punched F). CT-342; KM-76. 3.21 grams. Bold XF with slightly crude rims (as made), light scratch behind head, overall a competent example of this scarce type. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

120. Santiago, Chile, 8 escudos, 1849ML, encapsulated NGC XF 45. KM-105. Hints of toning and luster despite light marks and wear, very slightly off-center strike. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

Colombia

121. Popayán, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Charles III (bust of Ferdinand VI), 1770J, encapsulated NGC XF 45.

123. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV tran-

Restre-

sitional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IV over III), 1789JJ, encapsulated NGC MS 61. Restrepo-95.2; KM-unl. (cf. 53.1); CT-unl. (cf.

po-70.20; KM-38.2; CT-121. Lustrous AU+ but heavily bagmarked (hence

net-graded), really very flashy and clearly not circulated. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

116). Nice strike (save for faint graininess, as made) with muted luster.

122. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Charles III, 1785JJ,

Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

encapsulated NGC AU 53.

124. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV transi-

Lustrous but lightly bagmarked, bright lemon yellow in color. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

Restrepo-72.30; KM-50.1a; CT-195.

tional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IV, 1791JJ. Restrepo-95; KM-

53.1; CT-119. 27.00 grams. Polished VF with lots of marks (probably once

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in jewelry), minor flan-bulges. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

125. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1797JJ.

129. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VII (bust

Small flan lacking any rims (as made), VF with marks, toned around details. Estimate: $1,250$2,000.

of Charles IV), 1815JF, from an unidentified shipwreck off Europe. Restrepo-127.19; KM-66.1; CT-104. 24.48 grams. Fine details

Restrepo-97; KM-62.1; CT-127. 27.32 grams.

with light red sediment, fraught with marks and surface erosion from undersea action. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

130. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 escudos, Charles III (bust of Ferdinand VI), 1762J, encapsulated NGC AU 53. Restrepo-58.6;

126. Popayán, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1799JF.

KM-36.2; CT-495. Scarce type, good details and luster but with bagmarks,

Restrepo-98.18; KM-62.2; CT-78. 26.92 grams. XF with minor marks, muted

slightly off-center strike. Pedigreed to the Soler y Llach auction of October 2013, lot #546. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

luster, deep toning at rims. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

131. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 escudos, Charles III (bust

of Ferdinand VI), 1763J. Restrepo-58.8; KM-36.2; CT-496. 6.71 grams.

XF+ with minor marks but nice strike, parts of rims weak (as made).

Estimate: $700-$1,000.

127. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1800JJ.

Restrepo-97.23; KM-62.1; CT-131. 26.96 grams. VF+ with toning in legends,

partially crude rims (as made). Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

132. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 escudos, Charles III,

1776SF, encapsulated NGC AU 55. Restrepo-62.10; KM-49.2; CT-506.

Lightly toned with underlying luster, nice example of this very popular date. Pedigreed to the Martí Hervera auction of August 2008, lot #1858.

Estimate: $700-$1,000.

128. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VII

(bust of Charles IV), 1814JF, encapsulated NGC AU 58.

Lustrous and well detailed, just with minor flan-bulge and tiny laminations. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

Restrepo-127.17; KM-66.1; CT-103.

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133. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1778JJ. Restrepo-61.15; KM-49.1; CT-556. 6.72 grams. XF+ with light toning and luster, several small dings and slightly bent, much nicer than it sounds. Estimate: $350-$500.

134. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1780SF. Restrepo-62.18; KM-49.2; CT-510. 6.78 grams. Lustrous AU with hint of toning, light modern scrape on neck. Pedigreed to the Cayón auction of May 2003, lot #3052. Estimate: $500-$750.

135. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1782SF, encapsulated NGC AU 55. Restrepo-62.22; KM-49.2; CT-512. Choice, lustrous Mint State, the bust just a little weak and obverse fields lightly hairlined (hence net-graded). Estimate: $500-$750.

136. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1784SF. Restrepo-62.26; KM-49.2; CT-514. 6.64 grams. Lustrous XF with weak bust, hairlined fields. Pedigreed to the Cayón auction of September 2014, with original lot-tag #134. Estimate: $350-$500.

137. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1782SF. Restrepo-54.22; KM-48.2; CT-681. 3.31 grams. AXF with weak bust, traces of luster. Pedigreed to the Soler y Llach auction of October 2011, lot #490. Estimate: $350-$500.

138. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1783SF. Restrepo-54.24; KM-48.2; CT-682. 3.36 grams. XF with slightly weak bust, hints of luster. Pedigreed to the Aureo & Calicó auction of April 2007, lot #1310. Estimate: $350-$500.

139. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1 escudo, Charles IV, 1794JF. Restrepo-85.6; KM-56.2; CT-525. 3.33 grams. Deeply toned VF, very nice contrast and no problems. Estimate: $175-$250.

140. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 escudos, 1826JF, encapsulated

NGC AU 58. Restrepo-165.9; KM-82.1. Lustrous but lightly bagmarked, only two graded higher in NGC census. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

Costa Rica (Central American Republic) 141. Costa Rica (Central American Republic), 1/2 escudo,

1847JB, encapsulated NGC AU 50. KM-13.1. Beautiful bold strike with red toning all over. Estimate: $300-$450.

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142. Costa Rica (Central American Republic), 1/2 escudo, 1848JB, encapsulated

PCGS MS62. KM-13.1. Light red toning and luster all over, choice grade and popular type.

Estimate: $750-$1,100.

Dominican Republic

143. Two-coin set of Dominican Republic (struck in Paris) proof 2000 pesos in gold (2 oz) and platinum (1 oz), dated 2000, in original (red) display case with certificates. KM-108 and 109. 5-1/2” x 3”. Choice Proof, with arms on obverse and TERCER MILENIO DEL CRISTIANISMO (Third Millennium of Christianity) around earth and doves on reverse, each coin from a mintage of only 2000 pieces, struck only in Proof. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

144. Dominican Republic, proof 500 pesos, 1990, in original display case with certificates. KM-79. 4” x 3-1/2”. Choice Proof, with arms on obverse and V CEN-

TENARIO DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO Y EVANGELIZACION DE AMERICA (Fifth Centennial of the Discovery and Evangelization of America) around a scene of the sinking of Columbus’ ship Santa Maria, from a mintage of only 1500 pieces, struck only in Proof.

Estimate: $600-$900.

Egypt 145. Egypt, 20 piastres, AH1341 (1923), encapsulated NGC MS 64. KM-339. Lustrous and satiny, the obverse with just one or two faint bagmarks. Estimate: $150-$225.

German States 146. Bavaria (German States), 10 mark Ludwig II, 1875

D. Fr-3766; KM-504. 3.92 grams. XF with contrasting sediment around details, no problems. Estimate: $150-$225.

147. Prussia (German States), 10 mark, Wilhelm, 1877C,

encapsulated NGC AU 50. KM-504. Bold strike, muted luster, no marks but some wear in hair. Estimate: $150-$225.

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Great Britain 148. Great Britain (London, England), guinea, George III, 1778. KM-605. 4.10 grams. XF with central scratches on both sides, probably salvaged but origin unknown. Estimate: $250-$375.

149. Great Britain (London, England), sovereign,

Victoria, 1855, from the Douro (1882), mounted in fancy gold bezel. Sp-3852D; KM-736.1. 10.74 grams total.

XF with nice reverse but weak bust. From the Douro (1882), with Sedwick certificate from 2005. Estimate: $500-$750.

150. Great Britain (London, England), sovereign, Victoria, 1856, from the Douro (1882).

Sp-3852D; KM-736.1. 7.99 grams. AU with muted luster. From the Douro

(1882), with Sedwick certificate from 1998 and Spink flyer.

Estimate: $400-$600.

Guatemala (Central American Republic) 151. Guatemala (Central American Republic), 1/2 escudo, 1825M, encapsulated PCGS AU58. KM-5. Lustrous and toned, a couple spots of dark sediment, choice grade, fully Mint State in our opinion, popular issue. Estimate: $400-$600.

India (Portuguese) 152. Goa, Portuguese India, 1 s達o tome, Philip II (1580-98), encapsulated PCGS

AU 50, from the Santiago (1585), very rare. Fr-1453. Small coin with full figure of St

Thomas on obverse flanked by S and T, reverse with nearly full but off-center crowned shield with full G to left, UNC with crude surfaces, one of only three found on this wreck (the only shipwreck examples we know of ). From the Santiago (1585), with original certificate from the salvager. Estimate: $5,000-up.

Italian States 153. Venice, Italian States, zecchino, Giovanni Corner II (1709-22). Fr-1372. 3.36 grams. Bold XF with toning around details, no problems. Estimate: $250-$375.

154. Venice, Italian States, ducat, Michele Steno (140013), encapsulated ANACS EF 45.

Fr-1230. Bold and welldetailed strike, toned around details. Estimate: $350-$500.

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Mexico

158. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 4 escudos, Charles IV,

155. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV tran-

1803/2FT, encapsulated NGC AU 53.

sitional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IV), 1790FM. CT-37; KM-

CT-unl. (cf. 224); KM-144.

AU- with muted luster, slightly weak bust, hairline scratches. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

Lustrous reverse but obverse somewhat hairlined and with weak bust.

Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

157. 27.00 grams.

159. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 2 escudos, Charles IV,

1792FM, encapsulated NGC XF 45. CT-357; KM-132. Muted luster, faint traces of toning, more like AU on a better day at the grading facility. Estimate: $400-$600.

156. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1807TH.

CT-63; KM-159. 26.99 grams. Well-struck AU with minor hairlines, slightly crude rims (as made). Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

160. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1783FF, initials facing rim. CT-661; KM-118.2. 3.33 grams. Lustrous XF+, decent strike. Estimate: $250-$375.

157. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VII, 1820JJ. CT-61; KM-161. 26.71 grams. XF with slightly weak bust, parts of rims slightly crude (as made). Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

161. Mexico City, Mexico, 1/2 escudo, 1860/59FH, with contemporary counterfeit Costa Rica 1/2-escudo countermark (Type VI, 1849-57). KM-378.5 (host). 1.68 grams. Strange coin,

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the host clearly genuine but the countermark clearly not, as issued prior to the host’s date of striking, XF overall but with damage on eagle side from mounting and blank where the countermark is on the other side, possibly rare and important. Estimate: $100-up.

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Panama 162. Panama (struck in Philadelphia), proof platinum 150 balboas, 1976, Sesqui-

centennial of the Congress of Panama, encapsulated NGC PF 69 Ultra Cameo. KM-43.

Gorgeous mirror fields and frosty details, totally devoid of any marks or flaws to our eyes, with elegant portrait of Sim贸n Bol铆var on obverse. Estimate: $400-$600.

Peru

163. Lima, Peru, bust 8 escudos, Charles III (non-transition-

166. Lima, Peru, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VII, 1815JP,

and choice but with minor (modern) marks in field in front of face.

Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

underlying luster, slightly grainy fields. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

al), 1789IJ, encapsulated NGC AU 53. CT-49; KM-82.1a. Lustrous

encapsulated NGC AU 50. CT-21; KM-129.1. Lightly red-toned with

167. Lima, Peru, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VII, 1818JP.

164. Lima, Peru, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1795IJ, encapsulated NGC AU 55.

XF with weak centers, nice red toning around details, no problems. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

CT-24; KM-129.1. 26.90 grams.

Bold strike with minor laminations and marks, good luster. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

CT-12; KM-101.

168. Lima, Peru, bust 4 escudos, Ferdinand VII, 1821JP. CT-143; KM-128. 13.28 grams. AVF,

even yellow color, no big problems, final year of issue for this denomination. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

165. Lima, Peru, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1800IJ, encapsulated NGC VF 30. CT-18; KM-101. Lustrous but fraught with minor marks, the bust slightly weak. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

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169. Lima, Peru, bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1778MJ. CT-607; KM-79. 3.32 grams. Lightly red-toned XF with minor laminations on bust. Estimate: $300-$450.

170. Lima, Peru, bust 1/2 escudo, Ferdinand VII, 1817JP. CT-354; KM-125. 1.66 grams. Lustrous UNC with faint surface hairlines, scarce type. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

171. Lot of five Lima, Peru, 1/5 libras, various dates (1910, 1911, 1912, 1919 and 1927). KM-210. 8.00 grams total. All Mint State, lustrous and nice. Estimate: $350-$500.

Portugal João V

172. Lisbon, Portugal, 1000 reis, João V, 1714. KM-182. 2.58 grams. AXF with minor bends in rims. Estimate: $250-$375.

173. Lisbon, Portugal, 1000 reis, João V, 1720, encapsulated NGC XF 45. KM-182. Muted luster, lots of sediment around details.

Estimate: $350-$500.

174. Lisbon, Portugal, 1000 reis, João V, 1741. KM-182. 2.18 grams. AU with muted luster, no problems. Estimate: $350-$500.

175. Lot of 8 Lisbon, Portugal, 400 reis, João V, various dates (all different), as follows: 1719, 1720, 1721, 1725, 1730, 1734, 1741 and 1748. KM-201. 8.35 grams total. Problem-free XF or better, some with traces of toning and luster. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

José I 176. Lisbon, Portugal, 4 escudos (peça), José I, 1753, from

the “Clive of India treasure.” KM-240. 14.36 grams. Typically matte UNC, well struck and devoid of marks or obvious damage. From the “Clive of India treasure” (ca. 1755). Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

Maria II 177. Lisbon, Portugal, 1000 reis, Maria II, 1851. KM-486. 1.81 grams. Toned Mint State with underlying luster, no problems, one-year type. Estimate: $200-$300.

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Luiz I 178. Lisbon, Portugal, 5000 reis, Luiz I, 1889. problem-free, final year of type. Estimate: $600-$900.

KM-516. 8.82 grams.

Prooflike Mint State,

Spain Ferdinand-Isabel 179. Seville, Spain, double excelente, Ferdinand-Isabel, + at top and S with three dots at bottom between busts. CT-74. 7.00 grams. Choice bold AU+ with full details all over but faint interior bend and tiny (modern) cuts in part of edge. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

180. Seville, Spain, double excelente, Ferdinand-Isabel, X at top and S between busts. CT-78. 6.90 grams. VF with some flat spots, bold full legends. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

Philip V

182. Madrid, Spain, bust 1 escudo, Philip V, 1740JF, en-

capsulated NGC VF 30. CT-491; KM-342. More like XF with slight central weakness, clean fields, slightly off-center reverse, scarce early type. Estimate: $300-$450.

181. Seville, Spain, milled 8 escudos, Philip V, 1714M, en-

183. Seville, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Philip V, 1743/3PJ. CT-

red-toned all over. Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

3 of the date clearly punched over a “higher� 3. Estimate: $175-$250.

584; KM-361.2. 1.74 grams. Nicely red-toned VF+ without problems, the

capsulated NGC AU 53. CT-175; KM-260. Off-center strike, lightly

Ferdinand VI 184. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Ferdinand VI, 1749JB, encapsulated NGC XF 45. CT-245; KM-378. Bold strike with hint of luster, dark sediment around details. Estimate: $200-$300.

185. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Ferdinand VI, 1755JB. VF with deep scarlet toning all over, no problems. Estimate: $150-$225.

CT-252; KM-378. 1.79 grams.

Ferdinand VI and Charles III 186. Lot of 6 Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudos, Ferdinand

VI and Charles III, various dates (all different), as follows: 1747JB, 1755JB, 1756JB, 1757JB, 1758JB and 1774PJ.

10.51 grams total. AXF on average, no big problems. Estimate: $1,000-

$1,500.

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Charles III

187. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1777PJ. CT-450; KM-417.1. 6.65 grams. Lightly toned AVF with minor rim-bump.

Estimate: $300-$450.

188. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1788M. CT-459; KM-417.1a. 6.62 grams. VF+ with light luster and toning, no problems.

Estimate: $300-$450.

189. Madrid, Spain, bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1779PJ. CT-621; KM-416.1. 3.34 grams. XF with hint of luster and toning, minor rimding. Estimate: $200-$300.

190. Madrid, Spain, bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1781/0PJ. CT-623; KM-unl. (cf. 416.1). 3.35 grams. VF with contrasting sediment around details, no problems. Estimate: $175-$250.

191. Madrid, Spain, bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1781/0PJ. CT-623; KM-unl. (cf. 416.1). 3.32 grams. Bold VF with digs on reverse, clear overdate. Estimate: $175-$250.

192. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Charles III (young bust), 1767PJ. CT-761; KM-389.1. 1.76 grams.

Lustrous AU- with light adjustment marks on reverse, spots of red toning, minor flan-bulging. Estimate: $150-$225.

193. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Charles III, 1783/74JD/PJ, rare. CT-775; KM-unl. (cf. 415.1). 1.71 grams. Problem-free XF, interesting overdate-overassayer combination. Estimate: $175-$250.

194. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Charles III, 1783JD. CT-774; KM-415.1. 1.79 grams. Mint State, no problems. Estimate: $300-$450.

195. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Charles III, 1786DV. CT-778; KM-425.1. 1.71 grams. Bold AU with sediment around details, no problems. Estimate: $200-$300.

196. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Charles III, 1787DV. CT-779; KM-425.1. 1.70 grams. XF+ details but with mounting damage on reverse, light yellow color. Estimate: $100-$150.

197. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Charles III, 1788/8M. CT-781; KM-425.1. 1.70 grams. Mint State but with dings above last digit of date, light red toning all over, the 8/8 clear but unlisted in references so possibly rare. Estimate: $250-$375.

Charles IV 198. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles IV, 1793MF. CT-326; KM-435.1. 6.73 grams. Lightly polished AU with small lamination on part of reverse rim. Estimate: $350-$500.

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199. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles IV, 1800/1790MF, rare (unlisted). CT-unl. (cf. 338-9); KM-unl. (cf. 435.1). 6.73 grams.

Lightly struck XF with muted luster, bold overdate (unlisted for this assayer). Estimate: $350-$500.

200. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles IV, 1801FM, contemporary counterfeit struck in gilt platinum, rare. 6.62

grams. Bold XF+ with hint of platinum color on cheek, clearly circulated but with details slightly incorrect (including the assayer). Estimate:

$300-$450.

201. Madrid, Spain, bust 1 escudo, Charles IV, 1792MF. CT-491; KM-434. 3.34 grams. VF with contrasting sediment around details.

Estimate: $175-$250.

202. Madrid, Spain, bust 1 escudo, Charles IV, 1797MF. CT-496; KM-434. 3.31 grams. VF with nice toning, adjustment marks on reverse. Estimate: $175-$250.

Ferdinand VII 203. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Ferdinand VII, 1817GJ. CT-360; KM-492. 1.70 grams. AXF with lightly

struck bust, hints of toning and luster, one-year type and the final date of this denomination from Spain. Estimate: $150-$225.

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U.S. Coins Colonials 204. Massachusetts Bay Colony, pine tree shilling, 1652,

from the Feversham (1711). Noe-30. 4.32 grams. Bold full details

on both sides despite very light surface corrosion, nicely toned, small size but not clipped. From the Feversham (1711). Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

205. U.S. colonial, silver “bit,” a half-cut of a Spanish milled 1 real “half pistareen,” Seville mint, 1733P(A).

1.22 grams. AVF, lightly pockmarked but with nice toning, the cut

a little uneven but clearly old as bearing sediment, rare with bold date visible. Estimate: $70-$100.

Gold Double Eagles

206. USA New Orleans mint), $20 coronet Liberty, 1853,

encapsulated ANACS sea salvaged / net EF 40, from the “Fort Capron treasure” (1857). KM-74.1. Typically grainy from salvage

but no heavy marks and nicely struck. From the “Fort Capron treasure,” lost off Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1857. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

207. USA (Philadelphia mint), $20 coronet Liberty, 1900.

KM-74.3. 33.43 grams. Highly lustrous UNC with faint surface hairlines

and minor bagmarks, impressively flashy. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

208. USA (Philadelphia mint), $20 St. Gaudens, 1908, no

motto. KM-127. 33.43 grams. Mint State with light bagmarks, hints of toning and luster. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

Eagles 209. USA New Orleans mint), $10 coronet Liberty, 1847-

O, encapsulated ANACS sea salvaged / net EF 40, from the “Fort Capron treasure” (1857). KM-66.2. Typically grainy from salvage but no heavy marks, hints of toning, minor wear in hair only.

From the “Fort Capron treasure,” lost off Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1857.

Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

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210. USA (Philadelphia mint), $10 coronet Liberty, 1899. KM-102. 16.70 grams. Lustrous Mint State with light bagmarks only. Estimate: $900$1,350.

211. USA (Denver mint), $10 Indian, 1910D.

KM-130. 16.72 grams. Mint State with light bagmarks, muted luster. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

Half Eagles 212. USA (Philadelphia mint), $5 classic head Liberty, 1838, encapsulated NGC XF 40.

KM-57. Attractive rainbow toning, minor wear on high points but nothing offensive. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

213. USA (Dahlonega mint), $5 coronet Liberty, 1847-

D, encapsulated ANACS UNC details / net AU 55 / sea salvaged, from the “Fort Capron treasure” (1857). KM-69.

Choice specimen with light rainbow toning but slightly grainy all over from salvage, popular Southern branch-mint issue. From the “Fort Capron treasure,” lost off Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1857. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

214. USA (Charlotte mint), $5 coronet Liberty, 1852-C,

encapsulated ANACS AU details / net EF 45 / sea salvaged, from the “Fort Capron treasure” (1857). KM-69. Bold strike, UNC details but grainy all over from salvage, popular Southern branch-mint issue. From the “Fort Capron treasure,” lost off Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1857. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

215. USA (Philadelphia mint), $5 coronet Liberty, 1852,

encapsulated ANACS UNC details / net AU 50 / sea salvaged, from the “Fort Capron treasure” (1857). KM-69. Choice

strike, muted luster and rosy toning all over but slightly grainy from salvage and with faint scratch on obverse. From the “Fort Capron treasure,” lost off Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1857. Estimate: $500-$750.

216. USA (Philadelphia mint), $5 coronet Liberty, 1907.

KM-101. 8.36 grams. Lustrous UNC with faint surface hairlines, scrape

under chin. Estimate: $400-$600.

217. USA (Philadelphia mint), $5 Indian, 1913. KM-129. 8.35 grams. AU with light bagmarks. Estimate: $400-$600.

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Three Dollars 218. USA (Philadelphia mint), $3 Indian princess, 1878.

KM-84. 5.00 grams.

$1,000-$1,500.

Bold AU- with light surface hairlines. Estimate:

Quarter Eagles 219. USA (Philadelphia mint), $2.50 coronet Liberty, 1900.

Problem-free AU with hints of toning and luster, no problems. Estimate: $250-$375.

KM-72. 4.17 grams.

220. USA (Philadelphia mint), $2.50 coronet Liberty, 1903.

KM-72. 4.18 grams. Nice

Mint State with very light bagmarks, spots of toning. Estimate: $400-$600.

221. USA (Philadelphia mint), $2.50 Indian, 1927. KM-128.

4.18 grams. AU with just a couple minor bagmarks. Estimate: $300-

$450.

Gold Dollars 222. USA (Philadelphia mint), $1 coronet Liberty, 1851.

Nice Mint State with a few very minor hairlines.

Estimate: $350-$500.

KM-73. 1.67 grams.

223. USA (Philadelphia mint), $1 Indian princess, 1854.

KM-83. 1.67 grams. XF+, no problems, just a little worn on high points.

Estimate: $300-$450.

224. USA (Philadelphia mint), $1 Indian princess, 1861.

Lustrous UNC with very faint surface hairlines in fields. Estimate: $300-$450.

KM-86. 1.67 grams.

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Silver Dollars

225. USA (Philadelphia mint), $1 Draped Bust, 1799, encapsulated NGC Fine details / Holed, damaged. KM-32. Deeply

toned and attractive despite the hole above the bust and minor (old) marks here and there, popular as among the first types of dollars made in the US. Estimate: $600-$900.

226. USA (Philadelphia mint), $1 Seated Liberty, 1871, key date, encapsulated NGC VF 25.

KM-100. Hint of light toning around details, minor marks only. Estimate: $350-$500.

227. USA (San Francisco mint), trade dollar, 1876-S, key

date, encapsulated NGC XF 45. KM-108. Toned all over with nice definition of detail as a result, minor marks only. Estimate: $250-$375.

228. Lot of 2 USA (Carson City mint), $1 Morgan, dated 1879-CC and 1883-CC. KM-110. 52.38 grams total. Nicely toned and

evenly worn Fine or thereabouts, the 1879 with unidentified vertical MW countermark on eagle’s breast. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $175-$250.

229. USA (San Francisco mint), $1 Morgan, 1893-S, key date, encapsulated NGC F 12. KM-110. Nicely toned and evenly worn, minor marks only, overall an attractive example of a highly desirable date. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

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Half Dollars

230. USA (Philadelphia mint), half dollar Capped Bust, 1824.

KM-37. 13.47 grams. Lightly cleaned XF, starting to re-tone nicely, no big problems. Estimate: $125-$200.

231. Lot of 5 USA (Philadelphia mint) half dollars Capped Bust, dated 1826 (2), 1827, 1829 and 1831. KM-37. 66.13 grams total. Grades from F to XF, mostly toned, the 1829 with traces of luster.

SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

232. USA (Philadelphia mint), half dollar Capped Bust,

1830, encapsulated NGC AU 50. KM-37. Bold strike and minimal

wear, some luster, no toning, minor surface hairlines (net-graded).

Estimate: $250-$375.

233. USA (Philadelphia mint), half dollar Capped Bust,

1834, small date, small stars, small letters. KM-37. 13.36 grams.

Lightly cleaned AXF with toning at rims. Estimate: $80-$120.

234. USA (Philadelphia mint), half dollar Seated Liberty, 1858. KM-A68. 12.38 grams. XF with traces of luster and toning around details, very light surface hairlines. Estimate: $100-$150.

235. USA (Philadelphia mint), half dollar Seated Liberty,

1864. KM-A68. 12.43 grams. Lightly rainbow toned all over, problemfree XF. Estimate: $100-$150.

236. Lot of 2 USA (New Orleans and Philadelphia mints) half dollars Seated Liberty, 1847-O and 1871.

KM-68 and 99.

25.31 grams total. F-VF with toning around details, no big problems.

Estimate: $100-$150.

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Quarters 237. USA (Philadelphia mint), 25 cents Standing

Liberty, 1916, very rare key date, encapsulated NGC XF 45. KM-141. Lightly toned all over, hints of luster, desirable first date (only 52,000 struck) in a moderate grade that gets quite a bit more expensive in AU and Mint State (up to about $40,000). Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.

Dimes 238. USA (Denver mint), 10 cents “Mercury dime,” 1916-D, key date,

encapsulated NGC VF 30. KM-140. Lightly toned all over, hints of luster, desirable first date in a moderate grade that gets quite a bit more expensive in AU and Mint State (well over $100,000). Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

Nickels

239. USA (Philadelphia mint), copper-nickel 5 cents, 1866,

with rays, encapsulated NGC XF 45. KM-96. Faint, even toning all over, devoid of marks or problems, just honest (and only light) wear. Estimate: $150-$225.

241. USA (Denver mint), copper-nickel 5 cents “Buffalo

240. USA (Philadelphia mint), copper-nickel “V” nickel,

nickel,” 1937-D, “three-legged buffalo,” rare, encapsulated NGC AU 53. KM-134. Lightly toned, minor marks and even wear,

1883, first type without “CENTS.” KM-111. 4.98 grams. Popular

popular error. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

one-year type in choice, problem-free Mint State, lightly toned over underlying luster. Estimate: $125-$200.

Pennies 242. USA (Philadelphia mint), copper large cent, 1857, large

date, key date, encapsulated NGC XF 45 BN. KM-67. Hints of

original red color around details, attractive and popular as the final date of the type, struck in a low mintage and largely destroyed by the mint when the new type (small cent) began. Estimate: $200-$300.

243. USA (San Francisco mint), copper Lincoln cent, 1909-S

VDB, encapsulated NGC MS 62 RB. KM-132. Good luster, not much color on contrast but clearly devoid of wear and very popular as a variant of the first date of issue (only) with designer’s initials at bottom on reverse. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

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Shipwreck Ingots Note: photos not actual size (reduced or enlarged to show details)

Gold Unidentified early 1500s wreck in the Caribbean 244. Gold “oro corriente” cut piece with stamp “C” (Charles I of Spain), 42.68 grams,

from an unidentified early 1500s wreck in the Caribbean. Approx. 1-1/2” x 1” x 3/16”. The top-

side of this piece is littered with markings, from a faint, circular, dotted-border tax stamp to a large C within a box (toned for good contrast) for Charles, but the bottom is unmarked and rough, with half of the curved edge smooth (outside edge) and the other half very sharply cut (two cuts at a right angle to each other), popular as used in place of struck gold coins in the early colonies and among the first ever offered from this new source. (Interestingly, the C marking on this piece matches some similar cut gold pieces from the ca.-1528 “Tumbaga wreck” in the Bahamas.) From an unidentified early 1500s wreck in the Caribbean. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

245. Gold “oro corriente” cut piece with stamp “F” (Ferdinand V of Spain), 15.43 grams,

from an unidentified early 1500s wreck in the Caribbean. Approx. 3/4” x 9/16” x 7/32”. Crudely

rectangular piece with one long side somewhat rounded (outside edge) but other long side sharply cut, as is also one of the short sides but the other short side is broken off, with one marking on top showing a Gothic F for Ferdinand in a box (toned around edge), the bottom of the whole piece rough and unmarked, rare and popular as used in place of struck gold coins in the early colonies and among the first ever offered from this new source. From an unidentified early 1500s wreck in the Caribbean. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

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Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida

246. Large, complete gold bar #72, 2271 grams, marked with fineness XVII: (17.5K) and foundry/assayer SEBAST’N / ESPANOL, from the Atocha (1622). 8-1/2” x 1-1/2” x 3/4”. A very thick and heavy ingot (NOT a “finger bar”!) with markings littering its

top, including four finenesses, seven circular tax stamps and one full and clear foundry/assayer, also with fineness XVII and two parallel lines (in place of dots) lightly inscribed into the surface (probably the assayer’s temporary marking before stamping), the whole surface somewhat rough as cast, especially the bottom, which shows lots of red toning and coral in crevices, tiny assayer’s “bite” in one corner. From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #85A-GB072. Estimate: $80,000-up.

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247. Long gold bar #55, 1292 grams, marked with fineness XVI and three dots (16.75K) and foundry/assayer AVN / CI-

BAN, from the Atocha (1622). 8” x 1-1/4” x 5/8”. A very clean, bright, smooth and tidily marked bar for its large size, with four very bold (deeply impressed) markings of fineness interspersed with six circular tax stamps, the foundry/assayer full but less bold, with large fineness XVI and three parallel lines (instead of dots) lightly inscribed into the surface (probably the assayer’s temporary marking before stamping), several small cuts at one end and a single one at the other end (at least one of which represents the assayer’s “bite”), the bottom of the bar typically rough but coral-free, interesting as not listed on the manifest (so possibly contraband). From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #85A-GB055. Estimate: $75,000-up.

248. Complete gold “finger” bar #1526, 699 grams, marked with fineness XXIII: (23.5K) and serial number 152-1, from

the Atocha (1622). 5-1/4” x 7/8” x 1/2”. From a series of mysteriously high grade bars without foundry/assayer markings and tax stamps (also

no assayer’s “bite”), hence purported to be either the property of the Church or representative of the “king’s fifth” (tax), this example with very bold fineness but light serial number (both hand-engraved), two dimples on top where the metal settled during cooling. From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #A84-1526. Estimate: $35,000-up.

249. Flat, cut gold bar #3130, 186 grams, marked with fineness XXII (22K) and foundry/assayer G.DE BS, from the Atocha (1622), with old, hand-signed Fisher certificate. 2-1/2” x 1” x 1/4”. Boldly marked with two finenesses and circular tax stamps and one

full foundry/assayer (first example of this cartouche we have ever offered and therefore probably very rare), with large “temporary” fineness-mark XXII lightly inscribed into the surface, both ends neatly cut and the sides smooth and clean, the bottom typically rough, no coral or damage, popular as a small and therefore affordable bar with attractive markings. From the Atocha (1622), with hand-signed Fisher photo-certificate #3130 dated August 27, 1979. Estimate: $15,000-up.

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Santa Margarita, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida

250. Complete gold bar #24, 2267 grams, marked with fineness XVI (16K) and foundry/assayer IVAN / P3, from the Santa

Margarita (1622). 11” x 1-1/4” x 3/4”. Impressively large and clean ingot with two foundry/assayer markings, three finenesses (a putative

fourth fineness lost in a large natural lacuna in the center), seven circular tax stamps, small XVI and three diagonal slashes lightly inscribed into the surface (probably the assayer’s temporary marking before stamping), somewhat smooth all over, with interesting (early) circular TREASURE SALVORS stamp impressed on the bottom, right next to a hairline crack (totally stable) circumscribing the center of the bar, the assayer’s “bite” curiously taken near the bottom and end on one side (as opposed to a corner or top). From the Santa Margarita (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #24-M-80. Estimate: $80,000-up.

251. Small, flat Peruvian gold bar #35, 410 grams, marked with fineness XXIII: (23.5K) and assayer MOSQVERA and

foundry CVZCO, from the Santa Margarita (1622). 4” x 1-1/4” x 3/8”. Very attractive bar for its size and clear markings, including bold fineness in center (two incuse X’s followed by III in one box and : in another) along with a faintly inscribed fineness (temporary marking), two full assayer cartouches and six circular tax stamps, PLUS a foundry cartouche for Cuzco at one end, the other end with diagonally sheared assayer’s “bite,” nice coral encrustation in crevices, very similar to the Queen’s Museum specimen (a 1981 exhibit in New York City).

Of all the assayer marks on Atocha and Santa Margarita gold bars, MOSQVERA appears to be the rarest. From the Santa Margarita (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #35-M-80. Estimate: $30,000-up.

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Spanish 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida

252. Large, rectangular, Peruvian gold bar, 2148 grams, marked with fineness XX• (20.25K) and castle-and-stars tax

stamp, from the 1715 Fleet. 5-1/2” x 2-3/4” x 1/2”. This curious “flat brick” shows several clear markings on a top surface that is very rough

due to the incomplete melting of its constituents, which appear to be disks (probably oro corriente or jewelry or possibly even gold cobs), the markings being four clear tax stamps showing a castle between six-point stars for Lima, Peru, plus two finenesses of separate incuse X’s with dot inside an incuse circle, and finally a hand-inscribed serial number VIII, which appears to be the next in sequence after a nearly matching bar (lot #337, marked VII and possibly even from the same mold) in the Christie’s (London) auction of April 1993 (coincidentally famous for being the first auction of bars from the ca.-1528 “Tumbaga wreck”), whose description lacks the provenance and mistakenly attributes the castle mark to Charles V of the early 1500s. (This system of serial-numbering also matches a “II” seen on lot #49 of our first auction, a 2662-gram beast that was also featured in our Practical Book of Cobs [2nd and 3rd eds., 1990 and 1995] and the book Spanish Treasure Bars

by Craig & Richards [2003].) The sides of this bar are neatly sloping to a relatively smooth bottom with typical depressions, with cylindrical assayer’s “bite” taken out of one corner. It remains to be said that 1715-Fleet gold bars are rarely offered and highly in demand. From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $100,000-up.

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253. Large Colombian gold bar, 1626 grams, marked with fineness XXII (22K), foundry/assayer BARBAROSA and complete circular tax stamp with lions and castles in a crowned shield, plated in Craig & Richards, from the 1715 Fleet. 5-1/2”

x 2” x 5/8”. Somewhat rough surfaces (mostly due to pits that are probably from contaminants that were burned or corroded away) but with

clear and bold markings, the circular tax stamp very reminiscent of Colombian gold cobs but clearly of Colombian origin anyway based on the foundry/assayer inside an incuse box within a border of dots, the fineness XXII all within a box too, also with modern 5 stamped into the bottom by Treasure Salvors. Curiously, there does not appear to be any sign of an assayer’s “bite.” Gold bars from the 1715 Fleet are rare and highly in demand. From the 1715 Fleet, plated on page 114 and back cover of Spanish Treasure Bars (Craig & Richards, 2003), with Fisher photo-certificate #1715-GB5. Estimate: $80,000-up.

Non-wreck 254. Natural gold nugget from Australia, 22.24 grams. Rough-

ly 1-1/4” x 3/4” x 1/2”. Attractive natural formation without any quartz

matrix, substantial in size and weight (think of it as the equivalent of a “6-1/2” escudos) without getting into big money, a very collectible piece. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

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Silver “Tumbaga wreck,” sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island

255. Silver “tumbaga” bar #M-16, 5 lb 6-1/4 oz av., marked with serial RC, assayer B~Vo and fineness (IU)9CCCC L x x

(1970/2400 = 82% fine), from the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528). 7” x 3” x 7/8”. A neatly cast and attractive “flat brick” with small cluster of markings all in one area including a partial circular tax stamp that shows the all-important (C )AR(OLVS), light silver color with toning in markings, diagonal assayer’s “bite” in one corner. From the “Tumbaga wreck,” sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

256. Silver “tumbaga” bar #M-38, 5 lb 2-1/2 oz av., marked with partial fineness and assayer B~Vo, from the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528). 6-3/4” x 3” x 1”. Typical “flat brick” but atypical in bearing the marks on its rounder “bottom” (as cast), that surface pitted

from corrosion but still with clear assayer but any tax stamps no longer visible, nicely toned all over, crude assayer’s “bite” in one corner. From the “Tumbaga wreck,” sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island, with Sedwick photo-certificate. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

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“Golden Fleece wreck,” sunk ca. 1550 in the northern Caribbean

257. Silver “splash” ingot #15, 879 grams, marked with crowned-C tax stamp and fineness (????)LX, from the “Golden

Fleece wreck” (ca. 1550). 6-1/2” to 8” in diameter. A thin puddle of silver with a few “drip blobs” on top, traces of dark encrustation adhering to bottom, with two full circular tax stamps (one clear, the other corroded) and bold fineness with the first digits of it mysteriously peened in its time (reason unknown). From the “Golden Fleece wreck” (ca. 1550), with Sedwick certificate from 2003. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

258. Silver “splash” ingot #15, 408 grams, marked with

crowned-C tax stamp, from the “Golden Fleece wreck” (ca.

1550). 4-1/2” to 5-1/2” in diameter. A thin oval of silver with point at one end and “break” at other end, drip blobs on top, one bold but partial circular tax stamp but no other markings, traces of encrustation near edge on bottom. From the “Golden Fleece wreck” (ca. 1550), with Sedwick certificate from 2000. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

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Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador

259. Small, contraband silver bar, 666 grams, from the Capitana (1654). 4-7/8” x 2” x 1/2”. No markings but typical shape (somewhat rectangular but with rounded sides and bottom), some surface corrosion but nicely toned. From the Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador Estimate: $800-$1,200.

260. Small, contraband silver bar, 652 grams, from the Capitana (1654). 4-1/4” x 2” x 5/8”. No markings but typical shape (somewhat

rectangular but with rounded sides and bottom), minimal corrosion, the top slightly silvery but the bottom dark and with spot of orangish encrustation. From the Capitana, with original photo-certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island 261. Small, contraband silver bar, 679 grams, from the Maravillas (1656), encrusted. 5-1/2” x 1-1/2” x 1-1/8”. Typical

“finger” bar but completely cocooned in gray and white encrustation (probably no markings to be seen inside anyway). From the Maravillas (1656), pedigreed to the Goldberg auction of February 2005 (lot 2794) but mis-described there as 1715 Fleet, with two certificates showing that incorrect provenance. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

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Slot ter Hooge, sunk in 1724 off Porto Santo, Madeira Islands 262. Neatly formed silver ingot from the Slot ter

Hooge (1724), 1951 grams, about 98.5% fine, with stamps of the Zeeland chamber of the VOC (Dutch East India Co.), cast in parallel to bar width. 6” x 1-1/2” x 1-1/8”. Typically tightly-cast Dutch bar with bold (deep)

markings of a rose and a VOC monogram with Z above and M below, diagonal assayer’s “bite” in one corner and usual plug at one end (almost flush with the side, which is not the norm), light surface corrosion and nice toning. From the Slot ter Hooge (1724). Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

Non-wreck 263. Silver “plata corriente” cut piece of an ingot, 43.81 grams, marked with tax stamp.

Roughly 1-3/8” x 7/8” x 3/8”. Crude chunk of silver (originally a “splash” but with many pieces broken

off) with circular stamp on top that shows parts of a couple letters (looks like VL), toning and sediment in crevices, popular as used in place of coins in the early colonies. Found in a Spanish colonial area of the southern Caribbean. Estimate: $350-$500.

264. Silver “plata corriente” cut piece of an ingot, 35.64 grams, marked with Philip II tax

stamp. Roughly 1” x 7/8” x 3/8”. Thick chunk broken from a large ingot, both sides with clear circular

stamps that show parts of PHILIPPVS, light sediment in crevices, popular as used in place of coins in the early colonies. Found in a Spanish colonial area of the southern Caribbean. Estimate: $350-$500.

Copper Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida

265. Massive copper ingot (88 lb) from the Atocha (1622). 266. Massive copper ingot (64 lb) from the Atocha (1622).

Roughly 15-1/2” x 12” x 3-1/2”. Massive chunk of pure copper from 17-1/2” x 11” x 3-1/2”. Dark bronze in color all over with spots of green,

Cuban mines, unmarked but with lovely green-and-white patina on flat a few patches of encrustation on roundish bottom, a bit longer than top, the roundish bottom with purplish toning all over. From the Atocha most but typical in weight (heavy). From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #86A-226. Estimate: $750-$1,100. certificate #86A-C194. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

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Shipwreck Silver Coins Unidentified 1st-century AD wreck in the Mediterranean

267. Large clump (in two parts, with some loose coins) of 2000(+/-) billon Roman-Egyptian provincial tetradrachms.

16900 grams total, approx. roughly 15” x 9” 5” overall. An impressively large conglomeration that, when viewed all together (as it separated after

recovery) takes on the shape of the amphora that once contained it, the outline of each coin distinct and lacking encrustation but puffy and mostly unreadable from oxidation, all brown in color but with red tones and a lot of green patina, with about 60 of the coins separate from the two main blocks (which are 13,740 and 5390 grams respectively) in singles and small clumps, some of the coins showing emperors Titus and Claudius and Nero (with others likely), a fabulous display that artfully combines ancient numismatics with shipwreck treasure! Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

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“Golden Fleece wreck,” sunk ca. 1550 in the northern Caribbean

268. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Early

Series,” assayer R at bottom between pillars, motto LVSV.

271. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late

rosion and minor “horn silver,” including bold legends and pillars, darkly toned on fields. Estimate: $600-$900.

S-M5a. 13.55 grams.

Nesmith 6c; S-M7. 13.34 grams. Bold full details despite light surface cor-

Series,” assayer G to right, mintmark M to left. Nesmith 50e type;

269. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Early

Broad flan with choice full details (very slightly off-center), darkly toned, minimal surface corrosion. Estimate: $300$450.

272. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late

Series,” assayer P to right, mintmark M to left, left-leaning panel. Nesmith 26 for type; S-M4. 13.15 grams. Localized surface corrosion

Series,” assayer G to right, mintmark M to left, king’s name as CHAROLVS. Nesmith 54 type; S-M5. 12.46 grams. Somewhat weak

at top of pillars side only, the rest pristine (XF details), including the entire shield side, steel-gray toning all over. Estimate: $500-$750.

in centers but with much bold legend, very light surface corrosion, darkly toned. Estimate: $200-$300.

273. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late

270. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Early

Series,” assayer L to left, mintmark M to right. Nesmith 82a type;

Series,” assayer G at bottom between pillars, left-leaning panel. Nesmith 11/11a; S-M2. 11.06 grams. Broad flan with full details

S-M9. 12.43 grams. Crisp and full details despite light surface corrosion all

over, the pillars especially nice, all darkly toned. Estimate: $250-$375.

(including legends), rich rainbow toning all over, minor surface corrosion on pillars side but a little more severe on the shield. Estimate: $500-$750.

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Spanish 1554 Fleet off Padre Island, Texas 274. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer L to

right, mintmark M to left. Nesmith 86 for type; S-M9. 9.76 grams. Typically brownish and thin

from moderate corrosion but with good full shield and other details, patch of “horn silver” on pillars side. Pedigreed to our Auction #8, with original lot-tag #435. Estimate: $125-$200.

Unidentified ca.-1590 wreck off the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico 275. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer C below erasure,

very rare. S-P5; KM-5.1; CT-136 (under La Plata). 25.19 grams. Mostly solid specimen

(just some loss on about 30% of the edge) with full and clear shield and cross and much legend, the all-important P-erasure-C very clear, light but uneven toning, numismatically popular issue that was once attributed to La Plata.

Estimate: $700-$1,000.

“Rill Cove wreck,” sunk ca. 1618 off Cornwall, England 276. Toledo, Spain, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer C below mintmark

oT to left. KM-37.4. 19.76 grams. Thin from corrosion but with clear (but slightly

doubled) full shield and cross, uneven toning. With generic certificate. Estimate: $100-$150.

Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida Mexico 277. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1607F (possibly

date over GRATIA), rare, Grade 1. S-M15; KM-44.3; CT-91. 25.73 grams. Choice full shield and cross and oMF, bottom half of date bold

with hints of letters underneath, solid but with some surface pitting, nicely toned on fields. With Fisher certificate #95A-1621 and copy of Coins of the Lost Galleons booklet by Budde-Jones (2nd ed., 1993).

Estimate: $750-$1,100.

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278. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer

279. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer

D, Grade 2. S-M18; KM-44.3. 24.42 grams. Good full cross but heavily

not visible, Grade 3 (estimated), certificate and tag missing.

corroded shield, clear assayer, typically silvery. With Fisher certificate #104963. Estimate: $300-$450.

KM-44.3. 21.55 grams. Decent shield and cross despite moderate to heavy

corrosion, toned on fields. Estimate: $100-$150.

280. Lot of 4 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayers F and D (where visible), Grades 1 (3) and 2 (1). KM44.3. 95.36 grams total. Full

shields and crosses, some light corrosion, mostly clear mintmarks and assayers, one with partial date (1621?). With Fisher certificates #183484, 183557, 237103 and 262253. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

281. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer F,

Grade-1 quality but no Grade on certificate. S-M12; KM-36. 13.26

grams. Good full shield and cross despite weak spots, minimal surface

corrosion only. With Fisher certificate #146765. Estimate: $400-$600.

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Lima 282. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rincón), motto PL-VSV-LT above two• denomination, legends divided as HISPA / NIARVM, Grade 2, rare. S-L1; KM8; CT-481. 5.63 grams. Bold

and nearly full legends around full and bold inner details, some doubling but only localized surface corrosion at top of shield, nicely toned around details. With Fisher certificate #237732. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

283. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, P-4

to left, *-oD to right, Grade 2. S-L4; KM-11; CT-318. 13.00 grams. Very broad flan with full legends (doubled on the cross side) and crown and inner details, minor weak spots but minimal surface corrosion, low contrast. With Fisher certificate #237427.

Estimate: $700-$1,000.

284. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, *-ii to left, P-oD to right, Grade 2. S-L4; KM-9; CT-487. 6.65 grams. Choice full shield and cross and crown with minor doubling, toned in crevices, no corrosion (hence Grade 1 all day long).

With Fisher certificate #109076. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

285. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, *-(ii) to left, P-oD to right, Grade 2. S-L4; KM-9; CT-487. 5.63 grams. Full details all over despite mod-

erate surface corrosion, bright and shiny. With Fisher photo-certificate #268380. Estimate: $500-$750.

Potosí 8R 286. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (1st period, “Lima style”), Grade 1, rare.

S-P4; KM-5.1. 25.08 grams.

Huge flan with full legends and crown, choice full shield and cross, minor localized surface corrosion but mostly pristine. With Fisher/Miguel photo-certificate #R-1981. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

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287. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd 290. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer Q, “10 period), Grade 1.

points,” with old, hand-signed Fisher certificate.

Choice full shield and cross, both very well detailed but the shield slightly doubled, minimal localized surface corrosion, nicely toned. With Fisher certificate #261868. Estimate: $600-$900.

S-P10; KM-5.1; CT-158. 26.92 grams.

288. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer A, Grade 1.

S-P17; KM-

Full shield and cross and clear assayer despite moderate surface corrosion and uneven toning, still very solid. With hand-signed Fisher photo-certificate #1196 dated November 5, 1975.

Estimate: $350-$500.

10; CT-124. 23.47 grams.

291. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer M,

Bold full P-A, full shield and crown, but with moderate surface corrosion that makes the cross almost not visible. With Fisher certificate #231518. Estimate: $500-$750.

S-P11; KM-5.1; CT-157. 24.21 grams.

Grade 2.

S-P18; KM-10; CT-123. 25.49 grams. Interesting seven-sided shape, with bold full shield and cross, most of crown, solid but silvery, minimal surface corrosion. With Fisher certificate #199903. Estimate: $300-$450.

289. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer RL, Grade

1. S-P13; KM-5.1; CT-159. 24.58 grams. Bold full crown and shield and

292. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)617M, Grade 1. S-P19;

cross and P-RL with contrast enhanced by dark toning on fields, some doubling and minor localized surface corrosion. With Fisher photocertificate #220126. Estimate: $500-$750.

flan with good full shield and cross and much bold legend (and crown), including Y’s instead of I’s, 617 of date, clear P-•M, two minor edge-splits but practically no corrosion.

From the Hebert collection, with Fisher/Miguel photo-certificate #H-535.

Estimate: $500-$750.

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KM-10; CT-129. 26.37 grams. Broad

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293. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)617(M), Grade 2. 296. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)18PAL, Grade 1,

rare. S-P20; KM-10; CT-130. 26.43 grams. Bold full shield and cross, full

Bold full cross with clear date, full but off-center shield, parts of edge crude (as made) but no corrosion, clearly Grade-1 quality. With Fisher certificate #106759. Estimate: $500-$750.

S-P19; KM-10; CT-129. 26.57 grams.

mintmark-assayer, bottom half of 18 of date, practically no corrosion.

From the Hebert collection, with Fisher/Miguel photo-certificate #H-582 and pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of June 1998, with original lot-tag #593. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

297. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1618(T), Grade 1. S-P21;

294. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1617(M), Grade 3. S-P19;

KM-10. 24.51 grams. Good

full shield and nearly full cross, full 618 of date, light to moderate corrosion, Grade-2 quality overall. With Fisher certificate #163098. Estimate: $500-$750.

Broad flan with clear date outside full cross, the full shield slightly doubled, with one edge-split and light to moderate surface corrosion all over. With Fisher certificate #176168.

Estimate: $350-$500.

KM-10; CT-129. 22.46 grams.

298. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)18(T), Grade 2, rare low serial number. S-P21; KM-10. 24.51 grams. Bold 8 of date, good full shield with moderate corrosion, full but off-center cross with weak

295. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1618PAL, Grade 1, rare. spots but no corrosion on that side, very solid overall. With Fisher Choice full shield and cross-lionscastles with AU details, bold full mintmark and assayer and denomination, nearly full date, minimal localized surface corrosion, a premium example of a traditional rarity. With Fisher/Miguel photo-certificate #R-1984. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

S-P20; KM-10; CT-130. 26.92 grams.

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certificate #100005. Estimate: $400-$600.

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299. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1619T, upper half of shield

302. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1619T, Grade 2. S-P21; KM-10;

transposed, Grade 1. S-P21; KM-10; CT-133. 25.76 grams. Good full

CT-133. 26.29 grams. Bold

detail all over, including legends (especially the 16 of the date), full shield and cross, minimal corrosion (Grade-1 quality), spotty toning. With Fisher certificate #130985. Estimate: $400-$600.

shield with bold P+T and denomination and most of crown, the cross also full but weaker and slightly doubled, with bold bottom half of date visible, no corrosion, nicely toned on fields. With Fisher certificate #180272. Estimate: $600-$900.

303. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (162)0T, Grade 2. S-P21; 300. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1(61)9(T), Grade 1. S-P21;

KM-10; CT-137. 24.07 grams.

KM-10; CT-133. 27.00 grams. Uneven

Full shield and cross (the latter slightly doubled), full 0 of date, light surface corrosion and possibly some edge loss but otherwise very solid. With Fisher certificate #158722.

