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Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC

TREASURE AUCTION #6

Session I: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 11:00 am EDT

Gold coins, shipwreck coins

Session II: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 4:30 pm EDT

Silver coins and medals

Session III: Friday, October 16, 2009, noon EDT

Shipwreck ingots, artifacts, documents, books

Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLCP.O. Box 1964

Winter Park, FL 32790 U.S.A.

(407) 975-3325 • Fax (407) 975-3327

www.SedwickCoins.com

Auction and catalog production by:

Dan Sedwick, Augi García, and Cori Sedwick Downing

Daniel Frank Sedwick, licensed Florida auctioneer #AU3635, AB2592

© Copyright Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC, 2009. All rights reserved.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1) Each lot will be sold to the highest bidder unless the reserve or starting price is not met. Bids may be submitted in

person or by mail, phone, fax, email, or live on the Internet until each lot is closed during the live session. We cannot be

responsible for errors in bidding or the loss or delay of any bids that do not reach us by the closing date and time. All

bids are in U.S. dollars.

2) Winning bids will be reduced automatically to the next increment above the second-highest bid. In the case of tie bids,

the earliest bidder will win the lot. Bidders are advised to provide allowable percentage increases to avoid losing lots due

to a tie.

3) A winning bid is considered a formal contract between the buyer and the consignor. The winning bidder, by submitting

his bid, agrees to purchase the lot(s) he has won and further agrees to pay the Buyer’s Premium and any shipping, sales

tax, customs duties, or other surcharges involved in delivering the lot(s) to the buyer. Winning bidders will be notified

as soon as possible after the sale with an invoice reflecting the total amount due and shall remit payment within two

weeks of notification. If payment has not been received after two weeks, we reserve the right to re-open the lot(s) to

second- and third- (etc.) highest bidders. Title to each lot does not pass until the item has been paid in full. Any late

payments (one month past invoice date) will be assessed an accrued interest charge of 1½% per month.

4) Unless other arrangements are made, all lots will be sent to winning bidders via U.S. Mail when the invoice has been paid

in full. All domestic shipments will carry full insurance, but foreign shipments are made at the buyer’s risk (insurance

available in some cases).

5) A Buyer’s Premium of 18% will be added to the winning bid for the total purchase price before any applicable tax or

surcharges. Winning bidders who pay by cash, check, money order, wire transfer or direct deposit are eligible

for a reduction of the Buyer’s Premium by 3% (net 15%).

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Express and Discover. All payments by check or money order should be made payable to Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC.

Payments by PayPal should be made to auction@sedwickcoins.com. All payments shall be in U.S. dollars drawn on a

U.S. bank.

7) New bidders who do not have established credit with us must supply references and/or a 25% deposit. Credit cards are

acceptable in lieu of a deposit. If your bids are unsuccessful, your deposit will be refunded, but if you are a winning

bidder, your deposit will be applied to your purchase unless other arrangements are made. Any bidders with an

overdue balance with Daniel Frank Sedwick or Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC must complete payment of their

previous balance before their bids will be accepted.

8) You may opt for “either/or” and/or “total budget” bids on your bid sheet. “Either/or” bids are used when you want

just one (or whatever number you specify) of two or more lots but it does not matter which of those lots you get. “Total

budget” bids are used when you are bidding on more lots than you expect to win and do not wish to spend more than

a specified amount. Both options are subject to a minimum of $5,000 total in bids and “either/or” bids are additionally

subject to a minimum of $100 per lot (below that, bidders should bid live on the Internet instead).These options are not

available for live Internet bidders.

9) Most lots are unreserved, but some lots do have a reserve or minimum bid assigned by the consignor. Any reserve will

be at or below the stated low estimate and starting price. All estimates are given in U.S. dollars.

10) As an active dealer, Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC is able to estimate a reasonably low wholesale level for each lot and

reserves the right to reject any bids below this level. Furthermore we reserve the right to reject any bids that we have

reason to believe are not submitted in good faith.

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11) All items are guaranteed genuine and as described. Returns will NOT be accepted

UNLESS there was an error in the listing. Note that grading and estimation of

corrosion are subjective and differences of opinion cannot be considered errors.

Disputes as to authenticity shall be resolved by submission to NGC or PCGS. Any

returns must be agreed upon BEFORE return shipment to us, and any applicable

refunds will be made immediately upon receipt of the returned item(s). All returns

must be submitted to us in unaltered condition no later than one month after the

sale. Any refunds for returns paid for by credit card will be subject to a 3% return

fee.

12) Lots may be inspected at our private office in Winter Park by appointment only

during our office hours of Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. High-quality

photos of all items are viewable on our website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

13) For any won lots that are sent to a Florida address, Florida sales tax (6% to 7.5%,

depending on your county) will be added to all purchases of items that are NOT

coins or bullion. Coins and bullion are also taxed if the total coin and/or bullion

purchase is less than $500.

14) The winning bidder pays for all costs of shipping or delivery of his lots. In some cases special delivery must be arranged

between the consignor and the winning bidder. There are no surcharges for packing or handling in this sale.

15) This auction is conducted in accordance with the auction laws of the State of Florida. The licensed auctioneer is Daniel

Frank Sedwick, AU#3635, AB#2592.

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ORDER OF SALE

Section Lots Pages

Consignors’ biographies ..................................................................................................8-9

Shipwreck histories .......................................................................................................... 10-20

SESSION I: Thursday, October 15, 11:00 am EDT

Gold cobs by mint .................................................................................... 1-73 ................21-30

World gold coins by country .................................................................... 74-147 ............31-41

Shipwreck silver coins (chronologically by wreck) ................................. 148-683 ..........41-143

SESSION II: Thursday, October 15, 4:30 pm EDT

Silver cobs of Mexico ............................................................................... 684-764 ..........145-155

Silver cobs of Lima, Peru ......................................................................... 765-876 ..........156-167

Silver cob of La Plata, Bolivia .................................................................. 877 .................168

Silver cobs of Potosí, Bolivia ................................................................... 878-1160 .........169-201

Other silver cobs by country .................................................................... 1161-1207 .......202-208

World silver coins by country ................................................................... 1208-1608 .......209-256

Medals by country .................................................................................... 1609-1615 .......257-258

SESSION III: Friday, October 16, noon EDT

Shipwreck ingots and other bullion ......................................................... 1616-1650 .......259-270

Artifacts from shipwrecks ........................................................................ 1651-1810 .......270-298

Non-shipwreck artifacts:

Pre-Columbian ......................................................................................... 1811-1813 ........298

Circa-1590 Spanish colonial site in the southern Caribbean ................... 1814-1848 .......298-302

Mid-1600s Spanish colonial site in the southern Caribbean ................... 1849-1853 .......302

Port Royal, Jamaica .................................................................................. 1854-1857 .......302-303

Religious ................................................................................................... 1858-1860 .......303

Arms/armor/militaria ............................................................................. 1861-1883 .......303-307

Viking ....................................................................................................... 1884-1887 .......307-308

Natural history ......................................................................................... 1888-1891 .......308

Miscellaneous ........................................................................................... 1892-1922 .......308-311

Vintage diving equipment........................................................................ 1923-1933 .......312-314

Media:

Engravings ............................................................................................... 1934-1941 .......314-315

Manuscripts .............................................................................................. 1942-1949 .......315-316

Maps ......................................................................................................... 1950-1957 .......316-318

Miscellaneous documents........................................................................ 1958-1967 .......318-320

Paintings ................................................................................................... 1968-1970 .......320-321

Photos ....................................................................................................... 1971-1972 .......321

Prints ........................................................................................................ 1973-1981 .......322-323

Games ....................................................................................................... 1982-1983 .......323

Books ........................................................................................................ 1984-2025 ......323-326

Auction catalogs (featuring the Tom Sebring Treasure Library) ............ 2026-2082 ......326-330

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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.

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

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

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

Other references mentioned include: Gilboy’s The Columnarios of Central and South America (1999); Grove’s Medals of Mexico, Volumes 1 and 2

(1970, 1972); Lázaro’s Los Redondos de Lima, Mejico y Potosí y otras acuñaciones especiales (1996); Proctor’s The Forgotten Mint of Colonial Panama

(2005); and Sellschopp’s Las acuñaciones de las cecas de Lima, La plata y Potosí (1971).

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.

BOOK GRADING and TERMS

We use several standard terms in our book descriptions, as follows:

HB or HC = Hardbound (hard cover)

SC = Soft cover

DJ = Dust jacket

ed = Edition

pp = Pages

ex-lib = Ex-library (with stampings and/or card-holders pasted in)

Our book grading is very similar to the coin grades above, with top condition indicated as “mint” or “new,” then “Very Fine” (VF) for not

new but unread (or very slightly read) condition, then “Fine” (F) for slightly used, “Very Good” (VG) for moderately used, and “Good” (G)

for well-used condition. Any significant damage is separately noted, as opposed to including it in the grade.

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 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.

We encourage bidders to examine lots in person at our premises in Winter Park, Florida, up until the day

before the first session (by appointment only, 9 am-5 pm weekdays).

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TREASURE AUCTION #6Sessions I-II-III, Thursday-Friday, October 15-16, 2009

These days it is fashionable to present huge sales with important-sounding and mysterious names, like Caballero

or Millennium, usually linked to the offering of one specific and private collection. Our Treasure Auctions are still

maturing and rapidly growing, and until now we have not had a chance to bless any of our sales with a fancy nickname,

especially since they are always a blend of many different collections. This time, however, the consignments are so

impressive that we feel the auction deserves an appropriate nickname.

The first name that comes to mind for this auction would be “The Dealer’s Sale,” as there are many group

lots and almost everything opens at very reasonable levels (NOT artificially low “starting bids” below hidden reserves)

and are just the kind of thing treasure dealers want and need, like gold cobs and Atocha Grade-1 8 reales. It is a dealer’s

sale in another sense too: Featured on these pages are the collections and de-accessions of some of the world’s best-

known treasure dealers, like Louis Hudson (with a collection of Potosí countermarks 1649-52) and the late Mark Bir

(with all Spanish colonial but particularly pillars-and-waves cob 1 and 2 reales by date). This sale also features parts of

collections amassed by Herman Blanton (Colombian Republic silver) and Tom Sebring (treasure books and catalogs).

Another good name for this auction would be “The Million-Dollar Sale,” since, for the first time, we are

auctioning well over a million dollars’ worth of lots based on the low estimates, not inflated numbers, and all of it

viable material. In fact the total high estimate exceeds $2 million! Largely this is due to the fact that we have over 70

gold cobs, mostly from the 1715 Fleet, and a wealth of gold and silver bars from many different shipwrecks, particularly

6 “tumbaga” silver bars from the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528), 2 gold “finger” bars and 4 huge silver bars from

the Atocha (1622) and one highly desirable small-size Justh & Hunter California Gold Rush ingot from the SS

Central America (1857). Also included are selections from the Atocha Research Collection of silver coins and a newly

formed “Coconut wreck” Research Collection, all starting at levels that any dealer would pay.

A third possible nickname for this auction would be “The Trophy Sale,” because it boasts several unique and

choice items: a unique Mexican cob 8 escudos (possible) Royal 1709; an extremely rare Lima cob 8 escudos 1702;

a Mexican bust 8 escudos 1733 PCGS AU-58; a Paraguayan cut 4 pesos fuertes, one of only two known; a

Cartagena cob 8 reales 1621, first date of issue and one of three known; a La Plata cob 1 real, the first ever offered

at auction; a unique Potosí cob 2 reales specially struck on a zoomorphic planchet in the form of a double-

headed condor; the finest-known Panama cob 4 reales; a very high-quality emerald cross from the 1715 Fleet…

and many more. Latin American collectors will notice we are offering more and more of the “trophies” of the post-

colonial field as well, an area that has been somewhat neglected by auction houses for at least three decades.

Alas, we prefer to call this auction simply Treasure Auction #6, our sixth great sale in three short years, and

just one of many to come. Our consignors for each auction now number in the hundreds. These days we are traveling

all over the country to get whole collections and large consignments, while people worldwide are sending us treasure to

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sell in our auctions. They know, as do our bidders, that we research and present each item diligently and put our long-

standing reputation behind every lot. This is not an “as is” estate sale or no-name Internet auction; this is simply the

world’s best available treasure from the world’s most highly regarded divers, dealers and collectors.

One final note about sessions, bidding and buyer’s fees: After our first live Internet auction last time, we listened

to all your requests and have made a couple significant improvements for Treasure Auction #6. First, we have split the

auction into three sessions over two days to provide breaks and avoid your having to monitor the auction all day long

to bid live on the lot you want (a problem that can also be avoided by placing your hidden bid in advance). And second,

we have contracted with iCollector now to handle all our live bids online, so there is no need to bid by other means to

avoid a higher fee, which we are holding steady at 18% (discounted to 15% for payments by cash, check or wire). If you

have not registered to bid on iCollector yet, please do so NOW at www.iCollector.com/sedwick in order to establish

your bidding credit in time. Of course, as always, we welcome bids by email, mail, fax and phone (remember to

schedule phone bids ahead of time, as we call you when your lot comes up), but please consider the convenience of

sitting at home on your computer and bidding LIVE online at NO extra cost.

Best of luck to everyone!

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CONSIGNORS’ BIOGRAPHIES

Mark Bir (1961-2009)

Conspicuously absent from the Chicago International Coin Fair this year was world-coins dealer Mark Bir. Unbeknownst

to his colleagues, Mark had suffered a heart attack just prior to the show, not long after completing a favorable “pre-show” coin

deal. Sad as we all are to lose a colleague, let alone one who was so honest and likeable, at least we know Mark died doing what

he loved.

Born in Indiana, Mark reportedly swallowed a penny when he was very young and launched a lifelong attachment to

numismatics. While he was still young, Mark’s family moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he began attending the local annual coin

show there from age seven. At age 14 Mark earned a scholarship for a free coin-grading class through the ANA in Colorado

Springs. Shortly after graduation from high school, Mark set up his first dealer’s table and began his professional career in

numismatics. Soon he became an acknowledged expert in the challenging field of Mexican cobs and other Spanish colonial

coins, as well as anything odd and curious, particularly primitive African money. He was also a skilled visual artist and vocalist in

his parish choir.

As a full-time coin dealer, Mark had a unique advantage in putting together his own type collection of Spanish colonial

coins, which he later focused into cob 1 and 2 reales by date. Quietly and modestly, Mark assembled one of the best and largest

silver cob collections we have ever seen, which we had no choice but to split into two auctions, starting with this one. Almost all

his coins, whose pedigree is clearly indicated in our listings, reflect Mark’s keen eye for detail.

Mark’s greatest asset, however, was his big heart. Mark was always there to lend a hand to those in need, ranging from

donations to odd jobs, expert advice or just a compassionate ear. Most of Mark’s charity work was through the Catholic Church,

specifically the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Tucson. Back in numismatics, Mark’s reserved but cheerful spirit earned him the

title of Sir Mark of the Joyful Countenance in fellow dealer Allen Berman’s light-hearted fantasy Kingdom of Bermania. We

used to kid around that he was the only coin dealer in the world whose first and last names were both coin denominations (as in

German marks and Ethiopian birrs). It was impossible not to be his friend.

The motto on the back of Mark’s business cards says it all: “Make love your greatest treasure and you will lack nothing.”

In that sense and in many other ways too, Mark died a very rich man indeed.

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Louis Hudson

We are honored to offer in this sale the Louis Hudson collection of Potosí countermarked coins of 1649-52. As an

active and savvy dealer, Louis had the opportunity to acquire and save some of the most important and underrated rarities in

this fascinating area, particularly from 1990s offerings from the wrecks of the Capitana (1654) and the Maravillas (1656). As a

friend and respected colleague, Louis is well known for his vast numismatic knowledge developed over many decades.

What you probably did not know about Louis is that he started out as a farmer.

Growing up on a tobacco farm in Virginia near the remains of a Revolutionary War supply

depot, from a young age Louis was attracted to early colonial coins uncovered by his plow. In

1967 Louis moved to Argentina after responding to a Philip Morris ad to teach tobacco

farming in that country. While there, Louis became fluent in Spanish and began visiting local

silversmiths to buy coins that he brought back to the U.S. every summer to sell to collectors,

an avocation that led to full-time dealing when the Philip Morris project ended after a few

years.

Carving out a niche in Latin American coins and banknotes, Louis has been a fixture

at coin shows and important auctions around the country. His knowledge and influence are

evident in countless publications and numismatic collections, perhaps the most important

of which was that of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, which he single-handedly appraised in 2002. Today Louis is

assisted in the numismatic business by his daughter, Stephanie.

On a personal note, we would like to point out that Louis sold Dan Sedwick his first coin in 1979, the beginning of a

collection and profession that continue to grow with the same zeal and fascination instilled by Louis thirty years ago.

Herman Blanton

Tom Sebring

In this auction we present Part I of the Colombian Republic silver collection of Herman

Blanton. An active collector and researcher in the field since 1983, and longtime contributor and

current editor of the NI Bulletin magazine of Numismatics International, Herman has narrowed his

focus to the even more challenging area of Colombian cobs (he maintains the educational site

www.macuquina.com) and has decided to liquidate his Republic collection for others to enjoy. He

recently donated the 20th-century portion of his collection to the KHM museum in Vienna, which

houses the Habsburg family collections, in order that those coins may be preserved and made available

for future generations to study.

This auction marks the final segment (Part III, Treasure Auction Catalogs) of the Tom Sebring

Treasure Library. Since 1968 Tom has been an avid collector of shipwreck coins and artifacts and

assembled a comprehensive collection of coins from over eighty different wrecks around the

world (sold at auction in 2004). With similar enthusiasm he has also sought out relevant books

and auction catalogs, many of which are scarcer than the coins! Using the research from these

books and catalogs, Tom has written over seventy articles for various numismatic publications,

and in 1987 he authored one of the most highly regarded books in the field of shipwreck collecting:

Treasure Tales—Shipwrecks and Salvage. While still collecting and writing, Tom has placed his library

up for sale with us in the hope that other collectors will enjoy the books and catalogs as much as

he has.

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SHIPWRECK (AND HOARD) HISTORIES

Throughout this catalog we offer coins, ingots and artifacts from several 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.

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

IslandBefore 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).

Each bar is described in detail in the 1993 book Tumbaga

Silver for Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire, by Douglas

Armstrong, a professional conservator hired by the salvage company

to clean and preserve all the silver “tumbaga” bars. A new publication

in the works by Agustín García-Barneche entitled The Tumbaga Saga

should soon shed more light on the history and manufacture of these

ingots.

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

CaribbeanThis 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 Carlos-Juana

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 (the

best of which achieved a record in 2006 for the highest amount ever

paid at auction for a Spanish colonial coin: $373,750!). 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 been

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.

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Unidentified ca.-1554 wreck in the northern CaribbeanIn 1554 the Spanish fleet coming from Mexico, consisting

of four caravels, the San Andrés, the Santa María de Yciar, the San

Estéban, and the Espíritu

Santo, hit a violent storm

and foundered off of what

is now Padre Island, Texas,

where it is known that all

but the first mentioned

sank. The one ship that

escaped, the San Andrés, did

make it to Havana, but just

barely, and its treasure had

to be offloaded onto other

vessels for the journey

through the Bahama

Channel and up the Straits

of Florida and back to

Spain. Archival records in

Spain indicate that not all

of the treasure from the

San Andrés made it there, however. In addition to a documented loss

off Portugal, there is some evidence that these ships were hit by

another storm and lost somewhere in the northern Caribbean, at

least one of them hitting the east coast of Florida and being salvaged

by the Ais Indians. A few coins found on the east coast of Florida in

recent decades, particularly in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral, seem

to confirm this. Archival records also indicate that some of the treasure

from the San Andrés was brought to and left at Puerto Rico to be

retrieved later in the 1550s.

The material we are seeing on the market today (coins, ingots

and some artifacts like plates with markings) is identical to what was

found off Texas, so it MUST have come from the same 1554 shipment

originally, and is therefore most likely the part that was offloaded

from the San Andrés in Havana. Because the salvagers say the source

is somewhere off the Dominican Republic, it may have more to do

with the part that was left in Puerto Rico than with the losses in the

Bahama Channel.

Espadarte, sunk in 1558 off the Island of Mozambique,

east of AfricaDiscovered in 2001 by Arqueonautas and code-named IDM-

002, the Espadarte was a Portuguese nau that sank in May or June of

1558 after breaking her mast and being stranded in about 9 meters

of water off Mozambique Island. She was on a return trip to Portugal

from India and was carrying gold and porcelains, most of which was

salvaged soon after sinking but at least some of which remained on

the sea-bed until our time.

“Cidade Velha shipwrecks,” sunk in the late 1500s off the

Cape Verde Islands, west

of AfricaCidade Velha was one

of the first cities established by

Europeans in the Cape Verde

Islands. Strategically located in

the crossroads of the Atlantic,

prosperous Cidade Velha

became both a rest stop and a

target. In 1585 the city was attacked by Sir Francis Drake, who returned

in 1586 and sank half a dozen ships in her harbor. These wrecks,

none of them traceable to any one specific ship, were visited by

Arqueonautas in 1998 and yielded up many small artifacts like manilas

(slave bracelets), crucifixes and pottery shards.

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

Mozambique and Madagascar (east of Africa)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 MexicoSalvaged surreptitiously by Florida divers, this wreck yielded

Philip II cobs of Mexico, Lima and Potosi, 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.

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

“Wild Horse River wreck,” sunk ca. 1620 in the Río de la

Plata off Colonia, UruguaySomewhere in the River Plate opposite Buenos Aires is a

remote beach where beautiful wild horses run free next to untold

treasures just past the river bank. Quietly, local fisherman and salvagers

over the years have brought up some of these treasures, which appear

to be from a Spanish ship that sank without a trace.

All evidence indicates that this “Wild Horse River Wreck”

is from an early period of unofficial commerce in the River Plate (no

earlier than about 1605, but possibly as late as 1620). So far it has

yielded only a few silver coins, gemstone rings and mostly small iron

artifacts, all in incredibly well-preserved condition due to lack of

salinity and the muddy composition of the riverbed. But metal detector

readings indicate massive metallic deposits at the bottom of crevices

in the mud, just out of reach for now. What will be found? Slave

shackles? Chests of gold and silver? Only time will tell.

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Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, FloridaArguably 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

non-salvage 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 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.

Santa Margarita, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, FloridaFrom 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, FloridaPresumably 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.

Campen, sunk in 1627 off the Isle of Wight, EnglandThe East Indiaman Campen was part of a seven-ship fleet

that encountered a heavy storm off the Isle of Wight in October of

1627. Seeking safety in the Solent north of the island, four of the

ships attempted to navigate through the Needles rocks at the island’s

westernmost tip and two of them—the Campen and the Vliegende

Draecke (“Flying Dragon”)—sank nearby. Soon after, all of the latter

ship’s cargo was saved, but only a couple thousand silver coins were

recovered from the Campen, leaving about 8,000 coins to be found in

our time. Most of these silver coins, recovered by divers beginning in

June of 1979, were Dutch “lion” daalders, but they also included a

few cobs, which are very rarely seen on the market today.

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

IslandSince 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.

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Concepción, sunk in 1641 off the northeast coast of

HispaniolaThe 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.

Lastdrager, sunk in 1653 off the Shetland Islands, north

of ScotlandThe Dutch East India Co. flute Lastdrager set sail for Batavia

(modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia) in February of 1653, during the first

Anglo-Dutch war, which made passage through the English Channel

unsafe. The alternate route north around the Shetland Islands proved

to be equally dangerous in stormy conditions, which ultimately led to

her demise. Only 26 people survived and only two chests of treasure

were saved, amounting to a small portion of the total of 37,500

guilders she was carrying. Modern salvage efforts in the early 1970s

yielded over 500 coins and some artifacts. The bulk of the treasure is

believed to be in the still-missing stern section.

Capitana (Jesús María de la Limpia Concepción), sunk in

1654 off Chanduy, EcuadorThis 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.

Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama IslandAs 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

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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.

Vergulde Draeck (“Gilt Dragon”), sunk in 1656 off

Western AustraliaMuch has been written about the loss and salvage of this

Dutch East India Company trading vessel (known as an East

Indiaman), which some consider to be Australia’s counterpart to

Florida’s 1715 Fleet in terms of availability of reasonably priced cobs

for collectors. In contrast to the Spanish treasure wrecks, the Vergulde

Draeck carried only a modest amount of just silver cobs (eight chests

totaling 45,950 coins), mostly Mexican but also some cobs from Potosí

and Spain as well as some Colombian rarities. The ship was on its

way from the Netherlands to Batavia (modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia)

when suddenly it found itself wrecked on a reef some three miles

from land in the early morning hours of April 28, 1656. Only 75 of

the 193 people on board were able to reach the shore, and seven of

them soon left in the ship’s pinnace to seek help in Batavia. When

authorities there learned of the wreck, several attempts were made

to rescue the other survivors and, more important, the eight chests

of treasure, but no sign of the wreck or survivors was ever found.

The wreck remained undiscovered until 1963 when spear-fishermen

stumbled upon it and began to recover coins and artifacts. Subsequent

salvage efforts, primarily under the supervision of the Western

Australian Museum, whose certificates often accompany the coins

and carry a small premium, have yielded only about half of the total

coins officially recorded to be on board this ship.

San Miguel el Arcángel (“Jupiter wreck”), sunk in 1659

off Jupiter Inlet, east coast of FloridaAs 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.

Sacramento, sunk in 1668 off Bay of All Saints, Bahia,

BrazilThe lead vessel of a 50-ship annual convoy between Lisbon,

Portugal, and Bahia, Brazil, the Sacramento hit a sandbar at night and

sank in a squall on May 5, 1668, sending some 400 people to their

grave. Official Brazilian government salvage on the wreck took place

beginning in 1976, at some point involving the famed salvager Robert

Marx. Because it was chiefly a military vessel sailing from Portugal to

Brazil, the Sacramento was carrying just a few consumer goods (like

textiles) and not any significant amount of coins. Nevertheless, what

little from the salvaging of this ship has reached collectors has been

almost exclusively Portuguese silver coins with Brazilian countermarks

from 1663, although a few Spanish colonial cobs (also countermarked)

and a few artifacts have surfaced too.

Unidentified wreck sunk ca. 1671 in Seville Harbor, SpainThe 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.

Consolación (“Isla de Muerto shipwreck”), sunk in 1681

off Santa Clara Island, EcuadorWhen 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

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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.

1681 Fleet (“Porto Bello wreck”), sunk in 1681 off Porto

Bello, PanamaAccording to Robert Marx, a storm in 1681 sank three ships

of the Spanish Caribbean Fleet: Chaperón (sunk in the mouth of the

Chagres River), Boticaria (sunk off Isla de Naranjas), and an

unidentified galleon (sunk off Punta de Brujas). Other reference

articles, probably in error, give the date of the disaster as 1682. Despite

these attributions, there is still some confusion about which wrecksite

belongs to which ship of the Fleet, and as a result, the sources of

finds from these wrecks tend to be referred to by location (like “Porto

Bello wreck”) or simply as “1681 Fleet.”

Joanna, sunk in 1682 off South AfricaAn 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 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.