Estimate: $400-$600.

301. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1(61)9(T), Grade 2. S-P21;

304. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1621T, quadrants of cross

thickness resulting in central flatness in otherwise full shield and cross, some legend including clear tail of 9 of date, silvery and with corrosion at edge in places. With Fisher certificate #213412. Estimate: $500-$750.

transposed, Grade 1. S-P21; KM-10. 27.08 grams. Very bold full shield

KM-10; CT-133. 26.59 grams. Bold

full cross and shield, full but weaker 9 of date, solid coin with no corrosion (clearly Grade-1 quality). With Fisher certificate #101674. Estimate: $400-$600.

and cross with some doubling, full date and P+T, no corrosion. With Fisher certificate #212368. Estimate: $500-$750.

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305. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer not visible, “10 points,” with old, hand-signed Fisher certificate. KM-10. 12.06 grams.

Good full cross (doubled) and shield despite central surface corrosion and heavy peripheral loss. With hand-signed Fisher photo-certificate #850 dated December 23, 1976. Estimate: $300-$450.

306. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer not

visible, Grade 4, mounted in gold-wire bezel with emerald.

KM-10. 19.75 grams total. Decent cross despite moderate to heavy corro-

sion (the shield indiscernible), simple custom mounting with decentsized (1 carat?) emerald with modern faceting. With Fisher certificate #228726. Estimate: $175-$250.

Potosí 8R Group Lots 307. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #100474, 108286, 114136, 114591, 119261, 119532, 149768, 152751, 154180 and 154818. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

308. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #155331, 155399, 156393, 156827, 156850, 157247, 157998, 158380, 158703 and 159015. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

309. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #159433, 159933, 160420, 160823, 161362, 161606, 162238, 162366, 162537 and 163392. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

310. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #163214, 164169, 164452, 167533, 167854, 170252, 170500, 171361, 174539 and 176517. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

311. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #180209, 185167, 185811, 187414, 187482, 185949, 188361, 189371, 189532 and 189718. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

312. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #189727, 189759, 190794, 191862, 197946, 198333, 208769, 209396, 219015 and 219277. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

313. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #219417, 219631, 220045, 220452, 220461, 220531, 221648, 229623, 229725 and 230035. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

314. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #230792, 231016, 231104, 244607, 246352, 246420, 260241, 260320, 260405 and 260591. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

315. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #260682, 260759, 260838, 260914, 261135, 261250, 261365, 261636, 262171 and 262472. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

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316. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #262017, 262695, 262772, 262854 and 263012. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

317. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade-1 quality but

no Grades on certificates (and two with tags only, certificates missing). Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or

close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #102395, 114337, 114439, 114490, 114541, 144824, 144856 and 146838, two with just tags 103964 and 136266. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

318. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #100408, 101991, 103469, 103621, 104037, 104141, 104302, 105428, 105673 and 105935. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

319. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #106073, 106525, 107028, 107334, 113728, 113831, 113980, 114199, 114675 and 116031. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

320. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #116108, 116309, 116363, 116635, 116868, 116296, 117160, 117982, 118892 and 118973. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

321. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #124166, 124377, 1245722, 124866, 125317, 128943, 129218, 131244, 135089 and 135140. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

322. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #136628, 140003, 140926, 141028, 141310, 141735, 141935, 142040, 142245 and 154055. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

323. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #155057, 155106, 155176, 155932, 156284, 156508, 156603, 157178, 157389 and 157511. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

324. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #157731, 158020, 158228, 158279, 158823, 159054, 159628, 159902, 160033 and 160188. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

325. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #160236, 160319, 160943, 161076, 161508, 161649, 161833, 162327, 162635 and 162945. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

326. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #163334, 164095, 164293, 167579, 167681, 167952, 169875, 169920, 169965 and 170302. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

327. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #170437, 170914, 171561, 171606, 171935, 172000, 173623, 173757, 173875 and 174065. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

328. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #174502, 174749, 175302, 176045, 176471, 180105, 180466, 180597, 180735 and 180806. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

329. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #181093, 181233, 181388, 181532, 181764, 182152, 182670, 182861, 182930 and 182972. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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330. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #183021, 183079, 183127, 183179, 183284, 183295, 185254, 185474, 185832 and 186382. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

331. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #186465, 187122, 187727, 187781, 187882, 188057, 188129, 188196, 188314 and 188446. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

332. Lot of 6 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #173516, 188961, 189430, 189592, 190536 and 201070. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

333. Lot of 6 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #160938, 182792, 203727, 214212, 244667 and 264446. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

334. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 3. Generally moderately corroded but still with clear shields and crosses, a few with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #103081, 130337, 134215, 135062, 135849, 136399, 138037, 138439, 138512 and 139241. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

335. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 3. Generally moderately corroded but still with clear shields and crosses, a few with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #140898, 148768, 152217, 156458, 188875, 189193, 189517, 189635, 190413 and 192055. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

336. Lot of 6 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 3. Generally moderately corroded but still with clear shields and crosses, a few with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #192098, 193070, 193265, 193285, 193610 and 194022. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

337. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayers not visible, all Grade 3, with tags but certificates missing.

Generally moderately corroded but still with clear shields and crosses, a few with visible assayers. With original Fisher tags #SR455, 133357 and 192477. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $500-$750.

338. Lot of 2 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayers not visible, Grades 3 and 4. 28.51 grams total. One with heavy

surface corrosion but bold full cross (with original plastic tag), the other with pieces of edge missing and heavily corroded cross but good shield.

With Fisher photo-certificates #135781 and 01A-50971. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

Potosí 4R

339. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd 340. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayer Q/R period), Grade 1. S-P10; KM-4.2. 13.60 grams. Roundish flan with nice

(rare), Grade-1 quality but no Grade on certificate. S-P17; KM-9.

full shield and cross, full P-B and denomination, some weak spots but no corrosion. With Fisher certificate #191248. Estimate: $500-$750.

12.99 grams. Bold P-Q with clear Q/R, full but partially flat shield, good

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full cross, round flan, corrosion-free. With Fisher certificate #146652.

Estimate: $500-$750.

341. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayer Q,

344. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1618)PAL, Grade 3, rare.

Grade 2. S-P17; KM-9; CT-243. 12.00 grams. Good full shield and cross,

S-P20; KM-9. 11.60 grams. Nice full shield with full PAL in lower position

clear P-Q and denomination, light surface corrosion only. With Fisher photo-certificate #206532. Estimate: $300-$450.

due to doubling, heavily corroded cross, deeply toned all over. With Fisher certificate #237590. Estimate: $250-$375.

342. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (16)17(M), Grade 2. S-P19;

345. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (16)18T, Grade 1. S-P21; KM-

Clear 7 of date, full but somewhat crude shield and cross due to flatness and light to moderate corrosion, typically silvery. With Fisher certificate #159512. Estimate: $400-$600.

KM-9; CT-245. 11.81 grams.

9; CT-247. 13.18 grams. Choice full shield and cross, bold P-T and date,

no corrosion. With Fisher certificate #153370. Estimate: $600-$900.

346. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayer not vis-

343. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (16)17(M), Grade 2 (esti-

ible, Grade 1. KM-9. 13.41 grams. Full shield and cross with some flat

mated), original tag and certificate missing but registered as A84-039. S-P19; KM-9; CT-245. 11.61 grams. Bold date, full but off-center

shield and cross with black fields but moderate corrosion. Pedigreed to our Auction #11, with original lot-tag #280. Estimate: $350-$500.

spots, crude edge (as made) but no corrosion, typically silvery. With Fisher photo-certificate #246687. Estimate: $400-$600.

Potosí 4R Group Lots 347. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #117368, 129613, 153302, 153382, 183736, 156049, 157612, 159177, 161132 and 161983. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

348. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #163668, 163892, 174189, 175040, 181637, 188849, 190268, 197201, 220216 and 220366. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

349. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #128159. 220839, 221359, 222199, 230238, 261704, 261943, 262406. 262939 and 261777. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

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350. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #118244, 119610, 129390, 129519, 129637, 140715, 141256, 147133, 147495 and 152564. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

351. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #152589, 155606, 155700, 156120, 156728, 158404, 158544, 159789, 160633 and 160678. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

352. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally

lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #161157, 161331, 161962, 162116, 163701, 164358, 164444, 167859, 170711 and 172443. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

353. Lot of 7 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #173293, 174195, 174403, 175004, 180281, 181625 and 182469. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $2,250-$3,500.

354. Lot of 7 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 2. Generally lightly corroded (some better, some worse) with good shields and crosses, some with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #183237, 183426, 187928, 188602, 189288, 191454 and 193807. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $2,250-$3,500.

Potosí 2R

355. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayer RL (curved leg), Grade 1. S-P15; KM-8; CT-355. 5.79 grams. Choice full shield and cross (the latter slightly doubled), full assayer (often mistaken for B/R, per the accompanying tag and certificate), no corrosion, nicely toned. With Fisher certificate #94A-0343 and copy of Coins of the Lost Galleons booklet by Budde-Jones (2nd ed., 1993). Estimate: $500-$750.

356. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1617M, Grade-1 quality but no Grade on certificate. S-P19; KM-8; CT-356. 6.50 grams. Deeply toned and corrosion-free, with choice full shield, good full cross with bold 6 and 7 of date. With Fisher certificate #144510. Estimate: $500-$750.

357. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1618PAL, Grade 1, rare. S-P20; KM-8. 6.76 grams. Broad, oval flan with nice full shield and cross and crown (all intricately detailed), full P-PAL (tiny letters), clear date, no corrosion (silvery). With Fisher certificate #109085. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

358. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1618T/PAL, Grade 3, very rare.

S-P21; KM-8. 6.26 grams. Exceptionally bold full date and P-T/PAL (large), nice full cross (off-center), the full shield

(only) lightly corroded but still at least close to Grade-1 quality (undergraded), interesting shape.

With Fisher certificate #236586. Estimate: $600-$900.

359. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayer T, Grade 1. S-P21; KM-8. 6.65 grams. Very bold full shield and cross and denomination, clear P-T, minimal surface corrosion, deeply contrasting toning. With Fisher certificate #94A-0343 and copy of Coins of the Lost Galleons booklet by Budde-Jones (2nd ed., 1993). Estimate: $500-$750.

360. Lot of 9 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II and/or III, various assayers (where visible), all Grade 1, two with origi-

nal tags but no certificates. Generally good shields and crosses, most corrosion-free or close to it, most with visible assayers. With Fisher certificates #132363, 132549, 133159, 133326, 136884, 150180 and 231370 and two with just tags 221966 and 236544. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

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Cartagena 361. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer (A) to right, mintmark RN to left (1621-2), “8 points,” with old, hand-signed Fisher certificate, rare. S-C2; KM-3.2. 17.50 grams.

Deeply toned but heavily corroded, still with clear cross and crown and shield with mintmark RN visible, possible partial date. With hand-signed Fisher photo-certificate #2178 dated December 12, 1975.

Estimate: $600-$900.

Santa Margarita, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida 363. Lot of 5 cob 8 reales (four Potosí and one Mexico),

Philip III, one with assayer Q but the others not visible, all Grade 3, with tags but certificates missing. 75.01 grams total. Decent shields and/or crosses despite moderate to heavy corrosion, mostly nicely toned. With original Fisher tags #312, 3468, 6023, 6457 and 8084. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

364. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayer Q, Grade 1.

S-P17; KM-8; CT-353.

5.50 grams. Good full cross

362. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer M, Grade (doubled) and shield, clear P-Q,

crude edge due to localized corrosion, nicely toned. With Fisher photo-certificate #5731.

Estimate: $400-$600.

1. S-P18; KM-10; CT-123. 26.72 grams. Full P-•M, full but partially flat shield and cross, no corrosion, choice specimen for this wreck. With Fisher photo-certificate #80M-8376. Estimate: $400-$600.

“Dry Tortugas wreck,” sunk ca. 1622 in the Dry Tortugas, west of Key West, Florida 365. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer not visible.

KM-44.3. 16.57 grams. More solid than most from this wreck, still corroded and shiny but thick and with decent cross and shield. With tag #91-1A-000951.0002 from the salvagers. Estimate: $125-$200.

São José, sunk in 1622 off Mozambique, east coast of Africa 366. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible. KM-38. 11.31 grams. Good cross and shield despite mod-

erate surface corrosion, nicely toned, no peripheral detail. Estimate: $75-$110.

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Piet Heyn’s Hollandia, sunk in 1627 off Bay of All Saints, Brazil 367. Utrecht, Netherlands, “lion” daalder, 1617, ex-Sebring,

very rare provenance. KM-13. 26.79 grams. No corrosion, full details

(with typical flat spots), nice toning, a few minor marks, very important provenance dating to a critical battle pitting the Dutch privateer Heyn against the Portuguese and Spanish just one year before his famous capture of the Spanish 1628 Fleet that resulted in the “Lucayan Beach wreck” (see next lots). With certificate, pedigreed to the Tom Sebring collection (ANR, January 2004, lot 1602) and to the Christie’s Amsterdam auction of March 1983. Estimate: $500-up.

“Lucayan Beach wreck,” sunk ca. 1628 off Grand Bahama Island

368. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer D, with original Spink box and carton from 1960s promotion. S-M18a; KM-45. 24.31 grams. Bold assayer, full cross and nearly full shield, deeply toned, not much corrosion, somewhat rare with original promotional material (including the seldom-seen outer carton).

Estimate: $200-$300.

369. Lot of 3 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, as-

sayer D (where visible). S-M18a; KM-45. 61.32 grams total. Mostly good crosses and/or shields despite corrosion and uneven flans, also mostly toned. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

370. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, (1)624/3/2D, rare.

371. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, assayer D,

with original Spink box and carton from 1960s promotion.

S-M18a; KM-38. 13.23 grams. Solid

Clear oMD, full 24 of date with messy overdate, decent cross and shield despite moderate corrosion, nicely toned. Estimate: $100-$150.

S-M18a; KM-unl. (cf. 38). 10.52 grams.

and totally uncorroded, with nearly full shield and cross and full oMD but otherwise flat, nicely toned, rare with ALL the original promotional material (the outer carton particularly scarce). With original certificate and booklet. Estimate: $250-$375.

Consign to our LIVE FLOOR Auction #18 October, 2015

Bid LIVE on the Internet at www.auction.sedwickcoins.com

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Concepción, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola

372. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 164(?)P. S-M19; KM-45.

373. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 164(?)P. S-M19; KM-45.

flat), most of cross, some corrosion here and there but mostly just crude (as made), edge-split, toned. With large wallet-style certificate #3139.

Estimate: $125-$200.

moderately corroded all over but nicely toned. With large wallet-style certificate #3140. Estimate: $125-$200.

23.20 grams. Bold 64 of date, upper-left corner of shield only (the rest

21.99 grams. Bold 164 of date and full oMP, some shield and cross,

“San Francisco wreck,” sunk ca. 1650 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa 374. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not vis-

ible (1640s). KM-19a. 19.74 grams. Good full cross, full but weaker

shield, somewhat crudely struck but solid, the low weight not so much due to corrosion as from sub-standard manufacture during mint scandal. With Sedwick certificate from 2001. Estimate: $175-$250.

Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador Shield-type 375. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)49O, with unidentified

countermark on cross. S-P35; KM-19b; CT-506. 20.40 grams. Bold date

and cross and P-O but rest of coin thin and corroded, nicely toned.

Estimate: $125-$200.

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376. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650O, date as 1.6.5.0.

379. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)51O, with crowned-

(modern 5), rare, with crowned-(?) countermark on cross.

L countermark on cross. S-P35; KM-19b; CT-510. 26.29 grams. Solid

S-P35; KM-unl. (cf. 19b); CT-unl. (cf. 509). 26.17 grams. Broad

flan with full legends (doubled) and shield and cross, full P-O and 8-O, clear date, full crown in countermark but letter below indistinct, minimal corrosion, nicely toned. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of April 1999, with original catalog (hand-signed by Lou Ullian) and lot-tag #117.

Estimate: $500-$750.

specimen with choice full cross (doubled) and shield, full 8-O and countermark, bold king’s name, no corrosion, spotty toning. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

380. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651O, with crowned •F•

377. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650O, no countermark countermark on shield.

S-P35; KM-19b; CT-510. 18.84 grams. Thin from corrosion but with very choice full shield and cross, bold full 16 of date and top of countermark (near the edge), full crown, nicely toned. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

(rare). S-P35; KM-19b; CT-509. 27.41 grams. Choice full cross and shield and crown, full P-O and 8-O (slightly doubled), much legend, no corrosion (full weight). Estimate: $250-$375.

378. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650O, with crowned- 381. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-51)O, with crowned•F• countermark on shield, encapsulated ICG VF20.

KM-19b; CT-509. Solid

L countermark on cross. S-P35; KM-19b. 21.20 grams. Full shield and

S-P35;

cross, the latter doubled but with bold countermark, crude flan with two large edge-splits, moderate corrosion on obverse, nicely toned.

Estimate: $200-$300.

coin with minimal corrosion, nearly full shield and cross (the latter slightly off-center), bold countermark, toned on fields. Estimate: $150-$225.

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385. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (165)1E, with crowned •F•

countermark on shield. S-P36; KM-19b; CT-511. 26.16 grams. Broad

382. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned-(?) countermark on cross.

flan with nice full crown and shield (full countermark too), full but weaker cross, nicely toned, minimal corrosion, two edge-splits. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

S-P35; KM-19b. 21.81 grams.

Good cross with bold countermark, full but corroded shield, lightly toned all over. With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $175-$250.

386. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with crowned•F• countermark on shield. S-P36; KM-19b. 27.60 grams. Choice full

383. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with

countermark, the shield and cross both full but somewhat worn, no corrosion at all, nicely toned, small part of edge crude (as made). With generic certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $200-$300.

crowned-(?) countermark on shield. S-P35; KM-19b. 23.41 grams.

Bold P-O, full shield and cross, full crown in countermark, toning and light surface corrosion all over. Pedigreed to our Auction #9, with original lot-tag #665, and to our auction #6, with original lot-tag #330.

Estimate: $125-$200.

384. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E, with crowned-•F• countermark on shield.

S-P36; KM-19b; CT-511. 26.16 grams. Bold full countermark on full shield below full crown, bold full P-E to left, good full cross (albeit weakly struck) with clear date, nicely toned, light corrosion around edge only. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of April 1999, with original lot-tag #194 and generic certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $250-$375.

387. Lot of 8 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, assayers O and E (1649-52), with various countermarks. KM-19b. 136.03 grams total. Moderate to heavy corrosion but with generally clear details and

mostly well toned. Estimate: $500-$750.

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388. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1650-1)O, with pentagonal crowned-1652 countermark on cross, extremely rare on this denomination.

S-P35; KM-17b. 13.30 grams. Solid and

uncorroded coin with full but weak shield (slightly doubled) and cross, bold assayer and countermark, nicely toned on fields. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

389. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible.

Full but slightly off-center shield and cross, deeply toned all over, light surface corrosion. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

KM-14a. 4.34 grams.

390. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob minors (two 2R and one

1R), Philip IV, one with assayer R visible (very rare). 10.76 grams total. All more or less corroded and crudely made but with clear shields

and crosses and one of the 2R with full and bold R assayer of the 1640s (Ramírez), who was executed for his role in the mint scandal. Estimate: $100-$150.

1652 Transitionals

391. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type 392. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1652)E Transitional Type IV/A, subtype with A/F to left of shield. S-P37; KM-A20.4; CT-432.

26.11 grams. Superb full details on both sides, with minimal doubling

IV/A. S-P37; KM-A20.4; CT-432. 20.99 grams. Bold full shield (off-center)

and corrosion, nice toning, somewhat Royal-like in overall quality. Dot variety: Mastalir IV.1-A.bb2. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

and good full pillars (doubled) despite light to moderate surface corrosion, purplish-brown toning in crevices. Dot variety: Mastalir IV.1-A. aa. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

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393. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)52E Transitional Type IV/A.

Choice full inner details on both sides plus bold 165 of date in legend, also nicely contrasting toning, but much of periphery lost to corrosion. Dot variety: Mastalir IV.1-A.bb1. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

S-P37; KM-A20.4; CT-432. 21.61 grams.

396. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)52E Transitional Type IV/A. S-P37; KM-A20.4; CT-432. 18.85 grams. Choice bold details on both

sides despite thinning from corrosion, slight doubling but contrastingly toned. Dot variety: Mastalir IV.1-A.dd. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

394. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)52E Transitional Type 397. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type IV/A. S-P37; KM-A20.4; CT-432. 15.71 grams. Somewhat weak from flat-

IV/A. S-P37; KM-A20.4; CT-432. 17.72 grams. Very bold full pillars and

crown, the crowned shield also full and bold but off-center, deeply toned fields, somewhat thin from corrosion, one edge-split. Dot variety: Mastalir IV.1-A.dd. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

ness and corrosion but still with good full details, including full 4-digit second date in legend, light toning. Dot variety: Mastalir IV.1-A.ad1.

Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

398. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type

395. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)52E Transitional Type IV/A, subtype with A/F to left of shield. S-P37; KM-A20.4; CT-432.

IV/A. S-P37; KM-A20.4; CT-432. 22.88 grams. Big flan with bold, Royal-

15.34 grams. Small flan due to heavy corrosion resulting in peripheral

like detail on both sides (much legend, full inner details, the pillars side especially nice with full crown and POTOSÍ) but light to moderate (localized) corrosion and uneven toning. Dot variety: Mastalir IV.1-A. ad1. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

loss, still with decent details (enough to attribute the variety), clear date and bold A/F, toned in crevices. Dot variety: Mastalir IV.1-A.bb2.

Estimate: $100-$150.

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399. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1652E Transitional, McLean Type II, rotated 4’s for denomination, rare. S-P37; KM-B18; CT-734. 13.40 grams. Choice

specimen with minimal surface corrosion and nice toning, bold full pillars and cross, minor doubling, very solid and attractive. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of April 1999, with original lot-tag #245 and generic certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

Pillars-and-waves

400. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, 1-PH-6 at top, post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B).

S-P37a; KM-21; CT-434. 22.32 grams. Choice full pillars-and-waves, full but slightly off-

center cross, traces of doubling and surface corrosion, light toning and sediment in crevices, two dates and assayers, three mintmarks. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

401. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, 1-PH-6 at top, post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B).

S-P37a; KM-21;

Solid coin with minimal surface corrosion, deep toning and sediment on fields setting off the bold details, which include full pillars-and-waves, doubled cross, three dates, peripheral flatness.

Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

CT-434. 23.87 grams.

402. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, 1-PH-6 at top, post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B). S-P37a; KM-21; CT-434.

22.88 grams. Broad flan with very light surface corrosion, toned all over, full pillars-and-waves and cross (the latter doubled), two dates, edge-

split. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

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406. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, 1-PH-6 at top,

403. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, 1-PH-6 at top, post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B).

post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B). S-P37a; KM-21; CT-

S-P37a; KM-21;

434. 19.03 grams. Curious purple toning in crevices, good full cross, full

Good full pillars-and-waves, full cross plagued with dark “horn silver,” localized moderate corrosion, three dates and mintmarks, toned. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

CT-434. 24.47 grams.

but doubled pillars, light to moderate surface corrosion, edge-splits, two dates. Estimate: $125-$200.

407. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, 1-PH-6 at top, post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B).

404. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, 1-PH-6 at top,

S-P37a; KM-21;

Full but doubled pillars with interesting purple toning, crude (also doubled) cross, light to moderate surface corrosion, three dates, edge-split. Estimate: $125-$200.

CT-434. 23.42 grams.

post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B). S-P37a; KM-21; CT434. 22.65 grams. Good

full cross and pillars despite light to moderate surface corrosion, two dates, three mintmarks and assayers, lightly toned all over. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

408. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, 1-PH-6 at top

(rare). S-P37a; KM-21; CT-435. 27.17 grams. Superb strike and condition (no corrosion), all inner details full and bold plus full third date and king’s ordinal IIII in legends, darkly toned, small edge-split. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

405. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, 1-PH-6 at top,

post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B). S-P37a; KM-21; CT-

Nice full cross despite moderate corrosion, doubled pillars, crude edge, two dates. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection.

Estimate: $175-$250.

434. 23.05 grams.

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409. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, •PH• at top. S-P37a; 412. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E (probably •PH• at KM-21; CT-437. 25.51 grams. Choice, bold and full cross and pillars, well

top but not visible). S-P37a; KM-21; CT-437. 26.82 grams. Good full

centered and nicely contrasted with toning on fields, no corrosion, two dates and three mintmarks. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

410. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, •PH• at top.

cross, full but doubled pillars (flat at top, hence PH variety unknown), no corrosion, deeply toned, large edge-split. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

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Solid and uncorroded, with choice full cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves (both slightly doubled), three dates, lightly toned. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection.

Estimate: $250-$375.

P37a; KM-21; CT-437. 27.35 grams.

413. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, •PH• at top. S-P37a; Nice full pillars, full but doubled crosslions-castles, minimal surface corrosion, lightly toned, parts of edge crude (as made), two dates, three mintmarks and assayers. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-21; CT-437. 26.50 grams.

411. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, •PH• at top. S-P37a; Choice full cross-lions-castles, full but slightly doubled pillars-and-waves, flat peripheries but no corrosion, darkly contrasting toning, three dates. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

KM-21; CT-437. 27.28 grams.

414. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, •PH• at top. S-P37a;

KM-21; CT-437. 25.38 grams. Round flan with full but doubled cross and

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418. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1654E, •PH• at top. S-P37a;

415. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, •PH• at top. S-P37a;

KM-21; CT-438. 20.72 grams. Good full cross and pillars despite thinning

due to corrosion, two dates, uneven toning. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

Crudely uneven flan with edge-splits but corrosion-free and with full inner details despite flat spots and doubling (the waves particularly choice), two dates, nice toning. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-21; CT-437. 27.38 grams.

419. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1654E, •PH• at top.

SP37a; KM-21; CT-438. 23.49 grams. Broad flan with full pillars-and-waves

416. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E, •PH• at top. S-P37a; and cross (also good crown) despite “crispy” texture due to surface flan but with patches of black “horn silver” on lightly corroded surfaces, full pillars-and-waves and crosslions-castles, three dates and assayers. Estimate: $125-$200.

corrosion, two dates, three assayers, light spotty toning. Estimate: $125-$200.

KM-21; CT-437. 25.15 grams. Solid

417. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1654E, •PH• at top.

420. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1654E, •PH• at top. S-P37a; KM-21; CT-438. 19.43 grams. Bold full pillars with choice full waves, good

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full cross (off-center), thin from corrosion but with contrasting tan and green sediment around details. Estimate: $125-$200.

Bold date and mintmark above full waves (second date below cross), full cross with flat areas, practically no corrosion, toned fields. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection.

Estimate: $250-$375.

P37a; KM-21; CT-438. 27.63 grams.

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421. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1654E, •PH• at top. S-P37a;

Bold full pillars, full but weaker cross, worn and lightly corroded, two dates, light purple toning. Estimate: $125-$200.

KM-21; CT-438. 19.85 grams.

422. Lot of 7 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, dated 1652 and 1653, assayer E. S-P37a; KM-21. 130.52 grams total. All moderately to

heavily corroded but with clear dates and other details, also mostly nicely toned. Estimate: $500-$750.

423. Lot of 7 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, all dated 1654,

assayer E. S-P37a; KM-21; CT-438. 132.69 grams. All moderately to heav-

ily corroded but with clear dates and other details, also mostly nicely toned. Estimate: $500-$750.

424. Lot of 7 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, all dated 1654,

assayer E. S-P37a; KM-21; CT-438. 144.67 grams. All moderately to heav-

ily corroded but with clear dates and other details, also mostly nicely toned. Estimate: $500-$750.

425. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1653E, •PH• at top. S-P37a;

Choice full pillars-and-waves and crosslions-castles, deeply toned and well detailed, with three dates and mintmarks, no surface corrosion but possibly with small part of edge lost. Pedigreed to the Rob McClung collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

KM-18; CT-740. 12.75 grams.

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Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island

426. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1654P. S-M19; KM-45; CT-360. 23.48 grams. Bold full date and oMP and denomination despite

surface corrosion on that side, the cross full and choice, nicely toned.

With original certificate #91-8R-0761 from the salvagers. Estimate: $175-$250.

427. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E, modern 5 (rare), with crown-alone (common) countermark on shield.

S-P36;

Broad flan but thin from corrosion, full but doubled cross and shield, bold date, nicely toned. Estimate: $300-$450.

KM-19b; CT-511. 23.04 grams.

428. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with crowned-(?) countermark on cross. S-P36; KM-19b. 26.25 grams. Broad flan, 100% corrosion-free, with nice full shield, full but doubled cross, nicely toned, peripheral flat spots. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $250-$375.

San Miguel el Arcangel (“Jupiter wreck”), sunk in 1659 off the east coast of Florida 429. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1658E, pomegranate above cross.

No corrosion (rare for this wreck) but with much flatness and large edge-split, the pillars-and-waves and cross still full (just weak) and with contrasting toning in crevices, two dates, three mintmarks and assayers. Estimate: $200-$300.

S-P37a; KM-21; CT-446. 25.59 grams.

Unidentified 1600s wreck in the English Channel 430. Lot of 13 miscellaneous coins and coin weights,

including one Potosí cob 1R 1661E, ten French copper minors and two copper coin weights, late 1400s to mid1600s. 28.6 grams total. Mostly worn and corroded and dark, but

the two weights quite solid and well marked (one with facing busts a la Ferdinand and Isabel and the other with 1400s-style ship), an interesting and diverse group for study. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $80-$120.

431. Large lot of 44 miscellaneous European billon and

432. France (Paris mint), 1/2 ecu, Louis XIV, 1649-A. KM-

copper coins (mostly French liards) of the mid-1600s. 120

164.1. 9.46 grams. Thin and moderately corroded but with clear details,

grams total. All thin from corrosion and wear but each one profession-

nicely toned. Estimate: $50-$75.

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Unidentified ca.-1671 wreck in Seville harbor, Spain

433. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1671E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-346. 434. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1671E. 25.35 grams. Full pillars and cross but both weak from extensive (typi-

S-P37b; KM-26; CT-

Deeply toned but typically plagued with flatness, one pillar full, nearly full but off-center cross, bold assayer, two weak dates, no corrosion but one edge-split. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

346. 25.71 grams.

cal) flatness, two dates, three mintmarks and assayers, nice toning, no corrosion but one edge-split. Estimate: $200-$300.

Consolación, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador Shield-type

435. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (1)631(T), rare. S-P26; KM-12a;

Bold date, nearly full but off-center shield and cross, worn but not overly corroded, nicely toned. With photo-certificate #MO15028 from the salvager. Estimate: $100-$150.

CT-1026. 2.41 grams.

436. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip IV, assayer T. S-P26;

Good full cross, full but weaker shield, light toning, minimal corrosion but two edge-splits. With photo-certificate #MO15029 from the salvager. Estimate: $60-$90.

KM-12a. 2.75 grams.

437. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (1)651(E). S-P36; KM-12b; CT-

Good full shield, off-center cross with nice lion and castle, clear date, thin from corrosion but well detailed and toned. With photo-certificate #MO15027 from the salvager. Estimate: $80-$120.

1048. 1.80 grams.

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1652 Transitionals

438. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (16)5(2)E Transitional, McLean Type II or III. S-P37. 2.84 grams. Exceptional but off-center

pillars-and-waves, bold A-P-5 to left of off-center shield, some flatness but no corrosion. With photo-certificate #MO15012 from the salvager.

Estimate: $80-$120.

439. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1652E Transitional, McLean Type V. S-P37; KM-unl.; CT-1050. 3.07 grams. Nice but very slightly offcenter pillars, nearly full cross, minimal corrosion, light toning. With photo-certificate #MO15011 from the salvager. Estimate: $80-$120.

440. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (1652)E Transitional, McLean Type VI.

S-P37; KM-unl.; CT-unl. 3.45 grams. Good full pillars, the cross half flat (as made), nicely toned, minimal corrosion, scarce. With photo-certificate #MO15014 from the salvager. Estimate: $80-$120.

441. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, (16)52(E) Transitional, McLean Type IId. S-P37; KM-13; CT-1177. 0.67 gram. Small and thin from corrosion but with clear P-LV-(SV) / LT-R-A and date in legend, lightly toned. With photo-certificate #MO15016 from the salvager.

Estimate: $60-$90.

Pillars-and-waves

442. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1664E. S-P37a; KM-21; CT-453.

19.92 grams. Good full cross and pillars despite moderate corrosion and

thinning, two dates, nicely toned. With photo-certificate #MO15002 from the salvager. Estimate: $125-$200.

443. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1672E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-347.

20.32 grams. Choice full cross, nearly full but corroded pillars-and-

waves, three dates, two bold assayers, nicely toned. With photo-certificate #MO15001 from the salvager. Estimate: $125-$200.

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444. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1676E. 351. 20.33 grams. One

S-P37b; KM-26; CT-

pillar and most of cross bold and full (nice lion and castle), bold date and three mintmarks, moderately corroded but nicely toned, edge-split. With ROBCAR photo-certificate #839032.

Estimate: $200-$300.

447. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679V, assayer at upper left (rare).

S-P39; KM-unl. (cf. 26); CT-unl. 19.68 grams. Most of cross and pillars-and-waves despite heavy corrosion, clear CAR- of king’s name, but most significant feature is the clear V at upper left (a known error). With photo-certificate #MO15005 from the salvager. Estimate: $150-$225.

445. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1678E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-354.

24.75 grams, Bold full waves, full but weak pillars and cross, two dates,

three assayers, nice toning, not much corrosion but one edge-split.

With photo-certificates. Estimate: $250-$375.

448. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679V, encapsulated

ANACS F 12 (with name of wreck inside slab). S-P39; KM-26;

CT-359. Nearly corrosion-free (rare for this wreck), with good full cross

(slightly off-center) and one full pillar (doubled) above full waves, parts of three dates, large edge-split. Estimate: $150-$225.

446. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C. S-P38; KM-26; CT-357.

23.30 grams. Good full pillars-and-waves and cross despite weakness

and light corrosion, nicely toned, bold assayer, with hairline crack and strange small appendage (as made) in edge. With photo-certificate #MO15003 from the salvager. Estimate: $150-$225.

449. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679V/C. S-P39; KM-26; CT-

Thin from corrosion but with three bold dates (rare thus) and three assayers, two of which show clear V/C, good cross and pillars-and-waves, nicely toned. With photo-certificate #MO15006 from the salvager. Estimate: $150-$225.

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450. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679V. S-P39; KM-26; CT-359.

21.62 grams. Good full cross, full but weaker pillars-and-waves due to

corrosion, bold 16 of date in legend, edge-splits, toning. With photocertificate #MO15004 from the salvager. Estimate: $125-$200.

451. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1679(V). S-P39; KM-25; CT-

506. 10.12 grams. Good full pillars-and-waves with bold date, bold but

incomplete and off-center cross, peripheral flatness (not much corrosion), nicely toned. With photo-certificate #MO15007 from the salvager.

Estimate: $125-$200.

452. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1668E. S-P37b; KM-24; CT-595. 4.92 grams. Broad flan with full pillars and cross despite flatness, minimal corrosion. With photo-certificate #MO15009 from the salvager. Estimate: $90-$125.

453. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1677/6E, with date below cross as “776” (unique error). S-P37b. 2.38 grams. Very bold full

pillars-and-waves and nearly full cross despite thinning from corrosion, bold date below cross and clear 77/6 between pillars, full king’s ordinal II. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

454. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1679C.

S-P38;

Odd-shaped flan with bold full pillars-and-waves and good full cross, two dates and assayers, minimal corrosion, nicely toned. With photo-certificate #MO15008 from the salvager. Estimate: $100-$150.

KM-24; CT-607. 5.76 grams.

455. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, 1652E post-transitional.

S-P37a;

Clear dates and minimal corrosion, mostly toned. With photo-certificates #MO15010, 13 and 15 from the salvager. Estimate: $175-$250.

KM-13. 7.88 grams total.

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456. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1674E. S-P37b; KM-23; CT-710. 3.25 grams.

Choice but off-center details on an oversized flan, resulting in much blank metal beyond the design, the date, POTOSÍ and crown particularly well detailed, nicely toned, no corrosion. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $125-$200.

457. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, all with significant over-

punchings (all rare), as follows: 1659E with denomination 1 over 2; 1672/1E (2); 1677/5E; 1677/6E. 16.03 grams total. An excellent studygroup of (mostly) overdates, almost all with good crosses and pillars and nearly corrosion-free, all but one toned. With photo-certificates #MO15017-21 from the salvager. Estimate: $350-$500.

458. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, various dates, as follows: 1654E, 1661E, 1667E, 1673E and 1679C. 16.75 grams total. Choice specimens with nice full crosses and pillars, little or no corrosion, mostly nicely toned. With photocertificates #MO15022-26 from the salvager. Estimate: $300-$450.

Spanish 1681 Fleet off Panama 459. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV or Charles II, assayer

G, rare provenance. 24.46 grams. Thick and solid, with bold cross and oMG, most of shield, but with lots of flatness and a touch of corrosion, small spot of encrustation on edge, no toning. Pedigreed to our Auction #14, with original lot-tag #469, and to our Auction #7, with original lot-tag #323. Estimate: $150-$225.

Joanna, sunk in 1682 off South Africa 460. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1681L. S-M21; KM-46; CT-281. 25.03 grams. Interesting shape (like a tall bottle with a flat bottom), with full date and

oML, full cross and most of shield despite light surface corrosion and flatness, toned. Estimate: $250-$375.

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461. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer not visible, ex-Sebring. KM-46. 24.06 grams. Small but thick, solid

and squarish flan with good full shield, nearly full cross, peripherally flat. Pedigreed to the Thomas H. Sebring collection (ANR, January 2004), with original lot-tag #1624, and also to the Ponterio auction of February 1984, with original lot-tag #332. Estimate: $100-$150.

462. Lot of 3 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Charles II, assayer L (where visible). KM-39. 30.54 grams total. Interesting shapes, two with full oML, lightly corroded and thin, lightly toned. With generic certificates. Estimate: $150-$225.

“Taj Mahal treasure,” sunk ca. 1702 off Sri Lanka 463. Surat, India (Mughal Empire), 1 rupee, Aurangzeb (1658-1707), AH1113 (1702),

encapsulated ICG VF20. Bold details despite light surface corrosion, mostly darkly toned, popular as found and salvaged by the late fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Estimate: $250-$375.

464. Surat, India (Mughal Empire), 1 rupee, Aurangzeb (1658-1707), AH1113 (1702),

encapsulated ICG VF20. Bold details despite light surface corrosion, mostly darkly toned, popular as found and salvaged by the late fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Estimate: $250-$375.

Merestein, sunk in 1702 off South Africa

465. Utrecht, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon, 1662. 466. Brabant, Spanish Netherlands (Brussels mint), 1/2 Choice, uncorroded specimen with full details (including legends) on both sides, well struck and beautifully toned (just one small rim-nick), among the best possible from this wreck.

Pedigreed to our Auction #11, with original lot-tag #416. Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-46.1. 32.33 grams.

ducatoon, 1638.

KM-73.1. 12.18 grams. Thin from corrosion but with clear portrait and much legend, lightly toned all over. Estimate: $125-$200.

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Association, sunk in 1707 off the Scilly Isles, southwest of England

467. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1694M. S-L11; KM-24; CT-238. 26.35 grams. Choice specimen with 100% full and well-detailed pillars-and-

waves and cross-lions-castles, three dates and mintmarks, well centered, no corrosion but also no toning for contrast. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of June 1996, with original lot-tag #1300 and original certificate from the salvager. Estimate: $300-$450.

469. London, England, crown, Charles II, 1662, no rose below bust. Sp-3353; KM-417.3. 27.62 grams. Solid but surface-corroded, with bold details all over, nicely toned. Estimate: $150-$225.

470. London, England, half crown, William III, 1696, first bust, large shields, early harp. Sp-3481; KM-491.7. 14.46 grams. Bold

468. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1699R. S-L14; KM-24; CT-245. 23.26 full details with nice toning over brightly polished surfaces, minimal grams. Moderate surface corrosion but still with full pillars, full but

doubled cross, good toning. With certificates. Estimate: $175-$250.

corrosion. Estimate: $100-$150.

Feversham, sunk in 1711 off Nova Scotia, Canada 471. PotosĂ­, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1690VR. S-P40; KM-23; CT-729. 2.59 grams. Solid coin with minimal corrosion but clipped into a somewhat octagonal shape in its time, with bold date between pillars, good full cross, streaks of black on both sides.

Estimate: $100-$150.

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The 1715 Fleet Society Commemorating the 300th Anniversary of the loss of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet This year marks the 300th anniversary of the loss of the 1715 Treasure Fleet.

In the early morning hours of July 31, 1715, a Spanish treasure fleet found itself in desperate trouble off Florida’s eastern coast. Carrying a fortune in gold, silver, jewels and other treasure from Spain’s New World Empire, the ships of this fleet had foolishly tried to outrun an ominous storm bearing down on them from the Bahamas. The bulky treasure-laden galleons and their escorts were not fast enough. By 2 a.m., 100 mile per hour winds, heavy rain, and massive waves broke over the Fleet. A hurricane had caught the Spanish Treasure Fleet and was irresistibly driving the soon dismasted ships onto the Florida coast. Eleven of the twelve ships in the Fleet, including all the treasure galleons, were lost before dawn, either capsizing in deep water or wrecking upon deadly reefs that line the Florida shore. More than a thousand crew and passengers perished with the ships in the fury of the storm. By dawn the next morning, the beach was strewn with bodies and the wreckage of the fleet. It was one of the worst maritime disasters for Spain’s New World Empire.

About the 1715 Fleet Society

The 1715 Fleet Society is a group of historians, educators, and numismatists deeply interested in an important but neglected incident in Florida’s Spanish Colonial history, the loss of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet. Starting in 2008, the Society began planning to commemorate this event.

First and foremost, the mission of the 1715 Fleet Society is to promote public awareness of this event through educational programs focused on the significance of this maritime tragedy.

Second, it is to advance scholarly study of all facets of the 1715 Fleet Disaster. We hope to accomplish this goal by acting as a magnet for archival records, articles, letters and documents, publishing this material on our website so that it can be studied before it is lost to history. We appeal to individuals who have firsthand knowledge of important Fleet-related events or who possess Fleet documents to share this information with us for research purposes.

Our website (www.1715fleetsociety.com) was launched in the Spring of 2011 and has grown to include hundreds of historical photos and articles about the 1715 Fleet and its treasures. Our photo gallery includes the John de Bry Collection and the 1715 Research Collection. The De Bry Collection offers some of the highest quality images of treasure recovered from Spanish galleons lost in Florida waters. Dr. John de Bry, Director of the non-profit Center for Historical Archaeology in, has extensive experience photographing artifacts recovered from Florida waters.

The 1715 Fleet Research Collection was started in 2013 and has developed into one of the most popular features of our website. Millions of pesos of silver From the and gold coinage sailed in the coffers of the 1715 Spanish Fleet. The goal of this John de Bry collection collection is to provide prime examples of the cob coinage found on the 1715 Fleet. Five Spanish colonial mints--Mexico City, Lima, Santa Fe de Bogota, Potosi, and Cuzco—are all well represented in the salvage finds. So far the Fleet Society has managed to assemble and publish an extensive collection of silver cob reales. We are currently working on organizing a collection of gold escudos from the Fleet, to be published as a companion to our silver collection.

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1715 Fleet Society Commemoration Week, July 26 – August 2, 2015

Monday, July 27, 2015 10:00 AM – Book signing at the Indian River County Main Library, 1600 21st St, Vero Beach, Florida. Noted authors who wire about the 1715 Fleet and related topics will be available to meet the public and sign books. Fleet-related artifacts will be on display. For information contact Pam Cooper, (772) 770-5060.

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM – “Treasure Talks” at the Mel Fisher Treasure Museum, 1322 US Hwy. 1, Sebastian, Florida. A group of lectures sponsored by the Mel Fisher Treasure Museum. Limited seating and fee for admission. For information contact the museum at (772) 589-0875.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM – Self guided tour of the Mel Fisher Treasure Museum 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM – “Meet and Greet”* sponsored by the Mel Fisher Treasure Museum (at the museum)

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:45 AM - 4:00 PM – 300th Anniversary Conference on the 1715 Fleet (Day 1) at the Vero Beach Museum of Art (Leonhardt Auditorium), 3001 Riverside Park Dr., Vero Beach, Florida. Sponsored by the 1715 Fleet Society. Lectures on topics pertinent to the 1715 Fleet.

Catered lunch provided, with fee for admission. For information call (724) 344-3171.

4:30 PM – Special guided tour of the McLarty Treasure Museum, 13180 North A1A, Vero Beach, Florida. Light refreshments provided by the Treasure Coast Coin Club and the 1715 Fleet Society. For information contact the museum at (772) 589-2147.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 9:45 AM - 4:00 PM – 300th Anniversary Conference on the 1715 Fleet (Day 2) at the Vero Beach Museum of Art (Leonhardt Auditorium), 3001 Riverside Park Dr., Vero Beach, Florida. Sponsored by the 1715 Fleet Society. Lectures on topics pertinent to the 1715 Fleet.

Catered lunch provided, with fee for admission. For information call (724) 344-3171.

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM – “Meet and Greet”* sponsored by the Treasure Coast Coin Club at Indian River State College (Building Y, Room 102), 3209 Virginia Ave., Ft. Pierce, Florida. For information contact Chet Hogan at (772) 563-3344.

Thursday, July 30, 2015 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM – Indian River County Main Library Bus Tour. Meet at the library, located at 1600 21st St., Vero Beach, Florida, for departure at 9:00 AM. Tour includes a visit to the Mel Fisher Treasure Museum, the McLarty Treasure Museum and some of the 1715 wreck sites, followed by lunch, with fee for admission. Plan on 4 to 5 hours for the tour. For information contact Pam Cooper at (772) 770-5060.

5:30 PM - 9:30 PM – Official 1715 Fleet Commemorative Banquet at Captain Hiram’s Inn and Resort (Tiffany Room), 1580 US Hwy. 1, Sebastian, Florida. Sponsored by the 1715 Fleet Society.

Friday, July 31, 2015 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM – Exhibit and Lectures at the Indian River County Main Library, 1600 21st St., Vero Beach, Florida. Exhibits, lectures and a special showing of an archival video featuring original Real 8 members. For information contact Pam Cooper at (772) 770-5060.

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM – “Meet and Greet”* sponsored by the West Bay Trading Company at their store located at 595 21st St., Vero Beach, Florida. For information contact Steve Hodges at (772) 532-5113.

*Each “Meet & Greet” is an informal gathering open to the public which features invited guests who have some association with the 1715 Fleet. This includes noted authors, educators, salvagers, archaeologists, historians, numismatists and other assorted 1715 Fleet luminaries.

Each “Meet & Greet” has its own sponsor: The “Meet & Greet” on Monday, July 27, 2015 is sponsored by The Mel Fisher Treasure Museum; the “Meet & Greet” on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 is sponsored by the Treasure Coast Coin Club; and the “Meet & Greet” on Friday, July 31, 2015 is sponsored by the West Bay Trading Company. Each sponsor gets to invite the guests who will meet & greet the public.

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Spanish 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida Mexico

475. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1712J, full date (very rare thus), ex-Real Eight. S-M22; KM-47; CT-741. 26.25 grams.

472. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)02(L), very rare.

S-M21a; KM-47; CT-732. 23.85 grams. Thick and solid, rhomboid-shaped

flan, with bold 02 of date (first date of Philip V), some shield and crown and cross but otherwise mostly flat, minimal surface corrosion, light toning. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

473. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1704(L), very rare.

S-M21a; KM-47; CT-734. 27.36 grams. Interesting shape, very solid and un-

corroded, clear bottom half of date, most of shield and cross, typically flat peripheries, no toning (tiny green spots). Estimate: $600-$900.

474. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)08(J), very rare,

in 14K gold pendant-bezel. S-M22; KM-47; CT-737. 34.11 grams total.

Full 8 of date despite surface corrosion, most of shield and cross despite flatness, small area of dark “horn silver” on reverse, heavy bezel with shackle (moving) bale. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

Small but thick and solid flan with no corrosion but a few spots of dark “horn silver,” bold date and oMJ, nearly full cross, nicely toned on fields. With Real Eight Co. certificate from 1972 and stock certificate for one share. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

476. Clump of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, one

dated 1712J (full and bold, very rare thus), with hand-signed Fisher certificates. S-M22; KM-47; CT-741. 54.16 grams total. Two very

solid coins held together with green-and-white encrustation, both with shield sides out, one with the fullest and boldest date imaginable (also full and bold oMJ) but the other with just denomination and part of king’s name exposed, darkly toned. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

477. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1713J, with handsigned Fisher certificate.

S-M22; KM-47; CT-742. 25.93 grams. Full date and oMJ, nearly full shield and crown and cross, darkly toned but solid and uncorroded, with patch of “horn silver” on cross side, two “points” on edge blunted (as made). With small certificate hand-signed

by Mel Fisher. Estimate: $600-$900.

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481. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)13(J).

478. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1713(J), very odd shape, with hand-signed Fisher certificate. S-M22; KM-47; CT-742.

S-M22;

Choice full shield and cross (the latter slightly off-center), weak but certain date, solid and uncorroded, with contrasting toning. Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-47; CT-742. 26.84 grams.

23.55 grams. Very odd shape (indescribable) with bold 13 of date and

clear mintmark, very crude cross due to strike and surface corrosion, much flatness, nicely toned. With small certificate hand-signed by Mel Fisher. Estimate: $500-$750.

482. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 171(0-1)J. S-M22; KM47. 25.76 grams. Most of shield and cross despite flatness, clear oMJ and

479. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1713J. S-M22; KM-47;

most of date (just last digit uncertain, but must be either 0 or 1 due to triangular space for Granada in upper-left part of shield), minimal corrosion, crudely toned. Estimate: $200-$300.

Full oMJ and bottom half of date, nearly full shield and cross, somewhat weak but uncorroded, toned on fields.

With Sedwick photo-certificate. Estimate: $350-$500.

CT-742. 26.70 grams.

483. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)14/3(J), rare.

S-M22; KM-unl. (cf. 47). 26.14 grams. Choice, uncorroded specimen with

bold date, good shield and cross (incomplete), peripheral flat areas but nicely toned. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

480. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1713(J), with handsigned Fisher certificate. S-M22; KM-47; CT-742. 25.76 grams. Crude

strike (much flatness) on a solid, uncorroded flan, with full mintmark and bottom half of date, good cross, lightly toned. With small certificate hand-signed by Mel Fisher. Estimate: $300-$450.

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484. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1714J, Calicó plate coin.

S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 24.89 grams. Choice full and bold date and oMJ, nicely toned, incomplete shield and cross due to flatness but practically no corrosion, richly toned all over. Plate Coin #743 in Calicó’s Numismática española (2008). Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

485. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1714J. S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 24.99 grams. Full

date and oMJ (neater “new” style), good full cross but shield rather off-center, light surface corrosion, and spotty toning. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

486. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1714J, in 14K gold pendant-bezel. S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 31.62 grams total. Neat shape,

clear date and mintmark, full but weakly struck shield and cross, peripherally flat but no corrosion, small black spots of “horn silver.”

Estimate: $600-$900.

487. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)14(J), with

hand-signed Fisher certificate. S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 26.30 grams.

Bold date (neater “new” style), parts of shield and crown and cross despite flatness, corrosion around edge only, with big patches of dark “horn silver.” With small certificate hand-signed by Mel Fisher. Estimate: $400-$600.

488. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)14(J), ex-

Goodpaster collection. S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 26.00 grams. Interest-

ing shape with choice full shield and nearly full crown and cross, bold date (neater “new” style), good toning, minimal surface corrosion.

Pedigreed to the Karl H. Goodpaster collection (Real Eight conservator).

Estimate: $350-$500.

489. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1714J,

ex-Goodpaster collection. S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 26.17

grams. Full date (neater “new” style) and oMJ, nearly full

shield and most of cross despite flatness, no corrosion, toned on fields. Pedigreed to the Karl H. Goodpaster collection (Real Eight conservator). Estimate: $350-$500.

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490. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1714J.

S-M22; KM-

Full but weak date (neater “new” style) and mintmark due to light surface corrosion (off-center strike), most of cross bold and well centered, non-toned. With Fisher photo-certificate #KF577-04. Estimate: $300-$450.

47; CT-743. 22.78 grams.

491. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1714J, ex-Goodpas-

ter collection. S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 26.45 grams. Bold 171 of date, full crown and oMJ, most of cross, much flatness but practically no corrosion and richly toned. Pedigreed to the Karl H. Goodpaster collection (Real Eight conservator). Estimate: $300-$450.

492. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (1)714J. S-M22; KM-

493. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (1)714(J).

S-M22;

Interesting shape (squarish), bold date, nearly full cross, richly toned all over, minimal corrosion. Estimate: $300-$450.

KM-47; CT-743. 25.54 grams.

494. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)14(J), uncleaned.

S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 23.94 grams. Oblong

shape, full shield and cross but very darkly toned and encrusted, probably somewhat corroded, weak date. Estimate: $300-$450.

but with bold date and oMJ, full cross, most of shield and crown, uncorroded but with several patches of dark “horn silver.” Estimate: $300-$450.

495. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1714J. S-M22; KM-47;

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47; CT-743. 24.77 grams. Worn

Very solid and uncorroded, with full oMJ and bold 171 of date, much flatness as usual but atypically double-struck, lightly toned. With Sedwick photo-certificate. Estimate: $250-$375.

CT-743. 25.89 grams.

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496. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 171(4)J, ex-Goodpaster collection. S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 26.33 grams. Good full cross-

and-tressure and shield (neater “new” style), full oMJ and clear 171 of date, solid and lightly toned. Pedigreed to the Karl H. Goodpaster collection (Real Eight conservator). Estimate: $250-$375.

497. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)14(J), ex-

Goodpaster collection. S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 26.42 grams. Bold 4

of date, most of shield and cross (also some crown) but otherwise flat (as made), toned and uncorroded. Pedigreed to the Karl H. Goodpaster collection (Real Eight conservator). Estimate: $250-$375.

498. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)14(J).

S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 26.62 grams. Bold 4 of date (neater “new” style), part of

crown and shield, most of cross, but the rest of the coin flat (as made), uncorroded but with rusty residue on reverse. Estimate: $250-$375.

499. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (171)4(J).

S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 25.19 grams. Small, thick flan with full 4 of date (neater

“new” style), most of shield and crown but very weak cross, no visible corrosion but several small dark spots of “horn silver.” Estimate: $250-$375.

500. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (1)714(J).

S-M22;

Nearly full shield and crown and cross, solid and uncorroded, with tan sediment in crevices, date weak but certain. Estimate: $250-$375.

KM-47; CT-743. 26.00 grams.

501. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1714J. S-M22; KM-47; CT-743. 26.00 grams. Bold 17 and 4 of date (neater “new” style) with

middle digit lost to doubling, some nice crown detail but shield and cross largely flat (as made), good toning, minimal corrosion.

Estimate: $250-$375.

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502. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1715J, cut into heart shape, Pieces of Eight plate coin. S-M22; KM-47; CT-744. 21.39 grams. Bold full date, nearly full but oddly double-struck shield and cross, nicely toned and nearly corrosion-free, but main attraction is the

edge-shaving, done in the 1700s to transform it into “heart” shape, which earned it a spot on a photo-plate in Kip Wagner’s famous book, with credit to National Geographic Society (dated 1964) below the photo. It is hard to put a price on such a memorable, unique piece! Pictured (actual size) on the left-hand photo plate between pages 128 and 129 in Pieces of Eight (1966), by Kip Wagner. Estimate: $5,000-up

503. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1715(J), full date, ex-Bob Johnson (Real Eight). S-M22; KM-47; CT-744. 27.04 grams.

Choice full date (one of the best we’ve seen) and mintmark, some shield and most of cross despite extensive flatness (in which can be seen lots of original file marks, akin to “adjustment marks” on machine-made coins), no corrosion, with encrustation on reverse, curiously shaped as is typical for a “cabo de barra” flan (an end-piece that was cut on only one side). Pedigreed to original Real Eight member Bob Johnson, with certificate signed by him. Estimate: $2,500-up.

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504. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1715J, full date, ex-Real Eight. S-M22; KM-47; CT744. 26.22 grams. Bold full date and

mintmark, nice but incomplete shield and cross due to small, thick flan, nice toning, no corrosion.

With small Real Eight Co. certificate and descriptive flyer. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

505. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1715(J), ex-Real

Eight. S-M22; KM-47; CT-744. 24.51 grams. Good cross, weak but certain

date, most of coin flat and with some surface corrosion, patchy toning.

With Real Eight Co. certificate from 1972 and stock certificate for one share. Estimate: $500-$750.

506. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1715J. S-M22; KM-47; CT-744. 25.45 grams. Solid coin with parts of edge crude (as made), good cross and shield, full oMJ and date but the latter double-struck, lightly toned, no corrosion. Estimate: $500-$750.

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510. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer J, with hand-signed Fisher certificate.

S-M22; KM-47. 25.39 grams.

25.67 grams. Nice full shield and most of crown and cross, neat style

Bold oMJ, good shield, weaker cross, solid coin with minimal surface corrosion, interestingly colorful toning. With original, hand-signed Mel Fisher certificate from 1972. Estimate: $250-$375.

508. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 171(4-5)(J). S-M22;

511. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer J,

507. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (171)5?J. S-M22; KM-47.

with weak date, rich toning all over, minimal corrosion. Estimate: $200-$300.

Broad flan (neat shape) with bold 171 of date, most of crown and cross, extensive peripheral flatness and light surface corrosion, no toning. Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-47. 25.40 grams.

with hand-signed Fisher certificate.

S-M22; KM-47. 26.15 grams.

Cute urn-shaped flan with good full shield and cross, much crown, uneven toning, no corrosion. With original, hand-signed Mel Fisher certificate from 1972. Estimate: $200-$300.

509. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 171(?)J, ex-Schulman (1972). S-M22; KM-47. 24.41 grams. Squarish flan with bold oMJ, nearly

full but off-center shield, good cross, lightly toned all over (some dark spots), just a bit weak due to light surface corrosion. Pedigreed to the original Schulman auction of November 1972 (lot 911). Estimate: $200-$300.

512. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer J.

Rectangular flan with full and bold oMJ, most of shield and cross, light surface corrosion, tiny (modern) hole at one end. Estimate: $150-$225.

S-M22; KM-47. 24.22 grams.

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513. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer J.

S-M22; KM-47. 25.85 grams. Round, thick flan with clear oMJ, full shield

and crown and cross (all well centered), steel-gray toning, no corrosion but patches of “horn� silver on reverse. Estimate: $150-$225.

516. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not

visible, ex-Goodpaster. KM-47. 25.80 grams. Nice full shield, bold assayer J, full cross, nearly full crown, toned but practically uncorroded, with small natural bubble-hole near edge at one end. Pedigreed to our Auction #7 (Goodpaster collection), with original lot-tag #505 and Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate: $175-$250.

514. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer

not visible. KM-47. 25.59 grams. Solid and uncorroded, nicely toned,

with most of shield and cross despite peripheral flatness. With small, promotional certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

517. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer

not visible. KM-47. 19.77 grams. Good full cross but corroded shield,

interesting patina here and there. With Cobb Coin Co. (Mel Fisher) tag and small, promotional certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

515. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible.

KM-47. 26.38 grams. Good full shield and cross, nicely toned, with typical peripheral flatness but no corrosion. Estimate: $200-$300.

518. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer

not visible. KM-47. 24.75 grams. Good full cross and shield, clear oM,

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lightly toned but also lightly corroded all over. Estimate: $150-$225.

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519. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible. KM-47. 25.27 grams. Interesting shape, with bold denomination

and PHI- of king’s name, also good cross and some shield, mostly flat otherwise, minimal corrosion. Estimate: $150-$225.

522. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not

visible. KM-47. 23.85 grams. Interesting shape, most of shield despite crude strike and surface corrosion, tiny spots of orange and black.

Estimate: $100-$150.

520. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not

visible. KM-47. 25.53 grams. Odd shape, thick flan, most of shield and

cross despite surface corrosion, dark all over. With Cobb Coin Co. (Mel Fisher) photo-certificate #LLCC-190. Estimate: $125-$200.

523. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer

not visible, mounted in simple silver pendant-bezel. KM-47.

25.94 grams. Good full cross, shield side obscured by crude mounting,

appears to be lightly to moderately corroded, nicely toned. Estimate: $100-$150.

521. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not

visible. KM-47. 26.42 grams. Most of shield and cross despite flatness, nicely toned, no corrosion at all. Estimate: $125-$200.

524. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V(?), assayer not visible, encrusted (as found). 32.06 grams. Square-shaped flan,

Consign to our LIVE FLOOR Auction #18 October, 2015

with thick green-and-white encrustation on both sides, just the centers exposed, attractive natural display. With Sedwick photo-certificate from 2007. Estimate: $350-$500.

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525. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, completely

cocooned in oxidation and shells (as found), probably Philip V, assayer not visible. 20.82 grams. Elongated flan

but no details visible as 100% coated with dark oxidation impregnated with small shells, very interesting natural display.

Estimate: $300-$450.

526. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not

visible, in a clump of encrustation (as found). 55.27 grams total.

Solid coin with nearly full shield visible, the rest obscured by a 1-1/2” agglomeration of encrustation and tiny shells, making for a very neat, natural, little display. Pedigreed to the collection of John Keshishian (Kip Wagner’s doctor). Estimate: $250-$375.

527. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales “greenie” (encrusted, as found), probably Philip V, assayer not visible. 30.57 grams.

Solid, squarish flan with thick layer of white and green encrustation completely covering one side and partially so on the other side with impregnated shells, no coin details visible. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificate from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $250-$375.

528. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales “greenie” (encrusted, as found), probably Philip V, assayer not visible. 26.07 grams.

Beautiful green encrustation impregnated with little shells all over, no coin details visible. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificate from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $250-$375.

529. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales “greenie” (encrusted, as found), probably Philip V, assayer not visible. 26.73 grams.

Solid, squarish flan with good full cross peeking through light sheen of green and orange, the shield side (no details visible) coated with tan and green. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificate from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $250-$375.

530. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales “greenie” (encrusted, as found), probably Philip V, assayer not visible. 25.25 grams.

Odd shape, with corroded shield side but cross side covered in light sheen of green with thick white patches, otherwise dark (uncleaned).

With small, hand-signed Fisher certificate from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $250-$375.

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531. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, “greenie” (encrusted, as found), probably Philip V, assayer not visible. 27.00 grams. Solid, squarish flan with

big patches of thick white and tan encrustation, one corner slightly upturned (as made). Pedigreed to the collection of John Keshishian (Kip Wagner’s doctor), with original Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate: $250-$375.

532. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer J (where visible). 241.04 grams total. Solid coins but all a bit

worn, still with mostly clear shields and crosses, and all with a dark sheen of encrustation as not completely cleaned. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates from the late 1960s or early 1970s. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

533. Lot of 9 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer J (where visible). 216.32 grams total. Solid coins but all a bit worn, still with mostly clear shields and crosses, and all with a dark sheen of encrustation as not completely cleaned. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates from the late 1960s or early 1970s. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $600-$900.

534. Lot of 5 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible (J). 112.77 grams total. Light to moderate corrosion, clear shields and crosses, one with mintmark visible, three with denomination visible. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $350-$500.

535. Lot of 3 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer J where visible, all with Fisher photo-certificates. 51.15 grams total. Moderately corroded but with clear shields and crosses, one with denomination and much of king’s name visible. With Cobb Coin

Co. (Fisher) photo-certificates #34, 1462 and 1534. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $350-$500.

536. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer J where visible. 48.83 grams total. Solid coins with only light

corrosion but much flatness, one with good cross and assayer and king’s ordinal V visible, the other with denomination .8. visible. Estimate: $200-$300.

537. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, one Charles II and one Philip V, assayers not visible. 48.73 grams total. The

earlier piece is long and rectangular, with surface corrosion, and the later one is roundish with much flatness but minimal corrosion. Estimate: $150-$225.

538. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayers not visible. 42.04 grams. Mostly solid but corroded, clear shields and crosses, one with denomination .8. visible. With certificates. Estimate: $150-$225.

539. Lot of 2 coins: One Mexico cob 8R Philip V assayer J with loop and chain; one puffy black “encrusted coin.” 36.78

grams total. The 8R in this lot is decent, with good cross, interesting shape, no corrosion but worn, with patchy dark toning, its once soldered-

on loop and chain now separate (minor repair necessary, or trash the chain and keep the coin); the other piece is a totally oxidized “blackie” coin fragment. The 8R with 1989 certificate from the salvager, and the encrusted coin with Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) tag #13150. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

540. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, silver cobs (one 8R and one 4R) of Philip V, assayer not visible, partially encrusted. 38.29 grams total. The 8R is solid, with large patch of sandy encrustation, full denomination .8.; the 4R (odd shape) is corroded on the cross side but

has a nice shield. Pedigreed to the collection of John Keshishian (Kip Wagner’s doctor), with original Real Eight Co. certificates. Estimate: $250-$375.

541. Lot of 7 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8R (6, one encrusted) and 4R (1), Philip V, assayer J (where visible). 128.73 grams total. Generally moderately corroded, a few shiny from cleaning but one heavily encrusted with shells and pebbles. With certificates from the

salvager. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

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542. Denomination set of Mexico City, Mexico, 8-42-1 reales, Philip V, assayer J, housed in promotional wooden box. 48.62 grams total, the box 8-3/4” x 3-1/2”. Solid coins with minimal corrosion, decent crosses and shields (the 1R cross very nice), lightly toned, each resting in a velvetlined circular depression, with plaque on top of box that says “Original Silver Cob Coins Recovered From The Spanish Treasure Fleet Sunk During A Hurricane In 1715 Off Florida’s East Coast. From a 1977 promotion, with a small certificate.

Estimate: $400-$600.

543. Denomination set of Mexico City,

Mexico, 8-4-2-1-1/2 reales, Charles II and Philip V, assayer J or not visible, housed in custom wooden box made from the Tres Puentes of the Spanish 1733 Fleet (Florida Keys). 45.46 grams total, the box 6-1/2” long. Decent coins (each

at least slightly corroded but nicely toned and with clear shields and crosses, the 4R with bold full oMJ) but main attraction is the custommade box with hand-carved depressions fit around each coin, copper-strapped on the outside to make it look like a treasure chest.

Recovered by Carl Fismer in 1984 from the Regla (“Cabin wreck”), with certificates. Estimate: $400-$600.

544. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Charles II, assayer not visible, with Kip Wagner certificate. KM-39. 12.03 grams. Full

but off-center shield, not much cross due to flatness, darkly toned, moderate corrosion. With Real Eight Co. certificate hand-signed by Kip Wagner. Estimate: $200-$300.

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545. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1708J, full and bold date (very rare thus), with hand-signed Fisher certificate. S-M22;

Incredibly clear date and oMJ (best we’ve ever seen), also decent cross, but rest of coin (including most of shield) flat and all lightly corroded, toned around details for good contrast. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificate from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

KM-40; CT-1015. 11.41 grams.

546. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, (17)08(J), rare. S-M22; KM-40; CT-1015.

11.17 grams. Full 8 of date and most of shield despite moderate corrosion on that side, the

cross uncorroded but incomplete, toned in crevices. Estimate: $350-$500.

547. Mexico City, Mexico,

cob 4 reales, 1710/09J, very rare, ex-Goodpaster collection. S-M22; KM-unl. (cf.

Bold 17 of date and assayer J, solid coin with no corrosion but much flatness, nicely toned. Pedigreed to the Karl H. Goodpaster collection (Real Eight conservator).

Estimate: $250-up.

40). 13.50 grams.

548. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1713J, full date (rare thus), ex-Real Eight.

S-M22; KM-40; CT-1018. 13.49 grams.

Somewhat rectangular shape, very solid and uncorroded (also nicely toned), with very bold 17 of date and full oMJ, most of cross and shield. With Real Eight Co. certificate from 1972 and stock certificate for one share. Estimate: $400-$600.

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549. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4

reales, (1)713(J), with hand-signed Fisher certificate. S-M22; KM-40; CT-1018.

11.31 grams. Weird shape with three rounded

points, bold bottom half of date, good cross, light surface corrosion, dark toning on fields.

With small, hand-signed Fisher certificate from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $350-$500.

550. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, (1)713(J), rare. S-M22; KM-40; CT-

Full 13 of date despite moderate corrosion, most of crown, some shield and cross, no toning. Estimate: $300-$450.

1018. 9.61 grams.

551. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, (17)13J. S-M22; KM-40; CT-1018. 12.78 grams.

Solid and virtually corrosion-free but with good but off-center shield and cross, messy date, clear mintmark, lightly toned. Estimate: $125-$200.

552. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, (1)714(J). S-M22; KM-40; CT-1019. 13.29 grams. Interesting shape with several points, clear bottom half of date, good cross and shield, no corrosion, nice toning. With certificate. Estimate: $350-$500.

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553. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1714J,

ex-Goodpaster collection. S-M22; KM-40; CT-1019.

13.50 grams. Narrow urn-shaped flan, very solid and

uncorroded, with bold full oMJ and most of date, peripheral flatness. Pedigreed to the Karl H. Goodpaster collection (Real Eight conservator). Estimate: $200-$300.

554. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, (1)715(J).

S-M22; KM-40; CT-1020. 12.27 grams. Very

clear date (rare thus) and full mintmark, off-center strike with flatness and light surface corrosion, deeply toned all over. Pedigreed to our Auction #8, with original lot-tag #881 and Sedwick certificate from 2003.

Estimate: $350-$500.

555. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, (17)15J.

S-M22; KM-40; CT-1020. 13.22 grams.

Very solid and uncorroded, solid flan with choice full crown, clear bottom half of date, good cross, peripheral flatness with interesting original file marks. Estimate: $200-$300.

556. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer J. 557. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer J. S-M22; KM-40. 13.51 grams. Full oMJ, most of shield and cross with some

weak spots, no corrosion, nicely toned all over. Estimate: $125-$200.

Good full cross despite surface corrosion and flatness, off-center shield with clear assayer and king’s ordinal, patchy dark toning. With Cobb Coin Co. (Mel Fisher) photo-certificate #LLCC-018. Estimate: $100-$150.

S-M22; KM-40. 12.59 grams.

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558. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer not

visible, mounted in 14K gold pendant-bezel. KM-40. 13.01 grams

total. Moderately corroded coin with only partial cross and shield,

thin-wire mounting with shackle bale. With Cobb Coin Co. certificate #243804 hand-signed by Mel Fisher in red ink and with Budde-Jones booklet initialed by Mel as well. Estimate: $250-$375.

559. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible, with Bob “Frogfoot” Weller certificate.

KM-40.

12.28 grams. Solid specimen (minimal surface corrosion) with nearly

full shield and cross, toned in crevices. From the San Roman site, with certificate hand-signed by Robert Weller. Estimate: $150-$225.

560. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer

561. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales “cocoon” (completely

Nearly full shield and cross, solid specimen with minimal surface corrosion, toned all over with spots of black. Estimate: $80-$120.

grams. Thick layer of white encrustation impregnated with shells all over,

not visible.

KM-40. 11.89 grams.

coral-encrusted), probably Philip V, assayer not visible. 15.25

no coin details visible but appears to be solid. Estimate: $125-$200.

562. Lot of 7 encrusted cobs (six Mexican 4R and one Potosí 8R), as found. 82.84 grams total. Mostly corroded but all with orange

and brown encrustation, some coin details visible. Pedigreed to the collection of John Keshishian (Kip Wagner’s doctor), with original Real Eight Co. certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $400-$600.

563. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer J (where visible), with hand-signed Fisher certificates.

110.80 grams total. Generally good shields and crosses, light wear and corrosion but most with contrasting sediment in crevices. With small,

hand-signed Fisher certificates from the late 1960s or early 1970s. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $600-$900.

564. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer J (where visible), with hand-signed Fisher certificates.

116.70 grams total. Generally good shields and crosses, light wear and corrosion but most with contrasting sediment in crevices. With small,

hand-signed Fisher certificates from the late 1960s or early 1970s. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $600-$900.

565. Lot of 6 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer J where visible. 74.08 grams total. Good shields and crosses but most with at least some corrosion, toning in crevices. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $350-$500.

566. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible. 19.47 grams total. Thin from corrosion (and typically

silvery) but with clear crosses and shields. With Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) certificates #223 and 303. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

567. Lot of 5 Mexico City, Mexico, cob minors (three 4R, one 2R and one 1/2R), Philip V, assayers not visible. 30.15 grams total. Generally corroded but the 2R and 1/2R pretty solid, one of the 4R broken. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

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568. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip V, assayer J, 569. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip V, assayer not shield side struck from 4R die (rare). S-M22; KM-35. 6.51 grams.

Good cross, full oMJ next to oversized (but off-center) shield, solid flan (minimal corrosion). Estimate: $125-$200.

visible. KM-35. 6.11 grams. No corrosion, good full shield and cross, nicely toned. Estimate: $80-$120.

570. Lot of 12 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), all uncleaned (as

found). 70.59 grams total. Solid coins, mostly thickly encrusted in brown or green or white sediment, some with coin details visible, perfect for cleaning yourself to try to find a diamond in the rough! SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $400-$600.

571. Lot of 12 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible). 61.04 grams total.

Generally decent crosses and/or shields despite light to moderate corrosion, only one toned. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $400-$600.

572. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), several uncleaned

(as found). 59.65 grams total. All nicer specimens, solid coins with generally good crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces. With generic Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $400-$600.

574. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, 1711J, full date (rare 573. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, (17)04L, very rare. SM21a; KM-30; CT-1561. 2.77 grams. Elongated shape with bold date above

mintmark, some crown and shield but cross almost full, light surface corrosion, darkly toned. Estimate: $350-$500.

thus), ex-Real Eight. S-M22; KM-30; CT-1568. 2.95 grams. Very bold

full 11 of date, full oMJ, good full cross, lightly corroded but with dark, contrasting toning. With Real Eight Co. certificate from 1972 and stock certificate for one share. Estimate: $125-$200.

575. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, 1714(J), full date (very rare thus). S-M22; KM-30; CT-1571. 3.41 grams. One hundred percent

full date and mintmark, partial shield and cross (off-center), light surface corrosion only, spotty colorful toning. Estimate: $250-$375.

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576. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip V, assayer not visible, mounted in 14k gold men’s ring.

KM-30. 8.90 grams total. Full cross (facing up) but corroded, toned, the mounting thin

but sturdy. With Sedwick certificate from 1998. Estimate: $150-$225.

577. Lot of 20 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found).

57.68 grams total. Solid coins, mostly thickly encrusted in brown or green or white sediment, some with coin details visible, perfect for cleaning

yourself to try to find a diamond in the rough! With generic Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $600-$900.

578. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found), with hand-signed Fisher certificates. 30.43 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, very nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

579. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found), with hand-signed Fisher certificates. 30.11 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, very nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

580. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found), with hand-signed Fisher certificates. 29.08 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, very nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

581. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found), with hand-signed Fisher certificates. 31.33 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, very nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

582. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found), with hand-signed Fisher certificates. 30.17 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, very nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

583. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found), with hand-signed Fisher certificates. 30.15 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, very nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

584. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found), with hand-signed Fisher certificates. 30.78 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, very nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

585. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found), with hand-signed Fisher certificates. 30.35 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, very nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

586. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found), with hand-signed Fisher certificates. 29.62 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, very nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificates. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

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587. Lot of 11 encrusted Mexican cob 1R (6) and 1/2R (5), uncleaned (as found). 20.09 grams total. Mostly solid, some with green

and/or white encrustation, most with coin details visible, perfect for cleaning yourself to try to find a diamond in the rough! Pedigreed to the collection of John Keshishian (Kip Wagner’s doctor). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $150-$225.

588. Lot of 25 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found). 35.12 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, some encrusted, just a nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $500-$750.

589. Lot of 25 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found). 36.50 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, some encrusted, just a nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $500-$750.

590. Lot of 20 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2R, Charles II and Philip V, various assayers (where visible), uncleaned (as found). 28.78 grams total. Solid coins with generally nice crosses and shields, little or no corrosion, mostly intact surfaces, some encrusted, just a nice group of untouched Fleet cobs. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $400-$600.

Lima 591. Lima, Peru, cob

8 reales, 1699R, with hand-signed Fisher certificate. S-L14; KM24; CT-245. 24.00 grams.

Solid specimen with light surface corrosion, good full pillars-andwaves (bold date) and cross-lions-castles, low contrast. With small, hand-signed Fisher certificate from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $250-$375.

592. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1703H.

S-L15a; KM-34; CT-625.

25.88 grams. Nice full

pillars and cross despite very light surface corrosion, patchy toning, two dates and assayers and mintmarks. With certificate. Estimate: $500-$750.

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593. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1704H, three full dates (rare thus), ex-Bob Johnson (Real Eight). S-L15a; KM-34; CT-626. 25.56

grams. Incredibly well-preserved specimen with no corrosion at all, beautiful (albeit doubled) full cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves,

three full and bold dates (four-digit date in legend) and two bold assayers and mintmarks, lovely toning all over, with sediment in crevices.

Pedigreed to original Real Eight member Bob Johnson, with certificate signed by him. Estimate: $750-up.

594. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1710H.

S-L19; KM-34; CT-633.

25.70 grams. Choice full cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves with

bold date and assayer, contrasting sediment in crevices, flat peripheries (and tiny splits in edge, as made) but no corrosion, very interesting as previously sold by us as an uncleaned “greenie� that was since conserved with excellent results. Pedigreed to our auction #9, lot #796.

Estimate: $300-$450.

595. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1706R. S-L16; KM-31; CT-1480. 2.52 grams. Good full pillars and cross, contrasting toning on fields, light

surface corrosion only, two dates and mintmarks and assayers. With Sedwick certificate from 2000. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Potosí 596. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1715Y, very rare as from the Fleet. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-875.

25.20 grams. Full but off-center

cross, most of pillars with clear date, typically crudely struck (weak) and with edge-splits but not much corrosion, nicely toned, very important as the date of sinking from a farremoved mint. From the “Corrigans” site, with photo-certificate #WB479.

Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

597. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales,

1698F, rare, ex-Bob Johnson (Real Eight). S-P42; KM-25; CT-528.

13.22 grams. Bold full waves with full

but partially flat pillars, good bottom half of cross, two bold dates and mintmarks, toned fields, minimal corrosion.

Pedigreed to original Real Eight member Bob Johnson. Estimate: $350-$500.

598. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1705Y. S-P43a; KM-29; CT-1327.

5.37 grams. Broad flan with nearly full pillars-and-waves and cross de-

spite flatness and corrosion, spots of toning and sediment, two dates.

Estimate: $80-$120.

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Whydah, sunk in 1717 off Cape Cod, Massachusetts

599. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible (J), very rare and desirable provenance, ex-Sebring.

Nearly full but somewhat weak shield, full but atypically doubled cross, clear mintmark and partial date (1712?), lightly toned, curious shape, highly desirable for its very rare provenance, the only true pirate-ship treasure ever salvaged, whose precious cargo very likely was looted from the remains of the 1715 Fleet by Sam Bellamy or other pirates. Tom Sebring, the current owner of this piece and author of the classic shipwreck-coin-collecting book Treasure Tales (1986), told us he got more enjoyment out of owning this coin than any other shipwreck piece in his collection! Pedigreed to our Auction #10, with original lot-tag #452 and with original museum tag #58300 from Maritime Explorations, Inc. / Whydah Project, also accompanied by a copy of Tom Sebring’s COINage magazine article “A Coin from the Pirate Ship Whydah” (June 2012) personally inscribed by the author to the winning bidder. Estimate: $3,000-up.

KM-47. 24.52 grams.

Guadalupe-Tolosa, sunk in 1724 off the Dominican Republic 600. Seville, Spain, milled 2 reales “pistareen,” Philip V, 1722J, rare provenance.

KM-307. 3.56 grams. Full

but corroded details, one of very few coins recovered from this pair of inbound ships whose salvage was famously reported in National Geographic magazine in December 1979. Pedigreed to our Auction #1, with original lot-tag #163. Estimate: $75-$110.

Chameau, sunk in 1725 off Nova Scotia, Canada 601. France (La Rochelle mint), ecu, Louis XV, 1725-H. Nice specimen for this wreck, very solid and fully detailed (also lightly toned), with light surface corrosion only.

Estimate: $125-$200.

KM-472.9. 22.11 grams.

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Spanish 1733 Fleet, Florida Keys 602. Lot of 6 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer F (where visible).

KM-47a. 125.23 grams total. Moderately to heavily corroded but still thick. From the Coffins Patch site, with certificates #1103-8 from the salvager. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

603. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1731F. S-M26; KM-40a;

CT-1029. 13.18 grams. Solid and uncorroded but with much flatness (as

made), the date and oMF still clear and full, light toning on fields.

With Fisher(?) tag #95A-6676. Estimate: $100-$150.

604. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1732F,

rare first date of pillar coinage. KM-103; CT-774. 19.81 grams. Heavily corroded but with bold assayer and just enough of the date to confirm, nicely toned. From the Coffins Patch site, with certificate #1102 from the salvager. Estimate: $300-$450.

Vliegenthart, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, the Netherlands

605. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1731F. S-M26; KM-47a; CT-762. 25.93 grams. Interesting

triangular shape with blunted points, full date and oMF, nearly full shield and cross, light surface corrosion, good toning. Estimate: $175-$250.

606. Gelderland, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon, 1734. KM-95.3. 32.55 grams. Choice specimen with AU details (even

some luster), spotty toning, faint hints of surface corrosion here and there. Estimate: $200-$300.

607. Overijssel, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon,

1734. KM-80. 32.12 grams. Minimal surface corrosion and superb full

details as usual, also nicely toned, but lightly polished at some point.

Estimate: $150-$225.

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608. Dutch ducatoon “biscuit” (completely cocooned

in oxidation). 46.96 grams total. A thick cookie of oxidation, white on one side and gray-green on the other, containing either one very solid coin or two thin and corroded ones (only cleaning will tell you for sure), very neat display as is. Estimate: $125-$200.

609. Dutch ducatoon “biscuit” (completely cocooned

in oxidation). 42.56 grams total. A thick cookie of oxidation,

all gray with areas of white and orange, containing either one very solid coin or two thin and corroded ones (only cleaning will tell you for sure), very neat display as is. With Sedwick certificate from 2004. Estimate: $125-$200.

Rooswijk, sunk in 1739 southeast of England

610. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1730R. S-M24; KM-47a;

CT-755. 25.97 grams. Choice bold and full date and oMR, excellent full

cross and nearly full shield, solid and uncorroded, good toning, tiny edge-split and blunted point (as made). Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of March-April 2006, with original lot-tag #76. Estimate: $200-$300.

611. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1735MF. KM-103; CT-779. 26.80 grams. Bold,

near-AU details, uncorroded, with spotty toning, typically burnished, slightly off-center strike with hairline edge-crack. Estimate: $200-$300.

612. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1739MF. AU details, minimal surface corrosion, patchy toning. Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-103; CT-787. 26.43 grams.

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Invencible, sunk in 1741 off Havana, Cuba 613. Seville, Spain, milled 1 real “half pistareen,” Philip V, 1733PA, mounted

in 14K gold men’s ring, very rare provenance. KM-354; CT-1720. 16.21 grams total. XF details, no corrosion, mounted cross-side up, obscure provenance that yielded only a few coins like this about twenty years ago. With certificates. Estimate: $250-$375.

Hollandia, sunk in 1743 off the Scilly Isles, southwest of England

614. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1738MF,

mounted in sterling silver bezel (supposedly made from silver salvaged from the wreck in the 1970s). KM-103; CT-783. 30.00 grams total. Heavily corroded but with all details still clear, the mounting

very simple but with fancy bale at top. With generic certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $125-$200.

615. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1738MF.

KM-103; CT-783. 23.52 grams. Bold XF details set off by deep toning, light

surface corrosion all over. With original certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $125-$200.

616. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1742/1MF.

KM-103; CT-792. 26.50 grams. Choice UNC details with hints of original luster, small spots of black encrustation, lightly toned all over. Estimate: $350-$500.

617. Lot of 4 Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V,

dated 1740 (3) and 1741 (1), assayer MF. KM-103. 95.09 grams total. Solid coins with clear details despite light to moderate corrosion,

mostly toned. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of June 1994, with original lot-tag #568, generic certificates and original Ponterio catalog.

SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $350-$500.

618. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Philip V, 1740/30MF.

KM-94; CT-1056. 13.16 grams. AU details with luster, minimal corrosion but lots of tiny marks, beautiful rainbow toning.

With generic certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

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Princess Louisa, sunk in 1743 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa 619. PotosĂ­, cob 4 reales, 1733YA, very rare. S-P45; KM-30a; CT-1115. 11.96 grams. Two full

dates and assayers, well centered strike with full pillars, full but weak cross, typically pitted from corrosion. Estimate: $175-$260.

620. PotosĂ­, cob 2 reales, 1732YA, rare.

S-P45; KM-29a;

Bold full pillars with clear date and two full assayers, full but crude and slightly off-center cross with weak second date below, typically corroded. Estimate: $100-$150.

CT-1354. 5.27 grams.

St. Geran, sunk in 1744 off Mauritius, west of Africa 621. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1741MF, rare

provenance. KM-103; CT-791. 24.30 grams. Bold near-AU details but with very

light surface corrosion, darkly toned all over, seldom-seen provenance. Pedigreed to our Auction #8, with original lot-tag #1035. Estimate: $200-$300.

Reijgersdaal, sunk in 1747 off South Africa

622. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1735MF and 1740MF. KM-103. 49.29 grams total. Bold AU details but

with areas of heavy corrosion ((on the edge of the 1740, which is beautifully toned, and on the pillars of the 1735). Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of February 1997, with original lot-tag #921, and with generic certificates from the salvagers. Estimate: $200-$300.

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Luz, sunk in 1752 off Montevideo, Uruguay

623. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1731M. S-P44; KM-31a; CT888. 17.95 grams. Bold

date above full waves, rest of coin either flat or crude from corrosion, deeply purple-toned. Pedigreed to our Auction #9, with original lot-tag #964 and original photo-certificate #970049.

Estimate: $150-$225.

624. Segovia, Spain, milled 2 reales “pistareen,” Philip V, 1721F, rare type from this wreck.

KM-297; CT-1399. 4.07 grams.

Near-AU details but with light surface corrosion, patchy (uneven) toning. With Collado photo-certificate #211-PA. Estimate: $100-$150.

Bredenhof, sunk in 1753 off Mozambique, east of Africa 625. Massive clump of approx. 150+ Dutch East

India Co. copper duits dated 1752. 1034 grams total,

approx. 5” in diameter. An impressively large and attractive

display of coins, many with details visible but also with lots of green and brown encrustation around and between the coins, mostly a jumble of small stacks, truly one of the neatest clumps we have seen in a long time. With original (generic) certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

Tilbury, sunk in 1757 off Nova Scotia, Canada

626. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1754MF, unalike crowns, rare provenance and certificate.

KM-104.2; CT-335. 22.09 grams. Near-XF details but very low contrast

and with pillars-side surface moderately corroded, somewhat bent from salvage. With original certificate #298 from the salvagers (handsigned by Pierre Leclerc). Estimate: $150-$225.

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Auguste, sunk in 1761 off Nova Scotia, Canada

627. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1752MF.

KM-104.1; CT-329. 26.34 grams. VF details, corrosion-free, toned all over (low contrast). With original certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $200-$300.

628. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1755MM. KM-104.2; CT-338. 25.66 grams. VF details, minimal surface

corrosion, darkly toned all over. With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $200-$300.

629. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1758MM. KM-104.2; CT-343. 25.99 grams. XF+ details with light ton-

ing all over (low contrast), minimal corrosion. With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $200-$300.

630. France (Perpignan mint), ecu, Louis XV, 1734-Q, exLane. KM-486.17. 27.84 grams. Minimal corrosion, full details, uneven

toning. Pedigreed to the Lane (Penzance) auction of June 1983, with original lot-tag #758. Estimate: $125-$200.

631. Lot of 2 French ecus of Louis XV (1737-& [Aix mint] and 1751-A [Paris mint]). 55.92 grams total. Light surface corrosion

and scuffing but all details clear, uneven toning. Pedigreed to our Auction #11, with original lot-tag #570. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

Nicobar, sunk in 1783 off South Africa 632. Sweden, copper 4 daler “plate money,” Fredrik I, 1744.

KM-PM74. 2636 grams, 9” x 10-1/2”. Mostly intact, with corrosion on two sides and one corner only, all five stamps visible (three with clear date), nice color. Estimate: $500-$750.

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633. Sweden, copper 2 daler “plate money,” Fredrik I, 1749. 634. Sweden, copper 2 daler “plate money,” Fredrik I, 1750.

KM-PM71. 1251 grams, 7-1/2” x 7-1/4”. Some surface corrosion, one edge

and half of another jagged, two stamps very full and clear but the other three corroded. With original (generic) certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $200-$300.

Truncated from corrosion (one whole corner lost and some of three edges) but with central stamp and one corner stamp full and clear, deeply toned. With original (generic) certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-PM71. 1050 grams, 7-3/4” x 6-1/2”.

Cazador, sunk in 1784 off New Orleans

635. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1783FF. KM-106.2; CT-933. 25.82 grams. AU details, practically corrosion-free, low

contrast, couple black spots only. With original certificate. Estimate: $125-$200.

636. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1783FF. KM-106.2; CT-933. 20.72 grams. Light to moderate surface corrosion but

with all details clear, unevenly toned. With original certificate #33684 from the salvagers. Estimate: $75-$110.

637. Lot of 2 Spanish colonial bust 8 reales, Charles III, dates

not visible, both encrusted (as found). KM-106.2. 52.97 grams. No coin details visible but impressive encrusted, one with an oyster shell and the other with wormy coral, neat for display. With certificates from the salvager. Estimate: $150-$225.

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638. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, 2 reales in promotional

packaging: Pillar, Ferdinand VI, 1751M, encapsulated ANACS El Cazador Select; and bust, Charles III, 1783FF, in Franklin Mint plastic holder (without wreck history). 6” x 4”. Well-detailed coins with light corrosion only, the bust 2R nicely

toned, housed in sturdy promotional plastic detailing the wreck and its legacy. Estimate: $100-$150.

639. Clump of over 20 Spanish colonial bust 1/2R.

28.14 grams total. Cute little pile, no coin details visible (all corroded and

worn) but with attractive encrustation in green and white between and around the coins. Pedigreed to our Auction #11, with original lot-tag #585. Estimate: $250-$375.

Faithful Steward, sunk in 1785 off Delaware 640. Ireland, halfpenny, George III, 1781. KM-140. 5.23 grams. Worn from corrosion but with clear details, just weak in the centers, reddish-brown color all over. Estimate: $70-$100.

Piedmont, sunk in 1795 off Cornwall, England 641. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1656E, PH at top. S-P37a; KM-16; CT-900. 6.80 grams. Broad flan, totally uncorroded, with good full pillars and cross, nice crown and bold

PHILIP, much peripheral flatness, toned as usual. Pedigreed to our Auction #11, with original lot-tag #587, and to our Auction #5, with original lot-tag #589. Estimate: $150-$225.

Unidentified late-1700s wreck in the English Channel 642. Lot of 4 miscellaneous coins: two Mexican cob 8R Philip V, one French 1/2 ecu Louis XV, and one Portuguese copper 10 reis João V. 73.33 grams total. The highlight here is the cobs, which are both solid (one worn, the other slightly corroded, both darkly

toned), the Portuguese coin worn but not corroded, and the French coin almost featureless, interesting assortment from a wreck that just has not yielded much (yet). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Unidentified ca.-1802 wreck in the English Channel

643. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2R, Charles III,

1762/1M and 1763M. KM-68. 2.26 grams total. The 1762/1 is solid, with only light surface corrosion, but the 1763 is very thin from corrosion, both toned. Estimate: $50-$75.

644. Great Britain, copper “cartwheel” penny, George III, (1797), worn smooth and turned into a hanging token. Sp-3777; KM-618. 23/25 grams. Very interesting item, numismatically recognizable only by size and composition but with very clear “stippled” (pinpricked)

design of date “May 6, 1802” on one side and initials “WN” with hangman’s noose on other side, believed to indicate an event that occurred not long before the date of the wreck (the tumultuous time of Napoleon and revolutions in Haiti and France). Estimate: $50-$75.

645. Lot of 21 various European copper coins of the 1700s. Approx. 145 grams total. An assortment of nationalities (French, Swiss, Austrian, Portuguese and Italian), all worn and/or corroded but with enough details to be professionally attributed per the accompanying tags.

SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

Lady Burgess, sunk in 1806 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa

646. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1794FM. KM-109; CT-687. 26.76 grams. Bold

VF details with contrasting toning, a few marks and stains but essentially corrosion-free. With Sedwick certificate #VAL-002/11/16106.458 from 2001. Estimate: $125-$200.

647. Seville, Spain, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1803CN. CT-778;

KM-432.2. 26.06 grams. AU details but with light, localized surface cor-

rosion, spotty toning, very solid and somewhat scarce. With certificate.

Estimate: $200-$300.

Admiral Gardner, sunk in 1809 southeast of England 648. Partially encrusted clump of 9 British East India Co. copper XX cash, 1808.

98.12 grams total. A slightly leaning stack of solid, uncorroded coins whose sides are about half

exposed (in addition to the reverse of the top coin), the rest cocooned in whitish encrustation, nice little display. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $100-$150.

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“1810 wreck” off Ft. Pierce, Florida

649. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales: Charles IV, 1804TH; and Ferdinand VII transitional (“armored bust”),

1808TH. 46.88 grams total. Solid coins with only light surface corrosion (some wear), minimal contrast. With Salvors, Inc. (Mel Fisher) photocertificates #21868 and 22177. Estimate: $100-$150.

S.S. New York, sunk in 1846 off Louisiana 650. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1786FM, encapsulated NGC Shipwreck Effect.

KM-78.2a; CT-1569. Worn and very lightly corroded but with all details clear, brightly cleaned, very scarce provenance (stated inside slab). Estimate: $125-$200.

651. France (Paris mint), 5 francs, l’an 7 (1798-9), mintmark A, encapsulated NGC shipwreck effect. KM-639.1. Silvery from

cleaning and with light surface corrosion all over, small patches of toning, very scarce as from this wreck and desirable as struck during the French revolution of 1789-99. With shipwreck provenance stated inside the slab. Estimate: $350-$500.

Unidentified mid-1800s wreck in the English Channel 652. Ancient Greek tetradrachm of Alexander the Great (323-336 BC),

with hole at top and small piece of chain as used as a medallion by someone on the wreck. Price-3426; SNG Saroglos-592. 17.90 grams. Very rare and unusual find as a piece of historical jewelry from the 1800s, the coin very solid and well preserved (no corrosion, VF details, nicely toned), attributed as follows: Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter as Satrap, 323-305 BC, in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon, Arados mint, struck ca. 320/19-315 BC, with head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ALEXANDROI, Zeus Aetophorous seated left, legs crossed; AP monogram in left field. Estimate: $350-$500.

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653. Large lot of 27 mostly French and British copper coins, various kings and dates (where visible) in the late 1700s to mid-1800s. Approx. 190 grams total. Some very solid and well detailed but others worn thin, mostly dark, a few professionally attributed (with tags), including one Danish and one British Guiana. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

654. Lot of 7 British silver minors of George III through Victoria. 20.00 grams total. This lot consists of 4 small coins that are so

corroded as to be thin slivers, with just enough detail to see the monarchs, in addition to 3 solid and uncorroded coins (Fine details, nicely toned), as follows: George III shillings (2) dated 1816 and Victoria groat dated 1854. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $70-$100.

655. Large lot of 30 small silver and copper coins (23) and artifacts (7), European, mid-1800s. Approx. 180 grams total. A rather

diverse lot including British and French coins but also six lead seals and a copper lion’s head ornament (buckle?), mostly solid but some corroded. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $70-$100.

S.S. Central America, sunk in 1857 in deep water off North Carolina 656. Santiago, Chile, 50 centavos, 1855, encapsulated PCGS Certified / S.S. Central America Treasure. KM-128. VF details, no corrosion but some small damage near rim on condor side (also minor lamination), much original luster, patches of toning. Estimate: $400-$600.

Miscellaneous Wrecks 657. Lot of 2 Dutch silver coins from shipwrecks: DeLiefde (1711) and Slot ter Hooge (1724). 32.53 grams total. The DeLiefde coin is a ducatoon of Westfriesland and is solid and uncorroded but weak where date should be, nicely toned all over, with small areas of encrustation; the Slot ter Hooge coin is a 2 stuivers of Zeeland, dated 1724, with light surface corrosion but bold details, polished. The ducatoon pedigreed to our Auction #1, with original lot-tag #157. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

658. Lot of 4 Spanish colonial bust 8R from various shipwrecks: Hartwell (1786), Halsewell (1787), Lady Burgess (1806) and Athenienne (1806). 94.49 grams total. Light to moderate surface corrosion but all with clear details, some toned. Dates and mints as

follows: Mexico 1786FM (Hartwell), Potosí 1780PR (Halsewell), Potosí 1781PR (Lady Burgess) and Lima 1803IJ (Athenienne). Three pedigreed to our Auctions, with original lot-tags: #1 (lot 312); #4 (lot 583) and #9 (lot 984, also lot 663 of #7). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

659. Lot of 2 silver coins from World War II treasures: “Manila Bay treasure” (1942) and SS John Barry (1944). 31.50 grams total. Both coins uncorroded and well detailed, the Manila Bay coin a Philippines (under the United States) 1 peso of 1909 (lightly rainbow

toned) and the John Barry coin a Saudi Arabia 1 riyal of AH1345 = 1944 (mostly darkly toned), each piece representing a fascinating segment of WWII history. Philippines coin pedigreed to our Auction #9, with original lot-tag #1009; Saudi coin with original certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $75-$110.

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Mexico Silver Cobs Charles-Joanna, “Late Series”

660. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late

Series,” assayer A to right, mintmark M to left, encapsulated NGC AU 55. Nesmith 58 type; S-M6; KM-18; CT-79. Broad flan with

choice full details including legends, the shield side slightly off-center but otherwise nearly perfect, also attractively toned all over. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

661. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late

Series,” assayer L to right, mintmark M to left. Nesmith 86 for type;

S-M9; KM-18; CT-84. 13.49 grams. Bold VF with full details (including leg-

ends) on both sides, traces of incipient toning. Estimate: $250-$375.

662. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Charles-Joanna,

“Late Series,” assayer O to right, mintmark oM to left. Ne-

smith 110b; S-M10; KM-18; CT-88. 13.69 grams. Typically uneven flan with

resulting weak areas, still with full and clear shield and pillars and much legend, AVF with toning around edge only. With Karen McKee photo-certificate from 1993. Estimate: $200-$300.

663. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer O to right, mintmark oM to left. Nesmith 110b and 110b; S-M10; KM-18; CT-88. 25.71 grams total. Both salvaged, one only lightly corroded with bold full central details highlighted by brown

sediment on fields, the other with light to moderate surface corrosion but nicely toned. Estimate: $350-$500.

664. Mexico City, Mexico, 2 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late

Series,” assayer L to right, mintmark M to left. Nesmith 85; S-M9; KM-12; CT-116. 6.86 grams. Nice VF with full inner details and legends,

faint toning around details only. Estimate: $200-$300.

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665. Mexico City, Mexico, 2 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer L to right, mintmark M to left. Nesmith 85b; S-M9; KM-12; CT-116. 6.67 grams. Bold

and full shield and crown and pillars-and-waves, much legend, non-toned AXF. Estimate: $125-$200.

666. Mexico City, Mexico, 2 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer L to right, mintmark M to left. Nesmith 89c; S-M9; KM-12; CT-116. 6.55 grams. Bold

full inner details and legends despite light surface corrosion as from unspecified salvage, toned around details, VF or better overall. Estimate: $100-$150.

667. Mexico City, Mexico, 2 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer L to right, mintmark M to left. Nesmith 85; S-M9;

KM-12; CT-116. 6.69 grams. Bold and richly toned VF with full inner details and most of legends, mount-mark removed from top of pillars, edge

very lightly shaved. Estimate: $100-$150.

668. Mexico City, Mexico, 2 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer O to left, mintmark M to right (rare as lacking the o). Nesmith 97; S-M10; KM-12; CT-118. 6.86 grams. High grade (nearly AU but with minor weak areas, per the assayer), with full inner details and nearly full crown and legends, extra metal below left pillar, no toning. Estimate: $300-$450.

669. Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer G to left, mintmark M to right. Nesmith 44b; S-M5a;

Beautifully toned VF (excellent contrast) with choice full details (including legends), flaw/damage below left pillar, still very pretty overall. Estimate: $100-$150.

KM-9; CT-139. 3.24 grams.

670. Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer “I” (L) to left, mintmark M to right. Nesmith 92a;

Good full details all over except for part of shield-side legend due to off-center strike, nicely toned AVF with old dent at bottom-right on shield. Estimate: $150-$225.

S-M9; KM-9; CT-143. 3.26 grams.

671. Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer O to right, mintmark M to left. Nesmith 100a type; S-M10; KM-9; CT-149. 3.17 grams.

Estimate: $100-$150.

Nice full crown and shield and pillars, nearly full legends, VF with contrasting toning, minor old scratches.

672. Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer O to right, mintmark oM to left. Nesmith 108d; S-M10;

Nicely toned AVF with full inner details and most of legends despite weak spots, slightly off-center strike, possibly lightly shaved. Estimate: $100-$150.

KM-9; CT-150. 3.13 grams.

673. Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” assayer O to right, mintmark oM to left. Nesmith 108 type; S-M10; KM-9; CT-150. 3.35 grams. High

grade (nearly AU, with luster but no toning), with choice full shield and crown, full but partially weak pillars and legends. Estimate: $80-$120.

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674. Lot of 5 Mexico City, Mexico, 1R, CharlesJoanna, “Late Series,” assayers L and O. Nesmith 80 for type; 88a,108, and 108d type; KM-9. 13.36 grams total. All

holed and/or damaged (cuts and shaving on edges) but with clear details, About Fine to AVF overall, with light toning on all. Estimate: $150-$225.

675. Lot of 3 Mexico City, Mexico, 1R, Charles-Joanna, “Late

Series,” assayers G, L and O. Nesmith 44f for type, 84 for type, and 108d; KM-9.

9.23 grams total. Undamaged Fine on average, clear details, not much toning.

Estimate: $150-$225.

Shield-type

676. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (16)11F, rare. S-M17; KM-44.3; CT-103. 26.07 grams. Bold

full oMF and 11 of date, good full shield and cross despite typical flat areas, deeply toned Fine. Estimate: $300-$450.

677. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1640/39(P), with small chopmarks as from circulation in the Orient.

KM-45; CT-335. 27.58 grams. Good

S-M19;

full cross and nearly full shield, full mintmark and clear bottom half of date, very richly toned About Fine with just two small chops, peripheral flatness. Estimate: $125-$200.

678. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1652P. S-M19; KM-45;

Good full cross, full date and oMP, full shield, stained and very lightly corroded as from unspecified salvage, VF details otherwise. Estimate: $250-$375.

CT-356. 26.23 grams.

679. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible.

KM-45. 25.15 grams. Typically broad barrel-shaped flan with uneven thickness and resulting flatness, VF details but surfaces lightly corroded as from unspecified salvage, nicely toned, good full cross and shield. Estimate: $125-$200.

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683. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1730R. S-M24; KM-47a; 680. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (16)62P, rare. S-M19;

Good full shield and cross-and-tressure, bold full oMP, clear date but nothing else in peripheries (flat), toned VF, possibly salvaged. Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-45; CT-372. 26.27 grams.

CT-755. 26.39 grams. Very

full and bold date and oMR, most of shield and cross on solid and thick flan but with staining and very light surface corrosion as from unspecified salvage. Estimate: $200-$300.

684. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer O

below denomination IIII to right, mintmark oM to left. S-M11;

681. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (16)93(L), very rare.

S-M21; KM-46; CT-294. 26.59 grams. Most of crown and shield and cross,

clear C of king’s name and weak but certain date, technically high grade (AXF) but somewhat weakly struck per the period. Estimate: $200-$300.

Typically full inner details and nearly full legends (king’s ordinal II particularly bold), nice full crown, deeply toned XF. Estimate: $125-$200.

KM-36; CT-336. 12.93 grams.

685. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer

O below denomination IIII to right, mintmark oM to left.

S-M11; KM-36; CT-336. 12.62 grams. Choice

682. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1726(D), rare. S-M23a; KM-47. 26.88 grams. Clear date and mintmark but shield side otherwise

full shield, full but doubled cross, AU details but with light surface corrosion as from unspecified salvage, partially toned. Estimate: $125-$200.

flat, most of cross amidst further flatness but with spot of encrustation as probably from the Rooswijk (1739), light surface corrosion only.

Estimate: $400-$600.

686. Lot of 2 Mexico City,

Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer O below denomination oIIII to right, mintmark oM to left. S-M11; KM-36; CT-336. 25.47 grams total. Full shields and crosses

and much legend, XF details with some toning but light surface corrosion as from unspecified salvage.

Estimate: $250-$375.

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687. Lot of 5 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, assayer P (where visible). KM-38. 67.58 grams total. Solid AVF all around, good full shields and crosses but peripheral flatness and uneven thickness. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

688. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, one with assayer J visible and with chopmarks as from circulation in the Orient. KM-40. 26.95 grams. Interesting shapes, most of cross and shield but not much else on both, the chopmarked one (with chops on both sides) with encrustation at edge and the non-chopped one with a soldered loop at top, both Fine+. Estimate: $75-$110.

689. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1729R. S-M24; KM-40a; CT-1024. 13.36 grams. Off-center obverse with full oMR and clear bottom half of date, good full cross, deeply toned Fine. Estimate: $150-$225.

690. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1730R. S-M24; KM-40a; CT-1026. 12.68 grams. Thick, somewhat rectangular flan with clear date and bold full oMR (off-center shield), good full cross, toned Fine but probably salvaged (no visible corrosion). Estimate: $150-$225.

691. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, (1729-30)R. S-M24; KM-40a. 13.84 grams. Good full shield with bold assayer, most of cross, nicely toned AVF. Estimate: $90-$135.

692. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer F, rare variety with 3 castles in each quadrant. S-M12; KM-31; CTExcellent full shield and cross (interesting variety), nicely toned AVF with natural edge-splits and minor marks, inexplicably underweight. Estimate: $175-$250.

499. 5.51 grams.

693. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayers F and oD, very rare. S-M14a; KM-unl. (cf. 32.1). 6.79 grams. Full partially

flat shield and cross, weak but certain F to left and D to right, bold figure-8 ornaments in legends, toned Fine with minor encrustation, low contrast. Estimate: $150-$225.

694. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, 1654P, full date (rare). S-M19; KM-33; CT-869. 4.69 grams. Choice full date and mintmark, good

full cross and off-center shield, patchy toning, AVF details but with light surface corrosion as from unspecified salvage. Estimate: $150-$225.

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695. Lot of 5 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2R, various kings (Philip II through Philip V) and assayers (all visible). 33.15 grams

total. Fine details with generally decent shields and crosses, one very deeply toned and one with hole at end of cross. SEE INTERNET FOR

PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

696. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Philip II, assayer O, one with assayer to left and the other with assayer to right.

S-M11; KM-26. 6.52 grams total. Good

full shields and crosses (well detailed), AXF with attractive toning, both with small edge-splits. One with Henry Christensen envelope (1980s). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

697. Lot of 3 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R (2) and 1/2R of Philip II, assayer O (where visible). 7.95 grams total. Good full crosses, one 1R with nice full shield, the 1/2R with full monogram, toned VF or better. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

698. Lot of 6 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Philip II and III, assayers O and F (where visible). 18.30 grams total. All but one holed, Fine on average, generally good full shields and crosses and good toning. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

699. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1R, Philip II and III, assayer F, one with assayer to right and mintmark to left and

the other with oMF to left. 6.63 grams. The F-to-left coin with choice full shield and cross on a smallish flan, the other with flat areas but broader and thinner, both AVF with nice toning. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

700. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip IV, assayer P (ca. 1650). S-M19; KM-28. 3.20 grams. Lemon-shaped flan with full and bold oMP, good full cross and nearly full shield, deeply toned, probably from a shipwreck. Estimate: $75-$110.

701. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, 1729R. S-M24; KM-30; CT-1582. 2.97 grams. Good full cross, full date and mintmark, toned AVF with old marks, possibly clipped on part of edge. Estimate: $80-$120.

702. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer F to right, floret ornament at end of legend. S-M12; KM-20; CT-716.

1.66 grams. Good full cross and crown and monogram, interesting reverse legend with flower-cross-ISPAN at top, lightly toned VF but prob-

ably salvaged. Estimate: $80-$120.

703. Lot of 4 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2R, Philip II (two, both assayer O) and IV (two, one with assayer D visible). 5.97

grams total. Fine on average, with full or nearly full monograms and crosses and decent toning, the two Philip II with holes near edge. SEE

INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

704. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, (16)59(P), rare. 705. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip IV, assayer P, Full 59 of date, good full cross, off-center monogram, nicely toned Fine. Estimate: $125-$200.

S-M19; KM-unl. (cf. 22); CT-1153. 1.58 grams.

Sedwick Plate Coin. S-M19; KM-22. 1.47 grams. Choice full monogram and cross, bold full oMP, AVF with toned fields, a very attractive coin with desirable pedigree. Plate Coin on page 90 of Sedwick’s Practical Book of Cobs (2nd ed., 1990), with Sedwick certificate from 1999 and original book. Estimate: $125-$200.

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706. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real Royal, 1719/7J, rare (unlisted overdate).

S-M22; KM-unl. (cf. R24); CT-unl. (cf. 1808). 1.79 grams. Nicely toned VF with full details, patinated

areas that appear to be expertly plugged holes, rare date and first example of this overdate we have ever heard of. Estimate: $600-$900.

707. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real Royal, 1721J. S-M22; KM-R24; CT-1809. 1.56 grams. Choice XF with bold detail and frosty fields but with inevitable hole at top (typically

aligned axes). Estimate: $800-$1,200.

708. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Louis I (1724-25), assayer not visible

(D), rare. S-M23; KM-25. 1.61 grams. Squarish flan with full but off-center cross, very off-

center monogram with half of crown above and clear (L)VDOV- in legend, toned Fine.

Estimate: $125-$200.

709. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, 1733(F), rare final year of cobs. S-M26; KM-24a. 1.42 grams. Full date and mintmark, most of crown, full but off-center cross, toned

Fine. Estimate: $100-$150.

Klippes

710. Mexico City, Mexico, klippe 8 reales, 1733MF. S-M28; KM-48; CT-768. 27.03 grams. Choice specimen with lightly rainbow-toned fields, all details full except for part of legend where king’s name would appear, minor die-clashing (typical), probably from the Rooswijk (1739) but totally uncorroded. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

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Lima Silver Cobs Early Pillars Type 711. Lima, Peru, 8 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rincón), extremely rare and important first “dollar” coin of South America.

The three primary cob-producing mints in the Americas—Mexico, Lima and Potosí—all started with an assayer named Rincón, and at each mint the Rincóns produced 8 reales in very small quantities, making them very rare and desirable in our time. The Potosí Rincón 8R, made in 1575, is the commonest of the three, with just a few dozen known, struck shortly before Alonso Rincón’s death; at the other end of the scale is the Mexican Rincón 8R, of which only three are known from a more or less experimental run in 1538 (see our Auction #16 for the latest example), due to reported difficulties in making them. In between is the Lima Rincón 8R, like the present specimen, with a known population under ten and highly coveted as the first “dollar” made in South America, struck in 1569 without proper authorization and quickly discontinued. The present specimen, offered here for the first time, is unpublished and in fact was struck from previously unknown dies.

The previously known dies were classified by Cayon as Type I, with motto abbreviated as PL-VSV-LT, and Type II, with PL-VSVLTR. Both Types can be found mated with obverse dies that show the king’s name as PHILIPVS or (erroneously) PHILPVS, corresponding to ornaments in the crown that either all match or change to tulips on the 2nd and 4th points. The present specimen is not only a new Type, with full motto as PLV-SVLT-RA, but also a new obverse die, with matching ornaments yet correct spelling of king’s name.

This new specimen is also among the finest of the issue, with no doubling or flatness of any significance, well centered and beautifully toned. The crown and shield and pillars are all exceptional. The surfaces do show traces of very light porosity (net VF), but not to the point of significant weight loss, so we suspect that it was struck below standard to begin with, a problem known to have contributed to the rapid discontinuation of these coins. After all, the historically best two specimens (see below) were each under 27 grams also and had no corrosion at all.

For price comparison we think it is fair to cite those two best known examples, commonly known as the “F.C.C. Boyd specimen,” sold in the Millennia auction (Goldberg, May 2008) for $240,000 plus buyer’s fee (later sold for $170,000 plus buyer’s fee in 2011), and the “Sellschopp specimen,” sold in the Swiss Bank Corp. auction of September 1988 for 180,000 francs = $118,421 plus buyer’s fee (later sold for 150,000 francs = $103,448 plus buyer’s fee in 1991). Regardless of what it realizes now, doubtless this new specimen will find a proper home in a collection of great distinction.

S-L1; KM-13; CT-138. 25.00 grams.

Estimate: $35,000-$50,000.

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712. Lima, Peru, 4 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rinc贸n), motto as PL-VSV-T, legends split as HISPANIA / NIARVM, rare.

Broad flan with superb full inner details and much bold legend, devoid of the usual obvious doubling and unevenness, nicely toned and lacking virtually any corrosion (XF details). By our records, the odd manifestation of the motto on this coin (lacking the L and R in VLTRA) is currently unique. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

S-L1; KM-10.1; CT-313. 12.44 grams.

713. Lima, Peru, 4 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rinc贸n), small R, motto as PL-VSV-TR, legends split as HISPA / NIARVM,

rare. S-L1; KM-10.1; CT-311. 13.36 grams. Perfectly full and round flan with choice full shield, full but doubled pillars, and 100% full legends (the crown full too but somewhat flat), lightly toned XF, just a little less bold than the previous lot. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

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714. Lima, Peru, 4 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rinc贸n), small R, motto as PL-VSV-TR, legends split as HISPA / NIARVM,

rare. S-L1; KM-10.1; CT-311. 12.36 grams. Broad, round flan with nearly full but partially flat legends, bold pillars and shield (the latter typically doubled), toned XF with minor surface porosity and marks. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

715. Lima, Peru, 2 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rinc贸n) to right (rare), motto as PL-VSV-TR, legends split as HISPA / NIARVM, rare. S-L1; KM8; CT-479. 6.28 grams. Broad

flan with bold full shield and pillars, nearly full crown and much bold legend (some peripheral flatness and doubling), toned XF with minor surface porosity. Estimate: $500-$750.

716. Lima, Peru, 2 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rinc贸n) to left, motto as PL-VSV-L, legends split as HISPA / NIARVM, rare.

Superb full pillars side with all details bold and well struck, the shield side also full but doubled in center (nice full crown), contrastingly toned VF+ with minimal surface corrosion. Estimate: $500-$750.

S-L1; KM-8; CT-481. 5.96 grams.

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717. Lima, Peru, 2 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rincรณn) to left, large R, motto as PL-VSVL-T, legends split as HISPAN / NIARVM. S-L1; KM-8;

CT-482. 6.11 grams. Broad flan with full but

partially flat legends, full and non-doubled inner details, AXF details with contrasting sediment around details, light surface corrosion. Estimate: $400-$600.

718. Lima, Peru, 2 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rincรณn) to left, large R, motto as PL-VSV-L, legends split as HISPAN / NIARVM. S-L1; KM-8; CT-481.

6.08 grams. Choice full AU details on both

sides despite light surface corrosion, no doubling and minimal flatness, toned fields.

Estimate: $400-$600.

719. Lima, Peru, 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer R (Rincรณn), legends

split as HISP / IARVM. S-L1; KM-3; CT-702. 1.80 grams. Broad flan with

full legends and inner details, no doubling, deeply toned but slightly porous from unspecified salvage (net VF). Estimate: $200-$300.

720. Lima, Peru, 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer R (Rincรณn), legends

split as HISPAN / RVM. S-L1; KM-3; CT-702. 1.46 grams. Thin from (minimally visible) corrosion but with bold legends (nearly full) and inner details, no doubling, toned on fields. Estimate: $175-$250.

721. Lima, Peru, 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer R (Rincรณn), legends

split as HISPAN / IARVM and ending in INDIARV. S-L1; KM-3; CT-

Moderately corroded but with most of legends bold, inner details weak, no doubling or toning. Estimate: $125-$200.

702. 1.63 grams.

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Shield-type 722. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales,

Philip II, assayer X, very rare.

S-L3; KM-11; CT-327. 12.53 grams. Round

flan with full legends and inner details despite light surface corrosion all over, nice toning, minimal doubling, the allimportant P-X very clear (first example in this denomination that we have offered at auction), also interesting as lacking the initial H of HISPANIARVM, as do most of the 7-10 known specimens.

Estimate: $1,000-up.

723. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer X to right of castle, extremely rare, Proctor Plate Coin. S-L3; KM-2; CT-unl. 0.76 gram. Toned VF with full castle and lion

and crowns, corroded from salvage but with the all-important assayer clear, very important as the only example we have seen (first ever offered at auction) and clearly the key for anyone assembling a denomination set, also significant as the first issue of this castle/lion-type cuartillo ever made. Pedigreed to the Jorge Proctor collection and plated on page 36 of his book The Forgotten Mint of Colonial Panama (2005). Estimate: $1,000-up.

724. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, P-8 to left, *-oD to right. S-L4; KM-14; CT-146. 26.97 grams.

Choice bold strike with full inner details and much legend, including full king’s name and crown, lightly polished VF+ with toned fields for contrast. Estimate: $1,000-up.

725. Lot of 2 Lima, Peru, cob 4R and 1/2R, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre. S-L4. 11.00 grams total. Both appear to be salvaged, the 4R (with *-4 to left and P-•D to right) moderately corroded and the 1/2R (with •D to left and * to right) holed near edge, both with clear details despite weak areas. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $75-$110.

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726. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, P-ii to left, oD-* to right. S-L4; KM-9; CT-490. 6.77 grams.

Choice XF with full and well-detailed cross and shield (both very slightly doubled), good crown and nearly full legends, nicely toned in crevices. Estimate: $175-$250.

727. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, P-ii to left, oD-* to right. S-L4; KM-9; CT-490. 6.58 grams.

Round flan with nearly full legends and crown in addition to full inner details, the cross particularly choice, VF with toned fields (minor surface porosity), hairline edge-split. Estimate: $125-$200.

728. Lot of 3 Lima, Peru, cob 2R, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, *-ii to left, P-oD to right. S-L4; KM-9; CT-487. 14.67 grams.

All corroded from salvage and silvery from cleaning, still with clear details. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $150-$225.

729. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, (*)-I to left, P-•D to right. S-L4; KM-7; CT-634. 3.19 grams. Fine

with contrasting toning, full but double-struck shield and cross, bold king’s name in legend. Estimate: $90-$135.

730. Lot of 2 Lima, Peru, cob 1R, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, *-I to left, P-•D to right, one with error INDIRVN in legend. S-L4; KM-7; CT-634. 6.28 grams. F-VF with minor doubling, weak spots and/or uneven toning, but with important details clear (decent crosses). Estimate: $150-$225.

731. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, *-I to left, P-oD to right. S-L4; KM-7; CT-634. 3.19 grams. VF with full but partially weak shield and cross, good full crown, full king’s name, light rainbow toning on fields. Estimate: $90-$135.

732. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, *-I to left, P-oD to right.

S-L4; KM-7; CT-634. 3.26 grams.

Bold and well-detailed VF+ with minor surface porosity (salvaged), nice toning, excellent full shield and cross. Estimate: $80-$120.

733. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, *-oD to left, I-P to right. S-L4; KM-7; CT-633. 2.82 grams. Con-

trastingly toned AVF with good (but doubled) full shield and cross, minor surface corrosion (salvaged) and old scratches. Estimate: $90-$135.

734. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, P-I to left, *-oD to right. S-L4; KM-7. 3.29 grams. Broad flan with slightly crude edge (as made), choice full shield and cross, full crown, XF with nice light toning. Estimate: $90-$135.

735. Lot of 4 Lima, Peru, cob 1/2R, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, oD to left, * to right of monogram. S-L4; KM-5. 5.00

grams total. Full crosses and monograms and much legend, VF on average, two salvaged, mostly toned. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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736. Lot of 2 Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, different varieties. S-L4; KM-5.

3.36 grams total. One with oD to left and * to right, the other

with oD to left, P to right and stars above and below, nice specimens with full crosses and monograms, F-VF and toned.

Estimate: $125-$200.

737. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Diego

de la Torre, P to left and * to right of castle. S-L4; KM-2; CT-767. 0.64 gram. Bold P-*, full castle and lion and some legend

despite light surface corrosion (AVF overall), nicely toned.

Estimate: $125-$200.

738. Lot of 2 Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, different varieties. S-L4; KM-2. 1.74 grams total.

Nice VF or better, one with P-oD flanking castle and *-P flanking lion (holed near edge at top, attractively toned), the other with P-* flanking castle. Estimate: $250-$375.

“Star of Lima” Type

739. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1659V, “Star of Lima” type (Series II), rare. S-L5; KM-18.1. 26.82 grams. Crudely uneven flan as usual (also typically doubled), with full pillars and crown and cross, clear date and mintmark and assayer, VF with lightly toned fields. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

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740. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, 1659V (Series II), with Brazilian crowned-300 countermark (300 reis, 1663), very rare, KM Plate Coin. S-L5; KM-17; CT-661. 13.35 grams. Good centers with clear date and assayer and mintmark between pillars, peripherally flat, still

no worse than VF overall and nicely toned, the countermark on the cross very bold and full. Plate Coin in KM’s Standard Catalog of World Coins (various editions). Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

741. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, 1659V, “Star of Lima” type (Series II), very rare. S-L5; KM-17; CT-661. 12.25 grams. Good full pillars-

and-waves and cross-lions-castles, bold full mintmark and assayer and date, XF with contrasting toning but minimal surface corrosion as from unspecified salvage. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

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742. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1659V, “Star of Lima” type

(Series IA), very rare. S-L5; KM-16; CT-841. 4.31 grams. Roundish flan

with choice full cross-lions-castles (albeit slightly off-center) and full but lightly corroded pillars-and-waves, nicely toned VF (net). From the San Miguel el Arcangel (“Jupiter wreck,” 1659), and pedigreed to our Auction #13, lot #584. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

743. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1659V, “Star of Lima” type (Se-

ries IA), rare. S-L5; KM-15; CT-989. 2.83 grams. Salvaged, with patches of corrosion and “horn silver,” but with full LIMA, date and waves, also good cross-lions-castles, flat peripheries, VF net. Estimate: $500-$750.

744. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1660V, date at bottom, “Star of Lima” type (Series III), very rare. S-L5; KM-16; CT-842. 3.19 grams.

Thin from corrosion (unspecified salvage) but with clear PLVS, 2*2 and (1)660 between pillars (slightly off-center), most of cross, lightly toned. Estimate: $600-$900.

Pillars-and-waves

745. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1688R, encapsulated NGC VF 746. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1720M. S-L20; KM-34; CT-642. 26.66 20. S-L7; KM-24; CT-231. Nearly full cross and pillars but peripherally

grams. Full pillars and cross but flat peripheries, clear date, very darkly

flat, two dates, very light toning (low contrast). Estimate: $350-$500.

toned and with localized surface corrosion, otherwise Fine. From an unidentified mid-1700s wreck off Europe. Estimate: $200-$300.

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747. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, 1724/3M, very rare. S-L20; KM-unl. (cf. 33). 11.96 grams. Broad,

round flan with flat peripheries but good tops of pillars and most of cross, two assayers, two partial dates, richly toned VF. Estimate: $300-$450.

748. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, 1738(N).

Crude and odd-shaped flan (as made) with flat peripheries, bold date above waves and part of a second date below cross, Fine with toned fields. Estimate: $175-$250.

S-L21; KM-33A; CT-989. 13.44 grams.

749. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1684V. S-L6; KM-21; CT-558. 7.21 grams. Choice AU with perfect full pillars and cross, all three dates and assayers and mintmarks (one partial), full king’s name CAROLVS, very light toning with a few minor dark spots, sharply seven-sided flan, curiously overweight. Estimate: $300-$450.

750. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1685R. S-L7; KM-21; CT-559. 6.66 grams. Full but off-center pillars-and-waves, good full cross, two dates and mintmarks, three partial assayers, brown-toned XF. Estimate: $150-$225.

751. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1686R. S-L7; KM-21; CT-560. 7.00 grams. Very broad, round-

ish flan with choice full pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles, two dates, three mintmarks and assayers, nice XF. Estimate: $250-$375.

752. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1691R. S-L9; KM-21; CT-564. 6.68 grams. High grade (XF+)

with slightly uneven strike, full pillars and cross, two dates, three assayers, no toning, scarce.

Estimate: $175-$250.

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753. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales Royal, 1693V,

very rare (unlisted). S-L10; KM-unl.; CT-unl. 6.72 grams. Broad, round flan with full but partially flat

inner details, much legend (full LIMA), minor peripheral doubling, plugged hole in crown, AVF with toned fields, first example of this date we have ever heard of. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

754. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1694M. S-L11; KM-21; CT-567. 6.75 grams. Very high grade (lustrous UNC), with choice full pillars-andwaves and cross-lions-castles, two dates, three mintmarks. Estimate: $250-$375.

755. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1702H. S-L15a; KM-32; CT-1191. 6.08 grams. Choice full cross-lions-castles and pillars, two dates, three assayers, nicely toned XF. Estimate: $200-$300.

756. Lot of 8 Lima, Peru, cob 2R, Philip V and Ferdinand VI, various dates and assayers (where visible). 48.00 grams total.

Half with visible dates, one holed (and one with attempted hole), one corroded from salvage, all VG-F, some good crosses. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

757. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1692V. S-L10; KM-20; CT-682. 1.92

grams. Full pillars and crown and cross, nicely toned VF, very thin and

underweight (as made), with edge-split. Estimate: $80-$120.

758. Lot of 10 Lima, Peru, cob 1R, Charles II through Ferdi-

nand VI, various dates and assayers: 1687R, 1690R, 1694M, 1692V, 1711M, 1723M, 1725(M), 1742V, 1747V and 1748V. 26.96 grams total. Two holed, some salvaged, but all with good details,

Fine on average, with contrasting toning. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

759. Lot of 3 Lima, Peru, cob 1R and 1/2R (2), Philip V,

various dates. 4.30 grams total. All corroded from salvage but with clear details, the 1R dated 1710(?) assayer H, and the 1/2R dated 1719 and 1746, some toning and “horn� silver. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $70-$100.

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760. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1744. S-L22; KM-30a; CT-1791. 1.13 grams. Perfectly full date (rare thus), two full mintmarks, salvaged XF with uneven toning, minimal corrosion. Estimate: $60-$90.

761. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1750, unique error with cross side struck from a 2R die. S-L23; KM-41; CT-633. 2.00 grams. Typically

scrappy flan, with clear date below off-center monogram, clear denomination 2 above very off-center and oversized cross, toned AXF with crude edge (as made). This year is famous for errors in Lima cobs, notably the 1/2 reales struck with 1-escudo dies, but nobody knows why.

Estimate: $100-$150.

762. Lot of 16 Lima, Peru, cob 1/2R, Charles II, Philip V and Louis I, various dates (most clear). 20.46 grams total. One holed,

some salvaged, but all with clear details, Fine or better on average, most toned, with visible dates as follows: 1684, 1685, 1694, 1695, 1711, 1712, 1722, 1725, 1726, 1727, 1730, 1738 and 1742. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

763. Large lot of 44 Lima, Peru, cob 1/2R, various kings and dates (all visible). 57.37 grams total. Nice specimens with clear de-

tails, a few salvaged but none holed, many toned, Fine or better on average, visible dates as follows: 1684 (2), 1685 (3), 1694 (2), 1703 (2), 1705, 1706 (2), 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721 (2), 1722, 1723, 1724, 1726, 1734 (2), 1737 (3), 1741, 1742, 1744 and 1748 (almost all the others partially dated). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

764. Large lot of 43 Lima, Peru, cob 1/2R, various kings and dates (all visible). 53.63 grams total. Nice specimens with clear

details, a few salvaged but only one holed, many toned, Fine or better on average, visible dates as follows: 1684 (2), 1685 (3), 1694, 1695, 1697, 1699, 1700 (2), 1704, 1705 (2), 1706, 1709, 1711, 1715, 1718, 1719, 1722, 1724, 1732/1, 1732, 1736, 1737 (3), 1739, 1740, 1741, 1743 and 1751/0 (almost all the others partially dated, a few of those actually PotosĂ­ instead of Lima). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

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Table of Potosí 8 Reales of Philip II

Sedwick = The Practical Book of Cobs (4th edition, 2007) Paoletti = 8 Reales Cobs of Potosí (2006) This table was compiled from decades of data that we hope to present in a future publication. Various notes to assist the user: 1. “Tressure dimples” refers to the points of the tressure in the quadrants of the cross; on the earliest issues, these dimples extend deep into the design, same as for Seville cobs of the same period.

2. “Borders” refers to the circle of dots separating the inner details from the legends on the outside; on the earliest issues, these dots are smaller and spaced very tightly, whereas later issues have larger dots more loosely spaced.

3. “Crown loop” refers to the bowl-like bottom “protector” below the crown on early issues; this feature disappears under assayer L going forward.

4. “Separators” refers to the symbols that separate each word in the legends; on early issues these are commas and on later issues they are dots.

5. Lions in cross start with a style identical to Seville cobs of the same period but then change to rampant (“dancing”) and passant (“flat”); assayer B adopted a larger Seville style. Beginning with 3rd-period B, the lions and castles in the cross go through many different, increasingly cruder styles, which are best cataloged by Paoletti. The castle becomes two-storied under assayer A. 6. We place Paoletti’s Group B8 under 3rd-period B because of comma separators and one-storied castles.

7. We place Sedwick P6 (2nd-period B) before assayer C (P5) now due to evidence that the erasure above the C is actually B/L, with style matching 2nd-period B and 2nd-period L. Formerly the erasure was believed to be S/X, but now we are discarding assayers X (P7) and S (P8) for lack of evidence of their existence. Second-period L (P9) was relocated to an earlier position before the 4th edition of our book.

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765. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer L (1st period, “Lima style”), rare. S-P3; KM-5.1; CT-140 (under Lima). 26.67 grams.

Very broad flan (as expected), with full but doubled shield and cross, some bold legend including ISPANIARVM without H, a defining feature between 1st- and 2nd-period L along with a deep-dimpled tressure, Fine with light toning. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

766. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (1st period, “Lima style”), rare. S-P3; KM-5.1; CT-140 (under Lima). 27.09 grams.

Huge, round flan with fine• border on obverse (the defining feature between 1st- and 2nd-period B) and distinctive early lions in the cross but that side with heavier• border (hence a transitional piece), with choice full shield and cross-lions-castles (very well defined), also full crown and much legend despite flat spots, XF with toning around details, an impressive and under-rated issue. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

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767. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (2nd pe- 768. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (2nd riod), “Great Module.” S-P6; KM-5.1. 26.94 grams. Attractively toned

VF+ with choice full shield and cross, nearly full crown and legends (very minor doubling), slight surface porosity. Estimate: $250-$375.

period), “Great Module.” S-P6; KM-5.1. 27.27 grams. Typically broad

flan with choice full crown, full legends, full but partially weak shield and cross, bold P-B, nicely toned VF. Estimate: $350-$500.

769. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer C below erasure, very rare. S-P5; KM-5.1; CT-136 (under La Plata). 27.03 grams.

Choice full shield with bold P-erasure-C and denomination o-VIII, choice full cross-lions-castles and tressure, broad flan with room for legend but mostly flat in the peripheries, beautifully toned VF, a traditional rarity that was claimed by Sellschopp to be struck in La Plata (an error that still persists in lesser catalogs today). Note: This coin shows very clearly that the erasure between the assayer and the mintmark was at least partially a B. Estimate: $3,000-up.

770. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period). S-P10; KM-5.1; CT-158. 27.14 grams. Bold (nearly full) legends

with unusual space between H and I in HISPANIARVM, good crown, full but weaker shield and cross, tiny assayer B (probably meant for a smaller denomination) with broken bottom (looks like an R), toned Fine+ with natural edge-split. Estimate: $200-$300.

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771. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd 774. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period).

S-P10; KM-5.1; CT-158. 27.10 grams. Choice full shield and cross and nearly full crown and legends, AXF with beautiful toning on fields, but with natural crack that extends past the middle of the planchet. Estimate: $200-$300.

period, crude style). S-P10; KM-5.1; CT-158. 27.41 grams. Choice bold

details, including nearly full legends and crown, but all a bit doubled, with attractively toned fields, VF, minor edge-split, distinctive style of lions and castles. (Note: Paoletti calls this type Group B8 and places it within what we consider 5th period, possibly due to its box-like borders, but commas in the legends indicate an earlier period to us.)

Estimate: $250-$375.

772. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period). S-P10; KM-5.1; CT-158. 27.21 grams. Full cross and crown and shield but with some weak spots due to uneven thickness, some bold legend, AVF with toning around details, natural edge-crack. Estimate: $200-$300.

775. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period, crude style).

S-P10; KM-5.1; CT-158. 27.14 grams. Full but slightly doubled shield and cross, full P-B and nearly full crown of a distinctively smaller style, VF+ with decent toning, minor natural edgesplits. (Note: The time placement of this type, with distinctive lions and castles, is in dispute, for Paoletti calls it Group B8 within what we consider 5th period, possibly due to its box-like borders, but commas in the legends indicate an earlier period to us.) Estimate: $150-$225.

773. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd

period). S-P10; KM-5.1; CT-158. 27.39 grams. Full but lightly struck shield and cross, the legends and P-B bolder, problem-free VF with toning around details. Estimate: $200-$300.

776. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer A. S-P11; KM-5.1; CT-157. 27.25 grams. Broad

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flan with room for legends but the peripheries mostly flat, the shield and cross attractively complete but slightly doubled, bold P-A, nicely toned XF. Estimate: $350-$500.

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777. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer A. S-P11;

Choice full cross and shield, bold P-A, full king’s name in ample legend, VF with toning around details.

Estimate: $250-$375.

KM-5.1; CT-157. 27.58 grams.

778. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer A. S-P11; KM-5.1; CT-157. 27.21 grams. Broad-flan XF with areas of very weak strike,

the crown and shield and cross and even most of the legend full, some luster and spots of toning. Estimate: $250-$375.

779. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (4th period), upper-right lion rotated. S-P12; KM-5.1. 27.16 grams. Bold

780. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (4th period). S-P12; KM-5.1. 27.19 grams. Round flan with choice full shield,

good full cross, bold strike all over, lightly toned VF+, just a little doubled on the assayer. Estimate: $200-$300.

781. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (4th period). S-P12; KM-5.1. 27.28 grams. Toned XF with hint of luster, full

but slightly doubled shield and cross, nearly full crown. Estimate: $175-$250.

782. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer RL. S-P13; KM-5.1; CT-159. 27.25 grams. Bold assayer, choice full crown and shield

and cross, VF with toning around details. Estimate: $250-$375.

assayer, good full shield and crown and cross, much legend, toned VF with natural flaw in shield, curious variety (first we’ve seen) with upper-right lion rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise to better fit in its quadrant. Estimate: $200-$300.

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783. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer RL. S-P13;

784. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer RL. S-P13;

shield and crown, full but doubled cross, non-toned VF+, possible plugged hole at one end of cross. Estimate: $200-$300.

doubled cross, good full shield, clear assayer and king’s name, light old shaving on edge. Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-5.1; CT-159. 27.09 grams. Bold assayer and denomination, good full

KM-5.1; CT-159. 25.18 grams. Richly old-toned AVF with full but slightly

785. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales,

Philip II, assayers A, B (4th period) and RL. KM-5.1. 81.75 grams total. A nice trio, all bold examples, the A and RL with clear assayers, grading from AVF to AXF, minor natural edge-flaws on each. Estimate: $500-$750.

786. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th 787. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th period), borders of x’s. S-P14; KM-5.5. 26.99 grams. Bold full shield, full cross and crown, partial assayer with old scratches on it, VF+ with minor encrustation near edge. Estimate: $250-$375.

period), borders of x’s. S-P14; KM-5.5. 27.15 grams. Nice full shield with full P-B, full but doubled cross, lightly toned VF. Estimate: $250-$375.

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788. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th period), borders of x’s. S-P14; KM-5.5. 27.24 grams. Nice full crown,

full but slightly doubled shield and cross, much legend, toned AVF. Estimate: $200-$300.

791. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th period), borders of x’s.

S-P14; KM-5.5. 26.88 grams. Fine for grade (and with old scratches), but very bold due to contrasting toning, the shield and cross full but slightly doubled, with very bold P-B and denomination. Estimate: $150-$225.

792. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th 789. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th period, late style). S-P14. 27.35 grams. Crude style (sometimes seen period), borders of x’s. S-P14; KM-5.5. 27.29 grams. Crudely doubled but with full shield and cross, deeply toned VF. Estimate: $200-$300.

with king’s ordinal III for Philip III, which is rare, but not in this case), but a nice example with bold full shield and cross (also nearly full crown) enhanced by richly contrasting toning, Fine+ for wear.

Estimate: $200-$300.

793. Lot of 4 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II and III,

assayers B and R (where visible). 108.35 grams total. Decent F-VF

with full shields and crosses, one with minor doubling and hole near edge, all toned around details. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $500-$750.

790. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th period), borders of x’s. S-P14; KM-5.5. 25.46 grams. Full but slightly

doubled shield and cross, bold P-B, nearly full crown, Fine+ with a few dark spots, lightly shaved on part of edge long ago. Estimate: $175-$250.

794. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer R (curved

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leg). S-P15; KM-10; CT-126. 26.82 grams. Very lightly rainbow-toned VF with choice full shield and cross, bold assayer. Estimate: $175-$250.

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795. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer R

(curved leg). S-P15; KM-10; CT-126. 27.14 grams. Broad flan with nice

full shield and crown and bold full P-R, incomplete cross due to doubling, richly toned VF with natural edge-split. Estimate: $175-$250.

796. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer Q,

quadrants of cross transposed and with rotated lions (rare for this period). S-P17; KM-10; CT-124. 27.08 grams. Full but slightly

doubled shield and cross, the rotated and transposed lions very clear, bold full assayer, lightly toned AVF. Estimate: $300-$450.

798. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer Q. S-P17;

KM-10; CT-124. 27.17 grams. Good full cross, full but doubled P-Q and

shield, toned AVF with parts of edge crude (as made). Estimate: $150-$225.

799. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer Q. S-P17; KM-10; CT-124. 27.45 grams. Broad flan with nice full shield and crown

and P-Q, full but half-dark cross with scuff on left side, AVF with nicely toned fields. Estimate: $150-$225.

800. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer C, rare.

797. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer Q. S-P17;

Good full cross and shield (very slightly doubled), bold full assayer, VF with light toning all over. Estimate: $175-$250.

KM-10; CT-124. 26.91 grams.

Non-toned AVF with full and clear P-C, good full crown and shield and cross, peripheral flatness, tiny natural edge-split. Estimate: $400-$600.

S-P16; KM-10. 26.93 grams.

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801. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer M (pre- 804. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1619T, quadrants of cross dating), quadrants of cross transposed.

S-P18; KM-10; CT-123.

27.03 grams. Despite flat areas, this coin actually has a lot going for

it, with clear assayer and king’s ordinal III outside full but doubled shield, the doubled cross with clear REX at 11 o’clock (hence struck before the incorporation of a date in the legend) and lions and castles in improper quadrants, Fine+ overall, with traces of toning around details. Estimate: $150-$225.

transposed. S-P21; KM-10; CT-134. 26.47 grams. Bold full date and shield

and cross, full denomination but mintmark-assayer weak, AXF with patchy toning. Estimate: $250-$375.

805. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer T, lions and castles transposed in shield and cross. S-P21; KM-10. 24.91

grams. Crude flan with much unevenness, good full shield and cross

despite weak areas, bold large O in denomination, toned Fine+ with

802. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1617M. S-P19; KM-10; CT-129. part of edge crude (as made) but no evidence of trimming to account 27.00 grams. Softly struck VF with full shield and crown and cross

despite flat streaks, most of king’s name in legend, with bold DE followed by nearly full 1617 date, light olive toning all over (low contrast).

Estimate: $300-$450.

for the low weight. Estimate: $150-$225.

806. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)22P, lions and castles transposed in shield and cross, rare. S-P22; KM-19; CT-458. 21.00 grams. Small flan due to old clipping on edge, bold assayer next to nice

full shield, off-center cross with doubling but clear 22 of date, toned

803. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1617M. S-P19; KM-10; CT-129. AVF with lightly porous surfaces. Estimate: $200-$300.

27.09 grams. Although technically not much better than Fine, and with

stress cracks inside flat area in center of shield, this is actually one of the boldest-dated examples we have ever seen, with superb full 617 date outside a choice cross-and-tressure, the shield side with clear P-•M and nearly full but doubled crown, good contrast from darkly toning around details, small edge-split. Estimate: $300-$450.

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807. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P (ca. 1622), transposed lions and castles in cross AND shield, and upper half of shield transposed. S-P22; KM-19. 26.89 grams. Odd-shaped flan, good full shield, crude

cross, lightly toned Fine, desirable as a scarce example of a “triple transposition” error. Estimate: $175-$250.

808. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1626P, very rare, quadrants of cross transposed, with Brazilian 480-reis countermark (1643) on cross side. S-P23; KM-19a; CT-465. 25.27 grams. Weak but certain date and assayer (confirmed by stylistic elements), crude full shield

and cross with much flatness, most of king’s name bold, deeply toned Fine with light surface porosity (possibly salvaged), bold full countermark (VF+). Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of February 1996, with original lot-tag #566. Estimate: $500-$750.

809. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer •P

810. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P (mid-

Well-detailed full shield and (slightly doubled) cross despite otherwise crude strike (uneven flan, peripheral flatness), VF with toning and fields, black and green spots at edge. Estimate: $150-$225.

26.17 grams. Round flan with full but slightly doubled cross and shield,

(1620s), lions and castles transposed in shield and cross. S-P23; KM-19a. 26.66 grams.

to late 1620s), quadrants of cross transposed.

S-P25; KM-19a.

resulting in P-P-P to left, bold king’s ordinal IIII in legend, toned Fine+ with spots of encrustation. Estimate: $125-$200.

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811. Lot of 2 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayers

P and T, one a Sellschopp Plate Coin. KM-19a. 52.52 grams total.

The assayer-T coin has a very nice full shield, full but slightly doubled cross, attractive toning, AVF; the assayer-P coin is holed, with full shield and cross (the latter off-center), richly toned Fine, with desirable pedigree. The assayer-P coin is Plate Coin #443 in Sellschopp’s Las Acuñaciones de las Cecas de Lima, La Plata y Potosí (1971), and is pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of June 1994, with original lot-tag #139.

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815. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)29T, rotated legend (date at 3 o’clock), denomination o-VIII, heavy-dot borders.

Oddly diamond-shaped flan with choice full shield and cross enhanced by contrasting toning, bold P-T, full 9 of date placed 90 degrees clockwise from normal, attractive VF with black spot at bottom of shield. Estimate: $300-$450.

S-P26; KM-19a; CT-470. 27.19 grams.

812. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)627T, quadrants of cross transposed, rare. S-P24; KM-19a; CT-466, 467. 26.73 grams. Thick,

roundish flan with nice full shield and cross, bold date and denomination, problem-free VF with very light toning. Estimate: $250-$375.

816. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 16(29)T, fine-dot borders.

Full but lightly struck shield and cross, bold assayer, much legend but date incomplete due to doubling, lightly toned XF. Estimate: $200-$300.

S-P26; KM-19a; CT-470. 26.06 grams.

813. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P/T (1628).

S-P25; KM-19a; CT-469. 27.00 grams. High grade (choice XF, probably from the ca.-1629 “Panama hoard”), with great full shield and cross (well struck, minimally doubled), full P-P/T and denomination O-VIII. Estimate: $150-$225.

817. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1629(T), denomination

•8•, fine-dot borders. S-P26; KM-19a; CT-470. 27.20 grams. Somewhat

crude, with flat spots and minor porosity but technically no worse than AVF and with most of shield and cross visible, full denomination and clear bottom half of date, no toning. Estimate: $175-$250.

814. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1629T/P, ex-”Panama hoard,” denomination •8•, heavy-dot borders.

S-P25; KM-19a.

26.58 grams. Choice full crown, full but slightly doubled shield and

cross, full P-T/P and denomination, very clear and full 9 of date, typical VF with orange sediment on fields. From the ca.-1629 “Panama hoard.” Estimate: $200-$300.

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818. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1630T, ex-Sellschopp.

S-P26; KM-19a; CT-472. 26.44 grams. Bold full 630 of date, full cross and

shield (both more or less doubled), toned AVF with tiny hole at top of cross, desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the Sellschopp collection (Swiss Bank Corp., September 1988, lot #657). Estimate: $200-$300.

819. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)630(T).

S-P26; KM-19a;

Choice bold date and full shield enhanced by contrasting toning, full but very doubled cross, broad-flan VF with minor surface porosity. Estimate: $300-$450.

CT-472. 27.10 grams.

821. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)31T, with x-shape

ornaments above denomination and between mintmark and assayer. S-P26; KM-19a; CT-473. 26.76 grams. Good full shield and cross, clear denomination and mintmark-assayer with curious ornaments, just the bottom tips of the date visible, lightly toned AVF. Estimate: $200-$300.

822. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer T (1630s). S-P26; KM-19a. 27.31 grams. Full cross and shield despite slight

weak areas (uneven thickness), bold king’s ordinal IIII, full P-T, AVF with lightly toned fields. Estimate: $175-$250.

820. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1630-1)T, variety with 823. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)642(FR), rare (missing + ornaments between mintmark and assayer and above and below the denomination. S-P26; KM-19a. 26.83 grams. Small, thick

in Sellschopp). S-P28; KM-19a; CT-487. 26.99 grams. Crude flan of vary-

flan with good full cross and shield (both slightly doubled), full denomination and mintmark-assayer with curious ornaments, toned VF. Estimate: $175-$250.

ing thickness resulting in peripheral flatness, slightly doubled shield with small black spots, but best feature is the bold date that appears as “(1)644Z” due to doubling, VF or so for actual wear. Estimate: $250-$375.

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824. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1645, assayer not visible.

Broad flan with 100% full date (very rare thus, although partial-date examples are fairly common), bold full cross, full and well-detailed but slightly doubled shield, non-toned VF+ with peripheral flat spots. Estimate: $300-$450.

KM-19a. 26.78 grams.

825. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)6(4)5T.

S-P30; KM-19a;

CT-492. 24.70 grams. Choice full shield and cross but crude peripheries

827. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)4(5?), assayer not

visible. KM-19a. 26.54 grams. Full but off-center shield and cross, full

4 of date (large and hand-engraved), date and assayer unclear due to peripheral doubling, low-contrast VF. Estimate: $125-$200.

828. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not vis-

ible (ca. 1645). KM-19a. 21.34 grams. Very underweight and clearly

(as made), the 6 and 5 of date full by virtue of slight doubling, full assayer T and denomination •8•, VF+ with light toning around details, inexplicably underweight (product of the time). Estimate: $250-$375.

low in fineness (by color), nearly full shield with bold denomination 8, incomplete cross due to flatness and doubling, deeply toned About Fine, a perfect example of the kind of “mint scandal” coin that disrupted economies around the world and prompted a royal investigation, recall, countermarking and eventual change of design. Estimate: $100-$150.

826. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1645T. S-P30; KM-19a; CT-492.

829. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)46V, rare. S-P32; KM-19a;

26.26 grams. Prominently full crown above full but slightly doubled

shield with clear mintmark-assayer and denomination •8•, good full cross with full date in the form of big numbers 16 and 5 and tiny number 4 (a punch designed for a 4R, as it appears the 4-punch for the 8R became unusable), Fine+ with contrasting toning, tiny hole at edge. Estimate: $175-$250.

Technically no worse than AVF but with much flatness due to uneven thickness, clear 46 of date and assayer V, lightly toned all over. Estimate: $200-$300.

CT-496. 27.35 grams.

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830. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1649Z, no countermark

(rare). S-P34; KM-19a; CT-508. 28.09 grams. Broad, overweight flan with

superb full cross (very well centered), excellent but off-center full shield with bold king’s name as PHELIPVS, full assayer and denomination, clear date, beautifully toned and somewhat rare as non-salvage, VF. Estimate: $500-$750.

833. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with crowned•F• countermark on shield. S-P36; KM-19b. 27.13 grams, Very broad

flan with flat peripheries, nice full shield and cross, the former with partial countermark, near bottom, clear 8-E to right, VF, rare as nonsalvage. Estimate: $200-$300.

834. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer L (1st 831. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned-

•F• countermark (4 dots) countermark on cross. S-P35; KM-19b.

26.77 grams. Choice, non-salvage (rare thus) AVF with good full shield,

full P-O and 8-O, most of king’s name and ordinal, full cross-andtressure dominated by the full countermark in the middle (curiously visible in reverse on the shield, a sort of brockage error), nicely toned, minor edge-split. Estimate: $250-$375.

period), upper-right lion punched over castle in cross. S-P3;

Typically broad, round flan with good full shield and cross, much bold legend and crown, lightly rainbow-toned VF+, curious error (first we have seen). Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-4.2; CT-322 (under Lima). 13.72 grams.

835. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer L (1st

period). S-P3; KM-4.2; CT-322 (under Lima). 13.15 grams. Choice full shield and cross despite uneven toning, nearly full legends, VF+. Estimate: $200-$300.

832. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crownalone countermark (rare type) on cross.

S-P35; KM-19b. 24.17 grams. Richly old-toned and non-salvage (rare thus) AVF with clear

P-O to left and 8-O to right of full shield with flat spots, good full cross with partial countermark near edge, inexplicably underweight.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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836. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (2nd

period). S-P6; KM-4.2. 13.55 grams. Choice full shield and crown and cross (very bold and with contrasting toning), bold full P-B, VF. Estimate: $150-$225.

837. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (2nd period).

Full but weak shield and cross, much legend and nearly full crown, bold P-B, lightly toned Fine.

Estimate: $100-$150.

S-P6; KM-4.2. 12.68 grams.

840. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period). S-P10; KM-4.2. 13.52 grams. Full cross and shield (the latter a

bit weak), much bold legend, curiously small P-B, richly toned AVF with spots of orange and green. Estimate: $150-$225.

841. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer A/B. S-P11;

KM-4.2; CT-345. 13.45 grams. Broad flan with full shield and cross (a few

flat spots and marks), much legend, full P-A with clear A/B (scarce over-assayer), toned VF. Estimate: $300-$450.

838. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd 842. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer A. S-P11; period). S-P10; KM-4.2. 13.87 grams. Beautiful full detail all over except

for one weak spot on the cross, attractively toned and better than VF, fully round and high in weight. Estimate: $175-$250.

KM-4.2; CT-346. 13.52 grams. Richly toned AXF with hint of luster, full

but slightly doubled shield, the cross also full but with flat spots, full denomination and clear assayer. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of March 1983 (lot #239). Estimate: $150-$225.

839. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period). S-P10; KM-4.2. 13.30 grams. Good full cross-and-tressure, full shield and crown, lightly toned VF with very minor doubling and weakness. Estimate: $150-$225.

843. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer RL. S-P13; KM-4.2. 13.35 grams. Bold

full P-RL and crown, full but slightly doubled shield and cross, bold denomination, VF with contrasting toning. Estimate: $150-$225.

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844. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Ra-

848. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th

well-struck VF with contrastingly toned fields. Estimate: $150-$225.

slightly off-center cross, richly toned AXF. Estimate: $150-$225.

mos). S-P13; KM-4.2. 13.24 grams. Small P-R, choice full shield and cross,

period). S-P14. 14.00 grams. Choice full shield with full P-B, full but

845. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th 849. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th period), borders of x’s.

Excellent full shield, good but doubled full cross, VF+ with attractively toned fields, clear borders of x’s. Estimate: $150-$225.

S-P14; KM-4.3. 13.54 grams.

period).

S-P14. 13.47 grams. Good full shield and crown (slightly off-center), full but doubled cross with light scratches, toned VF. Estimate: $125-$200.

846. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th 850. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th period), borders of x’s. S-P14; KM-4.3. 13.27 grams. Nice full shield

and cross enhanced by contrasting toning, bold full P-B and denomination, nearly full crown but that area marred by a strange lacuna (as made), AVF overall. Estimate: $125-$200.

period). S-P14. 13.61 grams. Good full cross and shield, full P-B and denomination, richly toned all over, AVF. Estimate: $125-$200.

851. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayer RL

(curved leg). S-P15; KM-9; CT-244. 13.46 grams. Nice full shield and cross

847. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th enhanced by contrasting toning, full P-R and denomination, minor period), border of x’s on reverse only. S-P14; KM-4.3. 13.44 grams.

doubling, small (natural) notch in edge, AVF. Estimate: $125-$200.

Well-detailed full shield and cross, the former with strange extra metal at top and the latter with slight doubling, VF with hint of toning.

Estimate: $125-$200.

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852. Lot of 2 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayer R (curvedleg). S-P15; KM-9; CT-244. 13.52 and 13.75 grams. F-VF with full shields and crosses, toned fields, no big problems. One pedigreed to the Coin Galleries (Stack’s) auction of November 1974, with original lot-tag #1495. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $150-$225.

853. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayer M, ex-Karon. S-P18;

Bold full cross, full but slightly off-center shield with bold full P-•M, richly toned VF+, desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the Paul Karon collection (Ponterio, March 1990, lot #322). Estimate: $150-$225.

KM-9; CT-242. 13.36 grams.

854. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayer T (ca. 1620). S-P21; KM-9. 13.43 grams. Good full shield and cross, full P-T, AVF with darkly toned fields

(good contrast). Estimate: $100-$150.

855. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1622T, unique error with penultimate digit of date sideways (like an N), quadrants of cross transposed. S-P21a; KM-17. 13.39 grams. Attractively toned AVF with full but weak shield and cross (the

latter slightly doubled), full P+T, full 622 of date with crazy placement of first 2.

Estimate: $250-$375.

856. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, assayer P (mid-1620s), quadrants of cross transposed. S-P23; KM-17. 13.20 grams. Bold full cross and shield, full P-P, AVF with toning around details. Estimate: $125-$200.

857. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, assayer T/P (mid-1620s), ex-”Panama hoard.” S-P24; KM-17. 13.62 grams. Good full cross, nearly full shield

with full P-T/P, VF+ with characteristic orange sediment on fields. From the ca.1629 “Panama hoard.” Estimate: $150-$225.

858. Lot of 9 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, III and IV, various assayers (where visible). 121.84 grams total. Generally good full shields and

crosses, all nicely toned, F-VF on average, only one with hole near edge, only a few with visible assayers. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

859. Lot of 2 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III and IV, assayers Q and T. 12.96 and 13.93 grams. VF+ with good full crosses and shields (the assayer-

T piece bolder due to contrasting toning, the assayer-Q piece from the ca.-1629 “Panama hoard” with orange sediment on fields). One with Freeman Craig envelope from the 1980s. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $150-$225.

860. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer L (1st period), reverse struck

with 1R die (unique error). 6.69 grams. Choice full shield with bold full P-L (the L prob-

ably punched over an erased M or even R), full king’s name in legend, but most interesting feature is the 100% complete cross side due to striking with a 1R die, resulting in the flan extending past the outer border of dots and showing all the letters of the legend, which were haphazardly punched with big spaces between some and no space between others, VF+ with contrasting toning. Estimate: $150-$225.

861. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer B (1st period, “Lima style”).

S-P3; KM-3.2; CT-491 (under Lima). 6.58 grams. Choice full inner details (shield and cross) plus nearly

full crown and much legend, including clear commas and ISPANIARVM (lacking the H), minor doubling on cross only, toned VF. Estimate: $100-$150.

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862. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period). S-P10; KM-3.2; CT-509. 6.62 grams. Choice full crown and shield

and cross-and-tressure, much legend, full assayer with weak bottom (looks like an R), XF with light sediment on fields. Estimate: $125-$200.

863. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period). S-P10; KM-3.2; CT-509. 6.47 grams. Choice full shield and cross and crown with deeply toned fields for good contrast, small B with weak bottom (looks like an R), AVF. Estimate: $125-$200.

864. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayers A, B (4th period) and RL. KM-3.2. 20.03 grams total. Nice VF-XF, mostly toned, all with clear assayers, full and well-detailed shields and crosses. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

865. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayers A (2) and R (Ramos). KM-3.2. 20.50 grams total. All XF or close to it, full shields and crosses, mostly toned, with clear assayers (the A punched over a mess that is probably an erased B), curiously with three completely different styles of castles. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

866. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayers not visible. KM-3.2. 20.60 grams total. Broad flans with good full shields

and full but doubled crosses, toned on fields, AVF to AXF, one with large old hole near edge. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

867. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer B (5th period), border of x’s on obverse. S-P14; KM-3.4. 6.58 grams. Broad flan with choice full (and well-centered) shield and cross, bold full P-B and nearly full crown, attractively toned VF with old test-cut on edge.

Estimate: $90-$135.

868. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1619(?)(T). S-P21; KM-8; CT-358. 6.28 grams. Richly toned About Fine with full shield and cross, bold king’s ordinal and ANO 16 of date (the 19 and assayer T very weak). Estimate: $80-$120.

869. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayers RL (curved leg), Q and T. KM-8. 32.36 grams total. Good full shields and crosses, nicely toned AVF on average, all with clear assayers, no problems. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $350-$500.

870. Lot of 15 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II through IV, various assayers (where visible). 88.87 grams total. Several

salvaged and corroded but none holed (some edge-splits), most with at least light toning, most with good full crosses and shields, net F-VF overall, great lot for study or jewelry. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

871. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer R to right (Rincón). S-P1; KM-2.1; CT-638. 3.27 grams. Choice full shield and crown and cross with much bold legend and crown, full P-R, VF with toned fields for good contrast. Estimate: $100-$150.

872. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer M to left, rare. S-P2; KM-2.2; CT-636. 3.21 grams. Full but centrally weak shield and cross, good full crown and bold P-M plus much legend, toned Fine with tiny hole near edge. Estimate: $100-$150.

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873. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer C/L/L/B, very rare. S-P5; KM-2.2. 3.41 grams. Full P-C with multiple over-punchings and erasures, full denomination I tilted to left, choice full shield and full but unevenly toned cross with early-style lions, AVF. Estimate: $200-$300.

874. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period). S-P10; KM-2.2; CT-649. 3.22 grams. Nice full shield and cross (the latter slightly off-center), bold assayer and denomination, nearly full crown and much legend, VF+ with contrasting toning. Estimate: $80-$120.

875. NO LOT 876. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer A. S-P11; KM-2.2; CT-648. 3.59 grams. Superb full shield and cross, bold P-A and much legend, VF+ with contrasting toning. Estimate: $100-$150.

877. Lot of 6 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, Philip II, assayers B and R. KM-2.2. 19.45 grams total. F-VF with full crosses and shields, good toning, no problems, all with clear assayers. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

878. Lot of 6 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, Philip II, various assayers (all visible): R (Rincón) to right, B (several periods), A

and RL. KM-2.2. 17.45 grams total. Fine or so, mostly toned, a couple with light surface corrosion but all with clear assayers and full shields and crosses. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

879. Lot of 4 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, Philip II, assayers M, B, A and R. KM-2.2. 12.59 grams total. All holed but with good full shields and crosses, toned on fields, one with orange stains, the assayer-M piece somewhat rare. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $175-$250.

880. Lot of 4 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, Philip II, assayers A and R (Ramos). KM-2.2. 13.03 grams total. Good full shields and crosses

and all richly toned, the assayer-A coin with tiny hole near edge, F-VF+ overall. One is pedigreed to the “Americas” collection (Kagin’s, August 1983, lot #1108). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

881. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1640FR, very rare.

Small, thick flan with full shield and 882. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (16)45T, rare. S-P30; KM-12a; CT-1040. full but off-center cross (both well detailed), full 1640 and clear 6.69 grams. Full and well-detailed cross and shield, full 45 of date and clear assayer, nicely toned VF+. Estimate: $200-$300. assayer, lightly toned AVF with parts of edge crude (as made). Estimate: $200-$300.

S-P28; KM-12a. 5.85 grams.

883. Lot of 12 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R (9) and 1/2R (3), Philip II through IV, various assayers (where visible). 30.67 grams

total. Good crosses and/or shields and/or monograms, a few salvaged and one with tiny hole at edge, mostly toned, F-VF on average. SEE

INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

884. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R (2) and 1/2R (3), Philip II through IV, various assayers (where visible). 9.86 grams total.

F-VF with toning around details, two of the 1/2R with holes, mostly good crosses. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $75-$110.

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885. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer R to right (Rincón), mintmark P to left. S-P1; KM-2.2; CT-728. 1.60 grams. Very broad flan with full but partially flat legends, full crown and monogram and cross, richly toned VF+. Estimate: $90-$135.

886. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer B below monogram (2nd period). S-P6. 1.70 grams. Choice full monogram with bold legend around it, good full cross, nicely toned VF+. Estimate: $100-$150.

887. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer R to left (Ramos), mintmark P to right. S-P13. 1.68 grams. Choice full cross and monogram and crown, some legend and clear R and P in tiny letters, richly toned VF. Estimate: $100-$150.

888. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2R, Philip III, assayer R (Ramos), different varieties (two with P-R to left [one straightleg and one curved-leg] and one with R to left and P to right). 4.86 grams total. Choice examples with full monograms and crosses,

bold assayers, richly toned AVF overall. One pedigreed to the Paul Karon collection (Ponterio, March 1990, lot #1031). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

889. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer B to left (5th period), mintmark P to right, borders of x’s, monogram

side struck over shield side of a 1/4 real, unique. S-P14; KM-2.3. 1.59 grams. Broad flan with bold full monogram and B-P, full cross and crown, nicely toned AVF, with very clear and somewhat shocking error, especially considering how rare 1/4R of this period are (effectively the last 1/4R cobs ever made). Estimate: $150-up.

890. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer

B to left (5th period), mintmark P to right, borders of x’s, ex-Karon. S-P14; KM-2.3. 1.61 grams. Choice XF with

rich old toning and hint of luster, broad flan with full crown and king’s name in addition to the full monogram and cross, desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the Paul Karon collection (Ponterio, March 1990, lot #1008). Estimate: $100-$150.

891. Study collection of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2R,

Philip II and III, various assayers (all visible). 15.64 grams total. Great lot for expert study, all the coins with clear

assayers and good full monograms and crosses, richly toned F-VF, four with holes near edge, many with desirable pedigrees. Several pedigreed to the Paul Karon collection (Ponterio, March 1990), the “Americas” collection (Kagin’s, August 1983) and Freeman Craig (1980s). Estimate: $400-$600.

892. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2R, Philip II through IV, assay-

ers R (Rincón), B (different periods) or none. 7.32 grams total. Interesting

blend of different periods (dramatic difference in diameters), but all with good full monograms and crosses, mintmarks and assayers where applicable, nicely toned F-VF, three with holes near edge. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $150-$225.

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893. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer R to right (Rincón), mintmark P to left. S-P1; KM-A1; CT-764 (under Lima). 0.84

gram. Very choice specimen (very close in quality to the finest known,

sold in our Auction #16 for $8,000 plus buyer’s fee, and in fact struck from the same lion-side die), with nearly complete legend on a broad flan, choice full castle and lions and crowns above, beautifully toned XF. Estimate: $1,000-up.

1652 Transitionals

894. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E Transitional Type IV. S-P37; KM-A20.4; CT-432. 28.10 grams. Broad flan with full crown and pillars, full but off-center crowned shield, parts of legend bold, nicely toned VF+ with edge-split. Dot variety: Mastalir IV.1-A.dd. Estimate: $500-$750.

895. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, (1652)E Transitional, McLean Type I, rare.

S-P37; KM-

One full pillars and clear waves, good shield, but all somewhat off-center and with peripheral flatness (and small edge-splits), toned VF with sediment, probably salvaged. Estimate: $500-$750.

A16.2; CT-894. 5.51 grams.

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896. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, (1652), transitional type with monogram superimposed over cross, rare.

S-P37. 0.78 gram. Full monogram superimposed over a cross below crown, full

cross-lions-castles on other side, deeply toned AVF. Note: This design was formerly attributed to 1656 only, but research by Roberto Mastalir shows that this version without dots was made in 1652. Estimate: $70-$100.

Pillars-and-waves

897. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1652E post-transitional (Transitional Type VIII/B), unique error with denomina-

tion as “4.” S-P37a; KM-unl. (cf. R21); CT-unl. (cf. 408). 26.40 grams. Attractively toned VF with all inner details full and most of the legends full as well, struck slightly off-center and with minor doubling on the cross, very pretty overall but with gilding removed, expertly repaired hole and enhanced details. Estimate: $10,000-up.

898. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1657E, assayer to left of

cross (rare), PH at top on pillars side, denomination 8 above cross. S-P37a; KM-21; CT-unl. 27.28 grams. Good full cross, full but offcenter pillars-and-waves, full king’s name and ordinal in legend, nicely toned VF with “horn silver” on surface as from unspecified salvage.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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899. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1658E, denomination 8 above cross, Royal-like. S-P37a; KM-21; CT-443. 27.80 grams. Excellent full cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves (the latter slightly off-center but with nice full crown at top), full king’s name and ordinal, three dates (full 1658 in legend) and mintmarks and assayers--in short, clearly in the category of a “pseudo-Royal,” and also somewhat rare with denomination above cross (most have a pomegranate), VF with toning around details and minor edge-splits. Estimate: $600-$900.

900. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1660E. S-P37a; KM-21; CT-448.

27.14 grams. Full but doubled waves (also off-center), full but mostly

flat cross, two dates, three assayers, richly old-toned About Fine with hole at edge. Estimate: $125-$200.

901. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1661E, ex-Karon. S-P37a;

KM-21; CT-450. 27.37 grams. Broad flan with good full cross-lions-castles

and pillars-and-waves (slightly off-center), full EL PERV and king’s ordinal in legend, three full dates, XF with hints of luster and toning, desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the Paul Karon collection (Ponterio auction of March 1990, with original lot-tag #118. Estimate: $400-$600.

902. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1666E. S-P37a; KM-21. 26.54

grams. Three dates (including full 666 in legend and below cross), full

but partially flat cross, bold tops of (otherwise doubled) pillars, toned Fine. Estimate: $250-$375.

903. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1670E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-345.

26.72 grams. Good cross and waves, nearly full pillars despite flat spots,

two dates and mintmarks, lightly toned VF. Estimate: $200-$300.

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904. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1671E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-346.

27.82 grams. Crude flan with lots of flatness and one big edge-split but

the pillars and cross full nonetheless, two dates, VF+ for actual wear.

Estimate: $125-$200.

905. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1676E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-351.

27.32 grams. Bold AVF with darkly contrasting toning on fields, full

but partially flat pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles, two dates, three assayers, minor edge-split. Estimate: $175-$250.

906. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1678E. S-P37b; KM-26; CT-354.

27.57 grams. Good full cross and pillars-and-waves, two bold mintmarks

and assayers, two clear dates (but flat in center of pillars), Fine with toning around details, edge-split. Pedigreed to our Auction #6, with original lot-tag #987. Estimate: $200-$300.

907. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1681V. S-P39; KM-26; CT-363.

26.69 grams. Unevenly toned AVF with bold date and two assayers,

good full cross and full pillars with slightly doubled waves. Estimate: $250-$375.

908. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1682V. S-P39; KM-26; CT-364.

23.92 grams. Good full cross, full but doubled pillars-and-waves, two

dates and mintmarks and assayers, VF with toning around details, old clip in edge to account for weight loss. Estimate: $200-$300.

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909. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1684VR, ex-Americas collection. S-P40; KM-R26; CT-322. 27.33 grams. Typically broad flan with full and well-struck details (very minor doubling only), toned VF with expertly plugged hole in crown, desirable pedigree, die match for Lázaro #212 (R1). Pedigreed to the “Americas collection” (Kagin’s auction of August 1983, lot #1211). Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

910. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1687VR. S-P40; KM-R26; CT-325. 27.22 grams. Full cross side but incomplete legend on the pil-

lars side, AVF with toning over gilt surfaces, holed above cross (which happens to correspond to the first O in POTOSÍ on the pillars side), die match for Lázaro #221 (R1). Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

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911. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1687VR. S-P40; KM-26; CT-372.

27.05 grams. Full crown above nearly full but doubled pillars-and-waves

with resultant date as “887,” full but off-center cross with full king’s name in legend, two dates and mintmarks, three assayers, AVF with uneven toning, green spots and edge-split. Estimate: $250-$375.

912. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1688VR. S-P40; KM-26; CT-373.

26.86 grams. Contrastingly toned Fine with much flatness and some

old scratches but the pillars and cross still full and well centered, two bold dates and mintmarks. Estimate: $175-$250.

913. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1688VR. S-P40; KM-26; CT373. 26.57 grams. Bold

full pillars-and-waves and cross (well centered) but all a bit doubled, two dates and mintmarks, three assayers, AVF, contrastingly toned. Estimate: $175-$250.

914. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1692VR. S-P40; KM-R26; CT-330. 27.00 grams. Nice full details on a noticeably smaller flan than

for previous dates, the pillars side slightly off-center, attractively toned VF+ with hole below waves, die match for Lázaro #230 (R3). Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

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915. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1697CH, rare. S-P41; KM-26; CT-384. 26.57 grams. Excellent full pillars-and-waves with two full dates

and assayers, good full cross with clear third assayer and CAR- of king’s name, contrastingly toned VF+, possibly the finest known of this celebrated rarity (one-year assayer). Estimate: $700-$1,000.

916. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1698/7F, rare, with chopmarks as from circulation in the Orient. S-P42; KM-26; CT-386. 27.51

grams. Good full cross and pillars-and-waves (well centered) with bold assayer and clear 98/7 date, lightly toned VF with two neat, circular

chops (one on each side) in flat peripheries. Estimate: $350-$500.

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917. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1698F. S-P42; KM-26; CT-387. 921. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1707Y. 25.46 grams. Salvaged VG (1715 Fleet?) with light surface corrosion

but mostly just flat, still with bold assayer and two clear dates, toned around details. Estimate: $125-$200.

918. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1700F. S-P42; KM-26; CT-389.

25.31 grams. AXF with full but messily doubled pillars-and-waves and

cross, still well centered, toned around details, inexplicably slightly underweight. Estimate: $150-$225.

919. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1703Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-863.

26.48 grams. Bold pillars with clear date and crown, good full cross,

but peripheries flat on a small, thick flan, nicely toned AVF otherwise.

Estimate: $250-$375.

920. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1705Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-865.

27.30 grams. Thick and chunky flan with good full cross and one full

pillar but peripheries flat, AVF for actual wear, nicely toned. Estimate: $250-$375.

S-P43a; KM-31; CT-

Very thick and crude as usual, the pillars and cross technically almost full but both somewhat doubled, the scarce date still clear, technically no worse than Fine+ with rich toning all over.

Estimate: $200-$300.

867. 27.77 grams.

922. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1708Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-868.

26.44 grams. Clear centers but extensively flat in peripheries, other-

wise Fine or so with contrasting toning, two clear dates. Estimate: $200-$300.

923. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1712Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-872.

26.40 grams. Crude and chunky as usual, with long, thick point, full

pillars and cross despite flatness, unevenly toned Fine+, traditionally scarce date. Estimate: $150-$225.

924. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1713Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-873.

27.35 grams. Off-center strike with full pillars showing clear date, nearly

full cross with bold assayer, flat peripheries, chunky Fine with toning, very scarce. Estimate: $175-$250.

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925. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1714Y.

S-P43a; KM-31; CT-

Excellent specimen for this scarce date, with good full pillars and cross, two bold dates and assayers on the pillars side, minor edge-split, nicely toned VF with verdigris on edge. Estimate: $250-$375.

874. 26.34 grams.

926. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1717Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-877.

27.57 grams. Clear date but very crude, double-struck and off-center

with much flatness, Fine, lightly toned all over. Estimate: $175-$250.

927. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1717Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-877.

26.88 grams. Nicely detailed for the period, with one full pillar, bold

date and good cross despite peripheral flatness, VF with lightly toned fields. Estimate: $175-$250.

928. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1718Y, unrecorded dies, very rare. S-P43a; KM-R31; CT-819. 27.21 grams. Crudely doubled

but with all inner details and much legend clear, including full four-digit date, Fine with nice toning, large old hole at top of pillars / bottom of cross (aligned axes), a heretofore unrecorded set of dies with C-shaped tressure around cross and no ornaments around top elements on pillars side (unlike Lázaro #263, which he calls R4). Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

929. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1718Y.

S-P43a; KM-31; CT-878. 27.06 grams. Chunky and crude with flat peripheries but good pillars and cross, full

date and assayer, lightly toned Fine+ with “sweaty” texture (as made). Estimate: $250-$375.

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930. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1719Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-879.

934. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1723Y, rare (missing in

pillars and cross full and date (scarce) and assayer clear, Fine with flat peripheries. Estimate: $175-$250.

cross and second date between pillars, two bold assayers, typically crude and with much flatness, otherwise Fine+ with good toning.

Estimate: $400-$600.

27.51 grams. Very crude and with dark areas laced with green, but

931. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1720(Y). S-P43a; KM-31; CT-880.

27.33 grams. Very scarce date (clear between pillars) but crude strike and

chunky flan as usual, nice castles in doubled cross, Fine with toning all over. Estimate: $250-$375.

932. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1721Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-881.

Karon). S-P43a; KM-31; CT-883. 25.00 grams. Full and bold date below

935. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1725Y, (Louis I). S-P43b; KM-35; CT-24. 25.89 grams. Good pillars and cross despite usual flatness,

contrasting toning, Fine or so. Estimate: $250-$375.

936. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1727Y, Louis I, rare with king’s name visible.

the date (very scarce) still clear and both castles nice, no worse than Fine for actual wear. Estimate: $250-$375.

S-P43b; KM-35; CT-26. 27.27 grams. Typically chunky with extensive flatness but good full (doubled) cross, three assayers, LVIS in legend, AVF for the era, toned around details. Estimate: $500-$750.

933. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1722Y. S-P43a; KM-31; CT-882.

937. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1731M. S-P44; KM-31a; CT-888.

nicely toned AVF with lots of flatness. Estimate: $200-$300.

three assayers and mintmarks, Fine with dark toning around details.

Pedigreed to the Heritage auction of January 2008, with original lot-tag #50326. Estimate: $175-$250.

25.77 grams. Very crude strike with much flatness and some doubling,

27.50 grams. Chunky and crude but with two clear dates, one full pillar,

27.28 grams. Typically chunky but with full (doubled) pillars and cross,

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938. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1732M. S-P44; KM-31a; CT-889. 25.96 grams.

Full but doubled cross and pillars, two clear dates, three assayers, toned Fine+, actually somewhat scarce (overshadowed by the popular YA assayer of the same year).

Estimate: $250-$375.

939. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1733YA, very rare. S-P45; KM-31a; CT-830. . 26.08 grams. Typically chunky but with good full pillars (slightly doubled) and cross, clear date and all three assayers full, Fine with colorful toning (traces of gilding), with hole near edge and another one repaired, desirable as missing in several major collections (a temporary assayer who worked for only parts of the years 1732 and 1733).

Estimate: $350-$500.

940. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1734E, full 4-digit date in legend (rare thus). S-P46; KM-31a; CT-893. 27.14 grams. This is a nice

coin overall--with full pillars-and-waves and cross, typically thick and chunky but with far more detail than usual--but what is most striking is the 100% full and bold date in the legend, probably the first time we have seen such a thing in this period on anything but a Royal (which this is not), the coin a little silvery from cleaning but with toning on fields, VF+. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $350-$500.

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941. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1735E.

S-P46; KM-31a; CT-895. 24.99 grams.

Bold but slightly off-center pillars-and-waves and cross, three bold dates, three assayers, nicely toned VF but with light surface corrosion as from unspecified salvage. Estimate: $300-$450.

942. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1736E. S-P46; KM-31a; CT-833. 26.14 grams. Incredibly choice strike with bold full pillars-and-waves and cross, two clear dates on pillars side, XF+ with light toning around details, distinctively “open” P for mintmark, one of the finest non-Royal specimens of this period imaginable. Estimate: $350-$500.

943. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1736E. S-P46; KM-31a; CT-833. 944. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1739M. S-P47; KM-31a; CT26.15 grams. Good full cross, full but crude pillars, two full dates and

part of a third, nicely toned AVF with large old hole near edge and tiny solder spot on edge too. Estimate: $125-$200.

Highly detailed AXF with very curious 180-degree double-strike, nicely toned, full pillars and cross, clear date and assayers.

Estimate: $250-$375.

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945. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1740P, very rare (possibly unique). S-P48; KM-unl. (cf. R31a); CT-unl. (cf. 839). 26.25 grams.

Typically small, thick flan per the period but with all inner details and even some legend full and bold, attractive VF with contrasting toning and small hole at edge past one end of the cross. While this period is rare for Royals to begin with, the fact is that we cannot find any records of a clean-P assayer for this date, all other specimens being either 1740M or 1740P/M (hence different dies from Lázaro #294, which he calls R4). Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

946. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1743C. S-P49; KM-31a; CT-906. 26.97 grams.

Chunky and crude, with much flatness but decent full cross, Fine+ with toning all over. Estimate: $175-$250.

947. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1745q. S-P50; KM-31a; CT-909. 26.52 grams. Very bold and choice full pillars-and-waves (very slightly

doubled) and cross-lions-castles, well centered and enhanced by contrasting toning, with three dates and mintmarks, two assayers, high grade (XF). Estimate: $600-$900.

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948. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1750E. S-P51; KM-40; CT-361. 26.51 grams. Choice specimen with full pillars-and-waves and cross-

lions-castles, three bold dates and clear king’s name and ordinal, attractively toned XF, well above average for this period and also scarce as non-salvage. Estimate: $500-$750.

949. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1752q. S-P52; KM-40; CT-364.

26.44 grams. Full pillars-and-waves with curiously re-punched 5 that

looks like a backwards 3, nearly full cross, three assayers, Fine+ with deeply toned fields. Estimate: $250-$375.

950. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1753C/q, rare. S-P53; KM-40; CT-366. 26.68 grams. Full

pillars with bold date and clear C/q at upper left (first specimen we have handled), off-center cross with much of king’s name in legend, smallish flan, attractively toned AVF. Estimate: $350-$500.

951. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1758q. S-P54; KM-40; CT-375.

23.80 grams. Full pillars and nearly full cross, Fine+ with nice toning,

old clip on edge to account for weight loss. Estimate: $125-$200.

952. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1763V-Y. S-P57; KM-45; CT950. 26.77 grams. Choice full cross-lions-castles, full pillars-and-waves,

two dates, lightly toned AXF, parts of edge slightly crude (as made).

Estimate: $250-$375.

953. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1764V-Y-V.

S-P57; KM-45;

Full pillars with clear date and assayer and two mintmarks, messy cross with second assayer and partial second date, lightly toned VF. Estimate: $250-$375.

CT-951. 27.09 grams.

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954. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1764V-Y-V. S-P57; KM-45; CT-951. 26.55 grams. Good full cross with clear mintmark, date and assayer, nearly full but crudely

struck pillars with two more assayers and one more date and mintmark, AVF with deeply toned fields. Estimate: $150-$225.

955. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1766V-Y-V, with P/V to left of cross (unique error). S-P57; KM-unl. (cf. 45). 26.71 grams. Broad

flan with three dates (very rare for this period) and assayers and parts of king’s ordinal TERTIVS in legend, full pillars and nearly full cross with very bold mintmark/assayer P/V to left (first we have seen), VF with toning around details. Estimate: $350-$500.

956. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1766(V)-Y. S-P57; KM-45; CT953. 27.13 grams. Very thick and chunky as usual, with nearly full pillars

and cross (off-center), nicely toned Fine+ with flat peripheries, possibly with upper-left castle punched over a lion. Estimate: $200-$300.

957. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1769V-(Y). S-P57; KM-45; CT957. 27.06 grams. Nearly full

pillars and most of cross (one good lion), two dates, nicely toned Fine+ with light old scratches and prominent areas of graininess on opposite sides per the period (reason unknown).

Estimate: $175-$250.

958. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1770/69V-Y, rare.

S-P57; KM-45. 23.51 grams. Very small, chunky flan (clipped at one end) with

most of pillars, off-center cross, toned Fine+, crudely uneven in thickness as usual. Estimate: $250-$375.

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959. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1771/0V-Y-V. S-P59; KM-45;

Typically chunky flan but choice for its era with three mintmarks and assayers (rare thus), two dates that both show traces of 1/0, full cross and pillars (the latter slightly doubled), VF with nice toning. Estimate: $300-$450.

CT-961. 26.83 grams.

963. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1773V-(Y). S-P59; KM-45; CT-

Crude and chunky as usual but with clear date and assayer, lightly toned VF. Estimate: $250-$375.

964. 27.05 grams.

964. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1654E, •PH• at top, three dots around denomination.

960. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1771V-(Y). S-P59; KM-45; CTGood full cross, nearly full pillars, nicely toned VF with prominent graininess on opposite sides per the period (reason unknown). Estimate: $175-$250.

962. 26.83 grams.

961. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1772V-Y, second assayer at bottom right. S-P59; KM-unl. (cf. 45). 27.13 grams. Nice strike for the

era, decidedly with Y and not V at bottom right (first we have seen), bold date, nicely toned VF with prominent graininess on opposite sides per the period (reason unknown). Estimate: $250-$375.

S-P37a; KM-18; CT-742. 13.73 grams.

Choice, non-salvage specimen (scarce thus) with nice full pillars-andwaves and cross-lions-castles, king’s name in legend, three mintmarks and assayers, richly toned VF with crude old hole near edge. Estimate: $150-$225.

965. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1658E.

S-P37a; KM-18; CT-

Three dates and assayers, richly toned Fine+ with old marks, full but weak pillars-and-waves, full but off-center cross.

Estimate: $150-$225.

750. 12.56 grams.

966. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1686VR. S-P40; KM-25; CT962. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1772(V-Y), encapsulated NGC VF 35.

Full pillars and cross despite weak areas, two dates, unevenly toned Fine. Estimate: $200-$300.

514. 13.84 grams.

S-P59; KM-45; CT-963. Very thick and chunky (requiring an extra thick slab), lightly toned, parts of edge crude (as made).

Estimate: $200-$300.

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967. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1693VR. S-P40; KM-25; CT-

521. 13.57 grams. Good full pillars, nearly full (off-center) cross, nicely

toned VF with very light surface corrosion as from unspecified salvage.

Estimate: $175-$250.

968. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1695VR. S-P40; KM-25; CT-

523. 13.19 grams. Broad flan with nice full pillars and cross, three dates,

toned VF+. Estimate: $250-$375.

969. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1716(Y). S-P43a; KM-30; CT-

Bold central date between full pillars, nearly full cross, flat peripheries and parts of edge crude (as made), AVF with toned fields, scarce date. Estimate: $175-$250.

1097. 13.21 grams.

970. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1718Y. S-P43a; KM-30; CT-1099.

13.00 grams. Full cross, off-center pillars with clear date (very scarce)

despite spotty and uneven toning, Fine+ overall. Estimate: $150-$225.

971. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1719Y, rare (missing in Sellschopp and Karon). S-P43a; KM-30; CT-1100. 13.81 grams. Crudely doubled and off-center with large peripheral flat area but with clear date and assayer, nicely toned, and no worse than AVF. Estimate: $175-$250.

972. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1723(Y), rare (missing in Sellschopp).

S-P43a; KM-30; CT-1104. 12.86 grams. Full and wellcentered pillars and cross, two clear dates, Fine with toning around details. Estimate: $250-$375.

973. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1730M, rare (missing in

Sellschopp). S-P44; KM-30a; CT-1110. 13.27 grams. Broad flan with bold

full pillars and cross but double-struck all over, the date and assayer still very clear, richly toned VF+. Estimate: $175-$250.

974. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1736E.

S-P46; KM-30a; CT1118. 13.42 grams. Nice full cross and pillars, the former off-center and

the latter with bold full date and assayer, two mintmarks, attractively rainbow-toned VF+. Estimate: $250-$375.

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975. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1738M. S-P47; KM-30a; CT-1121. 12.99 grams. Good full cross and pillars, two dates, lightly rainbowtoned VF. Estimate: $175-$250.

976. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1739M. S-P47; KM-30a; CT-1122. 13.70 grams. Good full pillars, full but crude cross, bold full date and assayer, deeply toned VF. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of March 1983, lot #247. Estimate: $200-$300.

977. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1740M. S-P47; KM-30a; CT-1123. 13.56 grams. Full pillars with clear date and two assayers, off-center cross with third assayer, AVF with uneven toning. Estimate: $150-$225.

978. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1741P. S-P48; KM-30a; CT-1125. 13.09 grams. Bold full pillars, full cross, two dates, VF with crude toning, small natural splits in edge. Estimate: $150-$225.

979. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1744q/C, very rare. S-P50; KM-30a. 13.00 grams. Clear date and q/C at bottom left on pillars side (first example we have ever seen in this denomination), bold but incomplete cross with clear q (clean), Fine with toning and sediment on fields. Estimate: $200-$300.

980. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1745q. S-P50; KM-30a; CT-1131. 13.78 grams. High grade (AXF) but chunky and crude, with nearly full cross (one castle and one lion nice), off-center pillars, deeply toned. Estimate: $175-$250.

981. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1751E. S-P51; KM-39; CT-438. 13.10 grams. Full pillars-and-waves with bold date and clear assayer, full but off-center cross, deeply toned Fine+, scarce. Estimate: $250-$375.

982. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1753C. S-P53; KM-39; CT-442. 13.23 grams. Bold but off-center pillars (possible C/q at bottom left), good full cross, deeply toned VF+, scarce. Estimate: $250-$375.

983. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1755q. S-P54; KM-39; CT-446. 12.77 grams. Full pillars and cross, Fine with toned fields, granular surfaces, old mark above cross. Estimate: $150-$225.

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984. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1757q. S-P54; KM-39; CT-448. 13.24 grams. Nice full pillars and cross, well-centered and richly toned AVF, scarce (missing in Sellschopp). Estimate: $200-$300.

985. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1764V-Y. S-P57; KM-44; CT-1157. 13.30 grams. Full but crude pillars and cross, well centered, toned VF with sediment in crevices. Estimate: $175-$250.

986. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1765V-(Y). S-P57; KM-44; CT-1158. 13.47 grams. Nearly full cross and pillars with clear date (with overpunching 5/5), some weak spots and granularity but no worse than Fine+ overall, nicely toned. Estimate: $175-$250.

987. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1772V-(Y). S-P59; KM-44; CT-1165. 13.06 grams. Bold but oversized pillars and cross, Fine+ with toned fields (good contrast). Estimate: $125-$200.

988. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1653E, •PH• at top. S-P37a; KM-16; CT-898. 6.91 grams. Nice full pillars with full motto, full cross, two full dates and assayers, three mintmarks, richly toned AVF with some black areas at edge. Estimate: $125-$200.

989. Lot of 2 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales: 1660E and 1674E. 6.47 and 7.32 grams. Good full pillars and crosses (the 1660 quite nice), both with multiple dates and close to XF but with distracting patches of brown and green. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $175-$250.

990. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1674E. S-P37b; KM-24; CT-601. 6.37 grams. Good pillars-and-waves and nearly full cross (nice castles), three full date, toned AVF with some peripheral flatness. Estimate: $100-$150.

991. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1682V. S-P39; KM-24; CT-611. 6.90 grams. Broad-flan XF with nice full cross and pillars-and-waves, three dates and mintmarks and assayers, peripheral flatness. Estimate: $175-$250.

992. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1683V. S-P39; KM-24; CT-612. 6.77 grams. Broad flan with full cross, full but off-center pillars-and-waves, somewhat lightly struck VF, three dates and mintmarks and assayers. Estimate: $150-$225.

993. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1686VR. S-P40; KM-24; CT-617. 6.73 grams. Good full cross and pillars but off-center with blank area to one side, two dates, AXF. Estimate: $125-$200.

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994. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1686VR. S-P40; KM-24; CT-617. 7.29 grams. Very broad and in fact overweight flan with full centers (good full pillars and crown, doubled full cross) but peripheries extensively flat, lightly toned XF for actual wear. Estimate: $125-$200.

995. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1688VR. S-P40; KM-24; CT-619. 6.33 grams. Choice strike on a broad flan with full cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves, two dates (and part of a third), three mintmarks and assayers, nicely toned VF+ with edge-split. Estimate: $150-$225.

996. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1689VR. S-P40; KM-24; CT-620. 5.10 grams. Crude shape with light surface corrosion (unspecified salvage), nice full cross, bold full pillars-and-waves, lightly toned AXF for actual wear. Estimate: $125-$200.

997. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1692VR. S-P40; KM-24; CT-623. 6.35 grams. Well-detailed AXF with one full pillar (off-center), nearly full cross, two dates and assayers and mintmarks, peripheral flatness. Estimate: $125-$200.

998. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1692VR. S-P40; KM-24; CT-623. 7.41 grams. Naturally heart-shaped flan (and overweight) with choice full cross, full pillars with doubling in waves, two dates and assayers, three mintmarks, VF with contrasting sediment on fields. Estimate: $125-$200.

999. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1700F. S-P42; KM-24; CT-633. 5.51 grams. Choice full cross and pillars-and-waves, two dates (both with 00 rendered as a sideways 8), attractively toned VF. Estimate: $150-$225.

1000. Lot of 4 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, various dates: 1695VR, 1697VR, 1702Y and 1711Y. 22.54 grams total. Good full pillars and crosses, F-VF on average, some light toning and stains but no big problems, all with clear dates and assayers. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $350-$500.

1001. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1714Y. S-P43a; KM-29; CT-1336. 6.41 grams. Roundish flan with good full cross and one full pillar, two clear dates and assayers, nicely toned AVF. Estimate: $100-$150.

1002. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1730M. S-P44; KM-29a; CT-1351. 7.04 grams. Choice strike and grade (AXF) with bold full pillars and cross, two dates, three mintmarks and assayers, contrasting sediment on fields. Estimate: $200-$300.

1003. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1741P. S-P48; KM-29a; CT-1367. 6.15 grams. Nearly full cross and pillars, Fine with contrasting toning, two bold dates. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1004. Lot of 2 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1713Y and 1754q. 4.43 and 6.33 grams. Both non-toned Fine+, the 1713 with two dates

on a thin, underweight flan (closer to a 1R than a 2R), the 1754 with nearly full pillars and cross. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1005. Lot of 4 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, various dates: 1694VR (2), 1736E and 1763V-(Y). 26.05 grams total. Nicely detailed

F-VF with contrasting toning but all holed except for the 1763, clear dates and assayers. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

1006. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1770(V)-Y. S-P57; KM-43; CT-1371. 6.64 grams. Bold full date with Y assayer to left (scarce thus), nearly full oversized cross, high grade (XF+) but typically chunky. Estimate: $100-$150.

1007. Large lot of 20 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, various kings and dates: 1686VR, 1701Y,

1702Y, 1705Y, 1710Y, 1712(?)Y, 1750E, 1755q (4), 1757q, 1760q, 1762V-(Y) (2), 1765V-(Y), 1766V-(Y), 1768(V-Y), 1770(V-Y) and 1772V-(Y). 117.59 grams total. VG-F on average, all with at least decent crosses and pillars, one cut down and one with stripped hole but otherwise problem-free. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

1008. Large lot of 20 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, various kings and dates: 1666E, 1667E (2), 1669E, 1680V, 1683V, 1708Y, 1711Y, 1718Y, 1731M, 1735E, 1738M (2), 1748q (3), 1753q, 1756q, 1760q and 1761V-(Y). 112.71 grams total. Four

with holes, one cut down and a couple salvaged but all with at least decent pillars and crosses, VG-F on average. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $600-$900.

1009. Lot of 4 Potosí, Bolivia, cob minors: 2R 1659E; 1R 1739M; and 1/2R 1699(?) and 1750. 12.16 grams total. Decent crosses and pillars or monograms, F-VF on average, light toning, the two larger coins with minor surface corrosion. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

1010. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1652E, post-transitional

(McLean Type VII). S-P37a; KM-13; CT-1052. 3.93 grams. Bold VF with

nice full cross, excellent full pillars with motto as PL-VSV-LTR, bold date and 1-PH-6 at top, attractively toned. Estimate: $100-$150.

1011. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1653E.

S-P37a; KM-13; CT-

Odd shape but with three full dates, full cross and nearly full pillars, toned Fine+ with sediment on fields. Curiously, the 3 in the date between the pillars is oversized compared to the others.

Estimate: $90-$135.

1053. 3.93 grams.

1012. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, Philip IV, assayer E, dates as follows: 1655, 1662 (2). S-P37a; KM-13. 7.24 grams total. Toned AVF on average, with clear dates and decent (albeit incomplete) pillars and crosses. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $80-$120.

1013. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, Charles II, dates and assayers as follows: 1670E,

1676E and 1679C. KM-23. 7.99 grams total. Clear dates and assayers, decent pillars and crosses despite

surface corrosion as from unspecified salvage, toned F-VF otherwise (the 1676 with edge-split). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $75-$110.

1014. Lot of 2 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R “pseudo-Royals” (round), 1656E and 1690VR. 4.50 and 3.87 grams. Not Royal

quality but larger than normal even with old trimming to roundness, both holed, the 1656 Fine with good full pillars-and-waves but offcenter cross and patchy dark toning, and the 1690 AVF with both sides nice and toned around details. Estimate: $100-up.

1015. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1697CH, rare. S-P41; KMGood full cross, full but crude pillars, only Fine but with contrasting toning, clear date and all three assayers.

Estimate: $150-$225.

23; CT-736. 3.45 grams.

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1016. Lot of 8 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, various dates: 1660E, 1664E, 1670E, 1687VR, 169(?)F, 1699F, 1704Y and 1727Y. 26.61 grams total. AVF to AXF on average, all nicely toned and with generally nice crosses and pillars and clear dates and assayers, the 169(?)F

with small old hole. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

1017. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1732YA, rare. S-P45; KM-28a; CT-

1660. 3.61 grams. Bold date and two clear assayers, full pillars and cross with

contrasting toning, VF+ with peripheral flatness. Estimate: $75-$110.

1018. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1733YA.

S-P45; KM-28a; CT-1665.

2.99 grams. Scarce (missing in Karon), with two dates and assayers despite

doubled (full) pillars and off-center cross, Fine+ with deeply toned fields.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1019. Lot of 4 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, Philip V, dates and assayers as follows: 1714Y, 1733(M or YA), 1736E and 1740M. 12.31 grams total. Lightly toned AVF on average, generally good crosses and pillars, clear dates, the 1714 slightly encrusted as from unspecified

salvage. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

1020. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1742C/P, rare. S-P49; KM-28a. 2.97 grams. Bold date and clear C/P on pillars side, good cross with clear date and assayer too, Fine+ with toning around details. Estimate: $70-$100.

1021. Lot of 4 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, Ferdinand VI, dates and assayers as follows: 1748q, 1757q

and 1759q (2). 13.23 grams total. Fine on average nicely toned, decent crosses and pillars (just worn). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $80-$120.

1022. Lot of 7 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, Charles III, assayers V-Y (where visible), dates as follows: 1761, 1762 (2), 1764, 1766, 1767 and 1771/0 with T for final digit of date. S-P57; KM-42. 22.91 grams total. AVF on average, typically chunky but with decent

crosses and pillars, toning in crevices on most, all with clear dates, the 177T/0 very clear and interesting. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $150-$225.

1023. Large lot of 50 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, Philip IV through Charles III, various dates and assayers (where visible).

135.64 grams total. Three with holes, several salvaged, but all with clear details (some with nice crosses and pillars), VG-F on average. SEE

INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $500-$750.

1024. Large lot of 30 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, various kings and dates (all visible). 84.72 grams total. VG-F on average but most with at least decent pillars and crosses, only one holed and one salvaged. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

1025. Large lot of 30 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1R, various kings and dates (all visible). 84.78 grams total. Several with holes but all with at least decent crosses and pillars, VG-F on average, one or two salvaged. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

1026. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2R, Philip IV, no assay-

1027. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1726, Louis I. S-P43b; KM-32;

5.64 grams total. Interesting lot for showing the difference between the

date and much of the monogram and cross, enhanced by contrasting toning, AVF for actual wear. Estimate: $90-$135.

ers, rare types of 1652 and 1656 (the latter with date visible).

monogram-on-cross style for the dates 1652 (also see lot 896) and 1656, the latter of which is holed but shows a clear date in the legend, the former with nice full monogram, plus a monogram-alone example that is not fully attributed, toned VF on average. Estimate: $200-$300.

CT-62. 1.24 grams. Crudely uneven, with two big flat areas, yet with full

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1028. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2R, various dates: 1660, 1680, 1682, 1685 and 1736. 7.62 grams total. Nicely toned VF

with good crosses and monograms, clear dates, the 1660 with hole and the 1682 with stripped hole. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1029. Lot of 12 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2R, various kings and dates (all visible). 19.33 grams total. F-VF on average, all more or less toned, with generally good crosses and/or monograms, one with hole. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

1030. Large lot of 20 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2R, Philip IV through Charles III, various dates and assayers (where visible).

27.07 grams total. Some salvaged and one holed but otherwise decent coins with clear monograms and crosses and most with visible dates,

mostly nicely toned. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $150-$225.

Other Silver Cobs Dominican Republic 1031. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 4 mara-

vedís, Charles-Joanna, assayer F, with anchor countermark (Jamaica, 1611-16). S-SD1. 2.49 grams. Very bold full countermark on pillars side, much host coin detail clear, darkly toned with orange sediment and verdigris in crevices, Fine overall. Estimate: $60-$90.

Panama Countermarked Ferdinand-Isabel Issues

1032. Panama(?), P countermark on a Seville,

Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, special “crownedF” issue for New World use, very rare. 2.86 grams.

Well-detailed host coin with full legends and inner data enhanced by contrasting toning, VF+, the incuse countermark deep but somewhat indistinct. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

1033. Panama(?), P countermark on a Seville, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, rare.

3.05 grams. Choice, full and bold incuse countermark

(best we have seen) on a broad-flan, well-detailed host, XF with slight surface granularity, nicely toned.

Estimate: $600-$900.

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1034. Panama(?), P countermark on a Burgos, Spain, 1/2

real, Ferdinand-Isabel, rare. 1.07 grams. Very deep but somewhat

fuzzy countermark in very center, the finely detailed host with bold full legends, lightly toned AVF with light surface corrosion. Estimate: $600-$900.

1035. Panama(?), incuse C countermark on a

Seville, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, special “crowned-F� issue for New World use, very rare. 3.09 grams. The host a broad-flan VF with toned

fields and nice full details (including legends), with incuse countermark to left of the crowned F. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

1036. Panama(?), C countermark on a Granada, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, rare.

3.21 grams. Large and bold countermark with raised

C inside, superb host in AU+ grade with choice full details and original luster. Estimate: $500-$750.

1037. Panama(?), C countermark on a Burgos, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, rare. 2.85 grams. Bold countermark with full raised C inside, but

the host coin somewhat weak (Fine+) and with light surface corrosion, still with good legends and spots of toning. Estimate: $400-$600.

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Cobs

1038. Panama, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer oB to right, mintmark AP above denomination II to left, very rare. S-AP4; KM-3.3; CT-506. 6.73 grams. Nicely

toned VF with good full shield, doubled full cross, much bold legend, very bold mintmark and assayer. Die match with Proctor 2R.1B. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

1039. Panama, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer P to right, assayer M below, mintmark AP to left of monogram, very rare, unrecorded die combination. S-AP1; KM-1; CT-720. 1.56 grams. Lightly toned XF with minor surface porosity, good full cross (with small lions)

and monogram and crown, bold mintmark and assayer P (the M very weak), broad flan with lots of legend. Very few of these dual-assayer 1/2R are known, and this specimen does not match the die combinations of any of the three listed and shown in Proctor. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

Colombia

1040. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/2 real, Philip IV, dated (16)(?)2, assayer not visible, quadrants of cross transposed, Restrepo Plate Coin. Restrepo-M16.12; KM-8. 1.74 grams. Good full monogram and cross, the former with -PVS of king’s name below and the latter with full 2 of date at 11 o’clock, typically small and thick, richly toned VF+. Plate Coin in Restrepo’s Coins of Colombia (2012). Estimate: $100-$150.

1041. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/2 real, Philip IV, assayer not visible, quadrants of cross transposed. Restrepo-M16.12; KM-8. 1.69

grams. Very off-center monogram with bold full king’s ordinal as a result (rare thus), well-centered (nearly full) cross, AVF. Estimate: $100-$150.

1042. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/2 real, Philip IV, assayer not visible. Restrepo-M16.12; KM-8. 1.70 grams. Good full cross and mono-

gram, AVF with light surface porosity but contrastingly toned, somewhat rare with lions and castles in proper quadrants (possibly Cartagena mint). Estimate: $100-$150.

1043. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/2 real, Charles II, no assayer, dot below monogram, rare. Restrepo-M16.12; KM-A8. 1.94 grams.

Atypically broad, squarish flan with full monogram over a single dot, (CARO)LV(S) in legend, nearly full cross with lions and castles in proper quadrants, AVF. Estimate: $70-$100.

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Guatemala

1044. Lot of 2 Guatemala cob 8 reales: 174(?) and 1752(?), assayer J (not visible). 26.43 and 26.84 grams. The 174(?) is a nicely toned VG with no hole (scarce thus); the 1752(?) is more like AVF (for the type) and holed, on an odd-shaped flan; both show a decent amount of detail on both sides. Estimate: $200-$300.

1045. Guatemala, cob 4 reales, 1737(J). S-G1; KM-5; CT-956. 13.26 grams. Bold AXF (for the type) with full date, no hole and no toning, no corrosion but probably salvaged. Estimate: $200-$300.

1046. Guatemala, cob 4 reales, 1752J. S-G1a; KM-11; CT-393. 12.43 grams. Bold date and full globes, full assayer and crown on the other side, nicely toned Fine, scarce as unholed. Estimate: $125-$200.

1047. Lot of 4 Guatemala cob 4 reales with non- or partially visible dates (1733-53) and assayer (J). 51.92 grams total. All

holed, which is typical, but all with nice toning and clear details, a couple with partial date and/or assayer, F-VF for the type. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

1048. Short denomination set (4-2-1-1/2 reales) of Guatemala cobs with non- or partially visible dates (1733-53) and assayer (J). 23.84 grams total. The 1R is nice, unholed and attractively toned, with full shield and pillars and bold mintmark G, but all the

others are crude and holed, the larger coins with patchy toning, VG-F on average. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1049. Guatemala, cob 2 reales, 1736(J). S-G1; KM-4; CT-1168. 6.38 grams. Choice full date and shield and denomination, both crowns nearly full, toned AVF, scarce without hole. Estimate: $125-$200.

1050. Guatemala, cob 2 reales, 1740(J). S-G1; KM-4; CT-1172. 5.80 grams. Full date and globes and waves, full crown above off-center shield, lightly toned VG+, scarce without hole. Estimate: $125-$200.

1051. Lot of 2 Guatemala cob 2R: (1)747J and 1750J. S-G1a; KM-10. 6.42 and 6.51 grams. Nice specimens with bold dates (both offcenter) and good details, toned Fine or so, typically holed. Estimate: $150-$225.

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1052. Guatemala, cob 2 reales, 1748(J). S-G1a; KM-10; CT-453. 6.45 grams. No hole, full date, toned Fine with mount-mark in center of shield. Estimate: $100-$150.

1053. Guatemala, cob 1 real, 1739J. S-G1; KM-3; CT-1461. 3.11 grams. Choice specimen with full date and pillars (off-center), full shield and crown with assayer and denomination, richly toned Fine, scarce as unholed, pointed pentagonal shape. Estimate: $90-$135.

1054. Guatemala, cob 1 real, 1748(J). S-G1a; KM-9; CT-527. 4.88 grams. Full date, bold full globes, much of crown and shield, deeply toned Fine without the usual hole (scarce thus).

Estimate: $90-$135.

1055. Lot of 3 Guatemala cob 1R: 1746J, 1750J and 1752J. 9.38 grams total. The

1746 is G-VG with bold date, no hole; the 1750 is About Fine with old cut in edge but no hole; and the 1752 is holed About Fine with tiny hole but bold full date; all are nicely toned.

Estimate: $150-$225.

1056. Lot of 2 Guatemala cob 1R, (1)737(J) and 1752J. 2.03 and 3.03 grams. The 1737 is uneven VG+ with clear date and no hole; the 1752 is a nice VG with full date and globes and waves, old hole at edge; both are richly toned. Estimate: $100-$150.

1057. Guatemala, cob 1/2 real, 1737J. S-G1; KM-2; CT-1740. 1.55 grams. Full date and mintmark (off-center), well-centered full shield and crown with assayer to left and + for denomination to right, Fine with deeply toned fields and no hole (scarce thus). Estimate: $100-$150.

1058. Guatemala, cob 1/2 real, 1753J. S-G1a; KM-8; CT-622. 1.54 grams. Holed Fine with full pillars, full crown above shield, full assayer, slightly silvery but with toned fields. Estimate: $75-$110.

Spain Ferdinand-Isabel

1059. Seville, Spain, 4 reales, Ferdinand-Isabel, assayer Gothic D on reverse. CT-211. 13.10 grams. Superb AU with light rainbow toning, full details (including Latin legends) on both sides, no doubling or flatness, a real beauty. Estimate: $250-$375.

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1060. Burgos, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, mintmark circlet-B-circlet on reverse, circlet-circlet on each side of shield, legend ending in ermine and Jerusalem cross. CT-286. 3.30 grams. Richly toned VF+ with minor old scrape on shield and tiny (natural) notch in edge, full details (including Gothic legends) on both sides, no doubling or wrinkling or flatness. Estimate: $90-$135.

1061. Burgos, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, mintmark B on reverse, legend ending in scallop and Jerusalem cross. CT287. 3.00 grams. AVF with full but slightly weak details, Gothic legends, toned in crevices, slight wrinkle on part of edge. Estimate: $70-$100.

1062. Seville, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, mintmark S on reverse, * on each side of shield. CT-367. 2.93 grams. Fully detailed VF with contrasting toning, full Gothic legends, a couple minor bruises on shield but otherwise problem-free. Estimate: $100-$150.

1063. Seville, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-

Isabel, mintmark .S. on reverse, assayers .X. vertically flanking shield. CT-372. 3.03 grams.

Bold full legends (Latin) and full inner details, nicely toned AXF with just a couple bruises on the shield. Estimate: $100-$150.

1064. Seville, Spain, 1 real, FerdinandIsabel, mintmark •S• (backwards) twice on reverse, three dots vertically on each side of shield. CT-366. 3.00 grams. Richly toned AVF with full inner details, nearly full legends (Latin), minor wrinkling. Estimate: $70-$100.

1065. Lot of 3 Spain (various mints) 1R

(2) and 1/2R (1) of Ferdinand-Isabel. 6.91

grams total. A slightly damaged (chip in edge, sur-

face corrosion, light wrinkling) but well detailed, all Gothic legends, nicely toned, F-VF overall.

Estimate: $75-$110.

Philip II 1066. Seville, Spain, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer Gothic D

at 4 o’clock outside tressure around cross. CT-235. 27.18 grams.