Sunken city of Port Royal, Jamaica (submerged by

earthquake in 1694)As a notorious pirate hangout in the 17th century, Port Royal’s

famous bars and brothels became repositories for much of the looted

treasure of the Caribbean. In 1692 an earthquake sent most of the

city plunging into the sea, and it never fully recovered. What was left

of Port Royal became a British Naval station for years afterward and

it was continually racked by hurricanes (in 1721, 1726, 1744, and

1951), fires (in 1703 and 1815), and even another earthquake (in

1907). In the period of 1965 to 1968, the famous salvager Robert

Marx dove the sunken city and recovered more than two million small

artifacts (many lost AFTER 1692), some of which have appeared in

the treasure market from time to time.

Merestein, sunk in 1702 off South AfricaThis 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.

Association, sunk in 1707 off the Scilly Isles, southwest

of EnglandThe 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

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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.

DeLiefde, sunk in 1711 off the Shetland Islands, north of

ScotlandDuring the War of Spanish Succession it was deemed safer

to take the northern route around Scotland than to skirt French coasts

in the English Channel, but in so doing the Dutch East Indiaman

DeLiefde wrecked on a reef in the Out Skerries due to faulty navigation

under overcast skies, leaving only one survivor to tell the tale. Prompt

salvage attempts by the VOC to recover the cargo of silver and gold

coins turned up nothing—looting by locals was greatly suspected.

Modern expeditions in the 1960s, however, located the ship and

yielded upwards of 4000 coins (mostly silver “rider” ducatoons and

gold ducats) in 1966-1968, many of which were sold at auction by

Glendining (London) in 1969.

1715 Fleet, east coast of FloridaThe 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

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.”

Guadalupe-Tolosa, sunk in 1724 in Samaná Bay,

Dominican RepublicInbound from Spain and often referred to as the “quicksilver

galleons,” these two ships were carrying a cargo of 400 tons of

mercury, a critical element in the silver- and gold-refining process in

Mexico, where these ships were headed. In late August the ships were

blown by a hurricane into Samaná Bay on the northeast coast of

what is now the Dominican Republic and wrecked there in relatively

close proximity to each other (about 7½ miles), which is why their

names are intermingled today. Well over 500 people died in the tragedy.

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The wrecks were discovered and salvaged in the late 1970s and yielded

many earthenware olive jars and other artifacts in addition to the

mercury. In 2005 it became known that the 1970s salvage also turned

up a small group of gold coins (including thirteen cobs from the

mints of Bogotá, Cuzco, Lima, and Mexico), which were auctioned

that same year.

Le Chameau, sunk in 1725 off Nova Scotia, CanadaThis 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.

Akerendam, sunk in 1725 off the coast of NorwaySeparated from her two companion vessels in a heavy storm,

the East Indiaman Akerendam foundered off the northern point of

Runde Island off the west coast of Norway on March 8, with no

survivors among the 200 people on board. Throughout the next

several months, five of the 19 chests of coins aboard the Akerendam

were recovered, and one of those five had opened up, scattering coins

over the wrecksite. No more was found, and the site was forgotten

until Norwegian amateur divers rediscovered it in 1972 and brought

up almost 40,000 gold and silver coins, with another 16,000 or so

found the next year. Ultimately the coins were split between the divers

and the Norwegian and Dutch governments, and the divers’ portion

was offered as a whole at auction in 1978, following which the coins

were largely assembled into leather-bound promotional sets (each

consisting of one Dutch gold ducat and up to 23 silver coins, generally

Mexican cobs and Dutch ducatoons and minors).

1733 Fleet, Florida KeysMuch 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 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.

Vliegenthart, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, the NetherlandsThe 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.

Rooswijk, sunk in 1739 off southeast EnglandOff the southeastern tip of England, just north of the Straits

of Dover, the sea hides a most unusual feature known as the Goodwin

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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.

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

EnglandBlown 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 AfricaLaden 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.

Reijgersdaal, sunk in 1747 off South AfricaMore 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.

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

UruguayActually 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.

Bredenhof, sunk in 1753 off MozambiqueThe 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.

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Tilbury, sunk in 1757 off Nova Scotia, CanadaIn 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.

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.

Auguste, sunk in 1761 off Nova Scotia, CanadaAfter 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.

Count Ernst Schimmelmann, sunk in 1781 off the Cape

Verde Islands, west of AfricaThe actual name of

this Danish East Indiaman (if

it even had one) is unknown,

and instead it is referred to by

the name of her captain, who

was taking her from Denmark

to China when she sank in

April of 1781 off the Isle of

Maio. When salvaged by

Arqueonautas in 1999, the

Schimmelmann yielded over 800

pieces of Swedish copper

“plate money,” huge slabs of

copper that actually had

monetary value in the late

1600s and early 1700s but

were demonetized and

shipped as scrap copper by the

time of this wreck.

Royal George, sunk in 1782 off Spithead, EnglandFlagship of the British Royal Navy, the Royal George was the

largest ship in the world when she was first launched in 1756. Among

other distinctions, this ship took part in the American Revolutionary

War. In 1782, while anchored at Spithead and heeled over slightly for

repairs before sailing again, the Royal George suddenly flooded and

sank in 65 feet of water, drowning hundreds of people on board, a

national disaster of epic proportion.

Salvage began right away, but only fifteen cannons were

saved. Twenty-eight more cannons were hauled up in 1834. A more

extensive salvage operation in 1839-1843 brought up the rest of the

guns and even recovered most of the ship’s timbers. The bronze guns

and timbers were then used to make small “relics” (replica cannons

and small books with wooden covers, among other items), which are

valuable souvenirs today.

Cazador, sunk in 1784 off New Orleans, LouisianaThe 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.

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

of AfricaOn 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.

Leocadia, sunk in 1800 off Punta Santa Elena, EcuadorThis wreck, salvaged periodically in the late twentieth

century, typically yielded portrait (bust) 8 reales from Lima, Peru, but

more recent work in 2001 brought up a handful of small silver cobs

of the mid- to late 1700s mostly from the Potosí mint. These were

probably from a small, private purse and not part of the more than 2

million pesos of registered silver and gold cargo aboard the Leocadia

when she departed Paita, Peru, bound for Panama in a convoy of

merchant vessels. On November 16, 1800, the Leocadia struck a shoal

and broke apart 100 yards from the beach at Punta Santa Elena, with

a loss of over 140 lives in the disaster. Within the next year the Spanish

salvaged about 90 percent of the registered treasure, leaving more

than 200,000 pesos (not to mention the expected contraband) behind

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to tempt divers in our time. Judging from the paucity of coins from

this ship on the open market, we may assume that many more are still

to be found.

Admiral Gardner, sunk in 1809 off the southeast coast of

EnglandAlong 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.

“Coconut wreck,” sunk ca. 1810 in deep water off BermudaThis fascinating find has been touted as the deepest treasure

wreck ever found, and it should hold that title for a long time! While

searching in 1999 for Gus Grissom’s space capsule Liberty Bell 7

(lost in a test at sea, in which Grissom nearly died) from the Mercury

program of 1961, underwater explorer Curt Newport (supported by

the Discovery Channel) noticed an unidentified anomaly at a depth

of 16,300 feet—not the space capsule (which was eventually found

and recovered), but something interesting to be investigated later.

That day came in 2001 when Michael McDowell used a pair of Russian

submarines to view the wreck, whereupon they discovered the remains

of a wooden trading vessel loaded with coconuts! A chest full of

over 1300 silver coins was soon recovered, along with a small, ornate

gold box containing 13 gold coins wrapped in a newspaper dated

August 6, 1809. These gold coins were sold at auction in 2008 by

Stack’s in New York, who dubbed this the “Coconut wreck,” despite

its earlier names (given by divers and promoters) of “Piña Colada

wreck” and “Atlantic Target Expedition wreck”.

We had the honor of being the first auction house to offer

the silver coins from this wreck in 2008, following which we brokered

a sale of the entire cache of over 1000 coins. Working with the new

owner, we are privileged to offer here in Treasure Auction #6 the

“Coconut Wreck Research Collection” of the top 50 silver coins from

the find, consisting of one of every date and denomination found in

collectible grade.

Diana, sunk in 1817 off MalaysiaAfter trading goods in China for the English East India Co.,

the Diana was headed back to India when she hit rocks in the Straits

of Malacca and sank with a cargo of porcelains. Salvaged by Dorian

Ball in 1994, the Diana’s porcelains were sold at auction by Christie’s

(Amsterdam) in 1995.

Sabina, sunk in 1842 off South AfricaA Spanish vessel returning to Spain from Manila with the

retired governor and his wealth, the Sabina wrecked off Cape Recife

on August 8, 1842. She was located in our time by the salvage company

Sealit, who recovered thousands of coins and donated them to the

Port Elizabeth museum in South Africa.

Santo Andre, sunk in 1856 off the Cape Verde Islands,

west of AfricaThe Santo Andre was a Spanish galera that sank on July 25,

1856, on Rifona Reef off Boavista Island in the Cape Verde Islands.

The wrecksite was salvaged in our time by different companies

beginning in 1993 and ending in 1996, yielding thousands of Spanish

and French silver coins and small artifacts.

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

CarolinaSunk 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.

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

GeorgiaOriginally 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.

Douro, sunk in 1882 off Cape Finisterre, SpainThe 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.

Any questions? Please email us

at info@sedwickcoins.com

or call (407) 975-3325

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SESSION I: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 11:00 a.m.

GOLD COBSMexico City, Mexico

1. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, 1709J, possible “Royal” presentation issue, extremely rare and choice high

grade, from the 1715 Fleet. S-M30, KM-57.1, CT-101. 26.9 grams. Arguably the most important coin in this catalog, our lot #1 is

unique in several ways and is among the highest-grade cob 8E we have ever seen, with full mint luster and certain details, like the

cross, tapering to sharp, completely unworn tops and (to our eyes at least) apparently specially prepared on a much rounder than

usual flan and with more complete and more evenly struck design than expected for the crude 1702-1710 period. Exceptional

quality aside, the fact is that this coin is the ONLY clear example known of the 1709 date, and careful study indicates that the

date may be re-engraved over both (170)8 and (170)7, further evidence that this was a special presentation die retained and

reused for several years. Complicating matters is the fact that there are NO KNOWN Royals for the years 1703-1710 to compare

with. We expect this lot will fetch well above its conservative estimate, as other Royals (even relatively common dates) have

recently gotten well into six figures at auction. From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $35,000-$50,000.

2. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, 1710J, from the

1715 Fleet, very rare. S-M30, KM-57.1, CT-102. 26.7 grams. With

full and beautiful shield and oXMJ, bold 171 and round bottom

of the final digit of the date, also high grade (UNC) and a

lovely gold color, this specimen is one of the best known of

this rare date and is exceptional for this generally crude period.

From the 1715 Fleet, with Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate:

$10,000-$15,000.

3. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, 1711J, from the

1715 Fleet. S-M30, KM-57.1, CT-103. 26.9 grams. Nice full shield

and oXMJ and denomination VIII, clear 11 of date, crude cross

(with special “ears” type ornaments in quadrants), much legend,

lightly sandwashed AU-. From the 1715 Fleet, with Real Eight Co.

certificate. Estimate: $8,000-$12,000.

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4. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, 1713J, from the

1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC AU-55, choice strike. S-M30,

KM-57.1, CT-106. Excellent strike for the date, with choice full

shield, oXMJ, denomination, crown and even the 1713 date,

plus a fully detailed cross on the other side, light tan sediment

in crevices. From the 1715 Fleet, with provenance printed inside slab.

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

5. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, 1713J, from the

1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS-63, choice grade. S-M30,

KM-57.1, CT-106. Crude shape (four distinct “bevels” to edge, as

made) but choice high grade and with bold full oXMJ and clear

date. (Note new slab with four prongs to enable edge-viewing.)

From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.

6. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, 1714J, from the

1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC AU-55. S-M30, KM-57.2, CT-

108. Full date, cross, shield, crown and oMJ, and high grade

(Mint State in our opinion), just lightly struck. (Note new slab

with four prongs to enable edge-viewing.) From the 1715 Fleet.

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

7. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, 1714J, from the

1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC AU-50. S-M30, KM-57.2, CT-

108. Bold date, full cross and crown, lightly polished but

accurately graded. From the 1715 Fleet, with provenance printed inside

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

8. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, (1714)J, from the

1715 Fleet, scarce variety with “GRAT” where date

normally appears. S-M30, KM-57.2, CT-107. 26.9 grams. Choice full

cross, no evidence of date but clear (GR)AT on shield side, a

scarce one-year type with several distinctive errors in the die,

like denomination VIII/IIIV and Austria (bar) punched over

New Burgundy (fleurs) on left side of shield, AU+. From the

1715 Fleet. Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

9. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, (17)14J, from the

1715 Fleet, scarce variety with “GRAT” where date

normally appears. S-M30, KM-57.2, CT-107. 27.1 grams. Good full

shield and cross and oMJ, clear 14 of date above cross, lightly

polished and with a few minor scratches as once in jewelry, AU.

From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

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10. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, 171(5)J, from the

1715 Fleet. S-M30, KM-57.2, CT-109. 26.7 grams. Choice bold shield

and denomination VIII with flanking ornaments, nice full cross,

full oMJ, fully Mint State in a lovely shade of gold. From the

1715 Fleet. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

11. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 escudos, date and assayer

not visible (style of 1702-10, oXMJ), from the 1715 Fleet.

KM-55.1. 13.3 grams. A bit more worn than most (VF) and lightly

polished as previously worn in jewelry, still with nearly full and

well-centered cross and shield and clear denomination IIII. From

the 1715 Fleet, with photo-certificate. Estimate: $2,500-$3,250.

12. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 escudos, 1713J, from the

1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS-63. S-M30, KM-55.1, CT-

233. Choice high grade proven by high points in details

(particularly the full cross), bold full shield and oXMJ, bottoms

of all 4 digits of the date visible. From the 1715 Fleet, with provenance

printed inside slab. Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

13. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 escudos, Philip V, date

and assayer not visible (style of 1711-13, oXMJ), from the

1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC AU-55. KM-55.1. Lustrous and

high grade (closer to Mint State in our opinion), great full shield

(well centered) and crown and denomination. From the 1715

Fleet, with provenance printed inside slab. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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

1715 Fleet. S-M30, KM-55.2, CT-234. 13.3 grams. Typically choice

details (full cross and shield, albeit slightly off-center, plus full

crown and oMJ and IIII) and high grade (Mint State), last digit

of date flat, rounder flan than most, a few recent marks in

periphery but not overly distracting. From the 1715 Fleet.

Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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

1715 Fleet. S-M30, KM-53.2, CT-350. 6.8 grams. Complete date and

oMJ, choice full shield and cross, very high grade (probably

MS-63), desirable certificate. From the 1715 Fleet, with original

Treasure Salvors certificate signed by Rupe Gates. Estimate: $3,000-

$4,500.

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

1715 Fleet. S-M30, KM-53.2, CT-350. 6.8 grams. Very bold full date,

full oMJ, crown, shield and cross, Mint State with slightly crude

edge. From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

17. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 escudos, (1)715J, from the

1715 Fleet, rare. S-M30, CT-351. 6.6 grams. Bold full 715 of date

(much rarer than 1714 and highly desirable as the date of

sinking), full crown and cross and most of shield, AU but with

some flatness, desirable certificate and provenance (same

Memorial Day 1964 chest as lot #21 in this sale). From the Colored

Beach site of the 1715 Fleet, with Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate:

$3,000-$4,500.

18. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 escudos, (171)5J, from the

1715 Fleet, rare, mounted in 18K necklace bezel. S-M30, CT-

351. 11.5 grams. Choice full crown, nearly full shield, bottom of 5

of date only (rare and desirable as the date of sinking), full but

double-struck cross, nicely aligned axes and therefore reversible

in jewelry. From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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19. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 escudo, 1713J, from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated NGC MS-61. S-M30, KM-51.1, CT-509. Bold

713 of date (rare thus), choice full crown, well-detailed shield and cross, also rare grade. From the 1715 Fleet and pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

20. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 escudo, (1714)J, from the 1715 Fleet. S-M30, KM-51.2, CT-510. 3.4 grams. Choice full shield and

crown and cross, perfectly detailed and high grade (Mint State), also well centered and with none of the doubling that sometimes

plagues this otherwise beautiful type, desirable certificate. From the 1715 Fleet, with original Treasure Salvors certificate signed by Rupe

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

Lima, Peru

21. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1702H, from the 1715 Fleet, very rare, Calicó Plate Coin. S-L25a, KM-38.1, CT-12. 26.9 grams.

A key rarity (4 known, missing in the State of Florida collection), one of only 2 found by the Real Eight Co. on the 1715 Fleet

(this one among some 1800 cobs stacked up in a disintegrated wooden chest found on Memorial Day of 1964 by Bob Johnson

about 150 yards from the ballast pile of the Colored Beach wreck site), also a very photogenic coin (Plate Coin #218 in Calicó’s

La Onza reference) on a broad and perfectly round planchet with 100% full legends and inner details, clear date despite very

minor doubling on pillars only, lustrous AU. One of the major highlights of this sale. From the Colored Beach site of the 1715 Fleet,

with Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate: $20,000-$30,000.

22. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1709M, from the 1715 Fleet.

S-L28, KM-38.1, CT-20. 26.9 grams. Choice full and well-centered

cross with nearly full legend on that side, full but slightly off-

center pillars with full crown above, near Mint State in a lovely

shade of gold, the date a bit scarce. From the 1715 Fleet, with

Artifacts Ltd (Cayman) certificate. Estimate: $8,000-$10,000.

23. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1712M, from the 1715 Fleet.

S-L28, KM-38.2, CT-23. 26.9 grams. Bold full second date in legend,

great full cross and pillars, somewhat compact flan, AU, with

desirable certificate and provenance (found in July of 1964 on

the patache site at Colored Beach). From the 1715 Fleet, with Real

Eight Co. certificate. Estimate: $7,000-$10,000.

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24. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1712M, from the 1715 Fleet.

S-L28, KM-38.2, CT-23. 26.9 grams. Full-sized planchet with complete

cross and crown, clear second date in legend, doubled on the 2

of the primary date and with one castle flat, otherwise AU+.

From the 1715 Fleet, with Artifacts Ltd (Cayman) certificate. Estimate:

$6,000-$9,000.

25. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1712M, obverse legend

beginning at 6 o’clock, from the 1715 Fleet. S-L28, KM-38.2,

CT-23. 26.9 grams. Bold and well-centered full pillars and cross,

clear second date in legend, near AU. From the 1715 Fleet.

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

26. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1712M, from the 1715 Fleet.

S-L28, KM-38.2, CT-23. 27.0 grams. Bold legends, nice full crown,

full cross and pillars (the latter doubled), AU with reddish toning

in crevices, well centered on a broad flan. From the 1715 Fleet,

with Sinclair and Pearson photo-certificates. Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

27. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1712M, from the 1715 Fleet.

S-L28, KM-38.2, CT-23. 26.9 grams. Full cross and pillars, much bold

legend (including second date “71,” lacking the final digit

entirely), well centered but doubled on the pillars side (weak

date as a result), lightly toned AU. From the 1715 Fleet. Estimate:

$5,000-$7,500.

28. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1713/2M, from the 1715

Fleet, scarce. S-L28, CT-24. 26.9 grams. Very bold, well-centered

and choice full cross and pillars with clear date and overdate,

XF grade, desirable certificate and provenance (same Memorial

Day 1964 chest as lot #21 in this sale). From the Colored Beach site

of the 1715 Fleet, with Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate: $8,500-

$12,500.

29. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1716M, rows of dots,

encapsulated NGC XF-45. S-L28, KM-38.2, CT-28. Curious one-

year type with dots for the rows and also filling all the blank

spaces on the pillars side, which is fully detailed and well

centered, also full cross, possibly salvaged. Estimate: $6,000-

$9,000.

30. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1727M, from the 1733 Fleet.

S-L28b, KM-38.2, CT-40. 26.9 grams. Choice full cross and pillars,

bold second date in legend, high grade (AU or better) with

light red toning on most of the surface (except a round place

near the edge where another coin was protecting it), rare

provenance as from the 1733 Fleet and surely one of the finest

known. From the 1733 Fleet and pedigreed to our Treasure Auction

#3, lot #14, with Sedwick photo-certificate. Estimate: $6,000-

$9,000.

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31. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1734/3N, encapsulated

NGC VF-25, rare overdate. S-L29. Not high grade but well

struck with full cross and pillars, lightly toned, unlisted overdate.

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

32. Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1750R, from the Luz (1752),

encapsulated NGC XF-45. S-L31, KM-47, CT-17. Full pillars and

cross (the latter with clear second date below), 2 mintmarks

and assayers, full king’s ordinal VI in legend, lustrous but

double-struck all over. From the Luz (1752), with provenance printed

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

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

S-L31, KM-A47, CT-91. 13.5 grams. Round, compact flan with choice

full cross and pillars, high grade (lustrous Mint State with fine

sediment in crevices), very slightly doubled on pillars side but

still nicely detailed. From the Luz (1752) and pedigreed to our Treasure

Auction #3, lot #18. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

34. Lima, Peru, cob 2 escudos, 1697/6H, from the 1715

Fleet, scarce. S-L25. 6.9 grams. Large planchet with choice full

cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves, clear date and

overdate, bold C.II. in legend, lustrous Mint State, desirable

certificate and provenance (same Memorial Day 1964 chest as

lot #21 in this sale), unlisted overdate for this denomination.

From the Colored Beach site of the 1715 Fleet, with Real Eight Co.

certificate. Estimate: $7,000-$10,000.

35. Lima, Peru, cob 2 escudos, 1701H, posthumous Charles

II, from the 1715 Fleet, very rare. S-L25, KM-29, CT-129. 6.7

grams. Choice pillars-side details with bold date (far superior to

the State of Florida collection specimen, which may be the only

other one known), full but slightly off-center cross with king’s

ordinal II in legend, lustrous Mint State with dark orange

sediment in crevices, desirable certificate. From the Corrigans site

of the 1715 Fleet, with Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate: $6,000-

$9,000.

36. Lima, Peru, cob 2 escudos, 1705H, from the 1715 Fleet,

rare. S-L25a, KM-36, CT-300. 6.7 grams. Very choice full cross, nice

full pillars with weak but certain 5 of date, lustrous Mint State.

From the 1715 Fleet, with Sedwick photo-certificate. Estimate: $5,000-

$7,000.

37. Lima, Peru, cob 2 escudos, 1707H, from the 1715 Fleet,

scarce, encapsulated NGC XF-45. S-L25a, KM-36, CT-301. Very

large, round flan with full cross and pillars (the latter double-

struck), ISPANIA (without the H) in legend. (Note new slab

with four prongs to enable edge-viewing.) From the 1715 Fleet.

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

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

S-L28, KM-36, CT-303. 6.7 grams. Broad flan with perfect cross side

(full legend) and choice pillars side (full crown), the tail of the

9 of the date typically lost in the waves and easily mistaken for

a 0, AU with faint orange toning all over. From the 1715 Fleet,

with NumisTreasure photo-certificate from 2008. Estimate: $5,000-

$7,000.

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39. Lima, Peru, cob 2 escudos, 1710H, from the 1715 Fleet.

S-L25a, KM-36, CT-304. 6.8 grams. Very bold and choice full pillars-

and-waves and cross-lions-castles, lustrous Mint State, patches

of gray coral here and there, very attractive, with desirable

certificate and provenance (Ubilla/Colored Beach find by Real

Eight in the 1960s). From the Colored Beach site of the 1715 Fleet,

with Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate: $6,000-$9,000.

40. Lima, Peru, cob 1 escudo, 1698R, from the 1715 Fleet,

very rare assayer for date. S-L26, KM-27, CT-178. 3.4 grams. Slightly

crude design, easily mistaken at first for some kind of

contemporary counterfeit, but further study proves it is the

very rare (in this denomination) first date of issue for assayer

R, with full and choice castle, bold date and R, full cross on

other side, fully Mint State (and proper weight) with minute

bits of coral in crevices, with desirable certificate. From the 1715

Fleet, with Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate: $7,000-$10,000.

Cartagena, Colombia

41. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 162(2)

SF, posthumous Philip III, from the SantaMargarita (1622). S-C5, KM-4.3, CT-16. 6.7 grams. Highly

touted as “the first gold coin struck in the Americas,”

this 1622 issue shows a mysterious SF mintmark

without an assayer, as the die was engraved in Spain

before the assayer was known (another, less popular

theory being that the F is a broken-E assayer-mark),

which is also why the legend indicates Philip III, who

died in 1621. This specimen (one of only 7 known)

shows a nice full shield and SF and bold king’s name

and clear ordinal III, but the date is mostly off the

edge, and the cross and part of the shield are plagued

by areas of flatness (otherwise UNC), the non-flat

parts nevertheless bold and graced with dark,

contrasting sediment. Also desirable for its

provenance and early certificate (in fact probably the

first specimen ever found, but not known to

numismatists until 2008). From the Santa Margarita

(1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #178-M-80, and

pedigreed to our Treasure Auction #3, lot #23. Estimate:

$15,000-$25,000.

42. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1635E,

choice, Lasser-Restrepo Plate Coin. S-C7, KM-4.6,

CT-137. 6.7 grams. One of the finest known specimens

anywhere, with clear date and •C•E•, choice full shield

and cross, bold ordinal •II•, near AU with contrasting

sediment on fields, also highly pedigreed, as a coin

of such ultimate quality should be. Pedigreed to the

Joseph Lasser collection, Plate Coin in his book The Cob

Coinage of Colombia (2000) and Restrepo’s Monedas

de Colombia (2009). Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

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Bogotá, Colombia

43. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 4 escudos, 1740M, rare, encapsulated PCGS AU-50. S-B26, KM-23, CT-254. Thick and compact

round flan with choice full shield, small bold cross, bold 174 and certain 0 of date, closer to Mint State in our opinion, with

attractively contrasting sediment on fields. Pedigreed to our Treasure Auction #3, lot #25. Estimate: $3,500-$4,750.

44. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 4 escudos, Ferdinand VI, assayer S (style of 1755-56), encapsulated NGC VF-35. S-B27a, KM-

27. Choice full cross (with distinctive ribbons) and shield, bold 4•S• to right, round and thick flan, nicely contrasting sediment on

fields. Estimate: $2,250-$3,500.

45. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, NR to left, II-R to right (early 1650s), from the Maravillas (1656). S-

B21, KM-4.1. 6.7 grams. Choice full cross and shield and crown, lustrous Mint State, desirable provenance. From the Maravillas

(1656), with Sedwick photo-certificate from 2007. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

46. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1689G, rare, encapsulated NGC VF-35. S-B23, KM-14.1, CT-152. Full cross with

bottom of all four digits of date in legend, full but slightly crude shield (rusty die?) with clear II•G and part of king’s name in

legend, toned on fields. Pedigreed to the Lasser collection, with pedigree printed inside the slab. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

47. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Charles II, assayer not visible, cut down to weight of a 1E. KM-14.1. 3.3 grams. Very

odd little coin with details of pre-1700 Charles II (nearly full cross, most of shield) but with the periphery evidently chopped

away in the just right amount to make this a 1E, also with some scratches near the edge, VF with toning on fields. Estimate:

$500-$750.

48. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, posthumous Charles II, from the 1715 Fleet, encapsulated PCGS MS-62. S-B24,

KM-14.2. Broad flan with choice full cross and shield, lustrous and with sharp, high-grade details, well centered. From the 1715

Fleet. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

49. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, Charles II posthumous, from the 1715 Fleet. S-B24, KM-14.2. 6.7 grams. Full cross and

shield on a thick, compact flan, Mint State or close to it. From the 1715 Fleet, with 2007 Sedwick photo-certificate. Estimate: $1,500-

$2,250.

50. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1712, from the 1715 Fleet. S-B24, KM-14.2, CT-15. 6.7 grams. Full date with bold 2, very

broad flan with small edge-split, full but doubled shield and cross, AU with lots of dark staining from the sea, desirable certificate.

From the Rio Mar site (Echevez’ Capitana) of the 1715 Fleet, with Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

51. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1713, with 3 punched over “backwards” 3

(unique), from the 1715 Fleet. S-B24, KM-14.2, CT-16. 6.8 grams. 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, with Real Eight Co. certificate. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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52. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1714, from the 1715

Fleet. S-B24, KM-14.2, CT-17. 6.8 grams. Big flan with full date,

nearly full shield, doubled cross, Mint State with some spots

of deep toning, desirable certificate. From the Rio Mar site

(Echevez’ Capitana) of the 1715 Fleet, with Real Eight Co. certificate.

Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

53. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, (1)729(S), mintmark

F to left. S-B25b, KM-17.2, CT-384. 6.7 grams. Clear 29 of date above

full cross and mintmark F (for Santa Fe) to left of well-detailed

upper-left portion of shield that shows transposed lions and

castles, compact-flan XF+ with old scratch below cross.

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

54. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1736M. S-B26, KM-

17.2, CT-392. 6.8 grams. Bold 17 and weak but certain 36 of date,

crude tiny cross, full shield, XF but with areas of flatness.

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

55. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1 escudo, Charles II

posthumous, from the 1715 Fleet. S-B24, KM-13. 3.3 grams.

Choice full cross, nearly full shield, AU- with subtle orange

toning all over. From the 1715 Fleet, with Sedwick photo-certificate.

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

56. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1 escudo, Philip V, assayer S

(early 1720s), encapsulated NGC VF-30. S-B25, KM-22. Nice

full cross, nearly full shield with bold S to right, which makes it

odd that NGC attributed it to Charles II, also we would call it

XF. Pedigreed to the Lasser collection, with pedigree printed inside slab.

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

Seville, Spain

57. Seville, Spain, cob 8 escudos, Charles II, assayer S,

scarce but crude, encapsulated NGC VF-20. KM-168.2, CT-

Type 14. Very large and rustic coin with bold S•S to left, just

above the king’s ordinal II in legend, full but very crude cross,

a testament to the deterioration in quality under Charles II but

oddly attractive to the true collector of cobs. (Note new slab

with four prongs to enable edge-viewing.) Estimate: $3,500-

$5,000.

58. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, 1612D. KM-20, CT-38. 6.7

grams. Bold S-D and 6 of date (the rest clear too, just weaker),

full but slightly crude cross and shield, VF. Estimate: $1,000-

$1,500.

59. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B,

from the Atocha (1622), rare provenance. KM-20, CT-Type 19.

6.7 grams. Good full cross and shield, bold S mintmark, interesting

edge, lightly toned XF, one of only about 100 gold cobs found

on this wreck, all of which are highly coveted when

accompanied by original certificates as this one is. From the

Atocha (1622), with original Fisher photo-certificate #GC-59.

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

60. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B,

choice. KM-20, CT-Type 19. 6.7 grams. Full flan with nice and

complete shield and cross, bold S-B and denomination •II•,

king’s ordinal III in legend, XF with light sediment in crevices.

Estimate: $750-$1,100.

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61. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer B.

KM-20, CT-Type 19. 6.6 grams. Full but crude cross and shield, full

S-B, flat and slightly bulged area above cross with cracks that

could be evidence of a plug from long ago, AVF. Estimate:

$600-$900.

62. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer D.

KM-20, CT-Type 20. 6.7 grams. Lustrous, lemon-yellow AU with

full shield and cross, bold S-D, king’s ordinal III. Estimate:

$600-$900.

63. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer D.

KM-20, CT-Type 20. 6.7 grams. Compact flan with full and well-

centered shield and cross, clear S-D, VF. Estimate: $600-$900.

64. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer D.

KM-20, CT-Type 20. 6.7 grams. Lustrous AU with full shield and

•S•D•, full but weak cross. Estimate: $600-$900.

65. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer G.

KM-20, CT-Type 22. 6.7 grams. Oval-shaped AU, lustrous, with full

cross, nearly full shield, weak but certain assayer G. Estimate:

$600-$900.

66. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer V.

KM-20, CT-Type 21. 6.7 grams. Full cross and shield, lustrous and

high grade (AU), with full S-V. Estimate: $600-$900.

67. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer V,

broad flan. KM-20, CT-Type 21. 6.7 grams. Extra large flan with

full shield and cross (the latter slightly doubled), bold mintmark

S but weak assayer V, lustrous UNC. Estimate: $600-$900.

68. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer V. KM-

20, CT-Type 21. 6.7 grams. Somewhat crude, with nearly full shield

and crown and cross, clear S-V, AXF with flat spots. Estimate:

$600-$900.

69. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III, assayer V. KM-

20, CT-Type 21. 6.7 grams. Lustrous AU with choice full shield, nearly

full crown and cross, bold assayer V, just a little off-center.

Estimate: $600-$900.

70. Lot of 4 Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip III,

assayers not visible. KM-20. 6.7 to 6.8 grams each. All with full or

nearly full crosses and shields, VF-XF, great for jewelry.

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

71. Seville, Spain, cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer D. KM-

22.1, CT-Type 39. 6.7 grams. Lustrous Mint State, with small full

cross and most of shield, bold S-D above king’s ordinal IIII in

legend (very close in style to the Philip III’s above). Estimate:

$600-$900.

72. Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer B. KM-

48.1, CT-Type 29. 3.4 grams. Nearly full cross and shield, lightly toned

VF with flat area at top, clear S-B. Estimate: $600-$900.

73. Seville, Spain, cob 1 escudo, Philip III, assayer V. KM-

48.1, CT-Type 29. 3.3 grams. Worn Fine with dark sediment in

crevices, nearly full shield and cross, some old (minor) scratches.

With Numismatic Treasures photo-certificate. Estimate: $500-$750.

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WORLD GOLD COINS

Brazil (colonial)

74. Rio, Brazil, 6400 reis, 1771. KM-172.2. 14.3 grams. Problem-

free XF. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

Chile (colonial)

75. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, 1751J, from the Luz

(1752), encapsulated NGC MS-62. KM-3, CT-72. Much better

strike than usual, lustrous and problem-free. From the Luz (1752).

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

76. Santiago, Chile, bust 8 escudos, 1751J, from the Luz

(1752), encapsulated NGC MS-61. KM-3, CT-72. Typically weak

centers, matte obverse but lustrous reverse with small

lamination. (Note new slab with four prongs to enable edge-

viewing.) From the Luz (1752). Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

Chile (Republic)

77. Santiago, Chile, 8 escudos, 1819FD. KM-84. 26.8 grams.

Lustrous VF with scratch in center above mountains, slightly

crude edge. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

78. Santiago, Chile, 8 escudos, 1822FI. KM-84. 26.9 grams.

Lustrous AXF with the usual minor laminations. Estimate:

$750-$1,100.

79. Santiago, Chile, 8 escudos, 1836IJ, overstruck on a

Santiago 8E of 1818-34, very rare. KM-93. 26.6 grams. Well-

struck VF with parts of the old design peeking through (most

of FUERZA above DE CHILE in the legend). In 1835 Chile

implemented a new design to commemorate the promulgation

of a new constitution in 1833. In early 1836 officials discovered

that some of the 8 escudos of the years 1826-30 of the previous

type (1818-1834, KM-84), which were still legal tender, were

found to be counterfeit and were recalled for melting. In the

process the genuine coins that were turned in for examination

were overstruck with the new design, and in fact Santiago’s

mint records from 1836 document the overstriking of 2400

pesos in that year (and only in that year), an amount equal to

just 150 coins. Surviving examples of these coins number fewer

than 10, and in Calicó’s La Onza book the plated example is

stated as unique and valued at 4000 Euros, an overstatement

of rarity to be sure, but perhaps accurate in terms of value.

Estimate: $1,800-$2,500.

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80. Santiago, Chile, 8 escudos, 1850LA. KM-105. 26.9 grams.

Lightly cleaned AXF with minor rim-bump. Estimate: $800-

$1,200.

Colombia (colonial)

82. Popayán, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Charles III,

1774JS, from an unidentified shipwreck. KM-50.2, CT-125. 27.0

grams. AU or even UNC details but with matte fields and

sediment and a few minor pecks that prove its salvage origin,

which was probably either McKee’s mysterious “Pitch Barrel

wreck” or the 1815 San Pedro de Alcántara off Venezuela, or

possibly some other wreck off Colombia. Pedigreed to the Mark

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

83. Popayán, Colombia, bust 8 escudos, Charles III,

1776SF, desirable date. KM-50.2, CT-129. 26.9 grams. Lustrous

XF, slightly crude rim (as made). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

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

84. Popayán, Colombia, bust 4 escudos, Ferdinand VI,

1758J, nice grade. KM-31.2, CT-116. 13.5 grams. Lustrous AU with

slightly weak bust, lightly buffed fields, very scarce type. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

81. Santiago, Chile, 10 pesos, 1852. KM-123. 15.3 grams. Slightly

off-center VF+. Estimate: $450-$600.

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

1776SF, desirable date. KM-49.2, CT-506. 6.7 grams. Lustrous XF+

with slightly weak bust, minor scratches. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

86. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1779JJ,

choice high grade. KM-49.1, CT-557. 6.7 grams. Choice AU,

lustrous, no problems. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $350-$500.

87. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1772JS,

encapsulated NGC MS-60. KM-48.2, CT-671. Highly lustrous,

perfect strike. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $325-

$475.

88. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1776SF,

desirable date. KM-48.2, CT-675. 3.3 grams. Lustrous AVF with

weak bust, black specks in crevices. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

89. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1

escudo, Charles III, 1779SF. KM-

48.2, CT-678. 3.4 grams. Lightly polished

AXF, nice strike. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $175-$275.

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Colombia (Republic)

90. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 escudos, 1823JF, encapsulated ANACS AU-50 details (cleaned). KM-82.1. Beautifully red-toned

XF+ with natural surfaces (despite what the slab says), nice strike and no problems. Estimate: $900-$1,300.

91. Popayán, Colombia, 1 escudo, 1825FM. KM-81.2, R-162.5. 3.5 grams. Problem-free Fine, possible overdate. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

92. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1825JF. KM-84, R-160.1. 1.7 grams. Holed and polished VF, size of a half escudo. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

93. Popayán, Colombia, 20 pesos, 1869. KM-142.3. 32.2 grams. Problem-free AXF with no more marks than normal for the

grade. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

Cuba

94. Cuba (struck in Philadelphia), 20 pesos, 1915, José

Martí, encapsulated NGC AU-58. KM-21. Very lustrous, just

a few contact marks here and there, curiously minted in the

U.S. using dies engraved by Charles Barber. This coin was very

popular in the mid-1970s after a proof specimen was sold by

Christensen for $40,000, the record at the time for the highest

price ever paid at auction for a Latin American gold coin, and

the same coin soon escalated to six figures by a subsequent

owner, while another was offered at auction by Almanzar

estimated at $20,000. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

95. Cuba (struck in Philadelphia), 10 pesos, 1915, José Martí, encapsulated NGC AU-58. KM-20. Very lustrous, just a few

contact marks here and there. The 10 pesos of this type were struck in the U.S. on the same blanks used for U.S. $10 Indians using

dies engraved by Charles Barber. Estimate: $400-$600.

96. Cuba (struck in Philadelphia), 10 pesos, 1916, José Martí, encapsulated NGC AU-58. KM-20. Very lustrous, just a few

contact marks here and there. The 10 pesos of this type were struck in the U.S. on the same blanks used for U.S. $10 Indians using

dies engraved by Charles Barber. Estimate: $300-$450.

97. Cuba (struck in Philadelphia), 5 pesos, 1915, José Martí, encapsulated NGC AU-58. KM-19. Very lustrous, just a few

contact marks here and there. The 5 pesos of this type were struck in the U.S. on the same blanks used for U.S. $5 Indians using

dies engraved by Charles Barber. Estimate: $200-$300.

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98. Cuba (struck in Philadelphia), 5 pesos, 1916, José

Martí, encapsulated NGC AU-58. KM-19. Very lustrous, just

a few contact marks here and there. The 5 pesos of this type

were struck in the U.S. on the same blanks used for U.S. $5

Indians using dies engraved by Charles Barber. Estimate: $200-

$300.

99. Cuba (struck in Philadelphia), 4 pesos, 1915, José

Martí, encapsulated NGC AU-53. KM-18. Very lustrous, just

a few contact marks here and there, minted in the U.S. using

dies engraved by Charles Barber. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

100. Cuba (struck in Philadelphia), 4 pesos, 1916, José

Martí, encapsulated NGC MS-61. KM-18. Highly lustrous,

bagmarks only, minted in the U.S. using dies engraved by Charles

Barber. Estimate: $300-$450.

101. Cuba (struck in Philadelphia), 2 pesos, 1915, José

Martí, encapsulated NGC AU-58. KM-17. Very lustrous, just

a few contact marks here and there, minted in the U.S. using

dies engraved by Charles Barber. Estimate: $200-$300.

102. Cuba (struck in Philadelphia), 2 pesos, 1916, José

Martí, encapsulated NGC AU-58. KM-17. Very lustrous, just

a few contact marks here and there, minted in the U.S. using

dies engraved by Charles Barber. Estimate: $150-$225.

103. Cuba (struck in Philadelphia), peso, 1915, José Martí,

encapsulated NGC MS-62. KM-16. Gemlike luster, no marks

that we can see, minted in the U.S. using dies engraved by Charles

Barber, desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the Brand collection, the pedigree

printed in the slab. Estimate: $350-$500.

Ecuador

104. Quito, Ecuador, 8 escudos, 1852/0GJ. KM-34.1. 27.0

grams. Lightly toned XF with two minor rim flaws, popular issue.

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

French West Indies

105. French West Indies (?), fleur-de-lis countermark on

a Brazilian 6400 reis, 1791-R. KM-226.1 (host). 14.2 grams. Host

coin lustrous AU with super fine detail, unique countermark

behind head not fully attributed, possibly a French West Indies

merchant mark of some sort, undoubtedly rare and highly

desired by West Indies collectors. Estimate: $3,000-$4,000.

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Great Britain

106. London, England, sovereign, Victoria (young head),

1852, from the Douro (1882). Sp-3852C, KM-736.1. 7.9 grams.

Lustrous UNC, no problems. From the Douro (1882), with Spink

lot card and flyer. Estimate: $350-$500.

107. London, England, sovereign, Victoria (young head),

1855, from the Douro (1882). Sp-3852D, KM-736.1. 7.9 grams. AU

or nearly so, good luster. From the Douro (1882), with Spink lot

card and flyer. Estimate: $325-$475.

108. London, England, sovereign, Victoria (young head),

1857, from the Douro (1882), encapsulated NGC AU-55.

Sp-3852D, KM-736.1. Lustrous, with some red stains on back to

prove its provenance. From the Douro (1882). Estimate: $300-

$450.

109. London, England, sovereign, Victoria (young head),

1860, from the Douro (1882). Sp-3852D, KM-736.1. 7.9 grams. AXF,

no problems. From the Douro (1882), with Spink lot card and flyer.

Estimate: $275-$400.

110. London, England, sovereign, Victoria (young head),

1861, from the Douro (1882). Sp-3852D, KM-736.1. 7.9 grams.

Lustrous AU, rather nice. From the Douro (1882), with Spink lot

card and flyer. Estimate: $325-$475.

111. London, England, sovereign, Edward VII, 1906, from

the Egypt (1922), with vintage postcard showing the ship.

Sp-3969, KM-805. 7.9 grams. VF-XF with lots of crud and staining

from the sea, popular provenance. From the Egypt (1922).

Estimate: $400-$600.

112. London, England, sovereign, George V, 1915, choice,

lustrous Mint State from the Egypt (1922). Sp-3996, KM-820.

8.0 grams. Bright and highly lustrous Mint State, a few nicks and

marks from salvage but otherwise quite choice for this popular

provenance. From the Egypt (1922). Estimate: $700-$1,000.

113. Perth, Australia, sovereign, George V, 1919-P, with

two North African (Arabic) countermarks. Sp-4001, KM-29.

7.9 grams. Cleaned AU with unattributed countermarks below

chin and neck, very curious and possibly rare and valuable.

Estimate: $300-$450.

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Mexico (colonial)

114. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 escudos, Philip V, 1733F, very rare, choice grade, from the 1733 Fleet. KM-148, CT-123.

From a highly celebrated find of 5 specimens by Jack Haskins and D.L. Chaney in the late 1970s on the San José of the 1733

Fleet, this example is highly lustrous, just shy of Mint State but fully original and beautiful. One of the classics of Spanish

colonial numismatics, a far inferior sister-coin from the same find was touted in 1979 by Almanzar as “a king in numismatics”

and realized $26,660, a near-record price at the time (30 years ago). We can account for the other 3 known specimens from the

same find as follows: One is pictured on page 153 of Weller’s Galleon Alley (2001); one was featured in the 4th-quarter 2002 issue

of PLVS VLTRA newsletter; and the third one was sold by Dan Sedwick to a private collector in 2000. (The whereabouts of up

to 5 other reported specimens, not necessarily from the 1733 Fleet, are unknown.) The current piece has only recently come out

of hiding and has every right to achieve greater than Almanzar’s 1979 record. To our knowledge it is also the only one in a PCGS

holder. From the 1733 Fleet and accompanied by a special certificate from Lou Ullian. Estimate: $15,000-up.

115. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VII

transitional (“armored bust”), 1812JJ. CT-42, KM-160, CT-50.

26.7 grams. Scarce type, AXF with weak spots due to slightly

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

116. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 2 escudos, Charles III,

1780FF, mint and initials facing inward. KM-130.2, CT-483.

6.7 grams. Well-struck XF, no problems. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

Mexico (Republic)

117. Durango, Mexico, 8 escudos, 1834RM. KM-383.3. 26.8

grams. AXF with a few light marks, nothing drastic. Estimate:

$1,500-$2,000.

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Netherlands (United)

118. Utrecht, United Netherlands, ducat, 1724, Mint State, from the Akerendam (1725). KM-7. 3.4 grams. Typically lustrous

Mint State, with full knight’s head and full legends (better than most). From the Akerendam (1725). Estimate: $450-$675.

119. Utrecht, United Netherlands, ducat, 1729, Mint State, from the Vliegenthart (1735). KM-7. 3.5 grams. Lustrous Mint

State with full knight’s head, one of the better coins from this wreck. From the Vliegenthart (1735), with certificate and custom

clamshell case. Estimate: $500-$750.

120. Utrecht, United Netherlands, ducat, 1729, Mint State, from the Vliegenthart (1735). KM-7. 3.5 grams. Lustrous Mint

State with full knight’s head, one of the better coins from this wreck. From the Vliegenthart (1735), with certificate and custom

clamshell case. Estimate: $500-$750.

Paraguay

121. Paraguay (Republic, War of the Triple Alliance), cut 4 pesos fuertes (1866-69), Francisco Solano Lopez, quarter-

cut section of a Spanish colonial Charles IV 8 escudos with countermark “4” in corner of the cut and diagonal

reeding applied on the cut surfaces, one of 2 known. KM-E2. 6.7 grams. While the quarter-cut silver coins (cut from Bolivian

4 soles) are well known from this period, the cut gold coins are so rare as to be represented by just two known examples, of

which this is arguably the finer. The War of the Triple Alliance (1864-70), so-called for the alliance of Brazil, Uruguay and

Argentina against Paraguay over economic issues and boundary disputes and the over-ambitious policies of the Paraguayan

president/dictator Solano López, is considered one of the bloodiest wars in all of South America and resulted in the loss of

about half of the Paraguayan territory and male population. Curiously, in order to make gold coins during the war, Paraguayan

women donated their wedding rings to the cause, but also Spanish colonial portrait 8 escudos were cut down and marked. These

cut coins, however, were outlawed in 1872 and nearly completely eradicated, with the exception of only the 2 known examples,

which are cited in references as far back as 1866 (presumably when they were made) by the collector and owner Manuel José de

Guerrico (the other known specimen is in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes). The host coin is a nicely toned XF, and the

countermark is virtually Uncirculated (as we must assume the coin did not circulate after it was acquired in 1866), with old

scratches above the countermark. Plate Coin in KM and pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $12,500-up.

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Peru (colonial)

122. Lima, Peru, bust 8 escudos, Charles III (scarce “rat

nose” type), 1769JM. KM-73, CT-18. 26.9 grams. XF with trace

of luster around letters, slightly off-center strike and adjustment

marks at about 9 o’clock on the reverse, also cleaning and minor

repair on obverse (face and fields). Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

123. Lima, Peru, bust 8 escudos, Charles III, 1772JM, first

date of type, rare variety with assayer to left and mintmark

to right. KM-82.2, CT-24. 27.0 grams. Lustrous XF, off-center strike,

minor natural planchet flaw in front of face, rare early issue

but its value over-estimated in CT. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

124. Lima, Peru, bust 8 escudos, Charles III, 1774MJ,

encapsulated PCGS AU-58. KM-82.1, CT-29. Well-struck and

beautiful and lustrous, with just a few too many marks in the

fields to make Mint State. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

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

Portugal

125. Lisbon, Portugal, 4 escudos, 1778. KM-271. 14.3 grams.

Lightly rose-toned XF with a few old scratches (nothing too

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

Spain

126. Madrid, Spain, bust 4 escudos, Charles III, 1787DV,

encapsulated PCGS AU-58. KM-418.1a, CT-313. Technically

perfect but with slight evidence of wear. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

127. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1773PJ,

encapsulated PCGS AU-55. KM-417.1, CT-446. Lustrous and

bright yellow with some field marks per the grade and flatness

on shoulder and cheek that were probably misinterpreted as

wear. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

128. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1774PJ,

encapsulated PCGS AU-58. KM-417.1, CT-447. Lustrous and

bright yellow with some field marks per the conservative grade.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

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129. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1776/4PJ, desirable date. KM-unlisted (cf. 417.1), CT-unlisted (cf. 449). 6.7 grams.

Problem-free AXF with clear overdate, faint red toning around letters. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $275-$400.

130. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1776PJ, desirable date. KM-417.1, CT-449. 6.7 grams. Attractively red-toned

AXF, no problems, all details rather bold for the grade. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $275-$400.

131. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1776PJ, desirable date. KM-417.1, CT-449. 6.5 grams. Problem-free AVF. With

Treasures of Maryland photo-certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

132. Madrid, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Charles III, 1788M. KM-417.1a, CT-459. 6.7 grams. Nice AU, no problems. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

133. Cadiz, Spain, bust 2 escudos, Ferdinand VII, 1813CJ. KM-468, CT-183. 6.6 grams. Deeply copper-toned AVF, no problems

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $225-$325.

134. Madrid, Spain, bust 1 escudo, Charles IV, 1798MF, encapsulated NGC MS-63. KM-434, CT-497. Very choice and highly

lustrous, quite lovely. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

135. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Charles III, 1776PJ, desirable date. KM-415.1, CT-770. 1.7 grams. Problem-free VF. With

NumisTreasure photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

136. Madrid, Spain, bust 1/2 escudo, Charles III, 1776PJ, desirable date. KM-415.1, CT-770. 1.7 grams. AVF with nicely

contrasting toning. With NumisTreasure photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

United States of America

137. USA, Coronet $20, 1856-S, encapsulated PCGS MS-

65 (20A Spiked Shield), from the S.S. Central America(1857). KM-74.1. Frosty and lustrous, just a few tiny nicks away

from top grade, housed in its original PCGS holder with golden

tag (worth more than re-slabbed specimens of same grade)

and desirable Thompson certificate. Be sure to see the Justh &

Hunter gold ingot from this wreck in Session III of this auction.

From the S.S. Central America (1857) with California Gold Marketing

Group promotional display box with certificate signed by Tommy

Thompson. Estimate: $7,500-$11,500.

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138. USA, Coronet $20, 1856-S, encapsulated PCGS MS-

65 (20A Spiked Shield), from the S.S. Central America(1857). KM-74.1. Frosty and lustrous, just a few tiny nicks away

from top grade, housed in its original PCGS holder with golden

tag (worth more than re-slabbed specimens of same grade).

Be sure to see the Justh & Hunter gold ingot from this wreck

in Session III of this auction. From the S.S. Central America

(1857) with California Gold Marketing Group promotional display box.

Estimate: $7,500-$11,500.

139. USA, commemorative restrike 1855 Kellogg &

Company $50 (struck September 3, 2001), encapsulated

PCGS Gem Proof, made from gold from the S.S. CentralAmerica (1857). A big slug of gold from one of the huge

Kellogg ingots from the wreck, made in exact reproduction of

the 1855 original but with 2001 striking date stamped above

eagle. Be sure to see the Justh & Hunter gold ingot from this

wreck in Session III of this auction. With California Historical

Society promotional display box. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

140. USA, commemorative restrike 1857/0 Baldwin &

Company 49er Horseman $10 (struck in 2002),

encapsulated PCGS Deep Cameo Proof, made from gold

from the S.S. Central America (1857). Exact reproduction

made from Justh & Hunter ingot #4282 from the wreck (as

stamped on the coin) but with “2002 S.S. Central America”

below the eagle and date as “1857/0.” Be sure to see the Justh

& Hunter gold ingot from this wreck in Session III of this

auction. With California Historical Society promotional display box

and certificate signed by Bob Evans. Estimate: $600-$900.

141. USA, commemorative restrike 1857/0 Baldwin &

Company 49er Horseman $10 (struck in 2002),

encapsulated PCGS Deep Cameo Proof, made from gold

from the S.S. Central America (1857). Exact reproduction

made from Justh & Hunter ingot #4258 from the wreck (as

stamped on the coin) but with “2002 S.S. Central America”

below the eagle and date as “1857/0.” Be sure to see the Justh

& Hunter gold ingot from this wreck in Session III of this

auction. With Columbus-America Discovery Group promotional display

and certificate signed by Bob Evans. Estimate: $600-$900.

142. USA, Coronet $20, 1896-S, PCGS MS-61. KM-74.3.

Desirable old PCGS “green tag,” the coin a lovely lustrous

golden color with minor marks in field. Estimate: $900-$1,200.

143. USA, Coronet $20, 1897, PCGS MS-62. KM-74.3. Frosty

and with considerable luster, minor marks in fields. Estimate:

$1,000-$1,300.

144. USA, Coronet $20, 1899, NGC MS-62. KM-74.3. Blemish-

free reverse, bagmarks in obverse fields, frosty and lustrous.

Estimate: $1,000-$1,300.

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145. USA, Coronet $20, 1899-S, PCGS MS-61. KM-74.3.

Desirable old PCGS “green tag,” the coin a lovely lustrous

golden color with some lighter areas, some old marks. Estimate:

$1,000-$1,300.

146. USA, St. Gaudens $20, 1907, PCGS MS-66, rare grade.

KM-127. Highly desirable grade for the date, typically lustrous

and perfect (a few trivial marks only), golden yellow color

alternating with lighter spots. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

147. USA, Coronet $10, 1894, PCGS AU-58 KM-102. No wear

but plenty of bagmarks, frosty gray color around details.

Estimate: $500-$750.

SHIPWRECK COINS (ALL SILVER UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE)

Unidentified ca.-1554 wreck off Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

148. Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,”

mintmark M to left, assayer R to right, rare. S-M7, KM-18,

CT-90. 13.2 grams. Broad, round flan with nearly full legends, nice

inner details, no doubling, very light corrosion only in spots.

Estimate: $350-$500.

149. Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,”

mintmark M to left, assayer A to right, scarce. S-M6, KM-18,

CT-79. 11.5 grams. Deeply toned and with full details (including

legends) on a complete, round flan, light but even corrosion.

Estimate: $250-$375.

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Santiago, sunk in 1585 on the Bassas da India atoll between Mozambique and Madagascar (east of Africa)

150. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer

F on both sides of shield (unique). S-M12. 21.6 grams. First

specimen we have ever seen with assayer F on both sides of

the shield, with oMF to left and 8-F to right, full shield and

cross, the latter of the same style as the F-oD joint issue of

circa 1600, moderate corrosion and big black spot covering

shield. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

151. Seville, Spain, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer Gothic

P at 4 o’clock outside reverse tressure. CT-235. 25.9 grams.

Smallish planchet with the cross and shield nevertheless full,

most of crown, darkly toned, some flatness but no corrosion.

Estimate: $150-$225.

Unidentified ca.-1590 wreck off the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico

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

154. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer

not visible. KM-43. 25.0 grams. Nice full cross, full but corroded

shield, king’s ordinal II visible, curious “o” between words in

legend. Estimate: $125-$200.

153. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, oMF. S-

M12, KM-43, CT-154. 23.0 grams. Full shield and cross, thick and

solid flan, full oMF, toned, no corrosion. Estimate: $125-$200.

152. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, *-8 (flat-top) to left, P-oD to right. S-L4, KM-14,

CT-148. 20.9 grams. Nice full shield and crown, full and well-

detailed cross despite heavy edge corrosion (small bits missing),

silvery from cleaning. With Sedwick photo-certificate from 2006.

Estimate: $350-$500.

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155. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II or III,

(oMF) to left, 8-oD to right (rare dual assayer). S-M14 or

14a. 21.9 grams. Rare and popular issue with two assayer marks,

this variety with (F) to left and oD to right, full but lightly

corroded shield, good full cross with distinctive lions. Estimate:

$350-$500.

156. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II or III,

oMF to left, rare error with quadrants of cross transposed.

20.7 grams. Full shield and oMF, full cross with quadrants

transposed (rare), lightly toned and with light corrosion all over.

Estimate: $350-$500.

“Wild Horse River wreck,” sunk ca. 1620 in the Río de la Plata off Colonia, Uruguay

157. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, P-R (Ramos). S-P15, KM-8. 6.7 grams. Typically round and concave, with full

shield and crown and cross, muddled assayer, some weak spots but no corrosion, rare provenance. Estimate: $125-$200.

158. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, P-R (Ramos). S-P15, KM-8. 6.5 grams. Broad flan with full and well-detailed shield,

full P-R, bold denomination, full but slightly doubled cross, lightly toned, no corrosion. Estimate: $125-$200.

159. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip III, assayer not visible. KM-7. 3.3 grams. Full but partially flat cross and shield, gold/red

toning on fields, no corrosion. With Sedwick photo-certificate. Estimate: $100-$150.

Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida

Selections from the Atocha Research Collection

160. Mexico City, Mexico, 2 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” mintmark

oM to left, assayer O to right. S-M10, KM-12, CT-121. 6.3 grams. Totally (and amazingly)

corrosion-free, with bold legends, some flatness in centers, also with unique spelling

error IDIARVM (no N). Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection, with special Fisher

photo-certificate #85A-236016. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

161. Mexico City, Mexico, 2 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late Series,” mintmark

oM to left, assayer O to right, Plate Coin in Research Collection catalog. S-

M10, KM-12, CT-121. 5.7 grams. Nice full shield and pillars, bold oM and O, with corrosion

just around edge (small bits missing), pristine elsewhere. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research

Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-236331, Plate Coin #1. Estimate:

$1,000-$1,500.

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162. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip III, oMF. S-

M12a, KM-44.1, CT-97. 25.0 grams. Very solid coin with good full

cross, bold oMF, most of shield practically no corrosion, nicely

toned. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection, with special Fisher

photo-certificate #85A-221447. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

164. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1615F, extremely

rare (unlisted). S-M17. 12.7 grams. Broad flan with clear 161 of

date followed by the bottom base of a 5 (comparison with dated

8R of the period prove the style), full shield and cross

(particularly nice castles), full oMF, very minor corrosion, nicely

toned. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection, with special Fisher

photo-certificate #85A-237104. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

163. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip III, oMA/

F, scarce, Plate Coin in Research Collection catalog. S-

M16. 6.2 grams. Bold mintmark-assayer with clear A/F, choice

full shield and cross, nicely toned, trace of corrosion near edge

only. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection, with special Fisher

photo-certificate #85A-237721, Plate Coin #167. Estimate: $1,000-

$1,500.

165. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, P-8 (flat top) to left, *-oD to right, superb. S-L4,

KM-14, CT-147. 27.0 grams. Arguably the choicest specimen from

this wreck, with 100% full inner details and legends, also full

crown, totally corrosion-free and nicely toned, just a bit doubled

on either side of the shield and with strange flan crack in middle

of the shield only. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection, with

special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-236105. Estimate: $3,000-

$4,500.

166. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, Philip II, Diego de la Torre,

4-P to left, oD-* to right, superb, Plate Coin in Research

Collection catalog. S-L4, KM-11, CT-320. 13.4 grams. Perfect all

over, with full inner details and legends and crown, nicely toned,

no corrosion. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection, with special

Fisher photo-certificate #85A-237851, Plate Coin #81. Estimate:

$2,000-$3,000.

167. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer Rincón,

motto as PL-VSV-TR, choice. S-L1, KM-8, CT-479. 6.4 grams.

Totally corrosion-free and nicely struck (full shield and pillars),

bold assayer and denomination and mintmark, just a bit worn

but attractively toned. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection,

with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-236334. Estimate: $1,500-

$2,750.

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168. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, Philip II, Diego de la Torre, *-I to left, P-(oD) to

right, Plate Coin in Research Collection catalog. S-L4, KM-7, CT-634. 2.7 grams. Thin

and round as usual, and also typically well detailed, with particularly nice shield and cross,

very light corrosion near part of edge only, very rare denomination and additionally

desirable as (1) Diego de la Torre, (2) Research Collection and (3) Plate Coin in the

catalog! Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-

236923, Plate Coin #110. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

169. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-B (1st period,

“Lima Style”),” choice, Plate Coin in Research Collection

catalog. S-P4, KM-5.1, CT-139 (under Lima). 26.7 grams. Huge flan

(basically a “Great Module” but earlier) with choice full legends

(loaded with commas, but also with the letters poorly spaced),

full shield and cross and crown, bold P-B and denomination,

no corrosion, elegantly toned. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research

Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-237784, Plate

Coin #130. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

170. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-B (5th

period), borders of boxes, choice. S-P14, KM-5.5. 26.2 grams.

Super full shield, full but doubled cross, minimal corrosion

(on part of cross only), lightly toned. Pedigreed to the Atocha

Research Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-237524.

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

171. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III (ordinal

visible), P-B (5th period), Plate Coin in Research

Collection catalog. S-P14a, KM-10, CT-121. 25.2 grams. Odd-shaped

flan with full crown and shield and cross, bold P-B, minimal

corrosion on part of shield only, lightly toned. Pedigreed to the

Atocha Research Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-

180506, Plate Coin #172. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

172. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, P-box-T,

denomination o-V-III (3 separate lines), lions rotated in

cross, Plate Coin in Research Collection catalog. S-P21, KM-

10. 25.8 grams. Very strange and well-preserved coin with 6 uneven

sides (thick flan), full shield with big P mintmark above solid

box to left, denomination O-V-III to left, also full cross with

quadrants transposed and lions rotated clockwise 90 degrees

from normal, no corrosion at all. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research

Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-236896, Plate

Coin #228. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

173. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-L to left,

choice, Plate Coin in Research Collection catalog. S-P3,

KM-4.2, CT-321 (under Lima). 12.8 grams. Choice details all over, with

much legend, full crown and shield and cross, perfect P-L, nicely

toned, with just a hint of corrosion around the edge. Pedigreed

to the Atocha Research Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate

#85A-237850, Plate Coin #61. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

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174. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-A, choice, Plate Coin in Research Collection catalog. S-P11, KM-4.2, CT-346.

13.4 grams. Nice full shield and cross, assayer appears to be A/A, hint of corrosion around edge, nicely toned. Pedigreed to the

Atocha Research Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-237396, Plate Coin #116. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

175. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-B (4th period). S-P12, KM-4.2. 9.6 grams. Nice full shield and crown, full but

corroded cross, muddled mintmark-assayer, good toning. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate

#85A-236588. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

176. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, P-R (Rincón) to left, choice, Plate Coin in Research Collection catalog. S-

P1, KM-3.2, CT-485 (under Lima). 6.6 grams. Typically choice detail all over (but a very atypical coin for the Atocha!), particularly the full

shield and cross and crown, also bold P-R and much legend, attractively toned, truly one of the choicest coins we have ever seen

from this wreck and additionally desirable as the first issue struck at this mint. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection, with special

Fisher photo-certificate #85A-236076, Plate Coin #15. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

180. Seville, Spain, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer F outside

tressure (very rare). CT-237. 21.9 grams. Very full and well-

detailed shield with bold S to left and oVIII to right, also nice

full cross (just a bit doubled) with very full and clear assayer F

(catalog value of 1200 Euros in Calicó!), corrosion around edge

(pieces missing) but pristine interiors, nicely toned. Pedigreed to

the Atocha Research Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate

#85A-237235. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

177. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, P-L/erasure to left. S-P9, KM-3.2. 6.1 grams. Nice full shield, good full cross (very

slightly doubled), clear P-L with mess under the L, much legend, light corrosion around edge, good toning. Pedigreed to the Atocha

Research Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-236066. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

178. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, P-Q, choice, Plate Coin in Research Collection catalog. S-P17, KM-8, CT-353.

6.7 grams. Very well-preserved specimen of a fairly common type, with choice full shield and cross (the former slightly doubled

and the latter off-center), king’s name and ordinal (PH)ILIPVS III with backwards S in legend, full assayer Q that at first appears

to be punched over another letter, but not over an R or a C (the only possibilities), very attractively toned. Pedigreed to the Atocha

Research Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-151018, Plate Coin #183. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

179. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, P-R (Rincón) to right, rare and choice, Plate Coin in Research Collection

catalog. S-P1, KM-2.1, CT-638. 3.0 grams. In addition to the usually fine details (full shield and cross), this coin has the most complete

and beautiful crown imaginable, along with much legend and a bold I to left and P-R to right, nicely toned, a rare denomination

from this wreck in uniquely choice condition and also the scarce first issue of this mint. Pedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection,

with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-237720, Plate Coin #17. Estimate: $1,500-$2,250.

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181. Toledo, Spain, cob 8 reales, 1621P (full date), rare. CT-

199. 23.8 grams. Choice full shield with clear assayer to left, full

but doubled cross with complete date above, big and solid flan

despite light corrosion, good toning. Pedigreed to the Atocha

Research Collection, with special Fisher photo-certificate #85A-236782.

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

Mexico City, Mexico, cobs

182. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (16)21/0, oMD,

scarce, Grade 1. S-M18, CT-118. 25.7 grams. Full 2/1 of date, good

full cross, nearly full shield, clear oMD, some flatness but no

corrosion, nicely toned. With original Fisher certificate #134679.

Estimate: $325-$475.

183. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (1)622/1, oMD

(bold), scarce, very choice Grade 1. S-M18a, KM-45, CT-310.

26.2 grams. Incredibly choice full cross and shield, super bold

oMD and 8 (made from two distinct 0’s), clear 162 of date

(weak final digit, overdate assumed), king’s ordinal (I)II

(posthumous), 100% corrosion-free and attractively toned. With

original Fisher certificate #216019. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

184. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (162)2/1, oMD,

scarce, Grade 1. S-M18a, KM-45, CT-310. 25.8 grams. Good full

shield and crown and cross, full final digit of date (certain

overdate), light corrosion and flat areas around edge. With original

Fisher certificate #218867. Estimate: $350-$500.

185. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip III, (oM)D,

Grade 1 (Grade-2 quality). S-M18, KM-44.3. 18.3 grams. Full cross

and shield (the latter doubled) but with moderate to heavy

corrosion all over, weak assayer but bold denomination, parts

of edge crude. With original Fisher certificate #221220. Estimate:

$225-$325.

186. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip III, oMD,

Grade 1. S-M18, KM-37.2. 13.2 grams. Big and solid flan with nice

full shield, good but off-center cross, no corrosion but much

peripheral flatness. With original Fisher certificate #191325.

Estimate: $300-$450.

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187. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip III, oMD,

Grade 1. S-M18, KM-37.2. 12.7 grams. Full shield and cross, bold

denomination 4, weak oMD, light corrosion only. With original

Fisher certificate #153089. Estimate: $300-$450.

188. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip III, oMD,

Grade 2. S-M18, KM-37.2. 10.6 grams. Interesting shape with full

cross and shield, clear oM, lightly toned, no corrosion but part

of edge lost, but with better detail than some Grade 1’s. With

Fisher certificate #221799. Estimate: $200-$300.

Potosí, Bolivia, cobs

189. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer RL,

Grade 1. S-P13, KM-5.1, CT-159. 26.2 grams. Choice full crown, bold

P-RL (oddly with more separation between the letters than

usual), nearly full shield and cross (the latter slightly doubled),

minor corrosion only. With original Fisher certificate #211621.

Estimate: $350-$500.

190. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III (ordinal

visible), assayer B (5th period), rare, Grade 1. S-P14a, KM-

10, CT-121. 26.2 grams. Typically round with full (but flat) shield

and cross, clear P-B, but best feature is the full king’s name and

ordinal PHILIPPVS III, which is rare. With original Fisher

certificate #260880. Estimate: $300-$450.

191. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer R

(curved leg), Grade 2 (Grade-1 quality). S-P15, KM-10, CT-

126. 25.7 grams. Full shield and cross (slightly doubled), full P-R,

solid and nearly corrosion-free, just a little crude. With Fisher

insert-tag #209757 (certificate missing). Estimate: $125-$200.

192. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer Q,

Grade 2. S-P17, KM-10, CT-124. 23.7 grams. Round flan with full

shield and cross (one lion and one castle nice), clear mintmark

P, solid but with light corrosion. With Fisher insert-tag #201058

(certificate missing). Estimate: $125-$200.

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193. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer M/

Q, quadrants of cross transposed, rare, Grade 1. S-P18, KM-

10. 25.9 grams. Bold full M/Q, full shield and cross (scarce with

quadrants transposed), some flatness but no corrosion. With

original Fisher certificate #162295. Estimate: $350-$500.

194. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1617M, Grade 1. S-P19,

KM-10, CT-129. 24.3 grams. Well-centered strike on a big flan with

full date, bold full shield, nice full cross and tressure, bold P•M,

very light corrosion only. With original Fisher certificate #192691.

Estimate: $400-$600.

195. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)617M, bold date, Grade

1. S-P19, KM-10, CT-129. 25.7 grams. Bold full 617 of date, good

full shield and cross, big flan with some flat spots but very little

corrosion. With original Fisher certificate #217631. Estimate:

$400-$600.

196. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)617M, Grade 1. S-P19,

KM-10, CT-129. 26.1 grams. Choice full cross-lions-castles, bold P-

M (no dot), nice full shield, clear bottom half of date, full

denomination, no corrosion but part of edge crude. With original

Fisher certificate #141335. Estimate: $400-$600.

197. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1617)M, quadrants of

cross transposed (rare), Grade 2 (Grade-1 quality). S-P19,

KM-10, CT-129. 25.3 grams. Good full shield and cross, clear P•M,

most of crown, light corrosion and some flatness, but not really

enough to justify the lower Grade. With original Fisher certificate

#192078. Estimate: $250-$375.

198. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 16(17)M, sideways H in

HISPANIARVM in legend, Grade 2. S-P19, KM-10, CT-129.

24.0 grams. Bold full cross and full but lightly corroded shield

(both slightly doubled), full P-M (no dot), but most interesting

feature is a clear sideways-punched H in the legend. With Fisher

insert-tag #208318 (certificate missing). Estimate: $125-$200.

199. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer M,

Grade 2 (Grade-1 quality). S-P18, KM-10, CT-123. 24.3 grams. Nice

full shield with bold P•M, full cross and tressure, light corrosion

around reverse-side edge only. With Fisher insert-tag #203423

(certificate missing). Estimate: $125-$200.

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200. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1618)PAL, rare, Grade

1. S-P20, KM-10, CT-130. 26.9 grams. Clear P-PAL to left of nice

full shield, bold king’s ordinal III in legend, nice full cross

(slightly doubled) with weird patch of extra metal (under strike)

in upper-left corner, no corrosion at all. With original Fisher

certificate #231300. Estimate: $500-$750.

201. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1618)PAL, rare, Grade

1. S-P20, KM-10, CT-130. 27.1 grams. Bold full PAL, full shield, bold

full cross (slightly off-center), no corrosion. With original Fisher

certificate #191197. Estimate: $500-$750.

202. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1618)T/PAL, very rare,

Grade 1. S-P21, KM-10, CT-131. 25.8 grams. Clear but doubled P-

T/PAL to left of full shield (also doubled), full but doubled

cross, light corrosion only. With original Fisher certificate #136654.

Estimate: $500-$750.

203. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (161)8T, denomination

O-V-III (three parts), scarce, Grade 1. S-P21, KM-10. 25.9 grams.

Bold 8 of date and denomination O-V-III, nice full shield and

cross (both very bold but with a tiny bit of doubling), practically

no corrosion. With original Fisher certificate #163089. Estimate:

$400-$600.

204. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1618)T, denomination

o-8, quadrants of cross transposed, scarce, Grade 1. S-P21,

KM-10, CT-132. 25.9 grams. Very choice detail, with PxT to left ando-8 to right of very bold full shield, perfect full cross-lions-

castles on other side, some spots of corrosion here and there

but not to the point of distraction, nicely toned. With original

Fisher certificate #213478. Estimate: $400-$600.

205. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1619T, Grade 1. S-P21,

KM-10, CT-133. 26.5 grams. Bold full shield and cross (both very

slightly doubled), clear date and PxT, king’s name (PHY)LYPVS

in legend, minimal corrosion, toned. With original Fisher certificate

#219586. Estimate: $400-$600.

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206. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1619T, quadrants of cross

transposed, Grade 1. S-P21, KM-10, CT-134. 26.5 grams. Bold 9 of

date, full shield and crown and cross, P•T (unusual ornament

this early), some flatness but practically no corrosion. With

original Fisher certificate #199537. Estimate: $350-$500.

207. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1619T, lions and castles

transposed in shield, Grade 1. S-P21, KM-10, CT-133. 26.8 grams.

Full but doubled shield with curious error at upper left, full

cross and tressure, weak but certain date, some weak spots but

no corrosion. With original Fisher certificate #211651. Estimate:

$325-$475.

208. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1619T, Grade 2 or 3. S-

P21, KM-10, CT-133. 21.5 grams. Excellent full crown above nice

full cross, bold P+T, full but corroded cross, weak date, dark

toning in crevices and not shiny like the 1985 finds, with very

desirable old certificate bearing original signatures of Eugene

Lyon, Duncan Mathewson, Mel Fisher and Deo Fisher, Grade

listed as “16 points” and date misattributed to 1611. With early

(1977) hand-signed Fisher photo-certificate #410. Estimate: $300-

$450.

209. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)61(?)T, quadrants of

cross transposed, Grade 1. S-P21, KM-10. 26.7 grams. Good full

cross and shield, bold mintmark P and ornament + but weak

assayer T, no corrosion at all. With color photocopy of Fisher certificate

#85A-140972. Estimate: $200-$300.

210. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1620T, upper half of

shield and quadrants of cross transposed, scarce, Grade

1. S-P21, KM-10, CT-137. 25.3 grams. Good full shield with eye-

catching error on obverse, full cross, clear bottom half of 6

and 0 of date, bold denomination, minimal corrosion. With

Fisher certificate #187193. Estimate: $350-$500.

211. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1620T, Grade 1. S-P21,

KM-10, CT-137. 22.8 grams. Full cross and shield, clear bottom half

of all 4 digits of date, full P+T, but somewhat crudely corroded

and with patches of dark encrustation. With original Fisher

certificate #260539. Estimate: $325-$475.

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212. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1621T (full date),

quadrants of cross transposed, Grade 1. S-P21, KM-10. 26.7

grams. Full date at 12 o’clock (and spread out over a wider area

than normal), nice full shield, good full cross and tressure

(slightly doubled), no corrosion. With original Fisher certificate

#212889. Estimate: $450-$675.

213. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1621T (bold date), upper

half of shield and quadrants of cross transposed, scarce,

Grade 1. S-P21, KM-10. 26.3 grams. Nice full shield with obvious

error, bold 21 of date outside full but doubled cross, full P-

ornament-T (the ornament appears to be +/x), minimal

corrosion, some copper color. With original Fisher certificate

#207746. Estimate: $425-$650.

214. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1621T, quadrants of cross

transposed, Grade 1. S-P21, KM-10. 27.0 grams. Full but doubled

cross and shield (both well centered), full P+T, clear bottom

half of date, no corrosion, lightly toned all over. With original

Fisher certificate #114957. Estimate: $350-$500.

215. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1621T, quadrants of cross

transposed, Grade 1. S-P21, KM-10. 25.8 grams. Clear 21 of date

outside full but partially flat cross, full shield with bold

denomination, king’s ordinal III in legend, light corrosion only.

With original Fisher certificate #218495. Estimate: $350-$500.

216. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer T,

Grade 1. S-P21, KM-10. 26.7 grams. Full shield and cross, nicely

toned, some weak spots but no corrosion. With Fisher insert-tag

#163114 (certificate missing). Estimate: $200-$300.

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218. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers B, Q, R, M and T (one of each), all Grade 1.

Mostly clear assayers and generally nice shields and/or crosses

with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates

#163478, 174718, 172106, 191705 and 214473. Estimate:

$1,600-$2,400.

217. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers B, Q, R, M and T (one of each), all Grade 1.

Mostly clear assayers and generally nice shields and/or crosses.

With original Fisher certificates #205021, 203335, 185363, 218660

and 213764. Estimate: $1,600-$2,400.

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220. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers B, Q, R, M and T (one of each), all Grade 1.

Mostly clear assayers and generally nice shields and/or crosses

with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates

#182995, 220585, 229673, 210532 and 164506. Estimate:

$1,600-$2,400.

219. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers B, Q, R, M and T (one of each), all Grade 1.

Mostly clear assayers and generally nice shields and/or crosses

with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates

#156621, 176038, 213569, 230894 and 212254. Estimate:

$1,600-$2,400.

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221. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers B, Q, R, M and T (one of each), all Grade 1.

Mostly clear assayers and generally nice shields and/or crosses

with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates

#229936, 156199, 261030, 201600 and 217450. Estimate:

$1,600-$2,400.

222. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers B, Q, R, M and T (one of each), all Grade 1.

Mostly clear assayers and generally nice shields and/or crosses

with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates

#209667, 161265, 214834, 219505 and 174000. Estimate:

$1,600-$2,400.

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224. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers B, Q, R, M and T (one of each), all Grade 1. Mostly

clear assayers and generally nice shields and/or crosses with a

minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates #189303,

159100, 209374, 260958 and 199985. Estimate: $1,600-$2,400.

223. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers B, Q, R, M and T (one of each), all Grade 1.

Mostly clear assayers and generally nice shields and/or crosses

with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates

#213017, 217814, 219828, 220076 and 190644. Estimate:

$1,600-$2,400.

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225. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers B, Q, R, M and T (one of each), all Grade 1. Mostly

clear assayers and generally nice shields and/or crosses with a

minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates #208961,

219748, 215108, 155508 and 215332. Estimate: $1,600-$2,400.

226. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers B, Q, R, M and T (one of each), all Grade 1.

Mostly clear assayers and generally nice shields and/or crosses

with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates

#204480, 198015, 160876, 161685 and 209477. Estimate:

$1,600-$2,400.

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227. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayers R, Q (2), M, T (3), and not visible (3), all Grade 1.

Mostly clear assayers (when visible) and generally nice shields and/or crosses with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher

certificates #260801, 260361, 197894, 164273, 221537, 170679, 180669, 219230, 162446 and 210099. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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228. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayers R, Q (2), M, T (3), and not visible (3), all Grade 1. Mostly

clear assayers (when visible) and generally nice shields and/or crosses with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates

#198196, 208484, 158862, 217356, 210879, 202676, 215278, 212343, 214938 and 160149. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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229. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayers R, Q (2), M, T (3), and not visible (3), all Grade 1.

Mostly clear assayers (when visible) and generally nice shields and/or crosses with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher

certificates #260725, 163309, 211371, 212659, 211511, 260633, 184493, 177058, 173721, and 260281. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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230. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayers R, Q (3), T (3), and not visible (3), all Grade 1. Mostly

clear assayers (when visible) and generally nice shields and/or crosses with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates

#187744, 146983, 246387, 205291, 219670, 231064, 231474, 231147, 164013 and 162607. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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231. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayers Q (2), T (2), and not visible (6), all Grade 1. Mostly clear

assayers (when visible) and generally nice shields and/or crosses with a minimum of corrosion. With original Fisher certificates

#136683, 170195, 121215, 158147, 189666, 209281, 188766, 136430, 212464 and 219370. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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232. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayers Q (2), T (2), and not visible (6), all Grade 1. Mostly clear

assayers (when visible) and generally nice shields and/or crosses with a minimum of corrosion. With Fisher certificates #152087,

218578, 187182, 105407, 210399, 186958, 220492, 213384, 260443 and 215449. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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233. Lot of 10 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayers Q (2), T (3), and not visible (5), all Grade 1. Mostly clear

assayers (when visible) and generally nice shields and/or crosses with a minimum of corrosion. With Fisher certificates #215907,

189767, 187183, 187176, 157016, 210704, 218086, 161544, 208692 and 204731. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.