Choice AXF with nice full shield and cross-and-tressure, full crown and much legend, nicely toned (rainbow-like at edge), problem-free and useful for an illustrative example of what early Potosí 8R (up through first-period L, lot 765 in this auction) were modeled after.

Estimate: $500-$750.

1067. Toledo, Spain, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer M-incircle below mintmark oT to left. CT-Type 177. 27.27 grams. Choice

full shield and cross-and-tressure with contrasting sediment in crevices, nearly full crown but legends flat, VF overall. Estimate: $600-$900.

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1068. Seville, Spain, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer Gothic D

at 4 o’clock outside tressure around cross. CT-391. 13.50 grams.

Choice full crown and shield and cross-and-tressure, much legend, bold full mintmark, toned AXF. Estimate: $250-$375.

1069. Seville, Spain, cob 4 reales, (15)96(B), date to right of shield. CT-404. 13.11 grams. Practically full (and well-detailed) shield

and cross, most of crown but peripheries otherwise flat, full 6 of date and bottom of 5, VF with steel-gray toning. Estimate: $100-$150.

1070. Seville, Spain, cob 2 reales, 1588 (date to right of shield), assayer Gothic D to left below mintmark S and denomination II. CT-539. 6.63 grams. Richly toned VF+ with full crown and shield and cross, bold assayer and denomination, full 1 and first 8 of date, some legend. Estimate: $100-$150.

Philip III

1071. Seville, Spain, cob 8 reales, 1620/19D, rare (unlisted overdate).

Good full shield, full but doubled cross with very bold 162/1 of date, flat peripheries, VF with uneven dark toning. Estimate: $150-$225.

CT-unl. (cf. 186); KM-unl. (cf. 37.3). 26.57 grams.

1072. Seville, Spain, cob 4 reales, (16)17G, rare.

CT-283;

Good full cross with bold 17 of date, full but off-center shield with bold S-G and king’s ordinal III, VF+ with light toning, verdigris and slightly grainy surface texture (possibly salvaged).

Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of June 1994, with original lot-tag #489.

Estimate: $100-$150.

KM-33.4. 12.66 grams.

1073. Toledo, Spain, cob 4 reales, 1611C. CT-292; KM-33.5. 13.57 grams. Broad flan with choice full shield and king’s name and ordinal,

nearly full crown, full but doubled cross with bold date at 1 o’clock, XF with toning around details. Estimate: $350-$500.

1074. Seville, Spain, cob 2 reales, Philip III, (16)10B, rare (unlisted). CT-unl. (type 122); KM-unl. (cf. 27.1). 6.83 grams. Richly toned XF+ with large flat area (as made, unevenly struck), still with nice crown, mintmark, denomination and king’s name plus one full castle, the assayer a bit weak (could be D) but the clear date unlisted for any assayer anyway. Estimate: $75-$110.

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Philip IV

1075. Seville, Spain, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer R. KM- 1076. Segovia, Spain, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, assayer R below 39.6. 27.74 grams. Very thick and chunky flan with full (well-centered)

cross, off-center shield with full mintmark-assayer and king’s ordinal, unevenly toned VF with small edge-splits. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of June 1994, with original lot-tag #497. Estimate: $100-$150.

aqueduct mintmark to left. KM-39.5. 13.14 grams. Broad, roundish flan with good full shield and cross, some legend, lightly rainbow-toned AXF. Estimate: $200-$300.

Various Kings 1077. Lot of 2 Seville, Spain, cob 8 reales, one Philip III/IV and one Charles II. 24.34 and 25.64 grams. Crude pair, the earlier

piece (lightly rainbow-toned VF) with good cross and full but off-center shield, possibly clipped, and the later piece with full shield and (oddly pockmarked) cross, deeply toned Fine. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1078. Lot of 5 Spain (various mints), cob 4 reales, Philip III or IV, assayers not visible. 63.53 grams total. Fine on average with gener-

ally good shields and crosses, some uneven toning, one odd shape and one corroded. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $150-$225.

1079. Lot of 5 Spain (various mints), cob 2 reales, Philip II through IV, various assayers (where visible). 29.38 grams total.

VG-Fine+, three salvaged (and two of those polished) and the other two worn (with clipping and heavy scratching), but all deeply toned and with clear shields and crosses. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

Mixed Mints 1080. Large lot of 16 cob 2R (10) and 1R (6) from Lima, Potosí and Spain, various periods (some with dates and/or assay-

ers visible). 75.64 grams total. Generally good crosses and shields or pillars, nicely toned VG-F on average, no holes, a decent group overall.

SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $350-$500.

1081. Lot of 6 miscellaneous silver cobs from New World mints: 8R Potosí Philip III assayer Q; 4R Potosí Philip II as-

sayer not visible; 4R Mexico Philip V assayer not visible; 2R Mexico Charles-Joanna “Late Series” assayer O to right; 1R Mexico 1731F; and 1R Honduras “imitation” (1823-4,PMPY). 63.45 grams total. Decent specimens with good details but each one

with some problem (all holed except for the two 4R, of which the Mexican is worn and the Potosí is corroded), nicely toned, the Honduras piece somewhat rare. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

1082. Lot of 5 Spanish colonial cob 1R, 1/2R and 1/4R (different mints and periods). 7.59 grams total. An attractive little group (problem-free F-VF on average, all toned) consisting of the following: Mexico 1/2R 1717; Lima 1/4R Philip II Diego de la Torre, 1/2R 1726 and 1R 1725; and Potosí 1/2R Philip V. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $175-$250.

1083. Lot of 4 Spanish colonial cob minors: Lima 2R Philip V(?); Potosí 1R 1665E; Guatemala 4R and 1/2R. 23.42 grams

total. Decent cobs, the Lima rather worn (date not visible) and the Guatemalas with just the last digit of date partially visible (5?), the 4R holed,

and the 1R good but encrusted, Fine on average, mostly nicely toned. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $150-$225.

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Ancient Coins Ancient Greek Akarnania 1084. Akarnania, Anaktorion, AR stater, ca.

350-300 BC, “pegasus.” Imhoof-Blumer Akarnanians 62;

Pegasus flying right, AN monogram below / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; tripod and AN monogram to left. Attractively toned VF+, well struck and fairly well centered. Estimate: $500-$750.

Pegasi 26 var; BCD Akarnania 88. 8.18 grams.

Calabria 1085. Calabria, Taras, AR nomos, 315-302 BC, “boy on dolphin.”

Fischer-Bossert group 68, 827 (V337/ R641); HN Italy 938. 7.62 grams. Warrior on horse galloping

right, holding shield and two spears, striking with a third spear; monogram below / Phalanthos riding dolphin right, holding bow and arrow; monogram below. Bold AVF with steel-gray toning, all design present due to good centering, minor marks. Estimate: $600-$900.

Corinth 1086. Corinth, Corinthia, AR stater, ca. 345300 BC, “pegasus.” Pegasi 383; Ravel 1065; BCD Corinth

Pegasos flying left / Helmeted head of Athena left; behind, N and triskeles of crescents within circle. Lightly toned AVF with nice smooth surfaces and good details, just struck a little off-center. Estimate: $350-$500.

126. 8.53 grams.

Islands off Attica 1087. Islands off Attica, Aegina, AR stater, ca.

525-480 BC, “sea turtle.” Meadows-Aegina, group 11b;

Sea turtle / Incuse square with mill-sail pattern. Interesting flan that mirrors the shape of the turtle, non-toned Fine with a couple die breaks on obverse. Estimate: $500-$750.

HGC-6, 429. 12.36 grams.

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Islands off Thrace 1088. Islands off Thrace, Thasos, AR tetradrachm, ca. 140-110 BC. HGC 6, 359. 16.89 grams. Wreathed

head of young Dionysos right / Herakles standing left, holding club, lion skin draped over arm; M to inner left. Lustrous, non-toned XF on a broad flan with full details. Estimate: $600-$900.

Kings of Cappadocia 1089. Kings of Cappadocia, AR tetradrachm, Ariarathos VII Philometer,

ca. 106-101/0 BC, struck in the name and types of Antiochos VII of Syria, Ariaratheia or Eusebia-Tyana mint, struck ca. 104-2 BC. Lorber & Houghton Series

1, Issue 3, 121-151 (obverse die A6); SC 2148 (Antiochos VII); HGC 7, 829; HGC 9, 1069 (Antiochos VII).

16.53 grams. Diademed head of Antiochos VII right / Athena Nikephoros standing left;

monogram above A to outer left, O to inner left, monogram to inner right; all within laurel wreath. XF with hint of luster and incipient toning, nice details. Estimate: $400-$600.

Kings of Macedon 1090. Kingdom of Macedon, AR tetradrachm, Alexander III (the Great), ca. 336-323 BC, struck 300-290 BC. cf. Price 511. 17.13 grams. Head

of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress / ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left; X in left field, wreath under throne.

Bold details, lightly toned VF+, slightly off-center strike. Estimate: $600-$900.

1091. Kings of Macedon, AR tetradrachm, Alexander III (the Great),

336-323 BC, Kassander as regent, 317-305 BC, or as king, 305-298 BC, Amphipolis mint, struck circa 307-297 BC. Price 463; Ehrhardt 38; Mueller

47. 17.11 grams. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus seated

left; in left field, monogram above torch; monogram below throne. VF/F with nice, well-centered details, very light toning. Estimate: $500-$750.

1092. Kingdom of Macedon, AR drachm, Alexander III (the Great),

ca. 336-323 BC. Miletos, circa 290-275 BC. Cf. Price 2318. 4.26 grams. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus seated left, monogram in left field. Non-toned XF with choice details and hint of luster, the reverse off-center but still full. Estimate: $250-$375.

Myrina

Mysia 1094. Mysia, Parion, AR 1093. Myrina, Aeolis, AR tetradrachm, 155-145 BC, Stepha-

nophoric type. 16.75 grams. Laureate head of Apollo right / Apollo Grynios standing right, holding phiale and filleted laurel branch; monogram to left, omphalos and amphora at feet to right; all within laurel wreath. Lustrous AU on a broad flan with sloping sides on obverse, full and beautiful details. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

hemidrachm, 4th century BC. Cf. SNG France 1356-91.

2.42 grams. Bull standing left,

head right; [symbol below?] / Gorgoneion. XF with offcenter obverse but choice reverse, light die-rust. Estimate: $200-$300.

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Phoenicia 1095. Phoenicia, Tyre, tetradrachm “shekel of Tyre,” Melkart, 126/5 BC to 65/6 AD, dated CY 39 (88/7 BC).

HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. 14.37 grams. Laureate

bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm branch over shoulder, to left date above club; delta to right, Phoenician B between legs. Lustrous XF+ with nice reverse, off-center obverse. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

Seleukid Kings of Syria 1096. Seleukid Kings of Syria, AR tetradrachm, Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC, struck in the name and types of Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon, Babylon I mint, struck ca. 311-300 BC. SC 82.4a; Price 3751; HGC 9, 10f. 17.16 grams. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus seated left; MI in left field, monogram in wreath below throne. Bold VF+ with very light toning, attractive strike (well centered). Estimate: $350-$500.

Thessaly 1097. Thessaly, Larissa, AR drachm, ca. 356-342 BC. Lorber, Hoard, Group L-III; BCD Thessaly II 325. 5.99 grams. Head of the nymph Larissa facing

slightly left, hair in ampyx / Horse standing right, preparing to lie down.

Choice AXF with hint of luster, full details but very slightly off-center.

Estimate: $400-$600.

Thrace 1098. Thrace, Istros, AR drachm, 4th century BC. BM Black Sea 248.

4.21 grams. Facing male heads, the right inverted / Sea-eagle left, grasping

dolphin with talons; pellet between eagle and dolphin, AP monogram below.

Choice AXF with smooth fields, hint of toning, off-center strike but fully detailed. Estimate: $350-$500.

Ancient Judaea 1099. Ancient Judaea, First Jewish War (66-70 AD), AE 1/8

shekel, dated Year 4 (69/70 AD). Meshorer-214; Hendin-1369. 5.20 grams.

Cup with pearled rim / Bundle of lulav; ethrog to left and right. VF with light tan sediment on dark surfaces, broad flan extending beyond design, the reverse slightly off-center. Popular issue. Estimate: $250-$375.

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Byzantine Empire

1100. Byzantine Empire (Constantinople mint, 2nd offi- 1102. Byzantine Empire (Constantinople mint, 8th officina), cina), AV solidus, Justin II (565-578 AD), struck 567-578.

Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding Victory on globe and shield / Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, holding spear and globus cruciger; B//CONOB. Lustrous XF with full details, the obverse slightly off-center. Estimate: $400-$600.

DOC 4b; MIB 5; Sear 345. 4.30 grams.

1101. Byzantine Empire (Constantinople mint, 3rd offi-

cina), AV solidus, Constans II and Constantine IV (641-668 AD), struck 654-659. MIB 26; Sear 959. 4.32 grams. Crowned facing busts of Constans and Constantine, each wearing chlamys; cross above / Cross potent set on three steps. Lustrous AU-, nice full details, the reverse slightly off-center. Estimate: $400-$600.

AV solidus, Constans II and Constantine IV (641-668 AD), struck 654-659. MIB 28; Sear 960. 4.36 grams. Crowned facing busts of Constans and Constantine, each wearing chlamys; cross above / Cross potent set on three steps. Lustrous AU-, nice full details, the reverse slightly off-center. Estimate: $400-$600.

1103. Byzantine Empire (Constantinople mint), AV his-

tamenon nomisma, Romanus III (1028-34), encapsulated NGC Ch AU Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5, ex-Dimitriadis. DOC 1d; Sear 1819. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / Romanus, placing hand

on breast and holding globus cruciger, standing facing, being crowned and blessed by the Virgin Mary. Well-centered strike, good details but reverse struck with rusty die. Pedigreed to the Dimitriadis collection, as stated inside the slab. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

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World Silver Coins Argentina (River Plate Provinces)

1104. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 8 reales, 1813J. Janson-4.1; KM-5. 26.73 grams. Nice AU with light toning

and underlying luster, small parts of rims crude (as made). Estimate: $800-$1,200.

1105. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 8 reales, 1813J.

Janson-4.1; KM-5. 26.86 grams. Lightly rainbow-toned XF+ with parts of edge crude (including an irregular area at top that is either a possible repair or related to a die-crack running into the rays). Estimate: $400-$600.

1106. Argentina (River

Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 4 reales, 1813J, encapsulated NGC XF 40.

Faint rainbow toning and underlying luster, older slab. Estimate: $600$900.

Janson-7.1; KM-4.

1107. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 4 reales, 1815/5F, large sunface. Janson-8.1; KM-4. 13.27 grams. Weak XF with original luster, no problems. Estimate: $500-$750.

1108. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 4 soles, 1815FL, rare. Janson-9.1; KM-13. 13.39 grams. Lightly rainbow-toned AU with rim-flaw at top. Estimate: $500-$750.

1109. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 2 reales, 1813J. Janson-10.1; KM-3. 6.69 grams. Rainbow-toned XF with underlying luster, parts of rims at top weak. Estimate: $350-$500.

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1110. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 2 reales, 1815F.

Janson-11.1; KM-3. 6.60 grams.

Lightly rose-toned XF with hint of luster, weak centers, scarce. Estimate: $500-$750.

1111. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 2 soles, 1815FL, rare.

Janson-12.1; KM-12. 6.57 grams. AXF with light steel-gray toning, parts of edge

crude (as made), probable repaired hole (expertly done) at top. With Freeman Craig envelope from 1987. Estimate: $600-$900.

1112. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), La Rioja mint, 2 soles, 1824DS. Janson-41; KM-18. 6.49 grams. Deeply toned XF with die doubling, full date-side

rim. Estimate: $150-$225.

1113. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), La Rioja mint, 2 soles, 1825CA, variety with just “RA. CA” (lacking “DE. BAs”) in legend, Janson Plate Coin. Janson-42.2; KM-18. 6.91 grams. XF

with deeply toned fields and underlying luster, slightly off-center strike, minor doubling in date-side legend desirable pedigree. Plate Coin on page 418 of Janson’s La Moneda Circulante en el Territorio Argentino 15742010 (2011). Estimate: $300-$450.

1114. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), La

Rioja mint, 2 soles, 1825CA, variety with “DE. BAs” in legend. Janson-43.2; KM-18. 6.73 grams. AU with light rainbow toning and underlying luster, slightly off-center strike with uneven rims, natural void in edge.

Estimate: $125-$200.

1115. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), La

Rioja mint, 2 soles, 1825CA, variety with “DE. BAs” in legend. Janson-43.1; KM-18. 6.64 grams. Vividly rainbow-toned AXF with full rims, very pretty and colorful. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1116. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), La Rioja mint, 2 soles, 1826P, medal alignment.

Deeply rainbow-toned XF+, nice strike, no problems. Estimate: $150-$225.

Janson-45.1.2; KM-18. 6.64 grams.

1117. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), La Rioja mint, 2 soles, 1826 (no P), medal alignment. Janson-44.1.5;

Beautifully toned XF, slightly crude rims (as made), scarce variety. Estimate: $150-$225.

KM-18. 6.56 grams.

1118. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), La Rioja mint, 2 soles, 1826 (no P), medal alignment, encapsulated ANACS AU 50, ex-Roberts. Janson-44; KM-18. Off-center strike, nice sunface but date-side center slightly weak, with light toning and luster. Pedigreed to the Dana Roberts collection and to our Auction #12 (lot #1250). Estimate: $200-$300.

1119. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), La Rioja mint, 2 soles, 1826 (no P), medal alignment. Janson-44.1.7; KM-18. 6.75 grams. Lightly toned XF with underlying luster, parts of rims weak. Estimate: $150-$225.

1120. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), La Rioja mint, 2 soles, 1826 (no P), coin

alignment (rare). Janson-44; KM-unl. (cf. 18). 6.73 grams. Nicely toned VF, slightly off-center strike, rare alignment that has a much higher catalog value in Janson and is unlisted (without P) in KM. Estimate: $200-$300.

1121. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), PotosĂ­ mint, 1 real, 1813J. Janson-13.1; KM-2.

3.19 grams. Toned VF+ with hint of luster. Estimate: $200-$300.

1122. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), PotosĂ­ mint, 1 sol, 1815FL, rare. Janson-15; KM-11. 3.17 grams. Deeply

rainbow-toned XF, nice strike, rare type with only one set of dies listed in Janson. With Freeman Craig envelope from 1987. Estimate: $300-$450.

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1123. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), La Rioja mint, 1 real, 1824DS,

encapsulated NGC AU 50. Janson-46; KM-17. Faint orange toning with underlying luster, good strike, old slab. Estimate: $250-$375.

1124. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 1/2 real, 1813J. Janson-16; KM-1.1. 1.68 grams. Lustrous

Mint State (rare grade and quite pretty thus), slightly off-center strike. Pedigreed to the Superior auction of December 1990, lot #433.

Estimate: $600-$900.

1125. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 1/2 real, 1815F.

Janson-17; KM-1.2. 1.69 grams. Rainbow-toned UNC with underlying luster, very pretty.

Estimate: $600-$900.

1126. Argentina (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, 1/2 sol, 1815FL.

Janson-18; KM-10. 1.63 grams. Beautifully rainbow-toned AU with much original luster,

very scarce. With Freeman Craig envelope from 1987 stating “easily the best we have seen or handled.” Estimate: $400-$600.

Argentina (Córdoba)

1127. Córdoba, Argentina, 1/4 real, 1839P-P.

Janson-8; KM-

Broad-flan VF, slightly uneven strike, hint of toning.

Estimate: $100-$150.

2.2. 0.63 gram.

1128. Córdoba, Argentina, 1/4 real, 1839P-P. Janson-6; KM-2.2.

0.82 gram. Bold AVF with crude rims as usual, toned around details.

Estimate: $100-$150.

1129. Córdoba, Argentina, 1/4 real, 1841P-P. Janson-29; KM-2.2.

0.70 gram. Weakly struck AVF but with bold date and P-P, crude rims

as usual, high KM value. Estimate: $200-$300.

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Argentina (La Rioja) 1130. La Rioja, Argentina, 4 reales, 1852B, “Famatina� below mountains.

Janson-62; KM-21. 13.34 grams.

Lightly gold-toned AU- with much underlying luster, diecrack under denomination.

Estimate: $300-$450.

1131. La Rioja, Argentina, 2 reales, 1843B, sunface type. Janson-64; KM-16. 6.12 grams. AXF with

light toning around details, scarce type. Estimate: $200-$300.

1132. La Rioja, Argentina, 2 reales, 1843B.

Janson-65; KM-15. 6.67 grams. Deeply rainbow-toned XF+ with underlying luster.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1133. La Rioja, Argentina, 2 reales, 1844B, rare. Janson-66; KM-16.

6.48 grams. Toned Fine with crude old hole at top, rare date of a scarce

type. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1134. La Rioja, Argentina (CREDITO

PUB.), 2 reales, 1860B. Janson-71; KM-26. 6.23 grams. AU with muted luster and light olive ton-

ing, slightly uneven strike. Estimate: $300-$450.

1135. Lot of 2 La Rioja, Argentina (CRED. PUB.) 1/2R: 1854B and 1860B. Janson-73 and 74; KM-25. 3.16 grams total. Both AU, the 1854 colorfully toned

and lustrous but with weak legends, the 1860 with muted luster under faint rainbow toning, bold details. Estimate: $100-$150.

Argentina (Republic) 1136. Lot of 3 Argentina “patacón” series silver minors of 1882 (50, 20 and 10 centavos). 20.00 grams total. Lustrous AU with only minor hairlines and bagmarks, the 20c lightly rainbow toned.

Estimate: $100-$150.

Bolivia (colonial)

Belgium

Pillars

1137. Belgium, 5 francs, Leopold II, 1873, position A, encapsulated NGC MS 64.

KM-24. Muted luster, bagmarks on obverse, light spots of toning. Estimate: $70-$100.

1138. Potosí, Bolivia, pillar 8 reales, Charles III, 1767JR, 4-petal rosette below shield, rare first date of issue.

KM-50; CT-966. 26.95 grams. Richly rainbow-toned XF+ with evidence of light

buffing in field above crowned globes, otherwise a choice specimen of a highly desirable issue, very attractive. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

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Busts

1139. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1774JR, encapsulated NGC MS 61. KM-55; CT-974. Prooflike, with frosty details and mirrorlike fields from intense luster, also well struck, from a hoard of choice specimens that have been graded as high as MS 65. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

1140. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1776PR. KM-55; CT-977.

26.78 grams. Lightly cleaned AU with incipient toning, excellent strike, desirable date

for US collectors. Estimate: $250-$375.

1141. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1825J, encapsulated NGC AU 50, rare.

KM-84; CT-616. Weak bust, no toning, minor lamination on reverse rim, rare single-letter assayer of 1824-5 only. Estimate: $600-$900.

1142. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 4 reales, Charles III, 1779PR, encapsulated NGC XF 40. KM-54; CT-1185. Lightly rainbow toned with underlying luster, slightly

weak bust and faint hairlines, so slab grade is probably net (AU details would be more accurate). Estimate: $150-$225.

1143. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 2 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1825J, rare. KM-83; CT-1001. 6.77 grams. XF with weak bust, no toning, rare single-letter assayer of 1824-5

only. Estimate: $60-$90.

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1144. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 1/2 real, Charles III, 1776JR.

KM-51; CT-1802. 1.62 grams. Nicely toned AXF, scarcer assayer, desirable

date for US collectors. Estimate: $70-$100.

1145. Potosí, Bolivia, 1/4 real, 1799, encapsulated NGC AU 58.

KM-82; CT-1415. Bold strike with prominent rims, nice rainbow toning. Estimate: $150-$225.

Bolivia (Republic) 1146. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1827JM, large bust of Bolívar,

large alpacas, encapsulated NGC MS 61 (rare grade). KM-97.

Very faint toning over nice luster, excellent strike. Estimate: $1,000$1,500.

1147. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1830JF. KM-97. 27.04 grams. Lus-

trous AU with light surface hairlines, nice strike. Estimate: $70-$100.

1148. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1833L, rare single-letter assayer. KM-97. 26.80 grams. Lustrous UNC with very light surface hairlines, incipient toning in legends, nice strike. Estimate: $250-$375.

1149. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1837LM.

KM-97. 26.92 grams.

Richly rainbow-toned AXF with minor marks but nice aspect all over.

Estimate: $100-$150.

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1150. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1839LR, encapsulated NGC 1152. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1850FM, left-facing bust of AU 55. KM-97. Bright luster, nice strike, faint surface hairlines. Estimate: $150-$225.

1151. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1844R, bust above BOLÍVAR,

encapsulated NGC AU 58. KM-103. Good luster, very light toning, minor adjustment marks below tree. Estimate: $125-$200.

Bolívar, encapsulated NGC AU 58. KM-109. Luster and stress lines on fields, no toning. Estimate: $125-$200.

1153. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1863FP, encapsulated NGC AU 55.

KM-138.6. Lustrous but with light surface hairlines, slightly “sweaty” surfaces from minor die-rust, incipient toning at date. Estimate: $100-$150.

1154. Steel die for obverse of Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1859-63 (left-facing bust of Bolívar), unique. KM-138.6. 888 grams, 3”

tall and 1-1/2” to a side. Square-shank die with polished fields, details (in retrograde) all rusted and shallow but still clear, a one-of-a-kind piece

that is sure to be popular among Bolívar aficionados and Potosí collectors alike. Estimate: $1,000-up.

1155. Potosí, Bolivia, 4 soles, 1856FJ. KM-123.2. 13.33 grams. Choice strike, Mint State with lovely luster and bold details. Estimate: $60-$90.

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1156. Potosí, Bolivia, 2 soles, 1830J. KM-95a. 6.72 grams. Beautifully rainbow-toned XF with minor old

marks in front of face, parts of edge crude (as made).

Estimate: $60-$90.

1157. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, 2 soles, dated

1855 and 1856 (2). KM-121.2. 20.06 grams total. AVF on

average, no problems, some luster and toning. Estimate: $250-$375.

1158. Potosí, Bolivia, 2 soles, 1859/9FJ, crude “La Paz style” head, weight of 1-1/2 soles (possibly rare). KM-unl. (cf. 135.1). 4.76 grams. Broad, thin flan

that is exactly 25% underweight (but clearly genuine as heavily circulated), distinctive bust, nicely toned Fine+ with extra metal beyond rims and on field in front of face. Estimate: $100-$150.

1159. Potosí, Bolivia, 1/2 sol, 1856/5P, Paz-type bust (rare),

encapsulated NGC MS 65, finest known specimen in NGC census. KM-127. Non-toned and lustrous, with prominent stress lines from striking and adjustment marks on palm. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

1160. Potosí, Bolivia, 1/2 sol, 1861FJ, mintmark P/T monogram, encapsulated NGC AU 58.

KM-133.2. Very deeply toned, with minor die-cracks and die-rust, otherwise choice strike and attractive overall. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1161. La Paz, Bolivia, specimen 1 boliviano, 1868CT, encapsulated PCGS SP-58, rare. KM-Pn25. Proof surfaces with lots of bagmarks, incipient toning around rims. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

1162. Potosí, Bolivia, 50 centavos, 1873FE, encapsulated NGC MS 64. KM-161.1. Muted luster and minor bagmarks, choice grade, ghost of rays on reverse due to die-clashing. Estimate: $500-$750.

1163. Potosí, Bolivia, pattern bronze 50 centavos, 1902MM. KM-Pn56. 8.30 grams. AU with much original luster, the rims a bit crude (as made, but also a few small nicks), nice golden color. Estimate: $70-$100.

1164. Bolivia, proof copper-nickel 10 centavos, 1935, encapsulated NGC PF 66. marks, faintly gold-toned, nice luster. Estimate: $150-$225.

KM-179.1.

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1165. Bolivia, proof copper-nickel 5 centavos, 1935, encapsulated NGC PF 66. KM-178. No marks, faintly gold-toned on reverse only, nice luster. Estimate: $150-$225.

Brazil (colonial / counterstamped) 1166. Brazil (Minas Gerais), 960 reis counterstamp (1808-

10) on a Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1799PP. Russo-450; KM-242. 26.57 grams. Host Fine, countermark VF, richly rain-

bow-toned all overall, slightly off-center strike. Estimate: $250-$375.

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1167. Brazil (Minas Gerais), 960 reis counterstamp (1808-

1168. Brazil (Minas Gerais), 960 reis counterstamp (1808-

Russo-450; KM-242. 26.82 grams. Host VF, countermark AXF, nicely toned.

Russo-450; KM-242. 26.81 grams.

10) on a Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1804PJ. Estimate: $250-$375.

10) on a Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1805PJ.

Lightly toned all over, host and countermark VF. Estimate: $250-$375.

Brazil (colonial) João Prince Regent

1169. Lot of 2 Brazil (Bahia mint), 960 reis, João Prince Regent, 1815-B and 1816-B, both struck over Spanish colonial bust 8 reales. Russo-400 and 401a; KM-307.1. 53.14 grams total. Both

XF with light toning and luster, no problems. Estimate: $150-$225.

1170. Brazil (Bahia mint), 960 reis, João Prince Regent,

1816-B, struck over a Spanish colonial bust 8 reales of Charles IV. Russo-401a; KM-307.1. 26.81 grams. Lightly rainbow-toned

AU with underlying luster, very pretty, with traces of undercoin detail.

Pedigreed to our Auction #13, with original lot-tag #1493. Estimate: $175-$250.

João VI 1171. Brazil (Rio mint), 960 reis, João VI, 1820-R, struck over a Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales of Ferdinand VII, dated 1819. Russo-478; KM-326.1. 27.13 grams. Lightly rainbow-toned AU with

underlying luster, much undercoin detail (the date bold). Estimate: $150-$225.

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Brazil (Empire) Pedro I 1172. Brazil (Rio mint), 960 reis, Pedro I, 1823-R, struck

over a Spanish colonial bust 8 reales of Charles IV, dated 1796. Russo-504; KM-368.1. 26.81 grams. Lustrous XF+ with undercoin detail visible. Estimate: $150-$225.

1173. Brazil (Rio mint), 960 reis, Pedro I, 1823-R, very rare “IGNO” error, struck over a Spanish colonial bust 8 reales of Ferdinand VII, dated 1816, encapsulated NGC AU 53. Russo-504a; KM-368.1. Deeply rainbow toned and attractive, with

clear undercoin detail (the date especially), popular (valuable) error.

Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

Central America (general) 1174. Lot of 7 miscellaneous Central American crowns and minors, as follows: El Salvador 1R “R” countermark on a Guatemala 1R of 1862 Carrera; El Salvador 1 peso 1911 and 50c 1892 Columbus; Guatemala 1 peso 1864 Carrera and 1/2R countermark 1894 on a Lima 1 sol 1865; Honduras copper 8 pesos 1862; and Mexico 2 reales 1823 Iturbide. 120.95 grams total. Average circulated grades (VG-VF), no damage, a nice little cross-section or starter collection of Central American coins of the

1800s-1900s. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

1175. Lot of 4 miscellaneous silver coins of Central and South America: El Salvador, 1R proclamation medal, Ferdinand

VII (bust of Charles IV), 1808; Guatemala (Central American Republic), 1/2 real, 1824M; Guatemala, 1 peso, 1897; and Peru, 1 sol, 1932. 34.42 grams total. The first two coins are holed and well circulated (toned Fine or so) but the second two are AU-UNC and lustrous (no toning). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Chile (colonial)

1176. Santiago, Chile, bust 4 reales, Charles IV, 1806FJ. CT-905; KM-60.

13.13 grams. Toned AVF with minor old marks on bust, slightly off-center strike.

Estimate: $70-$100.

1177. Contemporary counterfeit of a Santiago, Chile, bust 4 reales, Charles IV, 1808FJ.

CT-907 (for original); KM-60. 13.01 grams. Well circulated (Fine) but with contrived edge, incorrect details (mintmark without o, funny 8’s in date, etc.), possibly rare. Estimate: $100-up.

1178. Santiago, Chile bust 1/2 real, Ferdinand VII, 1816FJ. CT-1395; AU with clean and lustrous fields, slightly off-center strike.

Estimate: $100-$150.

KM-64. 1.59 grams.

Chile (“volcano” series)

1179. Original steel die for Coquimbo, Chile, 1 real, (1828TH), unique and extremely important. 1234 grams, 3” tall and nearly

2” to a side. One of Latin America’s great numismatic icons is the Coquimbo peso of 1828, which contemporary documentation has confirmed

was struck in three different series, of which only a few specimens of the later two are known to exist, valued in the tens of thousands of dollars today. Much less known is the fact that minor denominations were also issued by the Coquimbo mint. According to documents, on November 18, 1828, the Coquimbo mint’s director Gregorio Cordovez remitted to the Santiago mint for examination a sample consisting of 20 pesos, 20 half pesos (4 reales) and 32 half reales. Of this batch, 10 coins of each denomination were subjected to a thorough analysis of their fineness, weight, and quality of engraving and strike; all 30 coins failed the testing. But further documentary evidence from late 1829, when the mint was abandoned due to the Revolutionary movement headed by former President Ramón Freire, shows that the Coquimbo mint’s engraver and provisional assayer Theodoro Hagen had managed to produce dies for all five silver denominations, including the 1 real and 2 reales. In fact, inventories made in 1830 and 1841 specifically list “107 finished dies for pesos, fours, twos, reales, and halves, engraved and polished.” (See Carlos Jara’s book Chile’s Coquimbo Mint: a documented history [2003] for transcriptions of these documents.) The only other Coquimbo coins known at present besides the two varieties of the peso are a few specimens of the 1/2 real, all from the same pair of dies. While somewhat corroded and rusty, typically heavy and octagonal in cross section, this obverse die for the 1 real (authenticated by Jara), with most of the volcano design and all-important COQUIMBO mintmark below, is of the utmost historical importance as the ONLY KNOWN surviving die from this famous mint. Pedigreed to our Auction #11 (lot 978). Estimate: $2,500-up.

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Chile (Republic)

1180. Santiago, Chile, 1 peso, 1880, encapsulated NGC MS

1181. Santiago, Chile, 1 peso, 1883, round-top 3 (original

crude rims (as made). Estimate: $70-$100.

luster, no toning, slightly crude rims (as made). Estimate: $200-$300.

62. KM-142.1. Lustrous, non-toned, with minor die-cracks and slightly

strike), encapsulated NGC MS 63. KM-142.1. Good but muted

Colombia (colonial) 1182. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1772VJ, rare. Restrepo-42.2; KM-47; CT1410. 6.35 grams. Attractively toned and problem-free

AVF, a decent grade for this first date, comparable to lot #1818 in our Auction #8, sold for $2,400 plus buyer’s fee, and to the Jorge Ortiz Murias specimen (lot #983 of our Auction #11), sold for $1900 plus buyer’s fee. This is the main variety with N•R (mintmark) and V•J (assayer). Estimate: $600-$900.

1183. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1772VJ, rare. Restrepo-42.2; KM-47; CT-1410. 5.96 grams. Unevenly struck VG+ with toning in legends, light old graffiti on bust (JW?) and on crown above shield (date 1856). Estimate: $150-$225.

1184. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1773VJ, rare. Restrepo-42.4; KM-47; CT-1411. 6.48 grams. Deeply toned VG+ with profound flat spots and light old W scratched in front of bust. Estimate: $150-$225.

1185. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1777JJ, NR without dot, rare. Restrepo-42.6a; KM-47; CT-1413. 5.50 grams. Lightly struck AVG, lightly toned but problem-free, the important details clear. Estimate: $150-$225.

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1186. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1784JJ, no overdate, rare.

Restrepo-unl. (cf. 42.10); KM-47; CT-1415. 6.49 grams.

Toned VF with typically weak centers, nice toning, no problems, in fact nicer than the Ortiz Murias example (our Auction #11, lot #987) that sold for $1,710 plus buyer’s fee. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

1187. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Charles IV, 1796JJ, rare. Restrepo-80.8; KM-59; CT-1032. 6.64 grams. Holed VG

with usual central weakness but otherwise nicely detailed, lightly toned all over. Estimate: $100-$150.

1188. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 reales,

Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1810JF. AVF with nicely toned fields, no problems. Estimate: $100-$150.

Restrepo-114.1; KM-70.2; CT-974. 6.60 grams.

1189. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 reales,

Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1810JF.

Fine with nice toning, parts of rims crude (as made).

Estimate: $80-$120.

Restrepo-114.1; KM-70.2; CT-974. 6.53 grams.

1190. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 re-

ales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1811/0JF. Restrepo-114.2; KM-70.2; CT-975. 6.63 grams. Beautiful, well-struck AU-, the rims a bit

crude (as made) but with nice light toning and luster, superior to the Ortiz Murias specimen (our Auction #11, lot #1064), which sold for $345 plus buyer’s fee. Estimate: $125-$200.

1191. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 reales,

Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1811JF. Restrepo-114.3; KM-70.2; CT-unl. (cf. 975). 6.63 grams.

Nicely toned XF+, off-center strike, evidence of clashed dies on obverse. Estimate: $125-$200.

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1192. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2

reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1813JF. Restrepo-114.5; KM-70.2; CT-977.

6.72 grams. AXF with colorful toning around

details, underlying luster, small notch in top edge. Estimate: $125-$200.

1193. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2

reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1814/3JF, rare. Restrepo-114.6; KM-70.2; Attractively toned VF with repaired hole at top, visually comparable to the Ortiz Murias specimen (our Auction #11, lot #1067), which sold for $5,500 plus buyer’s fee. Considered the rarest date of the series.

Estimate: $200-$300.

CT-978. 6.39 grams.

1194. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales,

Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1816FJ. Restrepo-113.3; KM-70.1; CT-1009. 6.65

grams. XF with light toning and underlying

luster, hairline scratch on bust and minor rimnick. Estimate: $200-$300.

1195. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales,

Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1816FJ. Restrepo-113.3; KM-70.1; CT-1009. 6.48 grams. Fine+ with contrasting toning, no prob-

lems. Estimate: $100-$150.

1196. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales,

Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1817FJ, ex-Ortiz Murias. Restrepo-113.5; KM-70.1; CT-1010. 6.44 grams. Lightly toned and

somewhat softly struck AVF with bold obverse legend, struck slightly off-center, with lightly scratched-on (old) graffiti H M on bust and date 1827 in field in front. Pedigreed to the Jorge Ortiz Murias collection (our auction #11), with original lot-tag #997. Estimate: $200-$300.

1197. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales,

Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1817FJ, no dot before HISP. Restrepo-113.5b; Fine with light rainbow toning all over, no problems. Estimate: $80-$120.

KM-70.1; CT-1010. 6.31 grams.

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1198. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1818FJ. Restrepo-113.7; KM-70.1; CT-1011. 6.62 grams. VF with weak and abraded centers, very light toning

and hint of luster in legends. Estimate: $200-$300.

1199. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV),

1819MF. Restrepo-114.11; KM-70.2; CT-980. 6.62 grams. Broad-flan AVF with bold, toned legends, hint of luster, crude rims (as made), dark patch on obvers rim. Estimate: $200-$300.

1200. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1819MF.

Restrepo-114.11; KM-70.2; CT-980. 6.57 grams.

patches of toning and luster. Estimate: $70-$100.

AVF with weak bust, off-center strike,

1201. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV),

1820/10MF. Restrepo-114.12; KM-70.2; CT-981. 6.68 grams. Deeply toned VF+ with minor natural flaws (mostly laminations), crude rims (as made). Estimate: $100-$150.

1202. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV),

1820FM. Restrepo-114.15; KM-70.2; CT-981. 6.32 grams. Broad-flan AXF, no toning, minor marks only. Estimate: $125-$200.

1203. Lot of 3 Bogotá, Colombia, bust minors of Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles

IV): 2R 1816FJ/JJ and 1818FJ; 1R 1810JF. 15.73 grams total. Toned Fine, no big problems.

SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $90-$135.

1204. Pasto, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1822O,

two dots between date and CONST. Restrepo-115.1; KM-A1 (under Ecuador); CT-973. 5.68 grams.

Non-toned About Fine with full details, off-center obverse. Estimate: $70-$100.

1205. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1772JS. Restrepo-40.4; KM-46.2; CT-1575. 3.19 grams. Broad-flan Fine+ with light toning all over, scarce one-year type. Estimate: $60-$90.

1206. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1773VJ.

Restrepo-38.3; KM-46.1; CT-1625. 3.24 grams. Nicely toned VF with weak

bust and pillars, scarce. Estimate: $70-$100.

1207. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1784JJ, very rare. Restrepo-38.13; KM-46.1; CT-1630. 3.21 grams.

Estimate: $60-$90.

Deeply toned VG, weakly struck and with old mark across bust, holed at top.

1208. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1794/3JJ, very rare. Restrepo-78.9; KM-58; CT-unl. (cf. 1186). 3.06 grams. Rainbow-toned About Fine with flat centers. So rare that Restrepo calls it “three known,” also significantly missing in Ortiz Murias. Estimate: $400-$600.

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1209. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1796/1796JJ. Restrepo-78.16a; KM-58; CT-unl. (cf. 1188). 3.24 grams. Fine with weak centers, lightly toned all over, no problems. Estimate: $125-$200.

1210. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1797JJ. Restrepo-78.20; KM-58; CT-1189. 2.64 grams. Toned VF+ (nice grade) with small old marks. Estimate: $80-$120.

1211. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1798JJ. Restrepo-78.24; KM-58; CT-1190. 2.95 grams. AVF with weak centers, lightly toned, no problems. Estimate: $75-$110.

1212. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1799/99JJ, J’s for I’s in legends. Restrepo-78.30a; KM-58; CT-unl. (cf. 1191). 3.37

grams. AXF with nice toning, comparable to the Ortiz Murias specimen (our Auction #11, lot #1013), which sold for $2,800 plus buyer’s fee,

scarce. Estimate: $100-$150.

1213. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1802JJ. Restrepo-78.38; KM-58; CT-1193. 3.29 grams. Attractively toned AXF with underlying luster and some encrustation, very crude rims (as made) but otherwise well struck. Estimate: $100-$150.

1214. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1804JJ, rare. Restrepo-78.40; KM-58; CT-1194. 3.28 grams. AVF with contrasting toning, off-center reverse, very nice overall. Estimate: $100-$150.

1215. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1810JF. Restrepo-112.1; KM-68.2; CT-1190. 3.36 grams.

Very broad flan with prominent rims and bold strike, toned around details, XF+. Estimate: $100-$150.

1216. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1812JF, unlisted variety with face and date and various letters doubled in die. Restrepo-unl. (cf. 111.5); KM-68.1; CT-1210. 3.48 grams. Lustrous AU with natural depression in bust, steel-gray toning all over, slightly off-center strike, with the face and date and several letters re-engraved in the die but no dot between ET and IND. Estimate: $150-$225.

1218. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII (bust

of Charles IV), 1816FJ. Restrepo-111.9; KM-68.1; CT-1211. 3.35 grams.

VF with slightly weak bust, toned all over with underlying luster, no problems. Estimate: $100-$150.

1217. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1816FJ. Restrepo-111.9; KM-68.1; CT-1211. 3.36 grams. AXF with lightly struck centers, broad flan, scarce. Estimate: $125-$200.

1219. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII (Charles

IV), 1817FJ. Restrepo-111.11; KM-68.1; CT-1212. 3.29 grams. Non-toned VF+ with weak centers, light scratches. Estimate: $70-$100.

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1222. Popayรกn, Colombia, bust 1/2 real, Charles III, 1774JS.

1220. Bogotรก, Colombia,

bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII (Charles IV), 1818FJ. Restrepo-111.13; KM-68.1; CT-1213. 3.34

grams. Deeply toned VF+, no

problems. Estimate: $80-$120.

Restrepo-34; KM-45.2; CT1783. 1.49 grams. Fine+ with

1221. Bogotรก, Colombia, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII (Charles IV), toned legends, crude rims 1819FJ, inverted J. Restrepo-111.18; KM-68.1; CT-1215. 3.28 grams. Off-center (as made), very scarce. but lustrous AU+ (rare grade), in fact superior to the Ortiz Murias specimen (our Auction #11, lot #1025), which sold for $1,700 plus buyerโ s fee. Estimate: $400-$600.

Estimate: $50-$75.

1223. Bogotรก, Colombia, bust 1/2 real, Charles IV, 1792JJ, rare. Restrepo-77.1; KM-57; CT-1327. 1.47 grams. Rainbow-toned Fine with weak centers, die-break across date. Estimate: $150-$225.

1224. Bogotรก, Colombia, bust 1/2 real, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1810JJ with 8/8. Restrepo-unl. (cf. 106.1); KM-69.1; CT-1382. 1.56 grams. Broad-flan

Fine with weak centers, contrasting toning, very scarce (unlisted overdate). Estimate: $70-$100.

1225. Popayรกn, Colombia, bust 1/2 real, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1810JF. Restrepo-107.1; KM-69.2; CT-1382. 1.64 grams.

Rainbow-toned AXF, nice but off-center strike, no problems, very attractive, one-year type. Estimate: $70-$100.

1226. Bogotรก, Colombia, 1/4 real, no mintmark or date, bust-type castle and lion.

Crude VF (struck from rusty dies?) with irregular rims, darkly toned all over. Estimate: $70-$100.

Restrepo-2.2. 0.81 gram.

1227. Bogotรก, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1799. Restrepo-75.8; KM-63; CT-1433. 0.95 gram. Deeply toned Mint State with underlying luster (quite lovely), slightly off-center strike. Estimate: $600-$900.

1228. Bogotรก, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1800, rare. Restrepo-75.10; KM-63; CT-1434. 0.93 gram.

Toned, problem-free AVF. Estimate: $75-$110.

1229. Bogotรก, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1801/0, rare. Restrepo-75.11; KM-63; CT-1435. 1.00 gram. XF with very light toning, oversized flan with slightly crude rims (as made). Estimate: $150-$225.

1230. Bogotรก, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1802. Restrepo-75.15; KM-63; CT-1437. 0.80 gram. Crude About Fine, scarce. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1231. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1803. Restrepo-75.17; KM-63; CT-1439. 0.71 gram. Bold but slightly crude AVF. Estimate: $150-$225.

1232. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1804, rare. Restrepo-75.19; KM-63; CT-1440. 0.73 gram.

Nicely toned XF, no problems. Estimate: $200-$300.

1233. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1805, rare. Restrepo-75.21; KM-63; CT-1441. 1.01 grams.

Nicely toned AVF on an oversized flan. Estimate: $200-$300.

1234. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1808. Restrepo-75.27; KM-63; CT-1444. 0.84 gram. AXF with rim lamination and minor marks all over. Estimate: $60-$90.

1235. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1810/09.

Restrepo-100.4; KM-67.1; CT-1480. 0.76 gram.

Nice Fine+, lightly toned, off-center reverse. Pedigreed to our Auction #14, with original lot-tag #1543. Estimate: $75-$110.

1236. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1812. Restrepo-100.7; KM-67.1; CT-1483. 0.74 gram. Richly toned AXF with flaws in rims (as made). Estimate: $75-$110.

1237. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1816. Restrepo-100.15; KM-67.1; CT-1487. 0.79 gram. Mint

State with muted luster under deep toning, parts of rims crude (as made). Estimate: $700-$1,000.

1238. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1817. Restrepo-100.17; KM-67.1; CT-1488. 0.87 gram. Lustrous Mint State, off-center strike. Estimate: $600-$900.

1239. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1818/7, rare.

Restrepo-100.18; KM-67.1; CT-1489. 0.84 gram. Crude VG with solder-mark on edge, rim-nick and poor centering. Estimate: $50-$75.

1240. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1819. Bogota, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1819 (or, more probably, 1812, according to Colombian experts). Restrepo-100.21; KM-67.1; CT-1491.

0.89 gram. Deeply toned VF+ with crude appendage in edge (as made). Estimate: $100-$150.

Colombia (Santa Marta royalist) 1241. Santa Marta, Colombia, copper 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII (1813).

Restrepo-103.1; KM-C2; CT-1666. 3.40 grams. Chocolatebrown VF with test-cut in edge, the SM side struck off-center, weak areas below F.VII (so date not visible). Estimate: $90-$135.

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1242. Santa Marta, Colombia, copper 1/4 real, 1820. Restrepo-104.1; KM-B4; CT-1668. 4.16 grams. AVF with good centers, parts of edge crude (as made), dark-brown color. Estimate: $75-$110.

Colombia (New Granada / Cundinamarca) 1243. Bogotá, Colombia, 2 reales, “Libertad Americana,” 1815JF, 1/1 in date, 2/1

in denomination, very rare. Restrepo-137.3; KM-C4. 5.25 grams. Lightly toned AVF with typi-

cally weak center on obverse (with light scratches there), very nice legends, interesting as having multiple over-punchings (also with D/D in GRANADA, C/C in CUNDINAMARCA and A/A in AMERICANA), listed as “one known” in Restrepo. Estimate: $150-$225.

Colombia (Republic / Cundinamarca) 1244. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 reales, 1821JF, with Ba, dots under

and after the a. Restrepo-157.4; KM-C6. 21.68 grams. Holed VF with long old scratch across pomegranate, faint toning, unusually bold strike. (Note: Experts in Colombia believe this is a counterfeit.) Estimate: $50-$75.

Colombia (Republic of New Granada) 1245. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1846. Restrepo-172; KM-90.1. 0.63 gram. Beautifully rainbowtoned AU with parts of rims crude (as made). Estimate: $100-$150.

1246. Colombia (struck in London), copper 1/2 décimo de real, 1848. Restrepo-170.2; KM-101. 5.09 grams. Mint State with original red color and luster topped with rainbow hues (choice

grade), light die-break above sunburst, very pretty. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Colombia (Granadine Confederation)

1247. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1859, encapsulated NGC AU 58, rare grade (tied for second-finest known in NGC census). Restrepo-226.2; KM-126. Non-toned and lustrous, with minor bagmarks and surface hairlines only, same grade as the Lissner specimen (St. James’s auctions, August 2014, lot #1478), which sold for $2,750 plus buyer’s fee. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

1248. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1860.

Restrepo-226.4; KM-126. 24.90 grams. Brightly lustrous AU with light surface hairlines, crude rims (as made).

Estimate: $350-$500.

Colombia (United States of Colombia)

1250. Medellín, Colombia, 50 centavos, 1886, Bogotá-style 1249. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1868, rare.

Restrepo-317.1;

head, fineness 0,500 / 0,835, rare (unlisted).

313.1); KM-unl. (cf. 177a.2). 12.53 grams. AXF

Restrepo-unl. (cf.

with lightly struck centers, KM-154.1. 24.58 grams. VF with lots of old marks, small nick and cud faint toning and underlying luster, this type not listed in Restrepo and on reverse rim, incipient toning. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

KM with re-engraved fineness. Estimate: $600-$900.

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1252. Popayán, Colombia, 1/4 décimo, 1871, 1251. Medellín, Colombia, 20 centavos, 1874, GRAMOS variety, very rare, Restrepo Plate Coin.

VF/ XF with interior luster, toning around rims, desirable pedigree. Plate Coin in Restrepo’s Coins of Colombia (2012). Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

Restrepo-287.1; KM-176.2. 5.00 grams.

with 7 of date punched over a high 7, rare. Restrepo-

Off-center VF with light toning and crude rims (as made). This appears to be a variant of the Restrepo listing with a clean 8 in date (not 8/8). Estimate: $100-$150.

248.17a (var.); KM-143.2a. 0.56 gram.

Colombia (United States of Colombia / modern Republic) 1253. Lot of 3 Colombian minors: 50 centavos 1902; Medellín 20 centavos 1884; and copper-nickel 1 peso papel moneda 1912H. 19.40

grams total. The 50c is XF, lightly cleaned; the 20c is VF; and the peso is Mint

State with light toning and luster. Estimate: $75-$110.

Colombia (modern Republic)

1254. Bogotá, Colombia, 50 centavos, 1898, closed 8, small 8 in fineness, encapsulated NGC MS 63, ex-Lissner. Restrepo-407.2; KM-186.1a. Beautifully

mate: $250-$375.

rainbow toned and well struck, desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the R.L. Lissner collection (as stated inside the slab). Esti-

1255. Bogotá, Colombia, copper-nickel 5 pesos papel moneda, Lazareto, 1907, rare. Restrepo-367.1; KM-L7. 4.59 grams. AVF with minor surface pitting, low contrast. Estimate: $150-$225.

1256. Colombia (Bucamaranga, Santander, necessity coinage), copper uniface 20 centavos, 1902, rare. Restrepo-387.1; KM-A2.

0.83 gram. Very bold VF with lightly encrusted surfaces, small old dent above 20. Estimate: $125-$200.

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Cuba 1257. Cuba (Trinidad/Santiago/Principe), 2

reales, lattice countermark (1841) on a Madrid, Spain, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1776PJ. KM-1.1.

5.73 grams. Fine+ with very nice toning, no problems,

an excellent example with a popular host date for US collectors. Estimate: $70-$100.

1258. Lot of 2 Cuba (Trinidad/Santiago/Prin-

cipe) 2 reales, lattice countermark (1841) on Madrid, Spain, bust 2 reales, Charles IV, one dated 1804FA and the other dated 1808AI. KM2. 11.15 grams total. Bold countermarks (the one on the

1808 host full), Fine on average, nicely toned, the 1808 with light old clip on edge. Estimate: $100-$150.

1259. Cuba, “ABC” peso, 1939, encapsulated NGC MS 63. KM-22.

Nice luster, minor bagmarks only. Estimate: $200-$300.

Dominican Republic

1260. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (under France), SD

countermark (1805-9) on a French bronze 5 centimes of L’an 6 (1797-8), encapsulated NGC VF 20 BN. Scarce countermark issued during (French) Napoleonic occupation of Santo Domingo, the rims a bit crude and with small edge-split at top but generally well detailed and interesting.

Estimate: $250-$375.

1261. Dominican Republic, specimen 1/2 peso, 1963, encapsulated

PCGS SP-66, rare, ex-King’s Norton Mint Collection. KM-29. Prooflike

special striking with bold details and nice luster, light toning. Pedigreed to the King’s Norton Mint Collection (as stated inside the slab). Estimate: $500-$750.

1262. Dominican Republic, 25 centavos, 1942, encapsulated NGC MS 65. KM-20. Very bright and lustrous, no marks or flaws visible to us. Estimate: $200-$300.

1263. Dominican Republic, proof copper-nickel 2-1/2 centavos, 1888-A, small date, encapsulated NGC PF 66. KM-7.2.

Beautifully lustrous Proof with light rainbow toning. Estimate: $500-$750.

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El Salvador

1264. El Salvador, 1 real, arms countermark (Type VI, 1869)

on a Lima, Peru, cob 1 real of Philip V or Ferdinand VI. KM-unl.

2.39 grams. Full but partially weak countermark (VG) with no host-coin

details on that side, the other side with just denomination and tops of pillars visible (off-center), toned Fair overall. Estimate: $60-$90.

1265. El Salvador (struck in Mexico City), 1 colon, 1925, encapsulated NGC MS 64.

KM-131. Brightly lustrous, no marks of any kind, prominent stress lines on fields. Estimate: $250-$375.

France

1266. France (Paris mint), 1/2 ecu, Louis XIII, 1643-A.

KM-135.1.

13.50 grams. Richly rainbow-toned VF+ with nice contrast, no problems.

Estimate: $150-$225.

1267. France (Paris mint), 1/5 ecu (24 sols), Louis XV, 1765-A. KM-

515.1. 5.85 grams. Lightly rainbow-toned XF+ with minor die-cracks on obverse,

small old scratches on cheek and to left of crown. Estimate: $100-$150.

1268. France (Paris mint), 1/5 ecu (24 sols), Louis XVI, 1778-A. Richly rainbow-toned AXF with parts of obverse rim crude (as made). Estimate: $100-$150.

Gadoury-353; KM-569.1. 5.90 grams.

1269. France (Lille mint), 5 francs, Louis Philippe, 1834-W, encapsulated NGC MS 64, tied for finest known in NGC census. KM749.13. Lustrous

and choice with minor bagmarks and tiny die-breaks, one of only four listed in NGC census above VG (all MS 64), high demand this nice.

Estimate: $500-$750.

1270. France (Paris mint), 20 centimes, 1850-A, encapsulated NGC

MS-63. Gadoury-303; KM-758.1. Lightly rainbow toned with underlying luster, minor die-breaks. Estimate: $100-$150.

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French Republic / Colonial 1271. French Republic / colonial, 3 sols 9 deniers, “RF� (Republique Francaise)

countermark (1790s) on a French colonies bronze 12 deniers of 1767, Louis XV, encapsulated NGC F 12 BN. Bold full countermark with deeper toning than the rest of the coin, which has a tiny edge-split and clearly received most of its wear after countermarking, popular issue for the French possessions in the Caribbean (Martinique, Guadeloupe, etc., but also what is now known as Haiti) marked by the new Republic. Estimate: $200-$300.

German States

1272. Anhalt-Dessau (German States), 3 mark, 1909-A, encapsulated PCGS MS62. KM-29. Highly lustrous and starting to tone beautifully, tiny bagmarks on cheek only. Estimate: $100-$150.

1273. Nordlingen (German States), 1 batzen, 1531. 3.68 grams. Lightly toned XF with underlying luster, no problems. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of November 2002, with original lot-tag #1537. Estimate: $200-$300.

1274. Schaumburg-Lippe (German States), 3 mark, 1911, encapsulated

NGC MS 62. KM-55. Lustrous and with light rainbow toning at rims, lots of tiny bagmarks in obverse field. Estimate: $150-$200.

Great Britain 1275. London, England, groat (fourpence), Henry VIII (Laker bust), second coinage, mintmark lis (1526-32), encapsulated NGC XF 45. Sp2337E. Richly

toned, nice details all over. Estimate: $300-$450.

1276. London, England, shilling, Elizabeth I, 5th issue, mintmark woolpack (1594-6). Sp-2577. 5.64 grams. Broad-flan F/VF with bold legends but weak bust as usual, nicely toned all over. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1277. Lot of 3 silver-minor issues of Great Britain: English shilling of Elizabeth I (5th issue, mintmark woolpack, 1594-

6); English twopence of Elizabeth I (1563-1601); and Scottish 40d of Charles I (1625-49). 8.22 grams total. The shilling is nicely

toned Fine with old scratches; the twopence is deeply toned AVF with small old dents; and the 40d is About Fine with weak centers, rich old toning. The shilling is pedigreed to our Auction #1, with original lot-tag #347. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

1278. Lot of 3 hammered issues of Great Britain: English sixpence of Elizabeth I dated 1565; Scottish merk of James I dated 1602; and English shilling of Charles I, mintmark triangle-in-circle (1641-3). 13.56 grams total. The sixpence is Good/Fine with slick bust marred by old scratches but bold date on reverse, nicely toned; the merk is VG/G with wrinkled edge but clear date and spots of toning; and the shilling is VF with spots of light surface corrosion and toning, better details than the others in this lot. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

1279. London, England, halfcrown, Charles I, mintmark trianglein-circle (1641-3), encapsulated NGC VF 25. Sp-2775. Beautifully rainbow toned, typically unevenly struck, most of legends bold. Estimate: $90-$135.

1280. Lot of two English shillings of

Charles I (1625-49), one with mintmark tun visible (1636-8). 11.52 grams

total. Typically crude F-VF, the one with

mintmark visible with bold legends and deep toning but tooling in shield, the other with luster and less toning but much less legend.

Estimate: $70-$100.

1281. London, England, threepence, Charles II, third issue (hammered

coinage, 1660-62), encapsulated PCGS VF25. Sp-3325. Beautifully rainbow

toned, with typically weak centers but choice bold legends. Estimate: $70-$100.

1282. London, England, crown, Charles II, 1672. Sp-3358; KM-435.

29.31 grams. AVF with light toning, no problems. Estimate: $200-$300.

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1283. London, England, crown, James II, 1687. Sp-3407; KM- 1284. London, England, crown, William III (third bust), 463. 28.33 grams. Fine

with light toning around details, slightly crude rims (as made), no problems. Estimate: $200-$300.

1696.

Sp-3472; KM-494.1. 29.36 grams. Fine+ with very light toning, weak rims all around but no problems. Estimate: $175-$250.

1285. Great Britain (London, England), half crown, Anne, 1703, with VIGO below bust.

Sp-3580; KM-518.2. 14.76 grams. Deeply toned VF with hint of luster, parts of rims crude but otherwise problem-free, popular as struck from silver captured from the Spanish at Vigo Bay in 1702. Estimate: $100-$150.

1286. Great Britain (London, England), sixpence, Anne, 1703, with VIGO below bust.

Sp-3590; KM-516.1. 2.87 grams. Richly toned VF with parts of rims crude but otherwise problem-free, popular as struck from silver captured from the Spanish at Vigo Bay in 1702.

Estimate: $70-$100.

1287. Great Britain (London, England), halfcrown, George II, 1746, with LIMA below bust, encapsulated PCGS XF40.

Sp-3695A; KM-584.3. Lightly

toned all over, with hint of luster, popular as struck from silver captured from the Spanish off the Pacific coast in the early 1740s. Estimate: $90-$135.

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1288. Great Britain (Lon-

don, England), halfcrown, George II, 1746, with LIMA below bust. Sp-3695A;

XF with hint of toning and luster, popular as struck from silver captured from the Spanish off the Pacific coast in the early 1740s. Estimate: $90-$135.

KM-584.3. 14.93 grams.

1289. Great Britain (London, England), sixpence, George 1290. Great Britain (London, England), sixpence, George II, 1746, with LIMA below bust. Sp-3710A; KM-582.3. 2.99 grams.

Beautifully toned XF, popular as struck from silver captured from the Spanish off the Pacific coast in the early 1740s. Estimate: $70-$100.

II, 1746, with LIMA below bust. Sp-3710A; KM-582.3. 3.00 grams.

Beautifully toned XF, popular as struck from silver captured from the Spanish off the Pacific coast in the early 1740s. Estimate: $70-$100.

1291. Great Britain, one dollar, oval George III countermark (1797-99) on a Mexico bust 8R 1792FM, encapsulated NGC

XF 45. Sp-3765A; KM-634. Very attractive with light rainbow toning all over, very deeply impressed countermark with full details, an excellent specimen of a popular type once referred to as “the head of a fool on the neck of an ass.� Estimate: $600-$900.

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1292. Great Britain, one dollar, oval George III countermark (1797-99) on a Lima bust 8R of Charles IV, 1795IJ. Sp-3765A;

KM-638. 26.74 grams. The host is VF and the countermark is well-detailed XF, with traces of light rainbow toning and luster, slightly crude rims

(as made), popular type once referred to as “the head of a fool on the neck of an ass.� Estimate: $600-$900.

1293. Great Britain, one dollar, octagonal George III countermark (1799-1804) on a Lima bust 8R 1801IJ, encapsulated NNC MS-62 (rare grade). Sp-3766; KM-658. Lightly toned and lustrous, with full countermark, natural stress fractures on obverse, choice specimen. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

1294. Great Britain (Bank of England), dollar, George III, 1804. Sp-3768; KM-Tn1. 26.23 grams. AVF with light toning, no problems.

Estimate: $125-$200.

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1295. Great Britain (Bank of England), 3-shilling bank token, George III, 1814, with S+T countermark in oval indent on bust. Sp-3770; KM-Tn5.

14.46 grams Lightly rainbow-toned XF with hint of luster, no problems, the small

countermark on the king’s neck unattributed so far (probably a merchant mark).

Estimate: $70-$100.

Guatemala (colonial) Pillars 1296. Guatemala, pillar 8 reales, Charles III, 1771P. CT-820;

Bold AXF with weak (and scratched) center of shield, slightly off-center strike. Estimate: $350-$500.

KM-27.2. 26.46 grams.

1297. Lot of 4 Guatemala pillar issues in various denominations: 8R 1757J; 1R 1754P; 1R 1760P; 1/2R 1759G. 33.00 grams. Fine on average, mostly toned, but all holed except for the 1/2R.

SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $300-$450.

Busts

1298. Guatemala, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1791M. CT-620; 1300. Guatemala, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1795/4M, rare KM-53. 26.53 grams. Cleaned

Estimate: $250-$375.

VF (lustrous, no toning), desirable date.

overdate, encapsulated NGC AU 50. CT-624; KM-53. Lustrous and

vividly rainbow-toned, well struck, problem-free and quite attractive (more like AU 58 or even MS in our estimation) and listed without values in KM. Pedigreed to our Auction #11 (lot 1209). Estimate: $1,500-up.

Guatemala, bust 4 reales, Charles III, 1779P. CT-1061; 1299. Guatemala, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1792M. CT-621; 1301.

KM-35.2. 13.08 grams. Very richly toned AVF with weak centers. EstiAttractively rainbow-toned VF with minor (old) marks in front of face. Estimate: $175-$250.

KM-53. 26.76 grams.

mate: $175-$250.

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1302. Guatemala, bust 4 reales, Charles IV, 1807M.

CT-798; KM-52. 13.23

grams. VF+ with light toning all over, off-center strike. Estimate: $175-$250.

1303. Guatemala, bust 4 reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1809M. CT-721; KM-83. 13.20 grams. Deeply toned Fine+, parts of edge slightly crude (as made). Estimate: $100-$150.

1304. Lot of 6 Guatemala bust-type minors: 4R 1796M; 2R 1812M; 1R

1810M (2); and 1/4R 1797 and 1807. 24.40 grams total. F-VF on average, with generally good toning, the 1807 1/4R with hole and one of the 1R with heavy old marks. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1305. Lot of 12 Guatemala bust-type minors: 2R 1773P, 1809M, 1818M, 1819M and 1821M (2); 1R 1800M, 1803M, 1804M (2) and 1812M; and 1/2R 1776P. 56.93 grams total. The 1/2R and one of the 1821 2R are holed but otherwise these are decent coins, Fine or better on average, mostly nicely toned. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1306. Lot of 7 Guatemala bust-type minors: 2R 1773P with Y2 / P-R countermark and 1797M (2), one with small x countermark; 1R 1772P; and 1/2R 1789M Charles IV transitional and 1808M (2), one Charles IV and one Ferdinand VII. 26.76

grams total. One coin--the 2R 1797--is XF but all the others are VG-F (mostly nicely toned), the 2R 1773 with hole and the 1/2R 1789 and

1808 Ferdinand VII corroded from salvage. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1307. Lot of 3 Guatemala bust-type minors: 2R 1790M Charles IV; 2R

1808M Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV); and 1R 1802/1M. 16.20 grams total. About Fine on average, the 1808 deeply toned with rim-nick, the 1790 polished

and possibly gilt, and the 1802/1 lightly scratched (but scarce). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

1308. Guatemala, bust 1/2 real, Charles IV transitional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IV/III), 1789M. CT-unl. (cf. 223); KM-41. 1.64 grams. Lightly toned AXF, no problems, presumably rare because unlisted in CT and listed without values in KM. Estimate: $70-$100.

1309. Lot of 4 Guatemala 1/4R: 1796, 1797, 1803 and 1816. 3.22 grams total. Decent VF-XF, the 1803 holed. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $75-$110.

Guatemala (post-colonial) 1310. Guatemala, 8 reales, sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1839) on a PotosĂ­, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1766V-(Y).

KM-100. 26.73 grams. Full countermark (VF), good full cross and pillars

with peripheral crudeness and tiny edge-splits (net Fine), lightly toned.

Estimate: $175-$250.

1311. Guatemala, 8 reales, sun-over-mountains countermark

(Type II, 1839) on a Guatemala cob 8R 1752(J). KM-102. 26.62

grams. Choice full countermark (XF), host coin with bold full date but

shield side weak, worn and scratched (net VG), nicely toned, scarce as unholed. Estimate: $300-$450.

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1312. Guatemala, 8 reales, sun-over-mountains countermark

(Type II, 1839) on a PotosĂ­, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1743C.

KM-97.3. 26.72 grams. Full countermark (VF), nice host (AVF) with full

pillars and cross, three full assayers, richly toned, with drilled hole at top of pillars. Estimate: $175-$250.

1313. Guatemala, 8 reales, sun-over-mountains counter-

stamp (Type IV, 1841) on a Lima, Peru, 8 reales, 1831MM. Choice full counterstamp (AU), the host VF+ with weak centers, very light toning. Estimate: $125-$200.

KM-118.1. 25.82 grams.

1314. Guatemala, 1 real, 1861R, Carrera. KM-137.1. 3.01 grams.

Nicely toned AU with a few minor marks. Estimate: $100-$150.

1315. Lot of 3 Guatemala silver pesos, dates as follows: 1872, 1894 and 1896. 75.19 grams total. AU with luster and light toning.

SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1316. Lot of 2 Guatemala 1 pesos (1/2-real counterstamps of 1894) on 1 sols of Lima, Peru, 1871YJ and 1888TF. 49.72 grams total. Lustrous UNC, the counterstamps with light die-rust, no toning. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

Italian States 1317. Naples under Spain (Italian States), 1 tari, Philip IV,

1622, encapsulated NGC AU 53. KM-41. Beautiful rainbow toning, the obverse with flat area and king’s face doubled but date very bold, heart-shaped shield choice. Estimate: $100-$150.

1318. Tuscany (Italian States), 1 paolo, Leopold II, 1858, encapsulated NGC MS 62, finest known in NGC census.

Light rainbow toning and underlying luster, parts of rims crude (as made). Estimate: $200-$300.

KM-C70a.

Italy (Kingdom) 1319. Italy (Kingdom), 20 lire, Vittorio Emmanuel III, 1928-R (AN VI), WWI commemorative.

KM-70. 19.93 grams.

AU with light rainbow toning, tiny marks here and there. Estimate: $200-$300.

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Mexico (colonial) Pillars

1320. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1734MF.

KM-103; CT-778. 26.66 grams. Bold XF with light surface corrosion (but

not necessarily salvaged), deep bluish toning, slight off-center strike.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1323. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1738MF.

KM-103; CT-783. 26.38 grams. Deeply rainbow-toned XF with very light

surface corrosion (but not necessarily salvaged), slightly off-center strike. Estimate: $200-$300.

1324. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1739MF. 1321. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1735MF.

KM-103; CT-779. 27.00 grams. UNC details, lightly polished, well struck,

KM-103; CT-787. 26.79 grams. Deeply rainbow-toned UNC with lustrous

fields, slightly out-of-round (as struck). Estimate: $200-$300.

scarce grade for non-salvage. Estimate: $600-$900.

1322. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1738MF.

1325. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1739MF.

surface corrosion (but not necessarily salvaged). Estimate: $200-$300.

AU with lightly cleaned fields (very minor surface corrosion), lightly toned, part of edge sunken-in (as made). Estimate: $200-$300.

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KM-103; CT-783. 26.58 grams. Deeply rainbow-toned AU with very light

KM-103; CT-787. 26.79 grams. Bold

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1326. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1740MF. KM-103; CT-790. 26.40 grams. AU-

with dark gray toning all over, faint surface encrustation. Estimate: $200-$300.

1327. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1750MF.

KM-104.1; CT-325. 27.05 grams.

made), no toning. Estimate: $200-$300.

AXF with crude rims (as

1329. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1756MM. KM-104.2; CT-340. 26.50 grams. Wild rainbow toning with the most vivid colors imaginable on such a coin, AU details. Estimate: $175-$250.

1330. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Charles III, 1760MM, CAROLVS over FERDND, rare, with small chopmark as from circulation in the Orient. KM-105. 27.10 grams. AU

with lustrous fields, minor bagmarks, toning around details only, the tiny chopmark to left of VNUM. Estimate: $400-$600.

1328. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1750MF. KM-104.1; CT-325. 26.81 grams. AU- with dark gray toning all over, faint surface encrustation, adjustment marks on shield. Estimate: $200-$300.

1331. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Charles III, 1764MF, encapsulated NGC AU 53.

KM-105; CT-899. Basically UNC but with lots of tiny marks on pillars side, uneven toning with muted luster. Estimate: $500-$750.

1332. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Charles III, 1770MF. KM-105; CT-910. 25.06 grams. Nicely toned AU with minor surface porosity and scratch at top-right on shield, light toning all over. Estimate: $175-$250.

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1333. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Charles III, 1770FM.

KM-105; CT-912. 26.63 grams. AU with muted luster, small edge-nick. Estimate:

$150-$225.

1334. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Philip V, 1733MF, mintmark MX/XM, encapsulated NGC XF details / saltwater damage, extremely rare. KM-94; CT-1041. Bold strike but with patchy toning and very light surface corrosion, the MX/XM mintmark to right of date very clear (Gilboy M-4-5a, rated at R5), also with clear MF/MF for assayer. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

1335. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Philip V, 1739MF. KM-94; CT-1055. 13.45 grams. Richly rainbow-toned XF, quite attractive.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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1336. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Charles III, 1761MM.

KM-96; CT-1120. 13.29

grams. Evenly toned AVF, no problems. Estimate:

$150-$225.

1337. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, pillar minors of Philip V:

2R 1739MF and 1R 1746M. 9.99 grams total. Toned VF, no problems.

Estimate: $100-$150.

Busts

1341. Oaxaca, Mexico, 2 reales proclamation medal, Ferdinand VII, 1808. 6.51 grams. Attractively toned XF, no problems.

Estimate: $70-$100.

1338. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII 1342. Mexico City, Mexico, bust transitional (“armored” bust), 1811HJ.

KM-110; CT-545. 27.00 grams. Lustrous UNC with light surface hairlines, starting to tone,

minor edge-bump. Estimate: $200-$300.

1 real, Ferdinand VII (“armored bust”), 1809TH, encapsulated PCGS MS 62. KM-82; CT-1161.

Choice and rainbow toned with underlying luster, old slab. Estimate: $200-$300.

1339. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII,

1819JJ. KM-111; CT-563. 26.99 grams. Choice strike, UNC with rainbow toning over muted luster around rims, faint staple-scratch on obverse.

Estimate: $125-$200.

1343. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Charles III, 1773FM, encapsulated NGC MS 62.

KM-69.2; CT-1765. Light rainbow toning over luster, choice grade. Estimate: $175-$250.

1340. Lot of 7 Mexico City, Mexico, bust 2 reales, Charles III 1344. Lot of 10 Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 reales, Charles and IV, various dates: 1772FM (initials facing rim), 1784FM, 1797FM, 1801FM, 1803FT, 1805TH and 1808/7TH. 46.64

grams total. Decent VF-XF, all but the 1784 with nice toning. SEE

INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

III and IV, various dates: 1780FF (2), 1783FF, 1790FM (transitional, ordinal IV), 1794/3FM, 1794FM, 1796FM, 1803FT, 1804TH and 1808TH. 16.56 grams total. VF to AU, mostly nicely toned (the AU coin lustrous), no problems. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

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1345. Mexico City, Mexico, copper 1/4 tlaco (1/8 real), Ferdinand VII, 1814. KM-63; CT-1624.

3.57 grams. AXF with patchy toning, light surface corrosion on obverse. Estimate: $60-$90.

Mexico (War of Independence) Durango 1346. Durango, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII,

1812RM, large draped bust. KM-111.2; CT-409. 26.48 grams. Very

crude but actually well struck for the issue, with rough rims, central flatness, heavy scrape on bust inside a dark dot of toning, VF overall.

Estimate: $350-$500.

Zacatecas

1347. Zacatecas, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1819/9181AG, rare.

KM-unl. (cf. 111.5); CT-692. 26.92 grams. Bold VF with lightly polished surfaces, interesting overdate. Estimate: $90-$135.

1348. Zacatecas, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1820RG.

KM-111.5; CT-696. 26.41 grams. AVF for type with deep rainbow toning, crude rims (as made), traces of luster. Estimate: $100-$150.

1349. Zacatecas, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII,

1821RG. KM-111.5; CT-697. 27.03 grams. Choice AU+ with nice luster on reverse, light toning on obverse. Estimate: $90-$135.

Mexico (Republic) 1350. Culiacan, Mexico, cap-and-rays 8 reales, 1863CE. KM-

Highly lustrous UNC with faint surface hairlines on date-side fields only, no toning, slightly weak in centers. Estimate: $200-$300.

377.3. 27.08 grams.

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1351. Oaxaca, Mexico, cap-and-rays 8 reales, 1867AE. KM-

XF+, nice strike except for rims (including light adjustment marks on eagle side. Estimate: $125-$200.

377.11. 27.00 grams.

1352. Oaxaca, Mexico, cap-and-rays 8 reales, 1869AE. KM-

Lustrous and lightly rainbow-toned XF+ with very faint adjustment marks, scratches at top on date side. Estimate: $90-$135.

377.11. 26.95 grams.

1353. Alamos, Mexico, cap-and-rays 8 reales, 1879DL.

XF+ with faint scratches, very light toning and underlying luster. Estimate: $90-$135.

KM-377. 26.91 grams.

1354. Lot of 4 Mexican cap-and-rays 8 reales, as follows: 1869AE, 1876PiMH, 1877OAE and 1880GAFS. 107.29 grams total.

VF-XF, no big problems, some with faint toning and/or luster. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1355. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cap-and-rays 8 reales, 1845MF and 1878MH. KM-377.10. 26.94 and 26.97 grams. VF and XF, the former nicely toned and the latter lustrous. Estimate: $75-$110.

1356. Lot of 10 Mexican cap-and-rays 2 reales, various mints and dates: 1839GoPJ, 1842/32GaJG/MC, 1845GoPM, 1849GoPF, 1852GoPF, 1853MoGC, 1858/7GoPF, 1862/1GoYF, 1864ZsVL and 1870ZsYH. 66.82 grams total. VF on average, mostly lightly toned, no big problems. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

1358. Lot of 12 Mexican cap-and-rays 1/2 reales, various

mints and dates: 1840/9GoPJ, 1841GaMC (possible contemporary counterfeit), 1843MM, 1845/4GoPM, 1854GoPF (no s’s), 1859/7GaJC (rare), 1860MoTH, 1861GaJG, 1861PiRO, 1862MoCH, 1862ZsVL and 1863/1ZsVL. 19.66 grams total. VF

1357. Lot of 2 Guadalajara, Mexico, cap-and-rays 1R,

1841GMC and 1860/59GaJG, both somewhat rare. KM-372.4.

6.66 grams total. Problem-free AVF, toned around details. Estimate:

to UNC (mostly XF or better), mostly toned, no big problems, worth a serious look from specialized collectors. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $250-$375.

$200-$300.

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1359. Mexico City, Mexico, 1/4 real, 1843LR. KM-368.6. 0.83 gram. UNC with light surface hairlines, incipient toning, bold strike. Estimate: $100-$150.

1360. Lot of 6 Mexican 1/4 reales, various mints and dates: 1842SLPi, 1842MoLR, 1844SLPi, 1845/4SLPi, 1843/2GoLR and 186/53MoLR. 5.12 grams total. XF-UNC, mostly nicely toned, the 1843/2 with edge shaved, some deeply toned. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $150-$225.

Mexico (revolutionary)

1361. Chihuahua, Mexico, 1 peso, 1915FM, rare.

KM-619.

26.70 grams. BU, highly lustrous and devoid of marks. Estimate:

$500-$750.

1362. Guerrero, Mexico, 50 centavos, 1915, rare.

KM-640.

13.00 grams. Mint State with very light rainbow toning over muted

luster, choice for the issue. Estimate: $1,000-up.

Mexico (United States of Mexico)

1363. Mexico City, Mexico, 1 peso, 1910, “Caballito,”

1364. Mexico, 1 peso, 1910, “Caballito.” KM-453. 27.04 grams.

Blazingly lustrous with a minimum of bagmarks, choice grade. Estimate: $500-$750.

Lightly rainbow-toned AU with minor bagmarks. Estimate: $125$200.

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encapsulated NGC MS 64.

KM-453.

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Mozambique (under Portugal) 1365. Mozambique (under

Portugal), monogrammedMR countermark (1765) on a Potos铆, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1764V-(Y), rare. 27.06 grams.

Very deep (full) countermark above date on pillars side, messy cross with second date below, richly toned AVF for the type with typical surface roughness (as made) on opposite sides, first specimen of this countermark we have been able to offer in a long while. Estimate: $500-$750.

Netherlands (Habsburg)

1366. Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands (Antwerp mint), double briquet, Charles the Rash (1467-77).

2.95 grams. Richly

rainbow-toned AXF, no problems. Pedigreed to the Cay贸n auction of December 2006, with original lot-tag #527. Estimate: $100-$150.

1367. Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands (Antwerp mint), double briquet, Charles the Rash (1467-77). 2.92 grams. Evenly struck VF+ with bold details, light toning all over and spot of orange encrustation near edge. Estimate: $100-$150.

1368. Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands (Antwerp mint), double briquet, Philip the Fair, 1499. 3.08 grams. Beautifully rainbowtoned VF+. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of November 2002, with original lot-tag #1306. Estimate: $100-$150.

Netherlands (Spanish)

1369. Brabant, Spanish Netherlands (Antwerp mint), 1/5 1370. Brabant, Spanish Netherlands (Antwerp mint), pataphilipsdaalder, Philip II, 1563. 5.75 grams. Nicely old-toned VF, no problems. Estimate: $70-$100.

gon, Philip IV, 1622. KM-53.1. 27.86 grams. Choice AU with lustrous

fields, full details, desirable date for treasure collectors. Estimate: $175-$250.

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1371. Brabant, Spanish Netherlands (Brussels mint), patagon, Philip IV, 1622. KM-53.3. 27.87 grams. XF with full details, luster and

spots of toning, desirable date for treasure collectors. Estimate: $175$250.

Netherlands (United)

1372. Holland, Netherlands, “lion” daalder, 1576. 26.84 grams.

Typical VF with toned fields (good contrast). Estimate: $125-$200.

1373. Holland, Netherlands, “lion” daalder, 1589.

27.07 grams. Fully detailed VF with very light toning (low contrast). Esti-

mate: $125-$200.

1374. Utrecht, Netherlands, 1 gulden, 1749, encapsulated NGC MS 63. KM-102.2. Lightly rainbow toned with underlying luster, almost prooflike, old slab. Estimate: $150-$225.

Nicaragua 1375. Nicaragua, copper-nickel 1 centavo, 1878, encapsu-

lated NGC AU 55. KM-1. Mint State with luster and light rainbow toning but net graded due to gouge to right of date. Estimate: $100$150.

1376. Nicaragua, bronze 1 centavo, 1940, encapsulated PCGS MS64. KM-11. Original color and luster, no toning. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Palestine 1377. Palestine, 50 mils, 1933, encapsulated NGC MS 62. KM-6. Nice luster, bagmarks in reverse fields only. Estimate: $150-$225.

1378. Palestine, copper-nickel 20 mils, 1933, encapsulated NGC AU 55. KM-5. Lightly toned over muted luster, somewhat bagmarked. Estimate: $200-$300.

1379. Palestine, copper-nickel 20 mils, 1941, key date, encapsulated NGC MS 62. KM-5. Dull toning but choice grade (very rare thus), a few marks here and there. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

1380. Palestine, copper-nickel 10 mils, 1941, encapsulated NGC MS 64. KM-4. Lustrous and devoid of marks, impressively high grade. Estimate: $250-$375.

Paraguay 1381. Paraguay, 1 peso, 1889, encapsulated NGC MS 61.

KM-5. Highly

$500-$750.

lustrous but with lots of bagmarks in fields. Estimate:

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Peru (colonial) Pillars

1382. Lima, Peru, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1752J, rare, ex-Sellschopp. KM-55.1; CT-306. 26.68 grams. AU- with beautiful (dark)

toning showing blue-green highlights around details, minor die-break on king’s ordinal. Note in the 1988 SBC auction this coin sold for 5000 Swiss francs (about $3600 after buyer’s fee at the time). Pedigreed to the Sellschopp collection (Swiss Bank Corp., September 1988, lot #260) and to the Aureo & Calicó auction of November 2012 (“Gaspar de Portola” collection). Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

1383. Lima, Peru, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1757JM. KM- 1384. Lima, Peru, pillar 8 reales, Charles III, 1770JM, dots Bold XF with luster, tiny void in field above crown between pillars. Estimate: $350-$500.

55.1. 27.01 grams.

over both mintmarks. KM-64.1; CT-847. 26.38 grams. Bold XF with

steel-gray toning, very light surface porosity, prominent die-breaks.

Estimate: $200-$300.

Busts 1385. Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1786MI. KM-

Lightly golden-toned AU-, struck slightly off-center. Estimate: $80-$120.

78a; CT-869. 26.82 grams.

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1386. Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1823JP, rare.

KM-117.1; CT-490. 25.77 grams. Toned VF

with small but crude natural lamination flaws and almost total lack of rims (as made), low mintage during fight for independence. Estimate: $150-$225.

1387. Lima, Peru, bust 1/2 real, Charles IV (large bust), 1793IJ.

KM-93; CT-1247. 1.68 grams. AU- with light rainbow toning and underlying luster, distinctive bust, parts of rims crude (as made).

Estimate: $60-$90.

1388. Lima, Peru, bust 1/2 real, Ferdinand VII, 1820JP, en-

capsulated NGC MS 63. KM-113.2; CT-1314. Choice strike, lustrous, with incipient toning. Estimate: $125-$200.

1389. Lima, Peru, bust 1/4 real, 1820. KM-108; CT-1461. 0.54

gram. XF on a flan so broad that it extends past the rims, deeply toned,

very slight surface porosity. Estimate: $60-$90.

1390. Lot of 4 Lima, Peru, 1/4R: 1808, 1812, 1819 and 1820. 2.91 grams total. VF on average, some toned, but all with at least some surface corrosion (salvaged). SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO.Estimate: $100-$150.

Peru (Republic)

1391. Lot of 6 Lima, Peru, small silver coins: 1 dinero 1863YB (2); 1/2 real 1860YB (2); and 1/2 dinero 1863YB (2).

9.78 grams total. All BU, very lustrous and almost prooflike, excellent

candidates for slabbing. Estimate: $250-$375.

encapsulated NGC, one MS 64 and the other MS 63.

1392. Lot of 2 Lima, Peru, 1/2 dineros, 1863YB, both en-

capsulated NGC MS 65. KM-189. Choice, brightly lustrous and even somewhat prooflike, one with small die-breaks. Estimate: $100-$150.

1393. Lot of 2 Lima, Peru, 1/2 real, 1858MB, both encapsulated NGC MS 64. KM-144.7. Lustrous and choice, one with minor die-breaks but slightly better strike overall. Estimate: $150-$225.

1394. Lot of 2 Lima, Peru, 1/2 real, 1850MB, both KM-144.7. Both lustrous, the MS 63 a choice strike, with incipient

rainbow toning, but the MS 64 struck slightly off-center and with weak areas in centers. Estimate: $150-$225.

1395. Lima, Peru, 1/5 sol, 1866YB, encapsulated NGC MS 63. KM-191. Lustrous and choice, with minor bagmarks only, light toning beginning at rims. Estimate: $70-$100.

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Portugal

1397. Portugal, 120 reis, “120” countermark (1642),

1396. Lot of 2 Lisbon, Portugal, 50 reis (meio tostāos), Phillip João IV, on a Lisbon, Portugal, Philip II or III tostāo

(100 reis) of the late 1500s to early 1600s, with L to clear details on both sides, nicely toned, one double-struck on obverse and left and B to right. 6.94 grams. Host Fine, countermark VF, II or III (late 1500s to early 1600s). 7.15 grams total. Decent VF with

nicely toned all over, with minor edge-split and scratches on shield. Estimate: $70-$100.

the other with flat areas. Estimate: $70-$100.

Puerto Rico (under Spain)

1398. Puerto Rico (under Spain), 1/4 dollar, fleur-de-lis countermark (1884) on a Guanajuato, Mexico, cap-and-rays 2R, 1842PM, very rare combination. KM-unl. 6.03 grams. Full

and bold countermark, rather worn host (Good) yet with clear date and other peripheral detail on that side, holed at edge. Estimate: $500-up.

1399. Puerto Rico (under Spain), 1/4 dollar, fleur-de-lis countermark (1884) applied twice on a Spanish bust 2R (probably Madrid mint), Charles III, 1781, very rare (unlisted) combination. KM-unl. 5.01 grams. One countermark full and the other nearly so on a very worn host (Good/Fair), yet with clear date and enough detail to tell it is a Spanish issue (the first we have heard of for this countermark).

Estimate: $300-$450.

1400. Lot of 2 Puerto Rico (under Spain) 40 centavos (1896) and 20

centavos (1895), both cut around reverse details made into brooches.

18.76 grams total. Neat pieces with red and yellow cloth (for the Spanish flag) show-

ing around the pillars and crowned coats-of-arms and legends on each piece, with twisted-rope design added to the edge of each and pins on back, all nicely toned and not overly worn, most likely crafted as patriotic pieces during the Spanish-American War. Estimate: $300-$450.

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Spain Milled 1401. Segovia, Spain, milled 8 reales, Philip IV, 1660BR, vertical aqueduct, encapsulated NGC AU details / scratches.

KM-76; CT-591. Impressively

huge flan (extending well past the rims), with good full details enhanced by toning, the fields positively rife with stress lines from striking, trivial scratches on lions and castles within the cross. Estimate: $600-$900.

1402. Segovia, Spain, milled 4 reales “double pistareen,” Philip V, 1728F.

KM-337.3; CT-1136. 12.95 grams. Nicely toned XF on a broad flan that extends past the rims in one place, no problems.

Estimate: $250-$375.

1403. Barcelona, Spain, milled 2 reales “pistareen,” Charles III Pretender, 1708/7.

KM-PT5; CT-unl. (cf. 24). 4.16 grams. Richly toned VF, full details, parts of rims slightly crude (as made). Estimate: $60-$90.

1404. Lot of 3 Spanish milled 2 reales “pistareens”: Bar-

celona, Charles III Pretender, 1711; Seville, Charles III, 1760JV; and Madrid, Charles III, 1766PJ. 15.44 grams total. VF on average, with varying degrees of attractive toning, no big problems.

SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

Busts

1405. Matrix for Spanish-American bust

4 reales reverse-die punches, engraved in Madrid by Tomas Prieto, dated 1770, very rare. 1603 grams, 2-1/2” tall and 2-1/2” in diameter. Octagonal-shank “test die” showing all

the various elements of design for a reverse die (in retrograde) as well as the engraver’s name and date (not in retrograde), still in excellent condition with smooth field and clear details, unique and important to 4R collectors of all mints.

Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

1406. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1780PJ. KM-412.1; CT-1310. 5.85 grams.

XF with faint golden toning, scratches in obverse fields, nice strike. Estimate: $60-$90.

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Barcelona

Catalan Union 1407. Barcelona, Spain, 5 pesetas, José Napoleon, 1810, encapsulated NGC AU 58.

Beautifully rainbow toned with underlying luster, third finest known in NGC census (rare grade), scarce type. Estimate: $600-$900.

KM-69.; CT-15.

1408. Barcelona, Spain (Catalan Union), copper 10 centi-

mos, 1900, encapsulated NGC MS 64 BN. CT-91. Much original color and luster around details, choice grade. Estimate: $150-$225.

Spanish Colonial 1409. Lot of 5 Spanish/Spanish colonial silver coins of the early 1800s: 8R Zacatecas 1821RG; 2R Lima 1807JP; 2R San-

tiago 1811FJ “admiral bust”; 1R proclamation medal Madrid 1808; and 1/2R Potosí 1823PJ. 44.66 grams total. XF on average, the 8R with typically weak centers, all nicely toned but the 1811 2R with traces of pearl-white enameling on reverse, no big problems. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1410. Lot of 5 Spanish colonial silver coins of the 1700s-1800s: 8R Mexico 1807TH chopmarks; 2R Potosí 1784PR; 1R

Potosí 1776PR; 1R proclamation medal Guatemala 1808; and 1/2R pillar Mexico 1754M. 41.47 grams total. F-VF on average,

mostly nicely toned, the proclamation medal holed and the 8R with lots of tiny chops all over as circulated in the Orient. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1411. Lot of 11 Spanish colonial bust-type minors: 4R (1): Potosí 1803PJ; 2R (3): Lima 1777MJ; Mexico 1787FM and

1803TH; 1R (3): Potosí 1774JR; Mexico 1782FF and 1783FF; 1/2R (4): Mexico 1782FF, 1789FM (bust of Charles III, ordinal IV), 1795FM and 1818JJ. 47.30 grams total. About Fine on average, no big problems, almost all nicely toned. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

1412. Lot of 2 Spanish colonial bust 1/2R, as follows: Guatemala, Charles III, 1772P; Popayán, Colombia, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1810JF. 3.11 grams total. Both worn (About Fine) but nicely toned, the Popayán with attempted hole at top of bust.

SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $75-$110.

Uruguay 1413. Uruguay (struck in Paris), copper-nickel 5 centésimos, 1901-A, encapsulated NGC MS 63. KM-21. Muted luster, perfect strike, very few bagmarks. Estimate: $100-$150.

1414. Uruguay (struck in Philadelphia), copper-nickel 5 centésimos, 1924, encapsulated NGC MS 67, tied for finest known in NGC census. KM-21. Nice luster and faint toning, perfect strike and condition, the best you can get (tied with four others at this grade at NGC). Estimate: $150-$225.

1415. Uruguay (struck in Paris), copper-nickel 5 centésimos, 1936-A, encapsulated NGC MS 65, finest known in NGC census. KM-21. Brightly lustrous, very faintly toned, slight traces of bagmarks on obverse only, single-best specimen in NGC census. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1416. Uruguay (struck in Paris), copper-nickel 2 centésimos, 1936-A, encapsulated NGC MS 66, tied for finest known in NGC census. KM-20. Brightly lustrous and practically devoid of any marks at all, the best you can get (tied with one other at this grade at NGC). Estimate: $100-$150.

Venezuela (Caracas “imitation cobs”)

1417. Caracas, Venezuela, “imitation cob” 2 reales, “184” date (early 1800s), encapsulated NGC VG 8. KM-C13.1. Full pillars and cross but with weak areas along part of edge, nicely toned but with streaks of black, more like Fine or better in our estimation. Estimate: $400-$600.

1418. Caracas, Venezuela, “imitation cob” 2 reales, “184” date (early 1800s). KM-C13.1. 4.62 grams. Lustrous, choice AU with small part of edge slightly bent, full inner details on both sides. Estimate: $400-$600.

1419. Caracas, Venezuela, “imitation cob” 2 reales, “751” date (early 1800s), rare. KM-C13.1. 4.00 grams. Full cross and pillars but with weak areas along part of edge, nicely toned Fine. Estimate: $500-$750.

Tokens, Medals and Military Decorations

Tokens Colombia 1420. Lot of 10 Colombian tokens in various metals (brass, copper, aluminum, copper-nickel), 1800s-1900s. 51.59 grams

total. VG to MS, no big problems, all but two in collector envelopes, most with Rulau and Bernal reference numbers written on, issued by

various merchants and clubs in different cities throughout Colombia. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $200-$300.

Great Britain 1421. Research collection of 20 British copper “COLUMBIA” farthing tokens, believed to be struck 1820-30. 60.03 grams total. All different dies (each with catalog information penciled on tag), Fine to XF+, a few with traces of original color and luster. Some believe

the bust on these mysterious coins is Simón Bolívar, although a few (missing the word COLUMBIA but from the same series) show a bust that people think is the Duke of Wellington, the connection being that soldiers under Wellington came to fight under Bolívar after the Napoleonic wars, but no one knows the exact meaning or use of these tokens. Most likely they were made in Birmingham, England. Estimate: $200-up.

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Medals Argentina 1422. Buenos Aires, Argentina, large copper medal, 1942, inauguration of Sim贸n Bol铆var monument. 105 grams, 61 mm. Bold AU

with light brown color all over except for faint traces of original color around details, no marks, minor rim-bruise on reverse only. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Belgium

Bolivia

1423. Belgium, copper 5 franc-sized medal, Leopold II, 1880, 50th anniversary of Independence.

KM-XM8A. . 25.11

grams. UNC with much original color and luster around details, no

marks or problems. Estimate: $70-$100.

1424. Potosí, Bolivia, oval silver award medal, 1865, Mel-

garejo, rare. Fonrobert-9672. 18.77 grams, 37.2 x 32.2mm. Obverse with

bust of Melgarejo, legend EL PROTECTOR DE LA ENSENANZA; reverse with Melgarejo monogram under wreath and above date inside legend PREMIA LOS DESVELOS DE SUS DIRECTORES. Deeply toned XF with hairlined fields, very attractive. Estimate: $300-$450.

Brazil 1425. Brazilian Empire (struck in France?), brass medal

(made into a button), Pedro II (1840s?), commemorating the emperor’s visit to Paris. 10.11 grams. AVF with mount mark in center of reverse (for button), brown toning on yellowish fields.

Estimate: $70-$100.

Colombia 1426. Lot of 3 Bogotá, Colombia, medals (one in gilt copper, one in silver and one in copper), dated 1892, commemo-

rating the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas. 52.00 grams total. Obverse with arms and legend CONGRESO DE

COLOMBIA / BOGOTÁ; reverse with sailing ship inside legend DESCUBRIMIENTO DE AMERICA / 4o CENTENARIO / 1492 * 1892.

VF-XF overall, presumably rare as unlisted in Restrepo. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1427. Lot of 4 Colombian silver medals commemorating various events dated 1872, 1900, 1910 and 1919. 92.33 grams total.

One rather large (Independence centennial 1910) and three fairly small (Sociedad de Socorros Mutuos 1872 [with loop], Cundinamarca 1900, and Boyacá Centennial 1919, nicely toned VF-XF on average, no big problems. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $125-$200.

1428. Bogotá, Colombia, silver medal, 1938, 400th anniver-

sary of the founding of Bogotá (portrait of Ferdinand VII), coin alignment. Restrepo-p. 139. 23.04 grams, 37mm. Desirable piece that used a punch for a proper Ferdinand VII portrait that was found at the mint but was never used in its time, colonial bust-type reverse but without legend, 1538-1938 at bottom. Lustrous AU with nice rims, very light bagmarks and hairlines in fields. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1429. Lot of 3 Colombian silver or silver-plated medals by the Banco de la RepĂşblica (BogotĂĄ) dated 1948, 1960 and 1973. 87.64 grams total. AVF to AU-, all with light toning around details, all commemorating various anniversaries. Estimate: $100-$150.

Cuba 1430. Cuba (under Spain), small silver 1R-sized proclamation medal, Isabel II, 1834, Havana.

Fonrobert-7740; Medina-416. 3.61 grams.

edge (as made). Estimate: $100-$150.

Choice XF with light toning, small arc-shaped void in

Dominican Republic 1431. Set of 3 Dominican Republic gold medallions, 1992, Columbus commemo-

ratives, 10.99 grams total. 7.81, 1.59 and 1.59 grams. Lustrous Proof, two showing Columbus and one showing Queen Isabella, non-denominated bullion issues. Estimate: $500-$750.

France 1432. Lorraine, France, gilt cast-copper medal commemorat-

ing the marriage of Antoine of Lorraine to Renee of Bourbon, ca. 1515. BMC-I, 29/30; Arm-pl. 190, 18. 25.41 grams, 42mm. AVF in high relief, the gilding worn away from high points, with tiny hole at top.

Note this is the cast version and not the original struck version. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of April 2003, with original lot-tag #2544.

Estimate: $350-$500.

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1433. France, silver medal, Napoleon, AN XIII (1804/5), senate and people, rare. 7.97 grams. XF/AU with minor marks, lustrous fields, toned at rims, coin axis. Estimate: $100-$150.

1434. France, large silver medal, Napoleon, 1811, Baptism of the King of Rome, by Bertrand Andrieu. 154 grams, 65mm.

Deeply toned XF+. Late-1800s restrike in silver of an originally bronze issue. Pedigreed to the UBS auction of January 2003, with original lot-tag #2172. Estimate: $200-$300.

1435. Lot of 3 French bronze medals dated 1815 and 1818 (2). 113.07 grams total, each 41 mm. Various engravers, with high-relief busts of Louis XVIII and Roger Bacon, AU with nice color (traces of original luster around details), all the same size. Estimate: $200-$300.

Italian States 1436. Naples and Sicily, Italian States, huge lead medal, Alfonso V, “Liberalitas Augusta,” 1449, by Pisanello. Kress-19; ArmI.6, 17. 401 grams, 105mm. Obverse with military bust of Alfonso V, reverse with eagle on tree trunk above dead deer surrounded by other birds,

very dark but bold, high relief VF, tiny hole and slightly bent at top. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of April 2003, with original lot-tag #2660.

(Image reduced.) Estimate: $100-$150.

Peru 1437. Cuzco, Peru, silver 8R-sized medal, 1825, Bolívar / liberation of Cuzco. Fonrobert-9205. 27.76 grams, 42mm. Obverse with uniformed bust of Simón Bolívar right, legend around; reverse with radiant sun to left of native sitting in front of Incan ruins. Vividly rainbowtoned AU with hairline scratches all over, small lamination flaw at rim on obverse, traces of removed loop at top. Estimate: $350-$500.

Switzerland 1438. Switzerland, silver medal, Zwingli / Reformation bicentennial, 1719. Whiting 346, Slg. Belli *1931. 21.89 grams. Designed by

Hans Jacob Gessner, with the Swiss reformer Huldrich Zwingli in clerical garb left on obverse above 1531 date (the year of Zwingli’s death) in exergue, reverse with ten-line Latin tribute that translates as “pure light of the gospels conserved for two centuries” above date 1719, choice AU with rainbow toning around details and underlying luster. Estimate: $200-$300.

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Military Decorations Bolivia 1439. Potosí, Bolivia, large silver military decoration (struck

1841), Battle of Socabaya (Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation, 1835-39), dated 1836, rare. Fonrobert-unl. (cf. 9256). 32.93 grams,

43.7mm. Condor delivering wreath inside legend DA LA PAZ AL

PERU (“I gave peace to Peru”) surrounded by laurels and five doublepointed arms; reverse with small circle in center with legend EN SOCOBAYA A 7 DE FEBRERO around DE 1826. Struck in commemoration of the victory in the battle of Socabaya in Peru. Lightly toned XF with parts of rims slightly crude. Estimate: $400-$600.

1440. Potosí, Bolivia, large silver military decoration, Battle

of Ingavi (Peruvian-Bolivian War, 1841-42), dated 1841, rare. Fonrobert-9792. 36.71 grams, 45mm. Column below sun and rays inside circular emblem with legend SALVE LA PATRIA Y SU GLORIA EN INGAVI (save my country and its glory in Ingavi) in the center of a cross patee on obverse; reverse with date 18 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1841 above mountains in central circle, the rest blank. Lustrous AU with uneven toning, much better than the Alberto “Coco” Derman specimen (XF with scratches) sold in our Auction #12 (lot #1707) for $300 plus buyer’s fee. Estimate: $500-$750.

1441. Potosí, Bolivia, medium-sized silver military decoration, Battle of Ingavi (Peruvian-Bolivian War, 1841-42), dated 1841, rare. Fonrobert-9793. . 24.56 grams, 36.5mm. Column below

sun and rays inside circular emblem with legend SALVE LA PATRIA Y SU GLORIA EN INGAVI (save my country and its glory in Ingavi) in the center of a wreath-bound cross patee on obverse; reverse with date 18 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1841 above mountains in central circle, the rest blank. Lustrous AU, lightly toned. Estimate: $350-$500.

1442. Potosí, Bolivia, oval silver military decoration, 1865, Melgarejo, ex-Derman, rare. Fonrobert-9673. 28.01 grams, 44 x 36mm.

Obverse with bust of Melgarejo, legend EL JENERAL MELGAREJO AL VALOR Y LEALTAD / DE LOS DEFENSORES DE / LA CAUSA DE DICIEMBRE / 1865; reverse with campaign dates DI[CIEM] BRE 28 / ENERO 31 / MARZO 27 / SET[IEM]BRE 5 inside laurel wreath below eye-in-pyramid and rays. Deeply toned VF with a few minor marks here and there, slightly crude rims. Pedigreed to the Alberto “Coco” Derman collection (Cayón auction of December 2008, lot #546) and to our Auction #12 (lot #1709). Estimate: $400-$600.

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Documents

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Maps

1443. French copperplate-engraved map of South America

entitled “Amerique Meridionale” by Nicolas Sanson (1657), re-engraved ca. 1700 by Antoine de Winter, hand colored. 9” x 14”. Well detailed and attractively colored, also in choice condition

with no tears or foxing, trace of stain at top margin only and light original fold, interesting as focusing mostly on rivers and lakes, including some that turned out to be only mythical. Estimate: $250-$375.