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234. Lot of 4 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III,

assayers R (2), T, and not visible, all Grade 2. All more or

less corroded but with clear assayers on 3 of them and full

shields and crosses. With original Fisher certificates #191884,

189007, 132147 and 189586. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

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235. Lot of 9 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II/III, assayers B (2), Q, M, T and not visible (4), all Grade 3. All

more or less corroded but with decent shields and/or crosses. With original Fisher certificates #189411, 190159, 135499, 134723,

139021, 190140, 190157, 190453, 191931. Estimate: $9000-$1,350.

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236. Lot of 3 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III,

assayers not visible, two Grade 4 and one fragment. Heavily

corroded but recognizable. With original Fisher certificates #138457,

135780 and 112975 (tag only). Estimate: $250-$375.

237. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (2nd

period), Grade 1. S-P6, KM-4.2, 11.2 grams. Early coin, typically

round and of even thickness, with full shield and cross, clear

P-B, some corrosion, darkly toned. With original Fisher certificate

#162122. Estimate: $350-$500.

238. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer RL,

choice, Grade 1. S-P13, KM-4.2, CT-347, 12.4 grams. Typically round,

with good full shield and cross, clear assayer, bold denomination,

light corrosion only. With original Fisher certificate #222814.

Estimate: $350-$500.

239. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayer Q/C,

rare, Grade 1. S-P17, KM-9, 12.6 grams. Big, odd-shaped flan with

bold P-Q/C, good full shield and cross, some flat spots but

practically no corrosion. With original Fisher certificate #180344.

Estimate: $325-$475.

240. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayer Q/C,

rare, Grade 1. S-P17, KM-9, 11.3 grams. Bold Q/C, nearly full

shield and cross, some peripheral corrosion and flatness. With

original Fisher certificate #230157. Estimate: $325-$475.

241. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayer M/

Q, quadrants of cross transposed, rare, Grade 1 (no Grade

on certificate). S-P18, KM-9, 12.5 grams. Great full shield with

bold M/Q, full but crude cross, some corrosion but still Grade-

1 quality. With Fisher certificate #186927. Estimate: $325-$475.

242. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 161(7)M, scarce, Grade

1. S-P19, KM-9, CT-245. 9.0 grams. Nice full cross (slight doubling

on right side), full but corroded shield, clear P-M, Grade-2

quality. With original Fisher certificate #163757. Estimate: $300-

$450.

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243. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, “q”-T

(backwards mintmark), quadrants of cross transposed,

Grade-1 quality, tag and certificate missing. S-P21, KM-9.

13.4 grams. Full and well-centered shield, good full cross, clear

q+T, no corrosion, rather attractive. Estimate: $100-$150.

244. Lot of 7 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, assayers R, Q (2), M, T, and not visible (2), all Grade 1. Generally

rather nice full shields and crosses, most without any corrosion. With original Fisher certificates #220326, 211047, 200738, 213270,

214730, 230353 and 221747. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

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245. Lot of 7 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III,

assayers R, Q (2), M, T, and not visible (2), all Grade 1.

Generally rather nice full shields and crosses, most without

any corrosion. With original Fisher certificates #176379, 154782,

159314, 188063, 158561, 213116 and 244879. Estimate: $2,000-

$3,000.

246. Lot of 7 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III,

assayers Q (2), M, T, and not visible (3), all Grade 1.

Generally rather nice full shields and crosses, most without

any corrosion. With original Fisher certificates #174333, 219119,

198504, 167655, 220178, 188504 and 246687. Estimate: $2,000-

$3,000.

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247. Lot of 7 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III,

assayers Q, T, and not visible (5), all Grade 1. Generally

rather nice full shields and crosses, most without any corrosion.

With original Fisher certificates #209924, 215565, 216531, 209108,

214598, 118529 and 160599. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

248. Lot of 5 Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II/III,

assayers R, Q, and not visible (3), Grades 2-4. Lightly to

heavily corroded but with recognizable details, a couple good

crosses and shields. With original Fisher certificates #135107,

133610, 191644, 191583 and 135707. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

249. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, P-B (1st period,

“Lima style”), scarce, Grade 1. S-P4, KM-3.2, CT-486 (under Lima).

6.1 grams. Typically round and even, with fine but worn details,

full cross and shield, clear P-B, light corrosion. With Fisher photo-

certificate #94A-3581. Estimate: $500-$750.

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250. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer L/ii to left, denomination ii/P-M to right, scarce, Grade 1. S-P3,

KM-3.2, CT-492 (under Lima). 5.2 grams. Interesting issue with messy but attributable mintmark/assayer/denomination combination

flanking the full shield, full cross on other side, nicely detailed but lightly corroded. With original Fisher certificate #231600.

Estimate: $400-$600.

251. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayer R, Grade 1. S-P15, KM-8, CT-355. 6.9 grams. Oblong flan with full shield

and cross, nearly full crown, bold king’s name (with backwards S) and ordinal III, no corrosion but some crude strike. With

original Fisher certificate #132670. Estimate: $450-$675.

252. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayer M, Grade 1. S-P18, KM-8, CT-356. 6.6 grams. Thick and somewhat octagonal

flan with great full cross and shield (both slightly doubled), 100% corrosion-free. With Fisher insert-tag #131737. Estimate:

$300-$450.

253. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2

reales, Grade 1, Philip III,

assayer not visible, mounted

cross-side out in 14K gold

men’s ring. KM-8. 33 grams.

Good full cross and shield, very

bold full denomination Z, very

silvery from cleaning, no

corrosion, very cute “octopus”

mounting. With Treasure Salvors

tag and Sinclair photo-certificate

#127451. Estimate: $800-

$1,200.

254. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayer Q,

Grade 2. S-P17, KM-8, CT-353. 6.2 grams. Full but somewhat flat

cross and shield, weak but certain Q, minimal corrosion. With

original Fisher certificate #137352. Estimate: $300-$450.

255. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayer T,

Grade 4. S-P21, KM-8. 2.9 grams. Heavily corroded but with shield

and cross still evident, assayer barely discernible. With original

Fisher certificate #134257. Estimate: $100-$150.

Cartagena, Colombia, cobs

256. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 8 reales, (1621-22), RN-A,

rare, Grade 1. S-C2, KM-3.2. 26.3 grams. Very solid and well-

preserved specimen with full and well-detailed shield (slightly

doubled) and cross, much legend, clear mintmark RN and

assayer A, 100% corrosion-free but with some flat spots, nicely

toned, very impressive, just lacking the date. With Fisher/Sinclair

photo-certificate #CH9-81-90950. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

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257. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 8 reales, (1621-22), (RN-

A), rare, Grade 1. S-C2, KM-3.2. 25.5 grams. Large flan with

incredibly well-detailed cross-lions-castles, also choice full shield

(very well-detailed, just slightly doubled), bold king’s ordinal

III, but date off the edge and flat where the mintmark and

assayer would be, virtually no corrosion. With original Fisher

certificate #109151. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

258. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 8 reales, (1621-22), RN-

A, rare, no certificate (Grade-2 quality). S-C2, KM-3.2. 16.8

grams. Nice full shield and cross, bold assayer A, a bit thin from

corrosion but still nicely detailed. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

259. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 4 reales, (16)22A, mintmark

RN, very rare, very choice Grade-1 quality (Grade 2 on

certificate). S-C2, KM-2.3. 13.1 grams. Incredibly bold and well-

detailed full shield, good full cross-lions-castles (all well

centered), with bold RN mintmark to left and assayer-

denomination A-IIII to right, flat where date would be,

practically no corrosion. With original Fisher certificate #109112.

Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

260. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 4 reales, (1622)(A),

mintmark RN, rare, Grade 3 (Grade-2 quality). S-C2, KM-

2.3. 10.4 grams. Choice full crown above nice full shield with clear

mintmark to left, full but corroded cross, good strike (well

centered). With Fisher photo-certificate #86A-109123. Estimate:

$800-$1,200.

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

261. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 8 reales, (16)21A, extremely

rare first date, “Zucker specimen.” S-C2, KM-3.2. 12.7 grams.

Exceptionally broad flan with bold 21 date above full cross

and tressure (nicely detailed castles and one lion), nearly full

and well-detailed shield (good for die-study) with bold assayer

A to right, thin from corrosion but all the important details

quite clear, one of 3 known with date visible and only recently

attributed accurately by numismatists as the official first date

of issue. With Sedwick photo-certificate from 2004. Estimate:

$16,000-$25,000.

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Campen, sunk in 1627 off the Isle of Wight, England

262. Holland, United Netherlands, “lion” daalder, 1589.

19.0 grams. Bold lion and legend, clear 89 date, thin from

corrosion but without much affect on details. With original

certificate hand-signed by the project director. Estimate: $125-$200.

263. Gelderland, United Netherlands, “lion” daalder, 1611.

KM-15.1. 28.0 grams. Very solid and uncorroded, some weak

interior strike but all legends full, including the bold date.

Estimate: $125-$200.

264. Utrecht, United Netherlands, “lion” daalder, 1616.

KM-13. 27.0 grams. Big flan with bold legends, nicely detailed upper

half of lion with clear date above, no corrosion but some cuts

and scrapes on reverse. Estimate: $125-$200.

265. Overijssel, United Netherlands, “lion” daalder, 1616.

KM-12. 26.7 grams. All details full and uncorroded, just a bit worn

and flat, also a few stress fractures on reverse (not abnormal).

With hinged wooden display box with ship’s name on plaque top and

printed inside. Estimate: $125-$200.

266. Westfriesland, United Netherlands, “lion” daalder,

1616. KM-14.2. 26.2 grams. Very bold date, full lion and knight,

some weakness but practically no corrosion. Estimate: $125-

$200.

267. Westfriesland, United Netherlands, “lion” daalder,

1617. KM-14.2. 22.8 grams. Choice bold legends and lion despite

corrosion, clear date and mintmark, contrasting toning on fields.

Estimate: $100-$150.

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268. Westfriesland, United Netherlands, “lion” daalder,

1617. KM-14.2. 26.2 grams. Great full lion and knight, bold legends,

clear date, some weak spots and gouges but no corrosion.

Estimate: $100-$150.

269. Utrecht, United Netherlands, “lion” daalder, 1617.

KM-13. 26.9 grams. Well-detailed full lion and knight, clear date,

bold mintmark, no corrosion but small knock on edge.

Estimate: $200-$300.

270. Holland, United Netherlands, “lion” daalder, 1625/

4, rare. KM-unlisted (cf. 17). 26.8 grams. Bold full legends, including

full date that at first looks like 1623 but upon magnification is

undeniably 1625/4, an unlisted overdate, also choice full lion

and knight, nice contrasting toning, no corrosion but minor

edge-split. Estimate: $250-$375.

271. Utrecht, United Netherlands, “lion” daalder, 1626.

KM-13. 26.8 grams. Large flan with full lion and legend on obverse,

nicely detailed knight on reverse, nice toning, virtually no

corrosion but some scratches and pockmarks. Estimate: $100-

$150.

272. Westfriesland, United Netherlands, half “lion”

daalder, 1616, scarce. KM-22.1. 13.1 grams. Excellent full lion

with bold full date, no corrosion, contrasting toning. Estimate:

$175-$250.

273. Overijssel, United Netherlands, half “lion” daalder,

1616, scarce. KM-11. 13.1 grams. Beautifully detailed lion and

knight, bold legends, no corrosion but some scratches and gouge

in edge. Estimate: $150-$225.

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

274. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (16)26D, rare, with

mint-condition Spink promotional box. S-M18a, KM-45, CT-

318. 25.6 grams. Full but crude 26 of date, bold mintmark, most

of shield and cross, minimal corrosion but much flatness, part

of edge bent, but real value is in the complete and pristine

packaging (first we have seen this nice). With original Spink box

(1960s) in mint condition (including printed outer housing) and with

flyers, certificate and original invoice from 1972. Estimate: $250-$375.

275. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer

not visible (D), with Spink promotional box. S-M18a, KM-45.

26.8 grams. Solid and uncorroded coin with well-centered shield

and cross but peripheral flatness, the box in rather nice condition

compared to most. With original Spink box (1960s) and small

certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

276. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer

not visible (D), with Spink promotional box. S-M18a, KM-45.

24.8 grams. Choice full shield, full but corroded cross, typical

barrel-shaped planchet. With original Spink box (1960s).

Estimate: $150-$225.

277. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, assayer

D (possible D/F), with Spink promotional box. S-M18a, KM-

38. 13.5 grams. Very bold assayer D with something underneath

(could just be another D), full and well-centered shield and

cross, somewhat flat but no corrosion. With original Spink box

(1960s) and small certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

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278. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, assayer

D, with Spink promotional box. S-M18a, KM-38. 13.5 grams.

Good full cross and shield, silvery from cleaning (most are

toned), weak but certain oMD. With original Spink box (1960s)

and small certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

Concepción, sunk in 1641 off the northeast coast of Hispaniola

279. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (16)39P, rare. S-

M19, KM-45, CT-334. 25.6 grams. Clear date and oMP, full cross,

nearly full shield, typically barrel-shaped planchet with much

unevenness and resulting weakness but practically no corrosion.

Estimate: $250-$375.

280. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1640P, scarce. S-

M19, KM-45, CT-336. 24.5 grams. Fairly clear date, bold mintmark,

full cross and nearly full shield, typically shiny and somewhat

corroded. With Blanchard wallet-type certificate and pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

281. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, oMP,

with canvas impression. S-M19, KM-45. 25.5 grams. Very thick

and solid planchet with great full cross, full but slightly corroded

shield, bold oMP, interestingly with crosshatch pattern from

original canvas crystallized onto the obverse. Estimate: $100-

$150.

282. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, oMP. S-

M19, KM-38. 10.6 grams. Nearly full cross and shield, moderately

corroded. With large, blue, wallet-style certificate. Estimate: $75-

$110.

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283. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, P-TR. S-P27,

KM-14a. 5.8 grams. Thick, squarish flan with good full cross and

shield, full P-TR, faint corrosion only, no toning. With Kenneth

Aiken certificate. Estimate: $75-$110.

Lastdrager, sunk in 1653 off the Shetland Islands, north of Scotland

284. Emden, Germany (Holy Roman Empire), 28 stuber

(2/3 thaler), Ferdinand II (1619-37). KM-10.1. 16.9 grams. Full

legends, clear arms and double-headed eagle despite dark toning

and light corrosion, scarce provenance. With Sedwick certificate.

Estimate: $100-$150.

285. Emden, Germany (Holy Roman Empire), 28 stuber

(2/3 thaler), Ferdinand II (1619-37). KM-10.1. 16.5 grams. Large

flan with mostly bold legends, clear interiors, full crown, darkly

toned, light corrosion, scarce provenance. With Sedwick certificate.

Estimate: $100-$150.

286. Emden, Germany (Holy Roman Empire), 28 stuber

(2/3 thaler), Ferdinand II (1619-37). KM-10.1. 18.2 grams. Much

flatness but minimal corrosion, dark tone, some bold legend,

including mintmark EMB, scarce provenance. With Sedwick

certificate. Estimate: $100-$150.

287. Emden, Germany (Holy Roman Empire), 28 stuber

(2/3 thaler), Ferdinand III (1637-57). KM-16. 15.4 grams. Bold

legends (especially the emperor’s ordinal III) and inner details,

darkly toned, light corrosion, scarce provenance. With Sedwick

certificate. Estimate: $100-$150.

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A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE COUNTERMARKED

COB 8 AND 4 REALES OF POTOSI, BOLIVIA, 1649-52

One of the most sordid episodes in numismatic history

was the debasement scandal in Potosí in the mid-1600s. After

complaints about the fineness of Potosí’s coins throughout

the early 1600s, culminating in the 1640s, King Philip IV finally

sent an investigator named Francisco Nestares Marín to the

region and soon found out that the fraud permeated the whole

silver operation in Potosí, all the way back to the mines. At the

heart of the crime, as it turned out, were a rich merchant and

former mayor named Francisco Gómez de la Rocha and his

accomplice assayer at the mint, Juan Ramírez de Arellano. Both

were summarily executed and the other assayers currently or

formerly working at the mint (Tapia, Trevino, Velázquez and

Zambrano) were either fined or simply discharged from duty.

Before the punishments were meted out, however, the

most pressing issue was to install a new assayer. The man chosen

for the job, beginning in 1649, was Juan Rodríguez de Roas,

also known as Rodas or even Ruedas (which is why, rueda being

Spanish for “wheel,” his coins show an assayer mark of a circle

with a dot in the middle (we call it O), since he wished to avoid

confusion with the R for Ramírez). The new coins from this

assayer, as well as those made by his successor in 1651, Antonio

de Ergueta, became known as “rodases,” and the older

(presumably all debased) coins with the link to the corrupt ex-

mayor (going back as far as the 1620s) were called “rochunas.”

Unfortunately the silver used for the rodases was still a bit short

in fineness, so even those coins could not circulate at full value,

and other countries needed something manifest on the coins

to show their lower intrinsic value.

Then began the daunting task to decide how to devalue

the old coins (rochunas) and find a way to discriminate them

from the new coins (rodases) until a totally new “pillars-and-

waves” design could be put in place. The kneejerk reaction

from the crown, by decree in late 1650 but not received in

Peru until January of 1652 (presumably much earlier in Mexico,

Panama and Colombia), was to lower the value of all the 8

reales coins down to 6 reales. While the other areas in the

colonies, whose own coins were clearly different, simply melted

the coins as they came in, with a few exceptions, in Peru that

was not feasible, for their new coins were not so easily

identifiable from the old ones, not to mention the effect that

such a staggering loss in value (25%) would have on the local

economy. Therefore the king gave discretion to the Viceroy of

Peru, the Count of Salvatierra, to implement the mandate in

whatever way he deemed most sensible. On January 31, 1652,

after some deliberation, it was decided that ONLY the rochunas

would be devalued to 6 reales and had to be submitted for

melting within two months’ time, while the new rodases would

be worth 7-1/2 reales, with the 4 reales at exactly half those

numbers (3 reales and 3-3/4 reales respectively), leaving the

lower denominations unchanged.

Anyone who is familiar with cobs knows that dates

and even assayer marks are not always visible on shield-type

cobs, so despite improvements in those areas, there was still a

need to make it possible to tell the new coins (rodases) from the

old coins (rochunas). That is where the countermarks come in.

As part of the 1652 decision, the public had just eight months,

or the estimated amount of time to get enough of the new

pillars-and-waves coins into circulation, to bring their rodases in

to various royal agencies known as “cajas r eales” for

countermarking to prove their higher value. Each caja real had

its own mark, and in fact some of these marks had been used

for many years on worked silver (platters and cups, etc.), but

many new ones were probably instituted just for these coins.

The study of these countermarks and attribution to specific

cajas reales is ongoing, and for the first time in this auction we

can link at least a couple of them to specific locales through

matches on worked silver items.

As for what these countermarks look like, we can only

give a rough guide in this short space, as there are literally scores

of different ones. The great majority of the marks are circular

and consist of a crown above a letter, the most common of

which are F and L; others include A, C, G, O, P, S, T and Z.

Whether or not the letters correspond to the names of thelocations of the cajas reales or individual silversmiths at those

places is still unknown. Most of the marks have a border of

dots, and some have dots around an inner ring, but some have

no border at all. Many countermarks have just a crown without

a letter, and in fact one of the crown-alone marks is perhaps

the most common of all, whereas the others are all rare. A few

others, generally very rare, show dates (in pentagonal-shaped

marks), monograms or some version of a coat of arms. Rarest

of all are coins that show two or even three countermarks,

proving that these coins were circulating in different regions,

as the possessor of an already countermarked coin wanted to

be sure it was approved for the higher value in whatever district

he was in, and there is even evidence that a few of these marks

were applied in areas outside of Peru, notably Santo Domingo

and even possibly Buenos Aires.

The countermarking scheme still left the door open

for corrupt officials to get their old rochunas countermarked

anyway (thereby illegally making 6 reales coins worth 7-1/2

reales), and in fact such coins do exist today, but they are quite

rare. Naturally this killed the value of the rodases and hastened

their disuse as well. Indeed the countermarking scheme was a

fragile system and was only a stopgap measure until the new

coins of “pillars-and-waves” design with prominent and multiple

dates and assayer marks (which went into production at the

Potosí mint in March of 1652) could fill the void. Since those

new coins were worth the full 8 reales, there was no more

incentive to use the old coins, whether countermarked or not,

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which were generally cashed in and eventually eliminated from

commerce. On several occasions the crown tried to force the

eradication of the old coins, but it was not until 1657 that they

were officially declared illegal for trade.

Today the short-lived countermarked coins of Potosí

are scarce, and we are able to collect and study them only because

of a series of shipwrecks salvaged in the 1970s-1990s that were

carrying the bulk of these coins back to Spain, namely the

Capitana shipwreck (sunk in 1654 off Ecuador) and the

Maravillas wreck (sunk in the Bahamas in 1656). The

documentation behind these coins is confusing (best analyzed

in Arnaldo Cunietti-Ferrando’s Historia de la  Real Casa de Moneda

de Potosí durante la dominación hispánica, 1573-1825 [Buenos  Aires,

1995]), and until a definitive photo guide is made, it will be

difficult to accurately attribute all the marks (the most complete

diagrammatical study so far being Louis Ullian’s article in the

Ponterio auction catalog mentioned below). One thing is certain:

As the shipwreck finds further disperse, these coins will become

even scarcer and more valuable, and there will probably never

be any other supply to study or collect.

We are honored and excited to offer here the Louis

Hudson collection of countermarked Potosí 8 and 4 reales. An

extremely knowledgeable and longtime dealer, Louis had the

opportunity to acquire and study some of the rarest and most

important coins found on the Capitana and offered at auction

by Ponterio & Associates in 1999, augmented by private

acquisitions of coins from the Maravillas wreck. As you peruse

these offerings, keep in mind that it is a collection of rare and

understudied marks and therefore lacks an accurate cross-

section of the common marks. Also, the countermarks here were

chosen by Louis for completeness of the countermarks

themselves, so you are seeing some of the best examples of

each mark and not a representation of what they normally look

like. In general, the quality of the host coin is very much

secondary in value to the countermark itself, a very important

and almost counterintuitive concept when so many of the coins

are corroded and worn from the sea.

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

Countermarked shield-type

289. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1646)V (rare assayer),

with crowned script-•G• countermark (rare) on shield side.

S-P32, KM-19a, CT-496. 16.8 grams. Complete countermark and bold

full assayer (unique combination, both aspects rare by

themselves), good full shield, full but partially flat cross, thin

from wear and corrosion and with notch in edge. Pedigreed to the

Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

288. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer T

(1640s), with crowned L countermark on cross side, rare.

S-P30, KM-19a. 19.6 grams. Common countermark but rare on a

pre-1648 coin, as this must be (assayer T), even though the

date is not visible. Full but off-center cross, full but weak shield,

a bit worn and pitted, but countermark and assayer both very

clear. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

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290. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 16(4)9Z, date at 8 o’clock,

with crown alone countermark on shield side. S-P34, KM-

19a, CT-508. 24.2 grams. Broad planchet with bold legend (especially

the date, which is 90 degrees removed from the usual position)

around full cross and tressure, full but corroded crown and

shield on other side with full countermark and king’s name

PHELIPVS in legend. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

291. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 16(4)9Z, with crowned

L countermark on cross side. S-P34, KM-19a, CT-508. 16.6 grams.

Large, thin flan with part of edge crude, full countermark,

clear date and assayer, some flat spots but minimal corrosion.

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

292. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)O/Z, with 2

countermarks (rare): crowned •F• on shield side and arms

on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-507. 21.9 grams. Specimens with

2 or more countermarks like this one are very rare, and this

one also shows a clear O/Z assayer in addition to the full and

well-detailed •F• countermark (no dots flanking crown), nice

full shield, full but partially flat cross, light corrosion, the arms

countermark (shield with lions and castles) typically applied to

the very edge. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate:

$350-$500.

293. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)O/Z, with crown

alone countermark (very rare, attributable to Arequipa,

Peru) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-507. 24.0 grams. Thick and

solid coin with nice full cross that bears a full countermark

showing a crown of distinctive design, the shield side mostly

flat but with good full crown, minimal corrosion. This mark is

an exact match with a piece attributed to Arequipa in the book

Marcas de platería hispanoamericana by Esteras Martín (1992), but

interestingly there is another mark with the same distinctive

crown but with letter a underneath that Esteras Martín attributes

to Colombia instead (see lot #319). Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson

collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

294. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)O/Z, crowned O

(?) countermark on cross, very round planchet. S-P35, KM-

19b, CT-507. 23.2 grams. Perfectly round planchet with partially weak

but full and well-centered shield and cross, the latter of which

shows most of a weakly applied countermark that is most likely

crowned O, which is scarce, some flatness, light corrosion.

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

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295. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)49O/sR (rare over-

assayer), with crowned L countermark on cross side,

choice. S-P35, KM-19b. 26.7 grams. Broad flan with bold full shield,

good full cross with bold 9 of date, nearly full countermark,

most of assayer with bottom-right leg of R peeking out, nicely

contrasting toning, practically no corrosion. Pedigreed to the Louis

Hudson collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

296. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)O/sR (rare over-

assayer), with crowned L countermark on cross side. S-

P35, KM-19b. 25.4 grams. Full but slightly doubled cross and shield,

100% complete countermark and P-O with top of s and bottom

of R protruding, no corrosion but one edge-crack. Pedigreed to

the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

297. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1649O, with 2

countermarks (rare): crown alone on shield side and crown

alone (very rare) on cross side, full date. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-

506. 26.7 grams. Choice full date, great full cross with very rare

countermark consisting of a crown without a border, the other

side of the coin showing most of the shield with bold crown

countermark of the common type, also clear P-O, some

weakness and corrosion, one edge-split. Pedigreed to the Louis

Hudson collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

298. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 16(4)9O, with crowned

L countermark on cross, choice. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-506. 27.1

grams. Bold full details all over, including crown and shield

(assayer muddled), cross and countermark, and the 1 and the 9

of the date, no corrosion, nicely contrasting toning. Pedigreed to

the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

299. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1649O, with 2

countermarks (rare): crowned L and arms on cross side.

S-P35, KM-19b, CT-506. 25.6 grams. Solid coin with no corrosion

but some flatness, full shield with bold mintmark, full cross

with both countermarks very clear, neither one rare but rarely

seen together. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate:

$300-$450.

300. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)49O, with 2 crowned

L countermarks on cross side (rare). S-P35, KM-19b, CT-506.

20.4 grams. Bold full cross side with both countermarks clear

(common countermarks but rare to see 2), shield side mostly

flat but with good crown, some corrosion. Pedigreed to the Louis

Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

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301. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)(O?), with crowned

c (?) countermark (rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 16.6

grams. Nearly full countermark with what appears to be a small

G or c (both rare) below the crown in a border, full but doubled

shield and cross, most of crown, bold denomination 8, some

corrosion but good toning. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection.

Estimate: $250-$375.

302. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (164)9O, with crown

alone countermark (rare) on shield side. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-

506. 24.5 grams. Unique and fully visible countermark with

scalloped border on full but mostly flat shield below full and

well-detailed crown, bold P•O, king’s name as PHELIPVS, full

but very flat cross with clear 9 of date, small edge-split, minimal

corrosion. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $350-

$500.

303. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1649)(O), with crowned

O countermark on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 20.8 grams. Very

clear countermark (scarce) on full cross, full but weak shield

on other side, solid but worn and corroded. Pedigreed to the Louis

Hudson collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

304. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650O, with crowned

•PH• countermark on cross side, choice and Royal-like.

S-P35, KM-19b, CT-509. 26.2 grams. Superb strike on a very broad

planchet, probably meant to be a Royal, with all inner details

and almost all the legends full, also well preserved and with

beautiful brown toning, the full countermark also scarce.

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $900-$1,350.

305. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)50O, with 2 crowned

C countermarks (very rare) on cross side, choice, KM Plate

Coin. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-509. 24.8 grams. Big, solid planchet with

two edge-splits, 2 very clear crowned C countermarks, full cross,

crude shield, no corrosion but some flat spots. Pedigreed to the

Louis Hudson collection and Plate Coin in KM (#19b). Estimate:

$600-$900.

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306. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (165)0O, with 2

countermarks on cross side (very rare): crown alone (very

rare) and crowned C (rare), choice. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-509.

26.5 grams. Both countermarks very clear and bold, the crowned

C rare but the crown alone (without border) very rare, and the

combination unique, full cross, full but mostly weak shield, full

0 of date, no corrosion, small edge-split. Pedigreed to the Ponterio

Capitana auction, lot 52 (Plate Coin), and pedigreed to the Louis Hudson

collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

307. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)650O, with pentagonal

1652 countermark (rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-

509. 26.7 grams. Strange, almost barrel-shaped planchet with good

full shield and cross, bold date, but best part is the pentagonal

countermark in the middle of the cross, some flatness but only

minimal corrosion. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

308. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (165)0O, with crowned

o countermark (rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-509.

23.6 grams. Full countermark with small o (much rarer than the

large O) on full cross, bold date, full shield, some flatness but

not really any corrosion. Pedigreed to the Ponterio Capitana auction,

lot 232 (Plate Coin, with lot-tag), and pedigreed to the Louis Hudson

collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

310. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)50O, with crown

alone countermark (very rare) on shield side. S-P35, KM-

19b, CT-509. 21.9 grams. Unique countermark (very similar to the

common crown but with the crown shifted to right, definitely

worth further study), good full cross and shield, some flatness

and minor edge-split but hardly any corrosion. Pedigreed to the

Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

309. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650)O, with crown

alone countermark (very rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b.

27.1 grams. Very darkly toned, with full shield and cross, no

corrosion but one edge-split, the countermark in center with

distinctive border of tiny dots (the crown not really visible).

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

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311. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650O, with crowned (?)

on cross side, choice. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-509. 23.3 grams. Huge

flan with full and well-detailed interiors and much legend, like

PHELIPVS IIIII (due to double strike) and 1650 date, also P-

O and 8-O flanking the beautiful shield, but the countermark

in the center of the cross incomplete and the surfaces lightly

corroded. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-

$375.

312. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650O, date at 5

o’clock, with full crowned script-F or script-L (unique)

countermark on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-509. 26.5 grams.

If you are a researcher of countermarks, then this coin,

perhaps more than any other in this collection, is the one

you should study, because the countermark is complete and

pristine, yet the letter below the crown does not match any

orthography known so far, sort of a thin F with the foot of

an L and a short back-curl at the top. Interestingly, this mark

is known, listed as Ullian Type MM (rated as U-2, meaning 1

or 2 known, the highest rating) in the Capitana catalog of

1999, but no specimens were cited in the sale. The coin itself

is solid, even lustrous in places but plagued by the usual

flatness and minor corrosion and even some black staining.

Nevertheless, the date, assayer, mintmark and denomination

are all visible, and the cross and shield are full. Pedigreed to the

Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

313. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1650O, with crowned-T

countermark (rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-509. 19.7

grams. Good full cross and shield despite light corrosion, bold

8-O to right of shield, nearly full countermark, full date. With

generic certificate and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$200-$300.

314. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, •1•6•5(•0•)O, with 2

countermarks on cross side (very rare): crowned script P

(rare) and crowned T (rare). S-P35, KM-19b. 25.4 grams. Curious

one-year variety with superfluity of dots in legend, good full

shield and cross despite flatness, the 2 countermarks (each very

rare, the combination extremely so) bold, minimal corrosion.

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

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315. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1)651O, with 2 crowned

C countermarks (very rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-

510. 20.0 grams. Broad, round coin with full shield, bold assayer

and date, one full countermark and most of another (very rare

to see 2), thin and worn and weak in places, but no heavy pitting.

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

317. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651O, with crown-alone

countermark on shield side and brockage of same on cross

side. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-510. 24.6 grams. Solid and uncorroded

specimen with bold date, complete countermark (with a reverse

impression on the other side from application of the mark

onto the base after the coin slipped out), nice full shield and

cross, some flatness and an edge-crack. With photo-certificate and

pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

316. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (165)1O, with 3

countermarks (very rare): 2 crowned (?) and arms on cross

side. S-P35, KM-19b, CT-510. 18.8 grams. Nice shield side with bold

legend and nearly full crown, cross side littered with

countermarks that unfortunately do not show enough interior

details to attribute, still quite rare to see 3 different ones, some

thinning from corrosion and crack in edge. Pedigreed to the Louis

Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

318. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with countermark “BALTR+” (attributed to Buenos Aires, Argentina)

below castle and lion on cross side, extremely rare. S-P35, KM-19b. 17.3 grams. Nearly full and practically unique countermark,

the only other published specimen a 4R in the Cunietti reference, but at least one other is reported to exist. A reconstruction of

the entire mark can by made by joining this example with the Cunietti specimen (which, incidentally, Cunietti does not attribute

to Buenos Aires). Curiously, while Buenos Aires received the order from Viceroy Salvatierra in March of 1652 to melt the

rochunas and countermark the rodases, documents show that the corrupt governor, Jacinto de Lariz, held the order until August so

that he could surreptitiously countermark his own rochunas holdings and thereby save himself 1-1/2 reales per 8 reales! While

this establishes evidence that Buenos Aires did indeed countermark coins, the documentation does not show what mark was

used except for the blanket term “marca de coronilla.” A careful study of the monogram of letters on the bottom of the

countermark reveals it to be BALTR+, which we believe can be reasonably attributed to the port city of Buenos Aires, whose

full original name in 1580 (second establishment, the original one abandoned in 1541) was “La Ciudad de Santísima Trinidad y

Puerto de Santa María del Buen Ayre” (BA = Buen Ayre, L = La Ciudad, TR = Trinidad, + = Santísima). The coin itself is well

detailed considering corrosion and thinning, with full cross and shield (the latter rather weak), most of crown, clear assayer.

Pedigreed to the Ponterio Capitana sale, lot 227 (Plate Coin) and pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

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319. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-51)O, with

crowned script-a countermark (rare, attributed to

Arequipa, Peru) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 25.6 grams.

Very solid, round flan with flat peripheries but full shield

and cross (nicely toned, no corrosion), the latter graced with

a COMPLETE countermark showing the script-a (for

Arequipa) below a distinctive crown. As mentioned in lot

#293, this mark is attributed by Esteras Martín to Colombia,

but the crown matches the Arequipa mark and Colombia

was unlikely to have countermarked these coins, not to

mention the near impossibility that a coin could have traveled

from Peru to Colombia and back before the Capitana set sail!

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

320. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned

Z countermark (very rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 22.9

grams. Choice full and bold countermark on full cross, full but

doubled shield and crown on other side, bold king’s ordinal

IIII, broad flan with edge-split, light corrosion only. Pedigreed

to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

321. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned

backwards-L countermark (very rare) on shield side. S-

P35, KM-19b. 20.0 grams. Totally complete countermark (so rare

as to be virtually unknown until the Capitana sale in 1999) on

full shield with bold assayer, horrible cross side due to

corrosion, minor edge-split. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection.

Estimate: $400-$600.

322. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with 2

countermarks on shield side (very rare): crown alone and

crowned C (rare). S-P35, KM-19b. 23.1 grams. Two bold and near-

complete countermarks on full shield, good full cross, some

weakness but not much corrosion, well-centered strike. Pedigreed

to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

323. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned

•PH• countermark on shield side. S-P35, KM-19b. 27.1 grams.

Choice full countermark (scarce) on full shield below full crown,

both assayers clear, good full cross, no corrosion but much

flatness and one edge-split. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

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324. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with 2

countermarks on shield side (very rare): crown alone (very

rare) and crowned (?). S-P35, KM-19b. 25.7 grams. A great coin

for study, with both countermarks (borderless crown alone and

crowned-something with dotted border) on full shield between

P-O and 8-O, good full cross, nicely toned and with only a hint

of corrosion. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate:

$300-$450.

325. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with 2

countermarks on cross side (very rare): crowned L (?) and

crowned T (rare). S-P35, KM-19b. 26.1 grams. Both countermarks

rather pristine and well detailed but incomplete, good full cross

and shield, virtually no corrosion but peripherally flat and not

much contrast. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate:

$300-$450.

326. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with 2

countermarks on cross side (very rare): crowned C (rare)

and arms. S-P35, KM-19b. 17.0 grams. Very clear countermarks

(the peripheral arms mark much more complete than usual),

good full cross and shield despite much wear and thinning.

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

327. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned

G countermark (rare) on shield side. S-P35, KM-19b. 18.0 grams.

Nice shield-side details with most of the countermark, choice

crown, full cross too but moderately corroded (thin) and with

edge-crack. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-

$375.

328. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with 2

countermarks on shield side (very rare): crown alone and

crowned O. S-P35, KM-19b. 23.7 grams. Both countermarks clear

on a full shield with assayer to right, full but weak cross, lightly

corroded. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-

$375.

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329. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned

G countermark (rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 21.9 grams.

Bold full cross with countermark in center, full shield below

bold crown, bold assayer, some flatness and thinning but good

contrast, with two edge-splits. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson

collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

330. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned

(?) countermark on shield side. S-P35, KM-19b. 23.4 grams. Nice

full cross, full but weak shield, bold P-O, oddly oblong planchet,

lightly corroded, the crown of the countermark full and well

detailed but the space below it trumped by the host coin’s details.

Estimate: $250-$275.

331. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned

S countermark on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 19.2 grams. Full

but corroded countermark (scarce), nice full shield, broad round

flan but thin from corrosion. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection.

Estimate: $200-$300.

332. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with 2

countermarks (very rare): crowned (?) and arms on cross

side. S-P35, KM-19b. 17.4 grams. Heavily corroded with pieces of

edge missing but very rare with 2 countermarks, one of which

is not completely decipherable (just the crown visible), still with

decent cross, assayer and king’s name. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson

collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

333. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned

L countermark on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 17.9 grams. Good

full shield with crown askew due to doubling, very deep and

clear countermark on heavily corroded cross side, clear date,

edge-split. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $200-

$300.

334. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned

(?) countermark on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 22.1 grams. Full

but moderately corroded shield and cross, the latter of which

bears a complete but too-weak-to-attribute countermark in the

center, the planchet itself somewhat concave. Estimate: $100-

$150.

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335. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1(6)51E, with crowned

•T• (rare) countermark on shield side. S-P36, KM-19b, CT-511.

23.7 grams. Nice full cross and shield with full P-E and 8-E and

nearly full countermark, minimal corrosion, good toning, edge-

split. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

336. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1(65)1E, with 3

countermarks on cross side (very rare): crowned C (rare),

crown alone (very rare) and arms. S-P36, KM-19b, CT-511. 26.6

grams. Broad and very solid planchet (no corrosion) with 2 full

and rare countermarks in the center of the full cross and a

slightly more common arms countermark in the periphery (very

rare combination), the shield full but weak but surrounded by

a clear P-E and 8-E and crown. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson

collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

337. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E, with crowned-

•F• (no dots flanking crown) countermark on shield side.

S-P36, KM-19b, CT-511. 20.9 grams. Full and bold countermark

showing the complete crown, also full and bold date, the cross

and shield all there but mostly flat, a bit worn and with one

edge-split. With generic certificate and pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

338. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E, with 2

countermarks (very rare): crowned C (rare) and crowned

P (rare) on cross side. S-P36, KM-19b, CT-511. 7.9 grams. Full C

countermark and most of P countermark (both rare) on nice

full cross, other side heavily worn and overall very thin and

underweight, oblong in shape. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson

collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

339. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with 2

countermarks (very rare): crown alone on shield side and

crown alone (rare) on cross side. S-P36, KM-19b. 25.9 grams.

Good full shield and cross, both with clear crown countermarks

but the one on the cross of a stylized design, also clear assayer,

minor pitting only, edge-split. With generic certificate and pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

340. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with full crown

alone countermark on shield. S-P36, KM-19b. 21.2 grams. Choice

full countermark (very bold and beautiful), on a full shield,

also full but slightly weak cross, no corrosion, nice toning, with

rather large crack in edge. Estimate: $150-$225.

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341. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with crowned

Z (very rare) countermark on shield side, choice, KM Plate

Coin. S-P36, KM-19b. 28.1 grams. Perfect countermark (full and

well detailed) on a choice full shield, nice cross too, no

corrosion, attractive toning, great coin that lacks only the date.

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection and Plate Coin in KM

(#C19.12). Estimate: $600-$900.

342. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with 2

countermarks (very rare): crown alone on shield side and

crown alone (rare) on cross side. S-P36, KM-19b. 24.0 grams.

Great full shield with full countermark, also full cross with

somewhat peripheral countermark that is borderless and shows

a full crown of a rare design, lightly pitted all over but still

solid. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $300-

$450.

343. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 16(51-2)(E), with elegant

crown alone countermark (very rare, attributable to Lima,

Peru) on cross side. S-P36, KM-19b. 26.8 grams. The countermark

on this coin (an elegant and well-detailed crown by itself inside

a border of small dots) is an exact match with one attributed to

Lima by Esteras Martín (see lot #293), but since it is very rare,

we have to assume this was not the main mark used by that

metropolitan center, which must have countermarked quite a

lot of the coins. The countermark is right over the date (except

for the 16, which is bold), but the cross is full, as is the shield,

and there is practically no corrosion (just some flatness). Pedigreed

to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

344. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 16(51-2)E, with crown

alone countermark on shield, choice. S-P36, KM-19b. 22.4 grams.

Bold full countermark on choice shield side with P-E, 8-E,

crown, king’s name and ordinal, also good full cross (off-center),

no corrosion (yet underweight), with split in edge. Pedigreed to

the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

345. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with crowned

(?) countermark on cross side. S-P36, KM-19b. 27.1 grams. The

countermark on this coin is nearly full but the letter below the

crown is effaced by the head of the lion underneath, with good

full shield, nearly full cross, no corrosion but much flatness,

edge-split. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-

$375.

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346. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1651-2)E, with crowned

L countermark on cross side. S-P36, KM-19b. 23.5 grams. Very

broad but corroded coin with 100% full countermark on full

cross, good full shield, much flatness in periphery, large edge-

split. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

347. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-2)(O or E), with 2

countermarks (very rare): crowned L and crowned C (rare)

on cross side. KM-19b. 13.9 grams. Heavily worn and corroded

but with remarkably clear countermarks (the C a little weak),

crude edge. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-

$375.

348. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1649)O, with crowned

script-P countermark (rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-17b,

CT-731. 8.6 grams. Full and deep countermark with clear letter,

full but mostly flat shield, bold assayer, thin from corrosion.

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

349. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1649)O, with 2

countermarks (very rare): crowned L on shield side (rare)

and crowned (?) on cross side. S-P35, KM-17b, CT-731. 13.8 grams.

Bold and deep countermark on shield, which is not the usual

place for the L countermark, nice upper half of unattributed

mark on cross, sold coin with no corrosion, nice toning. Pedigreed

to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

350. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 16(49-50)O, no

countermark (rare). S-P35, KM-17b. 13.3 grams. An understated

rarity in this series is the coin with NO countermarks, like this

one, with clear P-O to the left of the full shield, also nice full

cross with bold legend (including 16 of date), no corrosion,

attractively toned. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate:

$200-$300.

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351. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (16)50O, with 3

countermarks (very rare): crowned A flanked by columns

of dots on shield side (very rare), crowned C (rare) and

crown alone on cross side, KM Plate Coin. S-P35, KM-17b.

11.9 grams. Odd-shaped coin that rewards careful study, as the

countermark on the shield at first looks like just a mess (due to

interference from the host-coin details) but is actually an A

flanked by three dots in a column on each side (note that all

diagrammatical references so far erroneously omit these dots),

also with full two clear countermarks of rare varieties on the

cross side, the cross and shield full and uncorroded. Pedigreed to

the Ponterio Capitana auction, lot 41 (Plate Coin), and pedigreed to the

Louis Hudson collection and Plate Coin in KM (#C17.5). Estimate:

$600-$900.

352. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1650O, with crowned-L

countermark on cross side. S-P35, KM-17b. 12.0 grams. Bold

date, full countermark, good full shield and cross, 2 edge-splits,

some corrosion but nicely toned. With generic certificate and

pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

353. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1(65)1O, with 2

countermarks on shield side (very rare): crowned A (very

rare) and crown alone (common). S-P35, KM-17b. 13.0 grams.

Both countermarks very bold and clear, also bold assayer, but

cross side almost blank due to weak strike and wear (also old

scuff mark), no corrosion however. Pedigreed to the Ponterio

Capitana auction, lot 39 (Plate Coin), and pedigreed to the Louis Hudson

collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

354. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1650-1)O, with crowned

•F• (4 dots) countermark on shield side, KM Plate Coin.

S-P35, KM-17b. 12.9 grams. Full and well-detailed countermark with

dots flanking crown (scarce variant), nice full cross, round and

even flan, minor corrosion only. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson

collection and Plate Coin in KM (#C17.4). Estimate: $250-$375.

355. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1)651(O or E), with 2

countermarks (very rare): crowned •F• on shield side and

unidentified on cross side. KM-17b. 8.6 grams. Very deep and

bold countermark on edge of off-center but well-detailed shield

(nice crown too), other side much weaker but with bold date,

good upper half of cross, somewhat thin from corrosion and

with extended piece of edge bent. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson

collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

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356. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (165)1E, with crown-

alone (common) countermark on shield side. S-P36, KM-

17b. 10.6 grams. Round coin with 100% full and bold countermark

in center of shield, otherwise weak (especially the cross) from

wear and corrosion, with typical edge-split. Pedigreed to the Louis

Hudson collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

357. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1651-2)E, with 3

countermarks (very rare): 2 crown alone (common) on

shield side and crown alone (rare) on cross side. S-P36, KM-

17b. 12.7 grams. Fascinating coin with one bold and full

countermark plus about half of another on the shield, weak

but distinctively different countermark on cross, that side mostly

flat and corroded but the shield side well detailed, with two big

edge-splits. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $300-

$450.

358. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1651-2)E, with crowned

backwards-L countermark (very rare) on cross side. S-P36,

KM-17b. 11.8 grams. Very bold and full countermark on great full

cross, nice full shield on other side, some peripheral flatness

but not much corrosion. Pedigreed to the Ponterio Capitana auction,

lot 36 (Plate Coin), and pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

359. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1651-2)E, with 2

countermarks (very rare): crowned O and arms on cross

side. S-P36, KM-17b. 11.8 grams. Great full shield with 4-E to right,

nice but off-center cross with full O countermark and a healthy

portion of the peripheral arms countermark, minimal corrosion.

Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

360. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1650-2)(O or E), with 2

countermarks (very rare): crown alone (common) on

shield side and brockage error on cross side (very rare),

crowned P (rare) on cross side, KM Plate Coin. KM-17b.

14.0 grams. Very clear and full P countermark in center of cross

right next to a bold reverse impression of the other countermark

due to slippage of the coin during hammering, no corrosion

(actually overweight!) but parts of edge crude. Pedigreed to the

Ponterio Capitana auction, lot 38 (Plate Coin), and pedigreed to the

Louis Hudson collection and Plate Coin in KM (#17b). Estimate:

$250-$375.

361. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, (1650-2)(O or E), with

crowned-•F• (no dots flanking crown) countermark on

shield side. KM-17b. 12.6 grams. Totally corrosion-free coin with

bold countermark, good shield and cross, but much of

periphery flat and with minor splits. Pedigreed to the Ponterio

Capitana auction, lot 34 (Plate Coin, with lot-tag) and pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

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362. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, (16)51O, scarce. S-P35,

KM-14b. 4.8 grams. Broad flan with nice full shield and cross,

weak date, lightly corroded but nicely toned. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

363. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (165)1O, scarce. S-P35, KM-

12b, CT-1047. 3.5 grams. Full P-O, most of cross and shield despite

flatness, no corrosion or toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $100-$150.

1652 transitionals

364. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E transitional,

McLean Type VIII/A. S-P37, KM-A20.8. 24.5 grams. Good full

shield and crown flanked by clear A-P-8 to left and O-E-52 to

right, full but slightly doubled and corroded pillars with 1-PH-

6 at top, not much contrast but rather solid and nicely centered

strike. Estimate: $200-$300.

365. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1652E transitional,

McLean Type I, rare and choice. S-P37, KM-A16.2, CT-894. 7.6

grams. Incredibly attractive full pillars and crown, also bold full

shield, no legend, but well centered and corrosion-free,

beautifully toned, must be one of the finest known of a

surprisingly scarce denomination for the issue. Estimate: $700-

$1,000.

Pillars-and-waves type

366. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E post-transitional,

1-PH-6 at top. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-434. 26.9 grams. Nice and full

but off-center cross with bold •E• and king’s ordinal IIII, full

(and also off-center) pillars and waves, practically no corrosion

but some flatness, attractively toned. With photo-certificate.

Estimate: $150-$225.

367. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

437. 24.0 grams. Round flan with good full cross above 653 date,

full and well-centered pillars with bold 53 date, peripheral

flatness and thin edge-split but no corrosion. With generic certificate

and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

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368. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1654E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

438. 19.7 grams. Good full cross and pillars (plus especially

prominent waves) despite thinness from wear and corrosion, 2

edge-splits, nicely toned. With certificate. Estimate: $90-$135.

369. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1653E, PH at top, scarce

error with rotated 4 for denomination. S-P37a, KM-18, CT-741.

11.2 grams. Round and thin, with 3 dates and mintmarks, 2

assayers, bold pillars and waves, small edge-split, but best feature

is the bold sideways denomination (“backwards”) on the pillars

side, traces of corrosion only. Estimate: $250-$375.

370. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1653E. S-P37a, KM-18, CT-

740. 12.9 grams. Bold pillars and date (full PLV-SVL-TRA), half

of cross, some flatness but not much corrosion. With generic

certificate and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $175-

$250.

371. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1654E, PH at top. S-P37a,

KM-18, CT-742. 10.4 grams. Full but somewhat corroded pillars

and cross but with bold date and PH. With generic certificate and

pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island

373. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8

reales, Philip IV, assayer P where visible. S-

M19, KM-45. 15.1 and 12.0 grams. Typical coins from

this wreck with heavy corrosion all over but

shields and crosses discernible, one with clear

oMP With certificates. Estimate: $150-$225.

372. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1655P, choice full

date. S-M19, KM-45, CT-362. 27.0 grams. While this is definitely one

of the commonest dates, we have probably never seen one so

bold and complete as this, also with full (but weak) shield and

cross and oMP, king’s ordinal IIII in legend, toned and 100%

corrosion-free, a super coin that rivals even non-salvage

specimens in overall quality. With generic certificate and pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

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374. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 16(51)O, with crowned-

T countermark (rare) on cross side. S-P35, KM-19b. 27.1 grams.

Super large flan with choice full crown above full shield between

P•O and 8•O, nearly full countermark in center of full cross,

bold 16 of date and most of king’s name but legends otherwise

flat, minor corrosion on edge only, with edge-split, typically

tan-toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-

$500.

375. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1650-1)O, with large

crown-alone countermark (very rare) on cross side. S-P35,

KM-19b. 25.4 grams. Huge crown countermark on full but doubled

cross, good full shield between •P•O• and •8•O•, much legend,

minor flatness and corrosion, lightly toned. Pedigreed to the Louis

Hudson collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

376. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1651E/O, with crowned

script-P countermark (rare) on cross side. S-P36, KM-19b,

CT-512. 28.2 grams. Big round flan with full countermark on cross

that at first looks like the Greek letter phi (?) but is rendered

that way because of under-details, full but somewhat weak cross

and shield, bold P-E to left and 8-E/O to right, full but weak

date, king’s ordinal IIII, doubled crown, no corrosion and

actually OVERweight. Pedigreed to the Louis Hudson collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

377. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 16(51-2)E, with special

crowned T (very rare) countermark on cross. S-P36, KM-19b.

26.2 grams. Just the crown is visible in the countermark, but it is

distinctive enough to match it to Ullian’s very rare Type EE,

apparently different from several other known T countermarks,

also a super coin anyway with full and well-detailed shield and

cross, no corrosion, nice tan toning, slightly crude edge.

Estimate: $200-$300.

378. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E transitional,

McLean Type IV/A, scarce. S-P37, KM-A20.4, CT-432. 24.8 grams.

Very large and somewhat “Royal”-like flan with full pillars side

details AND legends, nearly full but doubled details on other

side, minor corrosion, nice toning, Pedigreed to Heritage auction

#3000, lot #50457, Besalu collection. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

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379. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E transitional,

McLean Type VII/A, scarce. S-P37, KM-A20.7. 25.7 grams. Very

solid and well-preserved coin with nice but off-center shield,

full and well-centered pillars with monogrammed HP (looks

like an N) below intricate crown at top, no corrosion, attractively

toned. Pedigreed to our Treasure Auction #3, lot #137. Estimate:

$800-$1,200.

380. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer

not visible (ca. 1630), rare. KM-3.4. 24.5 grams. Thick but crude

from corrosion, with distinctively neat shield, faint VIII to left,

decent full cross. With certificate. Estimate: $250-$375.

Vergulde Draeck (“Gilt Dragon”), sunk in 1656 off Western Australia

383. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1654P. S-M19, KM-

45, CT-360. 25.8 grams. Completely full and bold date and oMP,

very bold, with nearly full shield and super full cross, flat

peripheries, no corrosion, darkly toned as usual, with highly

desirable WAM certificate. With Western Australian Museum

certificate #4010 and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$400-$600.

384. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 8 reales, 1651PoRMS, rare

and choice, Plate Coin in The Practical Book of Cobs(4th edition, 2007). S-B7, KM-7.1, CT-526. 25.8 grams. Pristine (Mint

State) details on both sides, no doubling, well centered, and

also no corrosion, very bold and full assayer PoRMS but lacking

a clear date (barely readable as 1651) on the other side of the

pillars, darkly toned and very solid. Plate Coin on page 133 of The

Practical Book of Cobs (4th edition, 2007). Estimate: $2,500-

$3,750.

381. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1652P. S-M19, KM-

45, CT-356. 26.0 grams. Atypically round flan with very choice full

date and oMP, also full shield, denomination 8 and cross-lions-

castles, darkly toned but nearly corrosion-free, one of the finest

specimens with a highly desirable WAM certificate to boot.

With Western Australian Museum certificate #4001 and pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $450-$675.

382. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1653P. S-M19, KM-

45, CT-358. 27.0 grams. Solid and uncorroded coin with bold 53

of date, full oM, good full shield and cross, flat peripheries.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

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

385. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1655/4P, rare. S-

M19, KM-45, CT-361. 24.3 grams. Full 55 of date with fairly clear 5/

4, full cross and nearly full shield on a rounder flan than most

(very thick), moderate surface corrosion here and there with

spots of toning. Estimate: $200-$300.

Unidentified ca.-1667 wreck off Sicily, Italy

386. Fosdinovo, Italian States, luigino, 1667-A, scarce. KM-unlisted. 2.0 grams. Nicely uncorroded

and beautifully toned specimen with portrait of ruler’s widow on obverse and crowned arms

(three fleurs-de-lis, as these were imitative of fractional French coins of the popular ecu series)

splitting the date on reverse. The unidentified shipwreck source of this coin and others like it also

yielded Mexican and Spanish cobs. Estimate: $90-$135.

Sacramento, sunk in 1668 off Bay of All Saints, Bahia, Brazil

387. Lisbon, Portugal, 400 reis, John IV, with “S00” (500

reis, 1663) countermark of Brazil. 16.0 grams. Choice full

shield with bold denomination 400 and king’s ordinal IIII, full

and bold cross with perfect countermark, a little thin from

corrosion but much better than most from this wreck.

Estimate: $250-$375.

388. Lisbon, Portugal, 400 reis, John IV, with “S00” (500

reis, 1663) countermark of Brazil. 18.0 grams. Solid flan but

with somewhat weak shield (nice crown though) and not much

contrast, bold cross with very deep and bold countermark,

minimal corrosion. Estimate: $200-$300.

389. Porto, Portugal, 200 reis, John IV, with “2S0” (250

reis, 1663) countermark of Brazil. 6.0 grams. Very bold, deep

countermark on cross with bold P mintmarks, full crown and

shield, bold king’s ordinal IIII, thin from light corrosion.

Estimate: $150-$225.

390. Lisbon, Portugal, 200 reis, John IV, with “2S0” (250

reis, 1663) countermark of Brazil). 8.0 grams. Very bold full

cross with deep and perfect countermark, weak shield side but

with full king’s name and ordinal, light corrosion. Estimate:

$150-$225.

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391. Lisbon, Portugal, 200 reis, John IV, with “2S0” (250

reis, 1663) countermark of Brazil). 6.0 grams. Thin from

corrosion but with even and well-detailed strike, including full

shield, cross, countermark and especially the crown. Estimate:

$150-$225.

392. Lot of 8 fragments of

Portuguese 200 reis with

250-reis countermarks and

100 reis with 120-reis

countermarks (4 of each) of

Brazil (1663). 22.0 grams total.

Very thin and heavily corroded

coins, yet each one with just

enough detail to attribute, fun

lot for studying the

countermarks. Estimate:

$100-$150.

393. Lot of 2 smaller Portuguese coins. 3.0 grams total. Thin

coins, very corroded, but with enough details to confirm the

denominations (medio tostão of João IV with 60-reis Brazilian

countermark and 80 reis of Alfonso VI). Estimate: $30-$45.

Unidentified wreck sunk ca. 1671 in Seville Harbor, Spain

394. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1664E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

453. 25.3 grams. Super well-detailed full crown above full cross,

bold waves, 2 mintmarks and assayers and parts of 3 dates,

lightly tan-toned with minor corrosion and flatness. With

certificate and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-

$375.

395. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1669E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

344. 26.1 grams. Bold 69 date between full pillars, 669 below cross,

partial third date in legend, 2 bold assayers, darkly toned but

not much corrosion. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$225-$325.

396. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1667E, Charles II (ordinal

visible). S-P37b, KM-25, CT-492. 13.2 grams. Full pillars, most of

cross, 2 dates, king’s ordinal in legend, most with much flatness

and darkly toned, no corrosion. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $175-$250.

397. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1668E. S-P37b, KM-25, CT-

493. 12.2 grams. Full pillars and cross despite much flatness, dark

toning, light corrosion, minor edge-split. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

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398. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1669E. S-P37b, KM-25, CT-494. 12.3 grams. Well-centered pillars with 2 dates on that side, date

also below most of cross, some flatness but really no corrosion, darkly toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $175-

$250.

399. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1670E. S-P37b, KM-25, CT-495. 13.5 grams. Solid flan with full cross, bold waves, 2 pillars-side

dates, darkly toned but no corrosion. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

400. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1671E. S-P37b, KM-25, CT-496. 13.7 grams. Nearly full and well-centered cross and pillars, no

corrosion, darkly toned, crack in edge. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

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

401. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1652E, post-transitional,

1-PH-(6) at top. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-434. 15.0 grams. Thin “razor”

with nice details, full pillars-and-waves and cross, bold PH, all

well centered. With photo-certificate Estimate: $150-$225.

402. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1665E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

454. 20.5 grams. Choice full cross and pillars despite moderate

corrosion, nice crown, 2 dates, edge-split. With ROBCAR photo-

certificate. Estimate: $125-$200.

403. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1667E, Charles II (part

of name visible). S-P37b, KM-26, CT-342. 23.9 grams. Extra large

flan with great full pillars-and-waves, full cross, 2 dates, moderate

corrosion. With ROBCAR photo-certificate. Estimate: $125-$200.

404. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1670E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

345. 21.0 grams. Very bold date between pillars, full cross, round

flan, corroded. With photo-certificate Estimate: $150-$225.

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405. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1672E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

347. 22.5 grams. Choice specimen with full and beautiful pillars,

full cross with super castles, bold mintmark, minimal corrosion.

With ROBCAR photo-certificate. Estimate: $175-$250.

406. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1672E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

347. 20.8 grams. Nice full cross, nearly full pillars, full 1672 date in

legend, light to moderate corrosion. With ROBCAR photo-

certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

407. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1675E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

350. 22.3 grams. Full pillars with bold P and 8 and E, full but

corroded cross, weak date. Estimate: $75-$110.

408. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1676E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

351. 21.7 grams. Full pillars and waves with clear date, good full

cross with bold second date, one bold assayer, some flatness

but not much corrosion. With ROBCAR certificate #090111.

Estimate: $150-$225.

409. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

354. 20.0 grams. Bold pillars and waves, crude cross, 2 dates,

corroded. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

410. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C. S-P38, KM-26, CT-

357. 21.0 grams. Very bold full pillars with particularly bold date

and C’s, also full cross, but all badly double-struck, light

corrosion only. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

411. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C. S-P38, KM-26, CT-

357. 24.2 grams. Nice full cross, very bold waves, 2 strong

mintmarks and assayers, minimal corrosion. With ROBCAR

photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

412. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C. S-P38, KM-26, CT-

357. 19.2 grams. Full cross above bold date, full pillars and waves

with bold P and C, light corrosion, edge-split. With ROBCAR

photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

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413. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C. S-P38, KM-26, CT-

357. 23.9 grams. Three dates and bold assayer C despite flat areas

and some doubling, no corrosion. With ROBCAR photo-certificate.

Estimate: $125-$200.

414. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679V. S-P39, KM-26, CT-

359. 19.0 grams. Bold full pillars with clear date and assayer and

POTO(SI), but very crude cross due to corrosion. With photo-

certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

415. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1680V. S-P39, KM-26, CT-

361. 18.3 grams. Full but off-center cross with bold date below

and (CA)ROLVS II in legend, well-centered but corroded pillars

with second date. With ROBCAR photo-certificate. Estimate:

$125-$200.

416. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1672/1E, rare. S-P37b, KM-

unlisted. 3.8 grams. Excellent full pillars and waves and nice cross,

2 dates (one with very clear overdate), 3 mintmarks, no visible

corrosion but quite underweight (probably as made). With

ROBCAR photo-certificate. Estimate: $125-$200.

417. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1672E. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-599. 5.2 grams. Full and well-centered cross, full but off-center pillars,

2 dates, some corrosion. With ROBCAR certificate #090166. Estimate: $90-$135.

418. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1672E. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-599. 3.4 grams. Nice full pillars with bold P and 2 and PERV in

legend, off-center cross with bold P to left, full crown above, no visible corrosion but quite underweight (probably as made),

with large edge-split. With ROBCAR photo-certificate. Estimate: $90-$135.

419. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1674E. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-601. 6.8 grams. Bold full pillars with choice date, full and well-

centered cross, flat peripheries, no corrosion, very solid. With ROBCAR photo-certificate. Estimate: $90-$135.

420. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-

606. 5.1 grams. Broad flan with great full pillars, full but partially

flat cross, 3 mintmarks, 2 assayers, 2 weak dates, light corrosion

only. With ROBCAR certificate #090110. Estimate: $90-$135.

421. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1679C. S-P38, KM-24, CT-

607. 2.6 grams. Full but doubled cross with clear date below, full

but off-center pillars and waves, with second date and C and P,

thin from corrosion but bold details. With ROBCAR certificate

#090117. Estimate: $90-$135.

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422. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip IV, assayer TR. S-

P29, KM-12a. 3.0 grams. Round with thick edge, clear assayer, about

half of shield and cross due to flatness, virtually no corrosion.

With ROBCAR certificate #090112. Estimate: $60-$90.

423. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip IV, assayer not

visible. KM-12a. 2.4 grams. Small, thick flan with nearly full shield,

good but incomplete cross, no corrosion. With ROBCAR

certificate #090127. Estimate: $60-$90.

424. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1657E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-

1057. 2.4 grams. Bold full pillars with clear date, full cross, light

corrosion. With ROBCAR certificate #090130. Estimate: $80-

$120.

425. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1665E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-

1065. 4.8 grams. Completely full pillars with clear date and

denomination, most of cross with second date below, very much

overweight, no corrosion. With ROBCAR certificate #090165.

Estimate: $80-$120.

426. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1666E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-

1066. 3.0 grams. Good full cross, one bold and complete pillar, 2

dates, thin from corrosion. With ROBCAR certificate #090129.

Estimate: $80-$120.

427. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1668E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-704.

2.3 grams. Excellent full pillars-side details, full cross, thin from

corrosion but still rather nice. With ROBCAR photo-certificate.

Estimate: $80-$120.

428. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real,

1673E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-709. 2.4

grams. Bold cross, more flatness

than usual, 2 weak dates, some

corrosion. With ROBCAR certificate

#090121. Estimate: $80-$120.

429. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1677E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-713.

3.3 grams. Choice pillars side with 2 dates, third date below nearly

full cross, king’s name in legend, no corrosion. With ROBCAR

certificate #090113. Estimate: $80-$120.

430. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1677E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-713.

2.0 grams. Choice full cross with mintmark and date and king’s

ordinal II, full but corroded pillars and waves, a bit thin. With

ROBCAR certificate #090119. Estimate: $80-$120.

431. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-714.

2.2 grams. Small, turnip-shaped flan with good cross and pillars,

2 bold date, some flatness and a bit thin from corrosion. With

ROBCAR certificate #090120. Estimate: $80-$120.

432. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-714.

2.7 grams. Great bold waves with date above, nearly full cross,

some corrosion. With ROBCAR certificate #090116. Estimate:

$80-$120.

433. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1679C. S-P38, KM-23, CT-716.

4.1 grams. Crude edge, full pillars, nearly full off-center cross, 2

dates and 3 assayers, no corrosion (in fact overweight). With

ROBCAR certificate #090122. Estimate: $80-$120.

434. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1679C. S-P38, KM-23, CT-716.

2.0 grams. Perfect full pillars, most of cross, 2 bold mintmarks,

thin flan from corrosion. With ROBCAR photo-certificate #7117.

Estimate: $60-$90.

435. Uncleaned clump of 3 Potosí, Bolivia,

cob 1 reales. 9.6 grams. Solid coins completely

engulfed in crystallized sediment (green and

brown), hence no details visible, cute little stack.

Estimate: $60-$90.

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436. Uncleaned clump of 3 Potosí,

Bolivia, cob 1 reales. 9.2 grams. Solid coins

covered with brown and green crystallized

sediment, some shell bits, small but

attractive display. Estimate: $60-$90.440. Partially cleaned 2-coin clump of Potosí, Bolivia, cob

1 reales. 4.8 grams. Thick stack with details visible on both coins

(bold denomination I), solid coins. Estimate: $60-$90.437. Attractive clump of 2

Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 reales.

8.1 grams. Really neat display with

one clean coin at a right angle

to the 2 others in a tight

sandwich, the one on the

bottom also clean but the top

one covered in debris, solid

coins. Estimate: $70-$100.

438. Partially cleaned 2-

coin clump of Potosí,

Bolivia, cob 1 reales. 7.5

grams. An offset stack, one

coin with full pillars, both

a bit corroded but solid,

brown toned. Estimate:

$60-$90.

439. Partially cleaned 2-coin

clump of Potosí, Bolivia, cob

1 reales. 5.4 grams. Stack of 2

with one coin showing full and

intricate pillars, the other

cocooned in brown crud.

Estimate: $60-$90.

441. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1676. S-P37b, KM-22, CT-828.

0.7 gram. Small and thin but with full cross and monogram and

bold date, rare denomination as from a shipwreck. With

ROBCAR certificate #090126. Estimate: $50-$75.

442. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1676. S-P37b, KM-22, CT-

828. 0.6 gram. Choice full cross, full but weak monogram, thin

from corrosion, rare denomination as from a shipwreck With

ROBCAR certificate #090125. Estimate: $50-$75.

443. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 167? KM-22. 0.7 gram. Thin

and somewhat crude but with bold partial date and king’s ordinal

II prominent in legend, rare denomination as from a shipwreck

With ROBCAR certificate #090114. Estimate: $50-$75.

Joanna, sunk in 1682 off South Africa

445. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1681L, odd shape,

rare. S-M21. 12.6 grams. Very curiously shaped coin (impossible

to describe), and above average details with clear date, full oML,

full cross and most of shield, minimal corrosion. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

444. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (1)680L, scarce

with clear date. S-M21, KM-46, CT-280. 22.0 grams. Clear 80 of

date and mintmark oM, some shield and cross but mostly flat

all over, some corrosion. With original certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $100-$150.

437

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446. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip IV or

Charles II, assayer not visible. 8.0 grams. Nearly full shield,

off-center cross, thin from corrosion and silvery from cleaning.

With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $50-$75.

Unidentified late-1600s wreck in the English Channel

447. Lot of 9 French coppers of Louis XIV. 1.3 to 3.2 grams

each. Various small coppers (liards, double deniers, etc.) in

generally worn and/or corroded condition but all with at least

some detail. Estimate: $50-$75.

Merestein, sunk in 1702 off South Africa

448. Brabant (Brussels mint), Spanish Netherlands,

portrait ducatoon, Philip IV, 1657. KM-72.2. 23.0 grams. Broad

flan with all important details clear (portrait, date, mintmark)

but very worn and corroded. With original certificate from the

salvagers. Estimate: $60-$90.

449. Brabant (Brussels mint), Spanish Netherlands,

portrait ducatoon, Philip IV, 1659, with important

pedigree. KM-72.2. 31.4 grams. Solid, broad-planchet specimen

with bold legend (especially the date and mintmark) around

full portrait, other side a little worn and corroded but still very

readable. From the 1975 Treasure of the Sea auction featuring the

finds of J.A. Robertson (see lot 2058 in the Auction Catalogs section),

with certificate signed by the salvager. Estimate: $125-$200.

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450. Campen, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon,

1667. KM-61.1. 26.0 grams. Thin and dark from salvage but with

clear knight on horse and fairly bold legends. With original

certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $60-$90.

451. Clump of 3 “biscuitized” (cocooned in oxidation)

Dutch ducatoons. 94.0 grams. Black puck of heavy silver coins

that were totally sulfided in the sea, no details visible, great for

a paperweight but possibly cleanable to yield at least one decent

coin (based on the weight). With original certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $125-$200.

452. Lot of 2 separate “biscuitized” (cocooned in

oxidation) Dutch ducatoons. 54.0 grams. Two extremely thin

coins loaded with black oxidation surmounted by white, tan

and green debris, interesting artifacts but almost certainly useless

as individual coins. With original certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $80-$120.

453. Campen, Netherlands (Holy Roman Empire), 6

stuivers (schelling), Matthias I (early 1600s). KM-22. 3.0 grams.

Thin, low-grade silver coin with double-headed eagle and coat-

of-arms (both fairly clear despite wear), some good legend. With

original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $40-$60.

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

454. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1677E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

352. 24.7 grams. Rather nice specimen for this wreck, with very

bold full pillars and cross, nicely centered, 3 mintmarks and 2

assayers, minimal corrosion. With generic certificate and pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

455. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1686VR. S-P40, KM-26, CT-

369. 25.0 grams. Full pillars and waves, good and nearly full cross,

bold (CA)ROLVS in legend, clear date, 3 assayers, minimal

corrosion. Estimate: $150-$225.

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456. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1688VR, with canvas

imprint. S-P40, KM-26, CT-373. 24.6 grams. Bold main date between

pillars, partial second date below nearly flat cross, weakly struck

and corroded all over but remarkable as showing an imprint of

the original canvas bag that contained the coins on the cross

side. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

457. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1694VR. S-P40, KM-26, CT-

380. 24.0 grams. Most of cross and pillars, 2 partial dates, muchflatness and edge-split but not a ton of corrosion, also darkly

toned. Estimate: $100-$150.

458. London, England, half crown, William III, 1697. Sp-

3487, KM-491.7. 15.0 grams. Very solid, uncorroded coin with spots

of toning against silvery surfaces, choice overall. Estimate:

$90-$135.

459. Spain (mint uncertain), copper 4 maravedís, Philip

IV (countermarked), with Roland Morris pedigree. 2.5

grams. Very common and unassuming copper coin (showing

several countermarks like VI and IIII and a partial date) with

varying shades of color (green and brown) from oxidation,

rare or even unique as from this wreck but supported with old

pedigree. Accompanied by a photocopied letter signed by Roland Morris

guaranteeing (personally) that this coin came from this wreck. Estimate:

$40-$60.

DeLiefde, sunk in 1711 off the Shetland Islands, north of Scotland

461. Utrecht, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon, 1711.

KM-83.1. 32.0 grams. Choice and fully detailed (no weakness, no

corrosion), nicely toned, yet somehow lower in weight that the

last lot. Estimate: $125-$200.

460. Utrecht, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon, 1711.

KM-83.1. 33.0 grams. Choice specimen with no corrosion, nice

toning, all details bold, just a bit of weak strike here and there.

Estimate: $125-$200.

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1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida

462. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer

not visible, with natural bubble-hole. KM-46. 27.0 grams. Full

cross and shield, worn but not corroded, but most impressive

for its rather large natural hole from a bubble in the original

strap from which the planchet was cut. Estimate: $100-$150.

463. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, (oM)L,

scarce, odd shape. S-M21a, KM-47. 25.5 grams. Very strange shape

with two “feet” (one fat and one tiny and pointed), bold shield,

good cross, clear assayer L (scarce for this king), virtually no

corrosion. From the 1715 Fleet, with original Treasure Salvors certificate

signed by Mel Fisher. Estimate: $150-$225.

464. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1713J, rare. S-M22,

KM-47, CT-742. 26.0 grams. Choice, uncorroded specimen with bold

oMJ and clear 171 of date (last digit weak but confirmed by

style, somewhat similar to the counterparts in gold), good cross

and half of shield, nicely toned (some of it dark). Pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

465. Mexico City, Mexico, cob (17)14/3(J), very rare. S-

M22, KM-unlisted. 25.3 grams. Very solid and uncorroded but with

much flatness, yet the date is very bold and shows a clear 4/3,

also good cross, lightly toned around edge only. From the 1715

Fleet, with original Treasure Salvors certificate signed by Mel Fisher.

Estimate: $300-$450.

466. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1715J, full date,

choice. S-M22, KM-47, CT-744. 25.7 grams. An amazing coin with

100% full date and crown, also choice full cross, solid and

uncorroded, interesting shape, nicely toned, probably the best

specimen we have ever seen, and with a desirable pedigree as

well. With old Real Eight Co. certificate signed by John Jones. Estimate:

$1,000-up.

467. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer

not visible, interesting “Coke® bottle” shape. KM-47. 26.4

grams. Very long shape that resembles a Coke® bottle, full shield

and cross, bold denomination 8, a little worn but no corrosion.

Estimate: $125-$200.

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468. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer

not visible. KM-47. 18.1 grams. Bold and nearly full shield and

cross, clear mintmark oM, nicely toned but thin from corrosion,

valuable for its original (early) certificate. With original Treasure

Salvors certificate (1960s vintage) hand-signed by Mel Fisher and Rupe

Gates. Estimate: $200-$300.

469. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales “greenie,” Philip

V(?), assayer not visible. KM-47. 30.1 grams. Solid coin that could

have nice detail if cleaned but is probably more interesting in

its as-found state with veneer of green and shell bits. Estimate:

$150-$225.

470. Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible.

KM-47. 22.9 grams. Long barrel-shaped flan with good shield, off-

center cross, some corrosion (mostly around edge). From a

recently cleaned chest of coins found by the Real Eight Co. in the 1960s,

with letter from Lou Ullian. Estimate: $75-$110.

471. Lot of 4 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V,

assayers not visible. KM-47. 11.2 to 25.7 grams each (87.6 grams

total). Three solid coins (a little worn and flat but not terribly

corroded, some detail) plus one heavily pitted and corroded

down to 4R size. Estimate: $125-$200.

472. Lot of 4 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V,

assayer J or not visible. KM-47. 22.5 to 25.5 grams each (95.5 grams

total). Four solid coins with light to moderate corrosion and

wear, at least some detail visible on each one. Estimate: $125-

$200.

473. Clump of Mexico City, Mexico, cobs of Philip V,

assayers not visible: two 8 reales and one 4 reales. KM-47

and 40. 53.7 grams. Tight stack of three very solid coins (the 4R

on top) with even brown coating all over augmented by shell

bits. Estimate: $200-$300.

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474. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1713J. S-M22, KM-

40, CT-1018. 12.7 grams. Choice bold and full date (rare thus), nearly

full cross, no corrosion but some curious surface spots of pure

copper. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

475. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer

not visible. KM-40. 9.1 grams. Choice condition (no corrosion,

comparatively high grade) with full and well-detailed cross and

shield, darkly toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$100-$150.

476. Lot of 9 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V,

assayers not visible. KM-40. 105 grams total. Mostly solid coins

(light to moderate corrosion) with fairly readable details, great

lot for resale. Estimate: $160-$240.

477. Lot of 3 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V,

assayers not visible. KM-40. 11.5 to 13.3 grams each (37.2 grams total).

Three nice coins with nearly full shields and crosses, light

corrosion only, attractively toned. Estimate: $125-$200.

478. Lot of 3 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V,

assayers not visible. KM-40. 11.5 to 13.1 grams each (37.3 grams total).

Solid coins with good details (nearly full shields and crosses),

one darkly toned and interestingly shaped, minimal corrosion.

Estimate: $125-$200.

479. Lot of 3 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V,

assayers not visible. KM-40. 12.1 to 13.0 grams each (38.3 grams total).

Nearly full shields and crosses, solid coins with little or no

corrosion. Estimate: $125-$200.

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480. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales “greenies,”

Philip V(?), assayers not visible. KM-35. 5.8 and 5.9 grams. Two

cute coins completely covered in a veneer of green with minute

bits of debris, one of the coins an interesting shape. Estimate:

$50-$75.

481. Mixed lot of 3 cobs: 2 Mexican 1 reales, Philip V,

assayers not visible, and 1 Potosí 2 reales, 1699F(?). 2.7, 2.6

and 2.1 grams. Corroded but readable, each coin with a decent

cross, the Potosí piece with dark encrustation. Estimate: $60-

$90.

482. Clump of 11 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 and 1/2

reales, Charles II and Philip V, assayers not visible. 33.0

grams. Very cute compact clump with solid, somewhat readable

coins cemented together by white, tan and green coral and

oxidation, darkly toned. Estimate: $160-$240.

483. “Greenie” clump of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 or

1/2 reales. 4.9 grams. Two small coins (no details visible but

attributed by shape) sandwiched together and totally covered

in tan, white and green sediment and oxidation, just the way

they come from the wrecks. Estimate: $40-$60.

484. “Greenie” clump of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1

reales. 6.5 grams. Two small coins (no details visible but attributed

by shape) sandwiched together and totally covered in tan, white

and green sediment and oxidation, just the way they come from

the wrecks. Estimate: $40-$60.

485. Lot of 9 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 reales “greenies.”

1.9 to 3.7 grams each (25.1 grams total). Small green coins, just the

way they are found, with no details visible, possibly nice if

cleaned but curious the way they are. Estimate: $90-$135.

486. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, (1)710J, rare. S-

M22, KM-24, CT-1823. 1.8 grams. Bold 10 of date and oM mintmark,

most of cross, light corrosion and toning. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

487. Clump of 1 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real and a

rock. 32.5 grams. This interesting artifact looks like a bunch of

coins in a smooth coral cocoon, but best we can tell there is

only one coin (solid but encrusted and unreadable), resting on

top of two connected lumps of gray with white shells

appending. Estimate: $50-$75.

488. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1711M. S-L20, KM-34, CT-634.

26.7 grams. Choice, big-flan beauty with bold details, both cross

and pillars-and-waves nice but off-center, 100% corrosion-free.

With original Cobb Coin Co. (Fisher) photo-certificate #GS-180 from

1983. Estimate: $300-$450.

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489. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer B

(5th period, rare with king’s ordinal visible) or R (curved

leg), probably not actually from this wreck. S-P14a, KM-10,

CT-121. 25.9 grams. A very solid but apparently salvaged specimen,

with full shield and cross, lightly corroded with spots of toning,

but really too early for the Fleet and probably from the San

Martín (1618) instead, despite the accompanying certificate. With

original Treasure Salvors certificate from 1967 hand-signed by Mel Fisher.

Estimate: $250-$375.

Le Chameau, sunk in 1725 off Nova Scotia, Canada

490. France (mint uncertain), ecu, 1725. 21.2 grams. Typical

specimen with heavy wear and corrosion all around, yet with

date remarkably clear and coated on one side with green and

white shell bits. With certificate. Estimate: $35-$50.

Akerendam, sunk in 1725 off the coast of Norway

491. Holland, United Netherlands, 2 stuivers, 1724. KM-

48a. 1.1 grams. Lustrous, high-grade coin with no corrosion at

all, variable toning, perfect details, just small and thin. With

certificate. Estimate: $60-$90.

1733 Fleet, Florida Keys

493. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733F,

rare. KM-103. 25.2 grams. Smooth, satin surfaces with light toning,

broad flan, light corrosion only on part of edge, AU details.

From the “Coffins Patch” site, with photo-certificate #14 from the salvager.