1444. British copperplate-engraved map of the eastern Ca-

ribbean Islands (Lesser Antilles) dated 1756 entitled “A Map of the Caribee Islands; Showing which belong to England, France, Spain, Dutch & Danes,” by Thomas Jefferys, published in the Gentleman’s Magazine (London). 9” x 15”. Accurate and informative map from the Virgin Islands down to Venezuela, with letter code next to each island to show to which European country it belonged, in average condition with minor foxing and folding, small tears and voids in margins. Estimate: $150-$225.

1445. Italian copperplate-engraved map of the Caribbean dated 1777 entitled “Carta del Golfo del Messico, dell’ Isole e

Paesi adjacenti,” by Thomas Kitchin for Wm. Robertson’s Popular History of America (but translated into Italian), handcolored. 13-3/4” x 19-1/2”. Nice condition, with only light original folds and bruising at very edge only, attractively colored and very informative as showing all of Central America to the west and the Lesser Antilles to the east, as well as Florida in the north and even a small notation about LaSalle in Texas in 1685. Estimate: $400-$600.

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Engravings

1446. Dutch copperplate engraving of San Francisco de Campeche, Mexico, by Arnoldus Montanus (ca. 1671).

12” x 14-1/2”. Very detailed and artistic scene of Dutch ships at-

tacking this Spanish colonial port, with lovely color throughout and in excellent condition with reinforced original fold in center and small corner bruise in edge only. Estimate: $300-$450.

1447. Dutch manuscript by Pieter Vander Aa (1706) entitled Verscheyde Scheeps-Togten na Florida, door Pontius, Ribald,

Laudonniere, Gourgues en Andere, regarding the 1562-5 French expedition in Florida, containing many woodcut engravings and a map, very rare. 9” x 14,” 60 + 5 pages. We put this item under Engravings, but the fact is that it falls under all our categories

of Documents, as it is a book with maps and many engravings (34 illustrations in all), and at least to Floridians it is (or should be) one of the most important documents we have ever offered, as it recounts one of the earliest and most sordid pieces of Florida history: The French Huguenot expedition under Ribault to colonize Florida and its subsequent extermination by the Spanish under Melendez in 1565. The map (loose) and engravings throughout are intricate and beautiful, showing all manner of ships and landscapes and humans (mostly natives but also a few Europeans), both in peace and (more often) in warfare, particularly showing gruesome executions and dismemberings, also one with alligators being skewered, all apparently very closely copied from originals by Theodor de Bry. In well used condition, with small holes and tears in margins and rather loose overall, yet with a minimum of foxing and staining. Accompanied by the book A Hundred Giants (2014),

by Algoet, Armstrong and Baer, in which this manuscript is reproduced in its entirety. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

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Books

1448. Pieces of Eight, by Kip Wagner, 1st edition (1966), signed by all 10 Real Eight Company members and associates.

9-1/2” x 6-1/4”, 221 pp (hardbound). Ten signatures on a 1st edition is the benchmark for this famous book about the Real Eight Co. and the

finding of the 1715 Fleet, the ten signers pictured on the back of the dust jacket (fully intact). Very Fine condition, no problems. Estimate: $300-$450.

1449. A California Gold Rush History, by Q. David Bowers (2002), special limited edition hardbound copy #189/400 in

heavy case and with ounce of gold from the SS Central America inside the cover. 14-1/4” x 11-1/2”, 14-3/4 lb. In a famous numis-

matic coup, the bulk of the SS Central America treasure was purchased by a consortium of dealers, who subsequently sold the gold ingots in heavy promotions that included special editions (like this one, one for each bar) of Dave Bowers’ excellent, 1055-page book about the wreck, which shows color pictures of each and every bar. As a bonus for the promotion, actual gold dust from the wreck was placed inside the front cover (visible through a small window) and, at least in this case, a high-quality photo of the accompanying bar is affixed to the back cover.

Excellent condition, slight wear on the slipcase only. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

Miscellaneous

1450. Lot of 5 Real Eight Co. stock certificates from 1969-75 for 100 shares each, one with Kip Wagner signature. 8-1/4” x

12”. Two different types, three of the original version with orange border

and two of a later version with blue margin to left, one of the early ones with Kip Wagner signature and the others with Harry Cannon, all canceled but in nice condition without rips and tears or staining and foxing, two with light folds. Famously, each certificate shows at top center a picture of two Mexican cob 8 reales, one with full 1715 date. Estimate: $200-$300.

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Shipwreck Artifacts Note: photos not actual size (reduced or enlarged to show details)

Unidentified ca.-1543 wreck off Grand Bahama Island 1451. Large glass “chevron” trade bead, intact, very rare provenance. 41.11 grams, 1-1/2” long and 1” in

diameter. Largest bead we have seen but an exact match in design with the main ones from around the Caribbean,

with dark blue center and red on ends in chevron pattern, very thick and heavy and intact, also one of very few items recovered and sold from this very early wreck whose main yield was a very rare breech-loading cannon. With Humphreys photo-certificate (1992). Estimate: $500-$750.

“Power Plant wreck,” sunk in the late 1500s off Hutchinson Island, east coast of Florida

1452. Silver (contraband) spike, very rare and important. 247 grams, 7-3/4” long. A rather sneaky way to hide wealth on board the

ship (thereby avoiding tax) using a typical spike shape with square shank, round head and arrow-like tip, nice silver color with dark toning in surface pits, nearly identical to one sold in our Auction #12 (lot 1776) for $1900 plus buyer’s fee. Estimate: $1,000-up.

Unidentified ca.-1590 wreck off the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico

1453. Bronze nested weight set, encrusted but complete, ex-Bobby Allison’s Sunken Treasure Museum. 429 grams, about

1-1/2” tall and 2” in diameter. With lovely encrustation and green patina

all over the exterior, yet the nesting cups inside intact and removable, a common but popular item from the time that is rarely found on shipwrecks. With photos from his museum and of the cover of the April 1991 issue of Treasure magazine, which featured Allison and Carl Fismer and their finds, including this piece on the table on the cover. Estimate: $500-$750.

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Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida 1454. Small, natural emerald, 3.18 carat, along with a simi-

lar emerald from the Gerónimo wreck of 1751. Matching pair

in terms of size but the Atocha specimen a brighter green and much more opaque, the Gerónimo specimen barely green at all. With Fisher certificate #LE0247 (Atocha) and Frank/Daniel Sedwick certificate from 1995 (Gerónimo). Estimate: $350-$500.

1455. Silver candlestick holder (stem). 412 grams, 6-1/2” long.

Solid and recognizable but a bit battered and chipped, with threaded bottom for screwing into a heavy base, cast in two parts with obvious seam down both sides (separated in places), greenish encrustation in crevices. With original Fisher photo-certificate #85A-A077. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

1456. Encrusted silver plate. 425 grams, 8-1/2” in diameter. This

small but typical plate was left encrusted by the Fisher conservators due to the fact that the metal is thin and crumbling, with many small pieces already missing yet the bulk of it intact and somewhat stabilized by encrustation all over, although more edge loss is likely with additional handling. With Fisher photo-certificate #86A-5229-1.

Estimate: $250-$375.

Santa Margarita, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida 1457. Small, oval, ornate, gold jewelry retaining ring. 1.38 grams, about 21/32” x 19/32”.

Like a tiny (but deep) picture frame with border of dots on front, two prongs on back to hold it onto another piece, undoubtedly to contain a gemstone or possibly a religious relic. With Fisher photo-certificate #07M-83766 and State of Florida plastic division tag. Estimate: $400-$600.

Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador

1458. Bronze cannonball, rare. 11 lb 4 oz, 4” in diameter. Light color all over with heavy green encrustation in small pits, probably bronze over an iron core but without any splitting or cracks to see inside. Estimate: $600-$900.

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Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island 1459. Fancy gold ring. 4.80 grams, size 4-3/4. Solid band of about 3/16” width with ornate

scene of four running dogs or other animals (possibly a hunting scene) within floral elements on outside, in choice condition, probably high karat gold, and rare as from this wreck. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

Spanish 1681 Fleet off Panama 1460. Gold ring with three high-quality emeralds. 2.79 grams, size 5. Three rectangular

emeralds in a row, each about 1 carat and very translucent and deeply green, set inside a gold box with the wire ring attached on the bottom of either end, somewhat dainty and very old-looking.

With certificate. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

“Vung Tao Cargo,” sunk ca. 1690 off Vietnam 1461. Chinese blue-on-white porcelain spoon and saucer. 179 grams, the spoon 4”

long and the saucer 4-1/2” in diameter. The spoon glossy and new-looking but the saucer typically

sea-worn, with Christie’s auction sticker on bottom and modern inked lettering around base, both pieces fully intact. With certificates. Estimate: $100-$150.

HMS Winchester, sunk in 1695 in the Florida Keys 1462. Intact blue-on-white Chinese porcelain cup with handle, Kangxi

period, very rare provenance and condition. 72 grams, 2-1/2” tall and 2-1/8” in diameter. A lovely little piece with nothing missing (the handle manufactured separately and

applied or possibly re-applied after glazing), the glaze worn away but with clear flowers in vase on balcony design on exterior, highly desirable as the only intact specimen found on this rare wreck. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $1,000-up.

1463. Iron cannonball grenade with original powder intact (rendered inert and housed in a glass bottle), very rare. 1449 grams, 3-1/2” in diameter. A smooth iron ball with pit

in side (as made) and hole containing the original wooden plug, the powder it used to contain also recovered, rendered inert and placed in a glass bottle, first time we have ever seen original powder offered with such a projectile, not to mention from a rare but known shipwreck provenance. With photocertificate. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

1464. Iron “six-pounder” cannonball with English broad arrow mark, rare provenance. 5 lb 4 oz, 3-1/2” in diameter. Very well

preserved, with smooth and stable surfaces, slightly pitted on one side of the casting seam, with mark on that side, a rare occurrence because the application of this mark bore extra cost that was not always approved or justified (only 20% of the balls found on this wreck have this mark). With photo-certificate. Estimate: $250-$375.

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Spanish 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida

1465. Gold and red-coral rosary, complete and intact. 56.08 grams total, about 34” long. A most impressive religious jewel, with all the

coral and gold beads intact (a few with small barnacles still attached), very similar to the specimen we offered in our last auction (same beach find) but with a few more coral beads (53 in all, being five “decades” around the neck and three beads down to the cross) in addition to the 5 gold beads (known as “paternosters”) and with slightly different crucifix, this one with 1-3/4” flat cross surmounted with separately cast Jesus figure and engraved with INRI at top and the skull and crossbones of Golgotha at bottom (the backside plain), integrated loop at top.

Red coral was a popular constituent of rosaries as it was believed to protect against magic spells, going back to Greek mythology that gave red coral’s origin as “the spurts of blood that gushed forth when Medusa’s head was cut off by Perseus.” Note that 90% of hammer price will go to the Caron Foundation center for drug-addiction treatment. With photo-certificate and appraisal from 2010. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.

1466. Gold “olive blossom” chain, exHaskins. 29.90 grams, 21” long. Practical length

(perfect for modern wearing), consisting of small, ornate, hand-crafted links, each of which is basically a 2-sided, 6-petalled flower (usually called “olive blossom”), found in such abundance from the Fleet that many believe it was a form of taxfree alternative to coins (hence the oft-used term “money chain”), this specimen also noteworthy in that it is nearly equivalent to the weight of an 8 escudos. Pedigreed to our Auction #6, with original lot-tag #1717 and original certificate hand-signed by Goin “Jack” Haskins, Jr. Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

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1467. Ornate gold crucifix, small but heavy. 24.47 grams, 1”

x 1-3/4”. Thick and heavy arms for their size (about 5mm to a side)

with deep grooves at ends, separately-cast Jesus figure placed on top, plaque above (but no INRI) and space below where skull and crossbones (Golgotha) were removed, loop and jump-ring at top, intricate sunburst designs engraved on back, choice condition with bits of white coral in crevices. From the Corrigans site, with certificate. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

1470. Gold ring with diamond pattern.

1.65 grams, size 3.

Small like most, with seven-sided exterior shape on which is engraved a diamond-shaped pattern (common design), fully intact, probably around 14K. With Cobb Coin Co. (Mel Fisher) photo-certificate #NCB 076B, and pedigreed to our Auction #4, with original lot-tag #921.

Estimate: $600-$900.

1468. Small, oval gold bead. 6.60 grams, 7/16” long and 5/16” in

1471. Ornate silver shoe buckle.

gold, the hole through the middle rather crudely cast but the outside very smooth, undoubtedly part of some large piece of jewelry in the 1700s. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

oval (with pin and two bars intact) inside four open corner-loops and feathers in center of each side, plain on back, polished but with nice toning in crevices. With certificate. Estimate: $350-$500.

diameter. Simple, unadorned bead of what appears to be high-grade

12.93 grams, roughly 1-3/4” x 1-1/4”. Thick and sturdy piece (100% intact) consisting of a central

1469. Small gold pendant with two high-grade emeralds. 1472. Ornate gold button. 2.32 grams, 1/2” in diameter and 1/4” 2.51 grams, about 3/4” x 3/8”. Two emeralds--one triangular and the

other rectangular, about 1 and 3 carats respectively--of intense green and impressive translucence, the larger one slightly chipped but still quite lovely, housed in a closed, fancy setting with plain backside and integrated loop at top, obviously high-grade gold. Estimate: $1,000$1,500.

tall with 1/8” loop. A hollow hemisphere of worked gold in the design

of a six-petal flower with supporting stems and leaves, the back plain but with loop intact, probably part of a cufflink in its time. With Cobb Coin Co. plastic tag #065 and division invoices from finder Harold Holden specifying this piece. Estimate: $350-$500.

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1473. Natural emerald, 2.5 car-

ats. 5/16” long and 3/16” in diameter.

Attractive natural crystal of translucent green stone, the ends and parts of the sides encrusted with whitish coral. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

1476. Small, pewter fleur-de-lis ornament with blue stone (sapphire?) in center. 8.40 grams, about 1-3/8” x 1”. Solid and rec-

ognizable piece with light dusting of encrustation against gray-green surfaces, with ribbed design on both sides, small stone in center of one side. With Sedwick certificate from 2000. Estimate: $100-$150.

1474. Lot of 5 small gold fragments (mostly olive-blossom chain) with Fisher certificates. Tiny bits of gold chain links but

also two long gold pins, with impressive certificates and original plastic tags, total weight of 1.45 grams. With Fisher photo-certificates #43786, 43790, 43791, 43803 and 43808. Estimate: $200-$300.

1477. Small bronze decoration. 4.90 grams, 2-3/4” long. In the

form of opposing arrows with scrollwork design and seven small pits on front, hollow back, dull brassy color with spots of green. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $75-$110.

1478. Small bronze navigational dividers, encrusted. 26.51

grams, 3-1/2” long. Typical design with open, round, interlocking top,

frozen shut with greenish encrustation but recognizable and popular.

Estimate: $250-$375.

1479. Chinese blue-on-white porcelain teacup, Kangxi period, eight-paneled floral design, intact and encrusted. 21.23 grams, 1-1/2” tall and 2-1/4” in diameter. Tiny and fragile

1475. Lot of 6 small silver (one gilt) fragments with Fisher

certificates. Small pieces of mostly unidentifiable items (handles of spoons, etc.), 24.07 grams in all, with impressive certificates and original plastic tags. With Fisher photo-certificates #41795, 41823, 41836A, 41842, 42456 and 42489. Estimate: $100-$150.

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but very well preserved, with vivid color and glaze intact but encrusted with gray material, one hairline crack professionally repaired but otherwise perfect, a very rare item indeed as from the 1715 Fleet. With photo-certificate.

Estimate: $300-$450.

1480. Bowl made of earthenware “olive jar” shards from vari-

ous Fleet wrecksites. 3431 grams, 12” across top and 8” tall. Earthenware

shards are ubiquitous from the 1715 Fleet (as they are for most Spanish wrecksites), so their value is minimal until they are put to good use like we see here, where the finder spent quite a bit of time and money assembling them with a cement-like grout into a big bowl, several of the shards with encrustation intact under a final glaze and one each with name and date of find by hurricane plus one explaining the origin of the shards (Vero Beach, 1715 Fleet, etc.). Estimate: $350-$500.

1481. Iron barshot, complete and professionally conserved.

6690 grams, 12” long, each end about 4-1/4” in diameter. Heavy and solid,

cast in one piece with central round bar flaring into flattish round ends, rough surfaces from erosion down to the iron grain, matte black all over. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

1482. Iron cannonball “hand grenade” (“3 pounder”),

professionally conserved, rare. 2 lb 3 oz, 3” in diameter. Hollow

but solid and professionally conserved, with large hole on seam for inserting powder and what appears to be a repaired (plugged) hole away from the seam, matte black all over. From the “Cannon wreck” site, with Salvors Inc (Mel Fisher) photo-certificate #6181. Estimate: $500-$750.

1483. Small iron cannonball (“1-1/4 pounder”) for an “amusette” cannon. 241 grams, 2” in diameter. Solid and intact with glossy black coating on flaky surfaces, a bit light and with a few cracks but apparently solid. Pedigreed to our Auction #6, lot #1734 (one of three in that lot). Estimate: $75-$100.

1484. Small iron cannonball (“1-1/4 pounder”) for an “amusette” cannon. 462 grams, 2” in diameter. Very solid and intact, unconserved and rusty but perfectly stable. With Sedwick certificate from 2006. Estimate: $75-$110.

1485. Large pewter strainer (scupper drain cover?), rare. 1601 grams, 14” in diameter. Flat disc pierced with a couple dozen small holes and somewhat cupped, with small chips in edge and lightly encrusted. With Sedwick photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

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Unidentified early-1700s wreck off the Dominican Republic

1486. Large, intact earthenware “olive” jar.

9280 grams, 20” tall and 13” in diameter. Akin to the amphorae of ancient times, “olive” jars (so named for either

their shape or contents, or both) came in many shapes and sizes, this one a bit more elongated than most, with round bottom and typically thick rolled lip at top (intact except for small chip before salvage), lots of coral encrustation all over, impressive display. (Packing and shipping to be invoiced separately.) With Anchor Research photocertificate #BP0022. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

“Ca Mau wreck,” sunk ca. 1723-35 off Vietnam

1487. Chinese blue-on-white porcelain teacup and saucer, Kangxi period. 114 grams, the saucer 4-1/4” in diameter and the cup

2-1/2” in diameter and 1-1/2” tall. Both intact but with glaze eroded

away, the designs all very clear, showing human figures on landscapes, the saucer with brown exterior. With Sedwick certificates. Estimate: $150-$225.

1488. Chinese blue-on-white saucer, Kangxi period, floral design. 69.61 grams, 4-1/4” in diameter. Very well preserved, with glaze mostly intact and floral design

rather vivid, typically brown on exterior. With Sedwick certificate that refers to this salvage as “Vung Tao II” due to similarity to the earlier find before the “Ca Mau” find was officially announced. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Spanish 1733 Fleet, Florida Keys 1489. Large gold reliquary pendant with engraved I-H-S

(first three letters of “Jesus” in Latinized Greek), ex-Art McKee, plated in Weller’s Galleon Hunt. 35.49 grams, about 1-7/8” x 1-5/8”. This is basically a large, octagonal locket missing

the back and of course whatever relic was contained within, now with just a patch of dark encrustation adhering to the inside, the top loop intact and with elegant design on front showing a cross with monogram I-H-S (often misunderstood as representing Jesus Hominum Salvator = Jesus, savior of man) above arrows and wings, with a few old dents and light red encrustation in crevices, very impressive and highly desirable with McKee and Weller pedigree.

Found on the Capitana El Rubi site by Art McKee, with his certificate (signed by his wife and daughter, Karen), and accompanied by an appraisal by Jim Sinclair, also pictured on page 91 of Bob “Frogfoot” Weller’s book Galleon Hunt (1992). Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.

San Gerónimo, sunk in 1751 off the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico 1490. Lot of 10 natural emeralds, ex-Bobby Allison’s Sunken Treasure museum. 9.50

grams total, about 3 to 10 carats each. Sizeable nuggets of green, mostly dark and some a bit translucent,

with tan sediment all over, mostly rough in shape but one a typically hexagonal crystal, pictured on the cover (in the girl’s hand) of the accompanying magazine about this find, which the accompanying certificate refers to as “wrecked about 1752 on a reef off the coast of Central America,” later named specifically by Bobby to us personally as the San Gerónimo of 1751. With Allison certificate (unsigned) and photos from his museum and of the cover of the April 1991 issue of Treasure magazine, which featured Allison and Carl Fismer and their finds. Estimate: $500-up.

Geldermalsen (“Nanking Cargo”), sunk in 1752 in the South China Sea

1491. Intact Chinese blue-on-white porcelain bowl, “scholar

1492. Chinese blue-on-white porcelain teacup and saucer,

specimen with fully intact glaze and design on exterior (the interior with rim design only), much larger and more impressive than the usual teacups and saucers that typically come from this wreck. With photo-certificate and original Christie’s lot-sticker #3122 on bottom.

Estimate: $150-$225.

90.21 grams, the saucer 4-1/2” in diameter and the cup 3” in diameter and 1-1/2” tall. Typical designs but with full glaze and seldom-seen red

on bridge” pattern. 299 grams, 6” in diameter and 2-3/4” tall. Choice

“Imari pavilion” pattern, with rare red and gold color intact.

and color overglaze design, 100% intact and beautiful, among the best we have handled from this wreck. With original photo-certificate.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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Tounant, sunk in 1779 off Haiti

1493. Handled porcelain chamber-pot, intact and partially encrusted. 1010 grams, 8” in diameter and 5’ tall. A piece that is way

lovelier than its use (as a toilet) suggests, with bluish-white color under glaze, about half covered with light encrustation, plain base, minor chips and cracks and crazing but solid and stable. Estimate: $300-$450.

“1810 wreck” off Ft. Pierce, Florida 1494. Green-glass bottle and silver coin (Mexico bust 8R 1799FM, mounted in 14K gold pendant-bezel), both with original photo-certificates. The bottle 466 grams and 9-1/4” tall, the mounted coin 25.75 grams. Clean an undamaged bottle (just a little worn and encrusted) with rolled lip and shallow pontil, accompanied by a typically corroded but readable bust 8R that was fitted into a stock mount with loop for wear as a pendant. With photo-certificates (coin #22194).

Estimate: $200-$300.

1495. French gold pocket-watch remnants marked with “Ami

Melly / A Paris,” rare. 41.92 grams, about 1-1/2” in diameter. This item

consists of the entire gold case and many small pieces of the watch’s brass innards (one engraved with maker’s name, Amy Melly, a known Parisian watchmaker in the late 1700s), obviously impossible to restore but interesting for display. With Salvors, Inc. (Mel Fisher) photo-certificate #10113.

Estimate: $150-$225.

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Spring of Whitby, sunk in 1824 off Wabasso, Florida 1496. Lot of iron (1) and cuprous

(6) ship’s fittings, with original Fisher photo-certificates. 3660 grams total, the

longest piece 18”. Various unidentified fasteners

(including a large strap) plus two pulley-hubs and one hull-pin, mostly heavily patinated, the iron piece encrusted. With Fisher photocertificates #42610, 44910, 44911 and 44921.

Estimate: $125-$200.

Unidentified mid-1800s wreck off the Dominican Republic

1497. Encrusted clump of 40-50 copper-alloy spoons. 1606 1498. Encrusted clump of about 35 copper-alloy spoons. 935 grams, 8” x 4” x 2”. Massive clump with complete cocooning of tan

encrustation on sides and bottom but top spoon exposed to show a sunflower design on handle, much patination, great display. With photo-certificate #PC00001N from the salvager. Estimate: $400-$600.

grams, 8” x 3” x 2-1/4”. Heavily caked with tan encrustation on sides,

the bottom few spoons and top two exposed (one slightly mangled) and showing a nice patina but no markings. With photo-certificate #PC00001M from the salvager. Estimate: $300-$450.

Unidentified mid-1800s wreck in the English Channel 1499. Lot of 13 small lead seals of the mid-1800s (one possibly earlier). 135 grams total, up to 7/8” in diameter. Thick, uncleaned

and encrusted disks, some with readable lettering and images, unattributable without cleaning. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $70-$100.

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Non-Wreck Artifacts Note: photos not actual size (reduced or enlarged to show details)

Natural History

1500. Woolly mammoth tooth from the North Sea (approx. 10,000 to 100,000 years old). 5380 grams, roughly 13” x 7” x 4”.

Massive molar with about 16-17 ridges interspersed with brownish strata, bits of encrustation, found and lightly conserved by a commercial fisherman decades ago. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $400-$600.

1501. Section of petrified wood from New Mexico (approx. 100-200 million years old). 1480 grams, roughly 10” x 3” x 2-1/2”.

Beautiful display piece with lots of orange and white color in addition to the exterior brown, with typical cracks and flaking but totally intact and stable. Estimate: $125-$200.

1502. South American native axe head made from iron meteorite (approx. 5000-10,000 years old), very rare. 393 grams,

roughly 3-1/2” x 2” x 1-1/4”. A crude axe head with one end sharpened into a (dull) blade and the other end with a groove for inserting into a

wooden handle, clearly well worn from use and with minor pitting and patination as expected, nearly identical to stone specimens found all over the Americas but quite rare and remarkable as made out of a meteorite fragment. While we do not know the exact origin of this piece, it is interesting to note that pieces like this were the reason the Spanish found the famous Campo del Cielo meteorite field in Argentina in 1576, for it was observed that the local natives had iron tools and weapons despite a lack of natural iron resources. Estimate: $2,500-up.

Arms / Armor / Militaria Armor 1503. European steel closed helmet, 1600s-1700s. 1783 grams, roughly 15” x 13” x 8”. Full head protection, with hinged vi-

sor and chin-guard and neck-guard (the latter two with S-shaped latches), with hand-cut decoration around nose and eye-slit and on top medial, excellent condition with minimal rusting and original rivets. Found in Northern England, with photo-certificate. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

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Artillery and Shot

1504. Spanish brass cannon made in

Barcelona, dated 1766, showing Charles III monogram, on antique replica wooden carriage. 105 lb (the carriage another 33 lb), 32” long, 5-1/4” at breech, 9” across trunnions, 5” muzzle with 2” bore. A very attractively patinated piece

with choice markings, including a full crownedCR monogram above ordinal III over wreath for Charles III of Spain and BARCELONA DE 20 AGOSTO DE 1766 on ring between cascabel and breech, number 3’s punched into both trunnions, plain cascabel with loop on bottom, a very useful size for display, especially on its faithfully reproduced wooden carriage complete with quoin and straps. It is interesting to note how similar this piece is in size and design to the 1791 specimen of Charles IV that we sold in Auction #10 (lot 1349). (Packing and shipping to be invoiced separately.) With photo-certificate.

Estimate: $10,000-up.

1505. French cast-iron “eprouvette” mortar (signal/testing cannon), 1700s. 6500 grams, 6-1/4” tall and 4” in diameter. Very thick

base with tall barrel ringed with reinforcements, glossy with rusty color underneath but very solid and heavy, prominent touchhole and pan in base. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $400-$600.

1506. Small iron signal cannon, unique design, late 1700s-early 1800s(?). 2801 grams, 4” tall and 2-1/4” in diameter with 5-1/2” base

and handle. We have sold plenty of signal cannons but never one like this (so possibly rare), the plain tube resting on a squarish base integrated

into a curving handle, all very solid but pitted from oxidation, its touchhole just a small hole in the side near the bottom in the front. Estimate: $150-$225.

1507. Small bronze signal cannon, Spanish colonial, 1600s-1700s. 1839 grams, 3-3/4” tall and 3” in diameter. Typical piece with patinated dark surfaces, four reinforcements, crude touchhole near bottom with piece inside blocking it probably related to a slit in bottom (probably damaged from use). Estimate: $125-$200.

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1508. Large stone cannonball from the 1588 Spanish Armada found by commercial fishermen off the coast of Dover, England. 8 lb 12 oz, 5-1/2” in diameter. Big sphere of chalky white rock, smooth except for a few pits and dents, deceivingly light for its size.

With photo-certificate. Estimate: $400-$600.

1509. Stone cannonball from a 1588 Spanish Armada site off the Netherlands. 4 lb 2 oz, 4-1/2” in diameter. Typically very light

for its size, with somewhat cratered surface but no cracks or voids, fine encrustation all over. With letter from the son of the finder. Estimate: $350-$500.

1510. Bronze cannonball with iron core, probably Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s), rare. 12 lb, 4” in diameter. Medium-sized ball with smooth and brassy surfaces (various scrapes and nicks from use and storage), no cracks or splits to show the iron core but noticeably heavier than it looks. Estimate: $500-$750.

1511. Small bronze cannonball found off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s), rare. 3 lb 7 oz, 3”

in diameter. A rare composition and rare size, probably with an iron core but no visible evidence of that, about half the surface with green color

and the rest a light brown. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $300-$450.

1512. Small iron cannonball (“1-1/4 pounder”) for an “amusette” cannon, marked by finder with “CP” as from Crown

Point, New York, French and Indian War-era (ca. 1759). 1 lb 1 oz, 2” in diameter. Solid and stable, with rusty brown color all over but

not too much surface corrosion, smaller than the usual size found on land, the type of cannon that fired it known as an “amusette” and far more effective than the usual three-pounder. (For further information on this small cannon type, refer to the internet site of the Hesse Kassel Jaeger Korps, Amusettes as 18th Century Artillery with the Jaegers and other Light Infantry.) Estimate: $100-$150.

1513. Medium iron cannonball (“12-pounder”) from Fort Ticonderoga, New York, with British Naval broad arrow mark

(rare), American Revolutionary War (ca. 1777). 11 lb 7 oz, 4” in diameter. Very solid ball with minor surface pitting, very bold broad

arrow mark, which is somewhat rare on ordnance like this because its application bore extra cost that was not always approved or justified.

Estimate: $600-$900.

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1514. British “24-pounder” mortar shell from a battlefield in Savannah, Georgia, American Revolutionary War period (ca.

1780). 13 lb 10 oz, 5-1/2” in diameter. Heavy but hollow, with hole in side for inserting powder, a type of shell fired by British Royal mortars and 5-1/2” howitzers, minor surface pitting and rust but still quite stable. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $300-$450.

1515. Small iron cannonball (“3-pounder”) from Hudson Highlands, New York (Battle of Fort Montgomery), American

Revolutionary War (ca. 1777). 2 lb 8-1/2 oz, 3” in diameter. Typical size of cannonball, solid and well preserved, with only light rust and surface corrosion. Estimate: $150-$225.

1516. Medium iron cannonball (“6-pounder”) from the Battle of Blackstock, SC, American Revolutionary War (1780). 6 lb 1 oz, 3” in diameter. Solid and well preserved (minor surface pitting only), with name and date (Nov. 9, 1780) of battle written in white on

side along with the weight. This battle was a rare instance of defeat for the English under Dragoon Leader Banastre Tarleton by the Americans.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1517. Iron “12-pounder” cannonball, American Revolutionary War period, found near Yorktown, Virginia (1781). 11 lb

11 oz, 4-1/2” in diameter. Cratered surface from oxidation but fully stabilized and now shiny from professional conservation, with origin and

recovery data hand-lettered in silver ink on side. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

1518. American naval 32-pound “stand of quilted grapeshot,” early 1800s, rare. 13,460 grams, 9-1/2” tall and 5-1/2” in di-

ameter. Round-base post with clusters of twelve 2-1/4” cannonballs in

three separate, staggered layers, a type in use from the War of 1812 up to the Civil War, originally encased in canvas and rope quilting but now with the balls pinned together for display, professionally conserved after recovery from a river in southern Virginia (unidentified shipwreck).

With photo-certificate. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

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1519. American naval “12-pounder” grenade

shell from the Niagara River area of Canada, War of 1812 period. 6 lb 1 oz, 4” in diameter. Hollow

ball with large hole in side for inserting powder, a type of ball fired from Coehorn mortars for ship-to-ship combat and also thrown as grenades, this one with very smooth surfaces and a few areas of rust. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $300-$450.

1520. Large iron cannonball (“24-pounder”) from Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S. Civil Warera (1860s). 23 lb 7 oz, 6” in diameter. Solid and intact, with minor pitting and rust but only surface deep, impressively large and heavy. Estimate: $200$300.

1521. Wooden artillery quoin, mid- to late 1700s. 1022 grams, 31” long. Before Gribeau-

val’s reform of the French artillery system in 1765, which mandated the use of elevating screws to raise the cannon breech, cannons were “aimed” by the use of a device such as the one in this lot, which was basically a stair-stepped wedge on a pole. The pole on this piece appears to be a replacement but the quoin itself is clearly old, worn and a bit worm-eaten. While quoins were still used in France after the reforms, most likely this piece was shipped to America when France started supplying the American rebels during the Revolutionary War. Estimate: $500-$750.

1522. Naval artillery gunner’s wooden linstock (for firing cannons), early 1800s, probably American (War of 1812). 452 grams, 25-1/2” long. A wooden rod with rope wrapped

around brass screw at top and sharp steel point at bottom, the rope a period replacement for what was known as a slow match (rope soaked in combustible material) for firing cannons and the bottom point for driving into the ground or a wooden deck between uses, attractively patinated, the cuff for the bottom point just a bit corroded. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $350-$500.

1523. Lot of 17 copper cannon fuses and 4 copper firing caps, mid-1800s. 81 grams total. Small copper tubes with slit, tapered ends and broken-off tops, plus circular caps, these

specimens all found on a mid-1800s wreck in the English Channel but the same design as found on battlefields of the US Civil War. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Edged Weapons

1524. Short sword with horn handle, probably Spanish, 1700s. 532 grams, 29” long. Solid but slightly rusty blade (double-edged) with groove in center on both sides, S-shaped guard with finger ring on one side, well-worn handle with small chips and holes, brass butt-cap at end. Estimate: $125-$200.

1525. British naval figure-eight cutlass, ca. 1803. 1030 grams, 33” long. Clean blade with dull point and several small chips in sharp side from use, large and bold crowned-GR mark (for Georgius Rex) and arrow-like maker’s mark on ricasso, solid steel ribbed grip and figure-8 guard, the latter with stippled “85” on outside, nice patina overall without rust or loss. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

1526. Spanish colonial sailor’s dirk, 1800s. 106 grams, 10” long. Distinctive design with wavy-edge blade (both edges sharp), dark horn handle with engraved silver mounts and S-shaped guard, good “in hand” feel (well balanced). With photo-certificate. Estimate: $125-$200.

1527. English clip-point bowie knife made for the US West by Samuel C. Wragg (1830-60), rare. 209 grams, 13” long. Clean,

sharp blade with CALIFORNIA HUNTING KNIFE etched thereon and maker’s stamp on ricasso, a company in Sheffield, England, known for fine bowie- and fighting-style knives for use in the United States, especially after the Gold Rush of 1849. Since the address on this piece is Furnace Hill, the knife must date to before the company’s move to Sheaf Island Works in the 1850’s. The fancy nickel-silver guard and handle (with slight rattling inside) shows the US Federal Eagle and Shield. The original Moroccan leather sheath is intact. A rare and valuable piece for the serious knife collector. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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1528. English spear-point bowie knife made by John Walters & Co. (1841-62), rare. 440 grams, 14-1/2” long. A handmade bowie

knife of a larger size likely made for the American western frontier or battlefields, with great original patina on the blade showing engraving at top “Best Quality / HUNTERS COMPANION” and maker’s name and city (Sheffield) on ricasso, with sturdy nickel-silver guard and tight India Stag Handle. Walters supplied frontier outposts from California to Kentucky in the 1850s, in addition to the Confederate Army at the start of the Civil War, a fact that was first revealed when several Walters’ bowie knives like this one were found on the wreck of the Modern Greece (a Confederate blockade runner that ran aground off North Carolina in the summer of 1862) in the mid-1900s. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

1529. Spanish (Toledo) model 1843 artillery/engineer’s short sword, dated 1876, Spanish-American War. 1132 grams, 22” long. Very wide blade (2-1/4”) with point blunted from use, clearly engraved ARTa FABa DE TOLEDO 1876 on ricasso, heavy brass handle

with fish-scale grip, plain crossbar and two-sided pommel with design of plant in vase, lightly patinated all over, a design issued to Spanish colonial artillery to be used as both a weapon and a tool (like a machete). With photo-certificate. Estimate: $300-$450.

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Firearms

1530. Dutch Admiralty flintlock blunderbuss, ca. 1720, very rare and important. 15 lb, 33-1/2” long. This is basically a handheld

cannon, with massive 1-1/4”-bore reinforced brass barrel supported by extra-thick walnut stock (as thick as 2-1/2” at the butt), plain brass furniture and unengraved lock but stamped on barrel at breech with prominent Dutch admiralty logo consisting of the letters OADM (Admiralty on the Maas River), ivory sight at muzzle end, period replacement wooden ramrod and brass muzzle-band, otherwise untouched and original and highly desirable, first of its kind we have ever heard of. (Packing and shipping to be invoiced separately.) Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

1531. Dutch shipboard flintlock musket, 1700s. 6 lb 6 oz, 45” long. Typical firearm (shorter in length than standard infantry weapons)

supplied by Dutch arms merchants for use on board ships during the American Revolutionary War, with octagonal-to-round barrel, plain brass furniture, unengraved lock (complete and functional), original steel ramrod. (Packing and shipping to be invoiced separately.) With photo-certificate. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

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1532. Pair of European flintlock pistols, 1700s. Each about 3 lb and 22” long. Elegant ornamental pieces with ornate silver mounts

(the sideplates showing the wigged bust of a monarch and an unclothed native standing), engraved steel locks (not fully functional) and barrels with carved bone nosecaps and “tiger” grain walnut stock, one original ramrod and the other a crude replacement. With photo-certificate.

Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

1533. French flintlock musket, 1771, maker St. Etienne (marked), American Revolutionary War period, very rare and

important, ex-Gilkerson. 7 lb 7 oz, 57” long. An untouched, fully functional and all-original piece with impressively long 40” barrel of .74

caliber, rounded lockplate and reinforced hammer with ETIENNE stamped under the rounded powder-pan, brass “Charleville” mounts on walnut stock, three spring-fastened barrel-bands and original steel ramrod, plain S-shaped sideplate and screw-fastened buttplate in brass.

(Packing and shipping to be invoiced separately.) Pedigreed to the Gilkerson collection. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

1534. British flintlock blunderbuss marked by maker W & S Rooke, late 1700s. 5 lb 7 oz, 29” long. Interesting piece with less

than half its length accounted for by its brass barrel, showing maker’s London address and eight-point star on top (proofmarks to side) and “Long Live King George” around the flaring muzzle, 1-1/4” bore, lightly engraved walnut stock and brass trigger-guard, tight and functional lock with maker’s name on side, wooden ramrod (possible period replacement) intact but missing brass tip. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

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1535. Steel bayonet for “brown bess” fusil gun, American Revolutionary War period (late 1700s). 276 grams, 16” long. Un-

cleaned and original (bright steel finish with areas of rust), with touchmarks on blade and socket, slightly smaller than the standard infantry model and made for a lighter type of gun (fusil) generally carried by officers and artillery units. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

1536. Matched pair of British naval officer’s flintlock pistols with brass barrels, ca. 1800. 1 lb 12 oz, 14-1/2” long each. Choice

pair with high-quality locks with rollers on frizzen springs, matching in design but signed by different makers--J&W Richards on one, T. Ketland Company on the other (both known suppliers to the British government)--with full English proofmarks on the octagonal-to-round barrels, lightly engraved brass furniture, original wooden ramrods with screw-tip ball extractors at inside ends, both pieces fully functional and well taken care of. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

1537. European flintlock boarding pistol, early 1800s. 2 lb 5 oz, 14-1/2” long. Simple design with small anchor-shaped touchmark on

lock (fully functional), light wood stock and plain brass furniture, missing ramrod, probably made in Liege (Belgium). With photo-certificate.

Estimate: $600-$900.

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1538. British naval flintlock boarding pistol, early 1800s. 3 lb 2 oz, 19” long. Fully functional and well-marked piece, the lock show-

ing markings of TOWER and GR below crown as well as a crowned number 2, proofmarks on barrel, English broad arrow and BO (Board of Ordinance) marking on stock, “QI 6 / N 1” on brass butt-cap and small crown mark on steel belt hook, the wooden ramrod possibly a period replacement. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

Jewelry / Religious

1539. Lot of six copper religious medallions, probably 1800s, rumored to be from shipwrecks. 110.75 grams total, the largest 2” in diameter. All different sizes and colors of metal, most oval but the largest two round and bold, some with corrosion and light encrustation

but others just worn, one with loop broken off, each depicting various saints and some scenery. With photo-certificates. Estimate: $350-$500.

1540. Large, octagonal, brass religious medallion, probably 1800s, rumored to be from a shipwreck. 19.74 grams, 1-1/2” in diam-

eter. Worn and heavily patinated, with pictures of saints on each side, the lettering difficult to discern, intact loop at top. Estimate: $100-$150.

1541. French, round, silver religious medallion with hand-engraved date 1882 and name, rumored to be from a shipwreck.

11.50 grams, 1-1/4” in diameter. Interesting medallion with “ex voto”-style heart on one side and Virgin Mary on the other, engraved in fields

with date of May 11, 1882 on the heart side and name “Mamie Mullaly”(?) on the Mary side, light surface corrosion only and nicely toned, loop at top intact. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1542. Lot of over 100 trade beads, mostly glass but one iron and some garnet, Spanish colonial (1500s). 120 grams total, longest

piece 2”. Fascinating cross-section of different types of beads, mostly blue tubes but also a few chevron-type spheres and other kinds (possibly

rare). Found in a Spanish colonial area of the southern Caribbean. Estimate: $200-$300.

1543. Lot of 46 loose glass beads (one broken) and 2 small pearls, Spanish colonial (1500s). 23.56 grams, the longest 2-1/4”.

Some blue tubes and chevron spheres as usual but also a crystal sphere and lots of tiny black and blue nuggets, some probably rare. Found in a Spanish colonial area of the southern Caribbean. Estimate: $200-$300.

1544. Small, black-glass ring (intact, very rare thus) with Maltese cross design, Spanish colonial (1500s). 1.41 grams, size 1-3/4. Very thick, black glass, rather light but not too delicate, rather small for modern fingers. Found in a Spanish colonial area of the southern

Caribbean. Estimate: $125-$200.

1545. Large, carved jet (black wood) “higa” (good luck talisman), Spanish colonial (1500s). 12.82 grams, roughly 1-1/2” x 1” x 3/4”. Largest specimen we have ever seen but with tip of thumb broken off, also broken at wrist and with flaking on top of hand but the palm

and all fingers clear. Found in a Spanish colonial area of the southern Caribbean. Estimate: $100-$150.

1546. Lot of 5 small pieces of carved jet (black wood), including most of a religious ring with a cross design, Spanish colonial (1500s). 2.87 grams total, the largest about 1”. Glossy black miniatures of unknown purpose except for the ring, which shows an etched-in cross above a orb-shaped pit in an oval emblem. Found in a Spanish colonial area of the southern Caribbean. SEE INTERNET FOR PHOTO. Estimate: $100-$150.

1547. Lot of 5 small pieces of carved-jet (black wood) figurines, Spanish colonial (1500s). 4.04 grams total, the largest 1”. Recog-

nizable items (plus a few fragments), including a native head with long neck, a lion, two shells and the usual higa (good luck talisman in the shape of a fist), mostly intact and glossy black. Found in a Spanish colonial area of the southern Caribbean. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Miscellaneous

1548. Immense iron “armada” (Nuremburg) chest, fully operational and intact, European, 1500s-1600s. Approx. 150 pounds, 39-1/2” x 22” x 22”. The largest and most complete iron chest we have ever offered, well preserved and impressive, the steel plate under the

lid (covering the locking mechanism) very ornate with carved and engraved design showing humanlike figures (men and women, the former with conquistador helmets and the latter with bare breasts), all with mermaid bodies complete with claws and tails and wings, the lock itself with twelve bolts that all move at the same time when the key (modern reproduction) is turned in the lock on top, prop bar and small inner box on left side (with its own key) intact and functional, false lock and strap-loops in front, and C-shaped handles on sides, coated black all over (except for the steel plate inside), with modern (15” tall) stand for keeping it up off the ground. (Packing and shipping to be invoiced separately.) Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

1549. Lot of two bronze nested weight sets (probably Ger-

man, 1500s-1600s). Larger: 921 grams, 2” tall and 3-1/4” in diameter; smaller: 439 grams, 1-1/2” tall and 2-1/2” in diameter. Both sets intact with

hinged lids and latches but missing some of the smaller weights, a few letters and numbers stamped on the lid of the larger one, nice dark patina on both, common but popular items. Estimate: $300-$450.

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1550. Spanish colonial leather dispatch case dated MDC-

1552. Gold miner’s brass pan scales in original painted tin

despite a few chips in the leather, with original paper interior lining, the sides reinforced with leather stitching and the bottom with two large straps, the triangular opening mirroring an embossed design, but most striking feature is the embossed date highlighted in gold, probably rare (first we have seen). With photo-certificate. Estimate: $300-$450.

pans balanced on chains from a fixed arm, with needlelike pointer in top center, accompanied by seven original weights printed with 1/2, 1 and 2 ounces and 2, 4 and 5 (two) pennyweights, all intact and functional. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

CLXXVIIII (1779). 1071 grams, 13” x 17”. Excellent condition

box, mid-1800s. 336 grams, 7-1/4” x 3-1/2”. Typical design of two

1553. Bronze “bell-type” balance-scale weight, dated 1855, found in Key West, Florida. 5690 grams, 6-1/2” tall, 4” in diameter.

1551. British leg irons with original key, early 1800s. 1094 grams, 21” long. D-shaped clamps connected by chain, with holes in

cylindrical straight parts for inserting the key and unlocking, impressively intact and in original, uncleaned condition. With photo-certificate.

Estimate: $200-$300.

Basically a “bell” of bronze filled with a lead core (visible through a small depression in the bottom), with handle at top for hanging on a scale, marked with various numbers on top and all over the sides (one a clear 1855 date), nicely patinated with lots of dents and grooves in the handle from use, a common design for its time but rarely seen today. Estimate: $125-$200.

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1554. Lot of 3 glass bottles of three different (and popular types): Dutch “onion” bottle, 1720s-1750s; British ale bottle, 1820s-1840s; Dutch “case gin” bottle, mid-1800s.

1770 grams total, 7-1/2” to 9-1/4” tall, 3” to 5” in diameter. All intact,

with no chips or stars or cracks, the case gin a bit worn but the other two still glossy and with deep pontils, great “type collection” of colonial-period bottles. Estimate: $200-$300.

1555. Lot of 2 British colonial-era stoneware bowls (incomplete) from the 1600s, from the site of the World Trade Center in New York City (found ca. 1968). 311 grams, the larger one 4” tall and 5-1/2” in diameter. Fragmented pots with glazing intact, tan in color, interesting as evidence of colonial-era activity in the area of the World Trade Center. With certificates. Estimate: $125-$200.

1556. British ebony, brass and ivory octant by Brown

(Cardiff, Wales), late 1700s-early 1800s. 780 grams, roughly 11”

x 9” x 3”. This navigational device was used to measure astronomical

angles and therefore was most useful to sailors who needed to know latitudes. After the astrolabe came the quadrant, which by definition measured a quarter circle, but that device was cumbersome and came to be replaced with the octant (or reflecting quadrant), which utilized mirrors to get quarter-circle measurement from a device that was, in effect, only one-eighth of a circle. Technical specifications aside, this piece consists of an ebony frame with ivory inlays showing a measuring scale and the maker’s name and city, with brass index arm, mounts for the glass lens and main mirror and three swiveling windows, brass legs and ivory inlay on back (the latter with numbers scratched in), everything apparently intact and in working order, but of course more of interest to us as just a naval antique. Estimate: $600-$900.

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1557. Large bronze plaque made from the remains of the

USS Maine, sunk during the Spanish American War in 1898, cast by Charles Kech in 1913 (when the ship was raised), limited edition #71/1000 (rare and desirable low number). 5120 grams, 17-1/2” x 13”. A rectangular plaque with Lady

Liberty in relief holding a Federal shield with the sinking ship in the distance to left, with IN MEMORIAM at top, PATRIOTISM / DEVOTION on shield and U.S.S. MAINE / DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR / FEBRUARY 15TH 1898 in lower field and THIS TABLET IS CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE USS MAINE across the bottom, signed in bottom-right corner with copyright and “C. KECK SC. / 1913. Cast by / Jno. Williams Inc. / NY,” with sturdy hanger on hollow back. Nice light color, undamaged condition, light verdigris here and there. Note that Kech was an assistant to Augustus Saint Gaudens, who of course was famous for designing the US $20 at the time. Estimate: $1,750-$2,500.

1558. Parker 75 fountain pen made in 1965 from 1715-Fleet silver, in original presentation box, with matching mechanical

pencil. 238 grams, 6-5/8” x 3-3/4” x 1-1/2” (in box). As mentioned in his book Pieces of Eight, Kip Wagner’s Real Eight Co. was badly in need

of money when investor Ken Parker came forward with the idea to melt down 4,000 oz. of silver cobs from the 1715 Fleet and turn them into popular fountain pens (limited to 4,821 units) to sell at $75 each (triple the normal retail price for their pens), a small fortune in 1965 for anyone but wealthy executives. But it is not just the pen that makes these collectibles valuable: You have to have the whole package, with the box and certificates and booklets, and this offering has it all, including the green-felt pouch that is often missing. The pen itself shows the normal Parker 75 crosshatch pattern on the outside but with the all-important “SPANISH TREASURE FLEET - 1715” embossed around the center and also with the oM mintmark for Mexico and the Mexican eagle in the gold accents at either end. Also included with this set is a pencil from the same series but without the Fleet- silver wording and Mexican symbols, as well as a replacement ink cartridge. (For more information, see http://www.parker75.com.) With hinged box that shows a map on top, a diagram of a galleon inside, inspection certificate/ guarantee #85699, small booklet, and a notarized certificate signed by Kip Wagner. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

1559. Parker 75 fountain pen made in 1965 from 1715-Fleet silver, in original presentation box, pedigreed to original Real Eight member Bob Johnson. 224 grams, 6-5/8” x 3-3/4” x 1-1/2” (in box). As mentioned in his book Pieces of Eight, Kip Wagner’s Real

Eight Co. was badly in need of money when investor Ken Parker came forward with the idea to melt down 4,000 oz. of silver cobs from the 1715 Fleet and turn them into popular fountain pens (limited to 4,821 units) to sell at $75 each (triple the normal retail price for their pens), a small fortune in 1965 for anyone but wealthy executives. But it is not just the pen that makes these collectibles valuable: You have to have the whole package, with the box and certificates and booklets, and this offering has it all, including the green-felt pouch that is often missing.

The pen itself shows the normal Parker 75 crosshatch pattern on the outside but with the all-important “SPANISH TREASURE FLEET 1715” embossed around the center and also with the oM mintmark for Mexico and the Mexican eagle in the gold accents at either end. Also included with this set are a replacement ink tank and four ink cartridges. (For more information, see http://www.parker75.com.) With hinged box that shows a map on top, a diagram of a galleon inside, inspection certificate/guarantee #85374, small booklet, and a notarized certificate signed by Kip Wagner. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

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1560. Plaster sculpture of an enlargement of the obverse of a 1715 Fleet Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos Royal, 1702L. 1420 grams, 13-1/4” in diameter. OK, so you will never own an 8-escudos Royal from the 1715 Fleet, and maybe you cannot afford just a regular

8 escudos either… but this is an 8 escudos that anyone can afford! It is basically a piece of art, maker unknown but probably done in the Real Eight days of the 1960s or early 1970s, faithfully reproducing all the coin’s elements in scaled-up form and deeply carved out of the hardened plaster and then coated with gold paint, the back left smooth and showing cracks that were stabilized in its manufacturing process and glazed over. Someone gave us this piece years ago and while we have enjoyed owning it and displaying it in our office, we have decided to let it go now for the benefit of the 1715 Fleet Society (http://www.1715fleetsociety.com/), to whom half the hammer price will be donated in support of their upcoming anniversary celebration. Estimate: $50-up.

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