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

492. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733F,

rare. KM-103. 26.4 grams. AU details with nice toning, minimal

corrosion, very attractive and well struck. From the “Coffins Patch”

site, with photo-certificate #15 from the salvager. Estimate: $2,000-

$3,000.

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Vliegenthart, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, the Netherlands

494. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1732F. S-M26, KM-

47a, CT-764. 26.6 grams. Thick, rectangular flan with full date and

oMF, full cross, some weak strike but no corrosion. Pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

495. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1732/1(F). S-M26,

KM-47a, CT-763. 24.7 grams. Full and bold date with obvious

overdate that looks like 2/9 (but really can’t be), full cross,

interesting shape, some corrosion and spots of encrustation.

With certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

496. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1732F, weak final

digit in date. S-M26, KM-47a, CT-764. 25.8 grams. Bold 173 of date,

full oMF, good full cross, thick and solid coin but with light

corrosion all over. With certificate. Estimate: $100-$150.

497. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1733F, scarce final

date of cobs. S-M26, KM-47a, CT-766. 26.1 grams. Perfectly 4-sided

flan with full and clear date, full cross and oMF, most of shield,

lightly corroded and toned. With certificate. Estimate: $175-$250.

498. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V,

assayers not visible, one with error in cross. 26.6 and 24.3

grams. Two solid coins with little or no corrosion but much

flatness, the better of the two with lions and castles in the

cross rotated from their proper positions (first of this error we

have seen). With certificate. Estimate: $100-$150.

499. Gelderland, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon,

1734. KM-95.3. 32.6 grams. Choice, high-grade specimen (basically

Mint State) with lustrous surfaces, perfect details, just a touch

of corrosion near edge and variable toning. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

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500. Holland, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon,

1734. KM-90. 32.5 grams. Sheer perfection in a salvaged coin,

totally corrosion-free and Mint State, with dark satin surfaces

and hint of color in the rich toning. With certificate. Estimate:

$250-$375.

501. Overijssel, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon,

1734. KM-80. 32.0 grams. Very nice specimen with minimal

corrosion, excellent details, silvery surfaces. Estimate: $150-

$225.

502. Overijssel, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon,

1734. KM-80. 29.7 grams. A bit more worn than most but with

nice details, also richly toned. With Hiron certificate. Estimate:

$100-$150.

Rooswijk, sunk in 1739 off southeast England

Cobs

503. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)29R. S-M24,

KM-47a, CT-754. 26.2 grams. Choice full shield, full cross and oMR,

weak but certain date, minimal corrosion but somewhat worn,

with contrasting toning on fields. With certificate #AC1451.

Estimate: $125-$200.

504. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)29(R), small

natural bubble. S-M24, KM-47a, CT-754. 25.3 grams. Big, roundish

flan with bold cross, most of crown and shield, weak but clear

29 of date above narrow, natural hole from bubble in original

strap from which the planchet was cut, light corrosion, some

toning. With certificate #AC3673. Estimate: $100-$150.

505. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1730, assayer not

visible. KM-47a. 25.7 grams. Full and bold date and oM but assayer

flat, full shield and cross, no corrosion but patchy toning. With

certificate #AC7310. Estimate: $150-$225.

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506. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (1)730R. S-M24, KM-47a, CT-755. 25.9 grams. Nice full oMR and 30 of date, well-detailed

shield, full but weak cross, no corrosion. With certificate #AC13013. Estimate: $125-$200.

507. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1730R. S-M24, KM-47a, CT-755. 26.5 grams. Thick, rectangular flan with full oMR, clear

date, full shield, good full cross, minimal corrosion. With certificate #AC8901. Estimate: $100-$150.

508. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (1)730(R). S-M24, KM-

47a, CT-755. 26.2 grams. Bold date next to well-detailed crown (off-

center strike), good full cross, no corrosion but patchy toning. With

certificate #AC11087. Estimate: $100-$150.

509. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)30(R). S-M24,

KM-47a, CT-755. 26.4 grams. Very solid and corrosion-free specimen

with bold 0 of date, nice full shield and cross, light toning.

With certificate #AC5253. Estimate: $100-$150.

510. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)30R. S-M24, KM-

47a, CT-755. 25.8 grams. Choice full cross, nice full crown above

nearly full shield, clear oMR and 0 of date, no corrosion. With

certificate #AC3675. Estimate: $90-$135.

511. Lot of 5 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V,

assayer R (1729-30). S-M24, KM-47a. 25.2 to 26.2 grams each. Very

solid coins with nice detail, all with assayer visible and partial

dates, little or no corrosion, mostly nicely toned. With certificates

#AC3656, AC3670, AC4862, AC4880 and AC7313. Estimate:

$350-$500.

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512. Lot of 4 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V,

assayer R (1729-30). S-M24, KM-47a. 26.2 to 26.7 grams each. Thick

and very solid (also roundish) coins with good full shields and

crosses, all but one with full oMR, little or no corrosion and

nicely toned. With certificates #AC3276, AC4850, AC7297 and

one without a number. Estimate: $300-$450.

513. Lot of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V,

assayer F (1730-32). S-M26, KM-47a. 26.5 and 26.4 grams. Two thick

and solid coins with partial dates and good full crosses, one

darkly toned but corrosion-free and with full oMF, the other

very lightly corroded but nicely detailed. With certificates

#AC3678 and AC13055. Estimate: $150-$225.

514. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1730R. S-M24, KM-

40a, CT-1026. 13.3 grams. Bold date and mintmark, nearly full cross,

thick and uncorroded with patch of brown encrustation. With

certificate #AC4896. Estimate: $125-$200.

515. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1730R. S-M24, KM-

40a, CT-1026. 13.1 grams. Bold oMR, full but weak date, nearly full

cross, no corrosion. With certificate #AC5045. Estimate: $100-

$150.

516. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer

R (1729-30). S-M24, KM-40a. 13.4 grams. Choice and totally

uncorroded specimen with bold (o)MR, nice but off-center

shield and cross, contrasting toning. With certificate #AC7563.

Estimate: $80-$120.

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Klippes

517. Mexico City, Mexico, klippe 8 reales, 1733MF. S-M28,

KM-48, CT-768. 26.0 grams. Beautifully full shield side, with all

important details clear, also good full cross but with touch of

peripheral corrosion, nicely toned. With certificate. Estimate:

$600-$900.

518. Mexico City, Mexico, klippe 8 reales, 1733MF. S-M28,

KM-48, CT-768. 28.0 grams. Completely corrosion-free (could pass

for non-salvage), with lightly toned satin surfaces, all crucial

data clear, just a trifle worn. With certificate. Estimate: $600-

$900.

519. Mexico City, Mexico, klippe 8 reales, 1733MF. S-M28,

KM-48, CT-768. 26.0 grams. Gorgeous, fully detailed and well-

centered strike with lovely contrasting toning, faint hint of

corrosion at very edge. With certificate. Estimate: $600-$900.

520. Mexico City, Mexico, klippe 8 reales, 1734MF. S-M28,

KM-48, CT-770. 26.0 grams. Almost perfectly square shape, with

full inner details and most of legend, a bit scuffed (adjustment

marks?) on both sides, no corrosion, lightly toned all over. With

certificate. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

Pillars

521. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733F.

KM-103, CT-775. 25.0 grams. XF details, minimal corrosion, patchy

toning, slightly off-center strike. With certificate #AC10875.

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

522. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733MF.

KM-103, CT-776. 26.7 grams. Lustrous Mint State with faint toning,

bare trace of corrosion at edge, very choice specimen. With

certificate #AC9313. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

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523. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733MF.

KM-103, CT-776. 24.9 grams. XF details despite very light corrosion

all over, nicely toned, slightly irregular edge (as made). With

certificate #AC10931. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

524. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733MF.

KM-103, CT-776. 25.9 grams. Choice, lustrous Mint State shield side,

lightly corroded pillars side (XF details), attractively toned all

over. With certificate #AC10930. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

525. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733MF.

KM-103, CT-776. 25.4 grams. Nice XF details and attractive toning

despite traces of corrosion all over, also spots of dark

encrustation. With certificate #AC10876. Estimate: $800-

$1,200.

526. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1733MF.

KM-103, CT-776. 27.0 grams. BU (lustrous Mint State) shield side,

faintly corroded pillars side, silvery surfaces, very solid (full

weight). With certificate. Estimate: $800-$1,200.

527. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1734MF.

KM-103, CT-778. 26.2 grams. Choice XF specimen with no

corrosion, lovely even toning, perfect details, slightly off-center

strike. Estimate: $250-$375.

528. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1734MF.

KM-103, CT-778. 25.0 grams. Lovely rainbow toning on fields

highlighting XF details, minimal corrosion, off-center strike.

With certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

529. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1734MF.

KM-103, CT-778. 26.0 grams. Bold details but lightly corroded in

centers, the high points somewhat silvery. With certificate.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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530. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1735MF.

KM-103, CT-779. 26.4 grams. Choice, lustrous AU shield side, lightly

corroded but fully detailed pillars side, no toning. With certificate

#AC12829. Estimate: $200-$300.

531. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1735MF.

KM-103, CT-779. 25.8 grams. XF details, minimal corrosion, slightly

off-center strike. With certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

532. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1735MF.

KM-103, CT-779. 27.0 grams. Bold details accentuated but dark

brown encrustation on fields, slightly porous surface on pillars

side. With certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

533. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1736MF.

KM-103, CT-780. 26.4 grams. Lustrous AU shield side, XF pillars

with faint adjustment marks in center, lightly toned. With

certificate #AC11891. Estimate: $200-$300.

534. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1736MF.

KM-103, CT-780. 27.0 grams. Bold XF details with weak centers,

dark encrustation on fields, no corrosion. With certificate.

Estimate: $200-$300.

535. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1737MF.

KM-103, CT-781. 26.4 grams. Lustrous Mint State, very nicely

preserved, with uneven rainbow toning, choice strike, center

of shield weak. With certificate #AC12527. Estimate: $250-$375.

536. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1737MF.

KM-103, CT-781. 26.5 grams. Lustrous Mint State with smooth, dark

fields and brown encrustation in crevices, choice details, minor

corrosion on part of edge. With certificate #AC11810. Estimate:

$200-$300.

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537. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1737MF.

KM-103, CT-781. 26.8 grams. AU details against smooth, satin

surfaces, richly brown-toned all over, no corrosion but old

scratch (adjustment mark?) on worlds. With certificate

#AC11808. Estimate: $200-$300.

538. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1737MF.

KM-103, CT-781. 26.4 grams. Lustrous and beautifully toned AU,

no corrosion, slightly off-center strike. With certificate

#AC11809. Estimate: $200-$300.

539. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1737MF.

KM-103, CT-781. 26.4 grams. Smooth and satiny surfaces (a bit

lustrous) with nice rich toning, XF-AU details but shield slightly

weak, no corrosion but bits of dark encrustation. With certificate

#AC5346. Estimate: $200-$300.

540. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1737MF.

KM-103, CT-781. 26.0 grams. Bold XF details despite hint of

corrosion, dark patches here and there against silvery surfaces.

With certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

541. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1738MF.

KM-103, CT-783. 27.0 grams. XF+ details, lustrous and corrosion-

free, lightly toned all over. With certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

542. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Philip V, 1734/

3MF, rare. KM-94, CT-1046. 13.0 grams. Broad flan with uncorroded

XF+ details, clear overdate, center of shield weak. With certificate.

Estimate: $250-$275.

543. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Philip V, 1735MF.

KM-94, CT-1049. 12.6 grams. Attractively tan-toned all over

contrasting with nice XF details, hint of corrosion only. With

certificate #AC12922. Estimate: $175-$250.

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544. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Philip V, 1735MF.

KM-94, CT-1049. 12.7 grams. Bold XF detail despite very light

corrosion, patchy toning. With certificate #AC7094. Estimate:

$175-$250.

545. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Philip V, 1736MF.

KM-94, CT-1050. 9.9 grams. Lustrous and well-detailed pillars and

date but rest of coin moderately to heavily corroded, patchy

toning. With certificate #AC13664. Estimate: $100-$150.

546. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Philip V, 1737MF.

KM-94, CT-1052. 12.0 grams. Nice XF details despite very light

corrosion, one dark patch but otherwise mostly silver in color.

With certificate #AC12924. Estimate: $175-$250.

547. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Philip V, 1738/

7MF, rare. KM-94, CT-1053. 12.5 grams. Lustrous and high-grade

shield side, pillars side lightly corroded but with clear overdate

(R3 in Gilboy), nicely toned fields. With certificate #AC2959.

Estimate: $250-$375.

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

548. Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1740MF, mounted

shield-side out in bezel made from silver from the wreck,

with chain. KM-103, CT-790. 39.3 grams. Fully detailed but lightly

corroded, the reeded-flower bezel custom-designed and

somehow stressed to look like salvaged silver, the links of the

chain similarly done, a nice match and doubly historical as

probably crafted in the 1970s. Estimate: $200-$300.

549. Utrecht, United Netherlands, “rider” ducatoon, 1659.

KM-46.1. 28.0 grams. Very bold and attractive details despite wear

and light corrosion, also lightly toned. With original Rex Cowan

certificate. Estimate: $100-$150.

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

550. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, 1731F. S-M26, KM-

35a, CT-1269. 6.1 grams. Triangular flan with 100% full and bold

date and oM, good but off-center cross, thick and uncorroded.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

551. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1722Y. S-P43a, KM-31, CT-

882. 24.9 grams. Bold main date between full pillars, full second

date below flat cross, typically thick and chunky, appears to be

uncorroded but piece of edge probably missing. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

552. Pyramidal clump of over 30 silver cobs and pebbles.

229.8 grams. Large (3" x 2-1/2") and very attractive cluster of an

almost uncountable amount of silver cobs arranged in a

wonderful pyramid that trapped all kinds of pebbles and orange

crud in the top, wonderfully solid and stable, the coins all dark

and mostly featureless but clearly a mix of mints and

denominations (some small, some large but eroded). With

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

Reijgersdaal, sunk in 1747 off South Africa

555. Mexico City, Mexico, klippe 8 reales, 1733MF. S-M28,

KM-48, CT-768. 26.6 grams. Big flan with full inner details and much

legend (full date and king’s name), some weak spots but no

corrosion, uneven toning, scarce type from this wreck. With

generic certificate and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$900-$1,350.

553. Guatemala City, Guatemala, cob 4 reales, 1737J. S-

G1, KM-4, CT-956. 12.4 grams. Weakly struck and lightly corroded

details, weak but certain final digit of date, toned, scarce type

as from a shipwreck. With red-plastic insert-tag and pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

554. Guatemala City, Guatemala, cob 4 reales, 1739J. S-G1,

KM-4, CT-958. 12.3 grams. Very thick and solid (uncorroded), with

XF details (for type), nicely toned, clear date and assayer, scarce

type as from a shipwreck. Estimate: $150-$225.

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556. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1738MF.

KM-103, CT-783. 25.8 grams. Very bold and beautiful details (XF)

against rainbow-toned fields, corrosion only near part of edge,

quite lovely overall. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$200-$300.

557. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1739MF.

KM-103, CT-787. 26.6 grams. AU details against smooth, satin

surfaces graced with light toning, 100% corrosion-free, a choice

beauty to be sure. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$300-$450.

558. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1741MF.

KM-103, CT-791. 26.0 grams. Darkly toned and lightly pitted but

with all details full. Estimate: $125-$200.

559. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1742MF.

KM-103, CT-793. 26.6 grams. Very choice shield side, very light

corrosion on pillars side, beautifully toned all over. In small

promotional case with certificate. Estimate: $250-$375.

560. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1742MF.

KM-103, CT-793. 26.1 grams. Choice XF details against lightly toned

fields, very light corrosion on pillars side only. With certificate.

Estimate: $200-$300.

561. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1743MF.

KM-103, CT-795. 26.4 grams. Totally uncorroded and with choice

XF details, nice but uneven toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

562. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1744MF.

KM-103, CT-797. 26.8 grams. Choice and totally corrosion-free AU

with rich toning all over, nice strike, interesting variety with

final digit of date too close to the penultimate digit. Pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

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563. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Philip V, 1740MF.

KM-94, CT-1057. 13.5 grams. Lustrous UNC but with patchy toning,

no corrosion. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-

$300.

Bredenhof, sunk in 1753 off Mozambique

564. Large conglomerate of about 40 Dutch East India Co. copper duits dated 1752. 689 grams. A big chunk (5-1/2" x 4"

x 3") of sea-rock impregnated with dozens of coins, all white and green with encrustation and wafer thin, the crud itself

containing bits of glass and rounded at the bottom where it surrounded an onion bottle (see lot #1767), quite impressive and

stable. With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $350-$500.

565. Compact but attractive clump of about 16 Dutch East India Co. copper duits dated 1752. 61 grams. Well-detailed

coins in a very loose shuffle, some with green and white debris and encrustation, a nice little display. With original certificate from the

salvagers. Estimate: $150-$225.

566. Compact but attractive clump of about 16 Dutch East India Co. copper duits dated 1752. 62 grams. Small but dense

clump, the coins protruding at all angles and all thickly encrusted with tan crud tinged with blue, some bright copper color

peeking out. With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $150-$225.

567. Clump of 8 or more Dutch East India Co. copper

duits dated 1752 with lots of debris. 215 grams. Large (4"),

whitish lump of coins and crud with lots of green and tan

colors too, the coins completely encased, also with bits of glass,

a bit sandy but solid. With original certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $100-$150.

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Bredenhof, sunk in 1753 off Mozambique, and Admiral Gardner, sunk in 1809 off the southeast coast of

England

568. Lot of two East India coppers: Dutch East India Co. duit 1752

and English East India Co. X cash 1808. 4.6 and 2.8 grams. Nice specimens

with little or no corrosion, generally darkly toned, with clear details. Estimate:

$30-$45.

Auguste, sunk in 1761 off Nova Scotia, Canada

569. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1749MF. KM-104.1, CT-324. 26.1 grams. Choice pillars side with

beautiful contrast (dark fields, silvery details), nice shield side

but with weak center and less contrast, minimal corrosion,

adjustment marks on worlds. Estimate: $200-$300.

570. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1756MM. KM-104.2, CT-340. 26.2 grams. Nice XF+ details with

satin surfaces graced with dark toning, bare trace of corrosion.

Estimate: $200-$300.

571. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1756MM. KM-104.2, CT-340. 26.2 grams. Bold XF details, nice

toning, faint trace of corrosion. Estimate: $200-$300.

572. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1757MM. KM-104.2, CT-342. 26.5 grams. Darkly toned AXF with

no corrosion, part of shield slightly weak, smooth fields.

Estimate: $200-$300.

573. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1758MM. KM-104.2, CT-343. 25.9 grams. Choice XF+ with even

toning, no corrosion, slightly off-center pillars side. Estimate:

$200-$300.

574. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1758MM. KM-104.2, CT-343. 26.2 grams. Deeply toned XF with

satin surfaces, no corrosion, bits of encrustation. Estimate:

$200-$300.

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Count Ernst Schimmelmann, sunk in 1781 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa

575. Sweden (Avesta mint), copper “plate money” 4

dalers, Fredrik I, 1723. KM-PM74. 2854 grams, 10-1/4" x 10".

Immense square “coin” with 5 clear stamps, the denomination

above mint in the center and crowned king’s monogram above

date in the corners (all bold), uncorroded surface but part of

edge bent upward as found, deep brown color. With

Arqueonautas certificate #MAI-010/99/CN/20412. Estimate:

$700-$1,000.

576. Sweden (Avesta mint), copper “plate money” 4

dalers, Fredrik I, 1729. KM-PM74. 2484 grams, 9-1/2" x 9". Large

square “coin” with 5 stamps, the center one with denomination

above mint and 3 of the corners with crowned king’s

monogram above date all bold but one of the corners corroded,

a separate corner very much bent upward. With Arqueonautas

certificate #MAI-010/99/CN/20459. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

577. Sweden (Avesta mint), copper “plate money” 2 dalers,

Karl XII, 1716 with 1718 countermark (1-1/2 dalers), rare.

KM-PM46 (host), PM94 (countermark). 1309 grams, 7-1/4" x 7". Some

corrosion but with 6 clear stamps, the 4 in the corners with

crowned king’s monogram splitting 1716 date, the center mark

showing denomination above mint, and an additional mark near

the center with 1718 date, tougher early issue. With Arqueonautas

certificate #MAI-010/99/CN/0008. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

578. Sweden (Avesta mint), copper “plate money” 2 dalers,

Fredrik I, 1726. KM-PM71. 1193 grams, 7-3/4" x 7". Reddish and

somewhat corroded specimen with choice stamp in center

(denomination above mint), one clear stamp in corner and parts

of 3 others (all with crowned king’s monogram above date), a

few small holes from corrosion. With Arqueonautas certificate

#MAI-010/99/CN/20294.01. Estimate: $500-$750.

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579. Sweden (Avesta mint), copper “plate money” 2 dalers, Fredrik I, 1728. KM-PM71. 944 grams, 6" x 6-1/2". Three bold full

stamps (denomination above mint in center, 2 with crowned king’s monogram above date in corners), the other 2 cut off from

heavy corrosion that took away about 15% off the edge. With Arqueonautas certificate #MAI-010/99/CN/20671. Estimate:

$400-$600.

580. Sweden (Avesta mint), copper “plate money” 2 dalers, Fredrik I, 1750. KM-PM71. 1249, 8" x 7-1/2". Intact square shape

but with surface corrosion, all 5 stamps still readable (denomination above mint in center, crowned king’s monogram above date

in corners), nice light-brown color. With Arqueonautas certificate #MAI-010/99/CN/20373.02. Estimate: $400-$600.

581. Sweden (Avesta mint), copper “plate money” 2 dalers,

Adolf Fredrik, 1756. KM-PM73. 1137 grams, 7-1/2" x 7-1/2". Two

sides intact but the others corroded, with 3 stamps bold

(denomination above mint in center, crowned king’s monogram

above date in corners), somewhat rippled surface as made, even

brown color. With Arqueonautas certificate #MAI-010/99/CN/

20294.02. Estimate: $500-$750.

Nicobar, sunk in 1783 off South Africa

582. Sweden (Avesta mint), copper “plate money” 2 dalers,

Fredrik I, 1742. KM-PM71. 1231 grams, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2". Somewhat

pitted and with one corner corroded away, but 4 of the stamps

clear (denomination above mint in center, crowned king’s

monogram above date in corners), even brown color with spots

of green. The wreck source for this piece, the Danish East

Indiaman Nicobar, wrecked off South Africa in 1783, remains

the largest single source of Swedish copper plate money of all

time. With certificate. Estimate: $300-$450.

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Cazador, sunk in 1784 off New Orleans, Louisiana

583. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1757M (crowns alike), rare type from this wreck. KM-86.1,

CT-497. 4.6 grams. Good pillars side (bold details) but half of

shield side corroded away. With original certificate from the salvager.

Estimate: $75-$110.

584. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1783FF. KM-106.2, CT-933. 26.0 grams. Choice full details, especially

the bust, and smooth surfaces (no pitting), nicely toned with

some dark encrustation. Estimate: $125-$200.

585. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1783FF. KM-106.2, CT-933. 25.5 grams. Very choice bust, nicely

contrasted against toned fields, with small patch of corrosion

above, uncorroded reverse with slightly weak center. Estimate:

$125-$200.

586. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1783FF. KM-106.2, CT-933. 22.7 grams. Good details despite

corrosion on about 1/3 of the surfaces (yet bold date inside

the corroded area), silvery but starting to tone. With special

certificate. Estimate: $100-$150.

587. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1783FF. KM-106.2, CT-933. 24.2 grams. Bold pillars and bust part

of edge corroded and all surfaces a bit “mushy” from sea-wear,

starting to tone. Estimate: $50-$75.

588. Uncleaned clump of 10 Spanish colonial bust 8 reales

(probably Mexico). 240.4 grams. A circular staircase of worn

and corroded coins, mostly gray but with green, orange and tan

in crevices, a solid and attractive display. Estimate: $500-$750.

589. Uncleaned clump of 7 Spanish colonial bust 8 reales

(probably Mexico). 169 grams. A fallen stack of fairly solid but

worn and featureless coins of a typical gray dappled with green

and brown and white, great for a paperweight. Estimate: $350-

$500.

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590. Lot of 8 Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles

III, 1783FF. KM-106.2, CT-933. 18.9 to 22.2 grams each. Polished

(silvery) and moderately corroded but with clear details, great

lot for resale. With special certificates. Estimate: $500-$750.

591. Lot of 8 Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles

III, 1783FF. KM-106.2, CT-933. 17.8 to 21.4 grams each. Polished

(silvery) and heavily corroded but with clear details, great lot

for resale. With special certificates. Estimate: $400-$600.

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

593. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1780FF. KM-106.2, CT-930. 25.0 grams. Bold details all over despite

light corrosion, minor flaw in edge. With original certificate from

the salvagers. Estimate: $70-$100.

594. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1783FF. KM-106.2, CT-933. 24.0 grams. Bold details all over despite

light corrosion. With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate:

$70-$100.

592. Lot of 6 uncleaned Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales,

Charles III, 1783FF. KM-106.2, CT-933. 21.3 to 24.2 grams each. Each

coin crusty and corroded as found, lots of orange and some

green color, but with some detail peeking out, interesting as

examples of typical salvaged coins, or clean your own! With

special certificates. Estimate: $300-$450.

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Unidentified late-1700s wreck in the English Channel

595. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar

1 real, Philip V, 1738MF. KM-75.1,

CT-1600. 2.0 grams. Thin from

corrosion but with bold details all

over, rare provenance. Estimate:

$60-$90.

596. Lot of 2 Dutch East India Co. copper duits dated

1787 and 1793. 2.5 and 2.4 grams. Nice before-and-after display

(one cleaned and the other dark and green as found), thin from

corrosion but with somewhat readable details, rare provenance.

Estimate: $40-$60.

597. Lot of 2 British coppers (halfpenny 1797 and a SSC

token?). 12.4 and 3.3 grams. The larger coin (halfpenny) is thick

and solid, with nice details (minimal corrosion), but the other

coin is thin and worn and only shows enough detail to attribute

to the South Seas Company (silver) issues of 1723 (token or

contemporary counterfeit in copper?), rare provenance.

Estimate: $40-$60.

598. Lot of 5 French copper sols dated 1791. 5.7 to 10.7 grams

each. Lightly corroded coins with clear details, varying shades

of copper color, rare provenance. Estimate: $40-$60.

599. Strassbourg, France, bronze décime, LAN 8 (1799-

1800), with Royalist(?) countermark in center, possibly

rare. 17.8 grams. Corroded but thick coin with bust on obverse

and denomination and date on reverse, the centers partially

pierced with a very deep countermark tentatively linked to

Royalists during the French Revolution, rare provenance.

Estimate: $25-$40.

Leocadia, sunk in 1800 off Punta Santa Elena, Ecuador

600. Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1795IJ. KM-97,

CT-650. 17.3 grams. Full details despite moderate corrosion and

thinning, scarce early date from this wreck. Estimate: $70-

$100.

601. Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1799IJ. KM-97,

CT-654. 17.5 grams. Nice bust and other good details despite

moderate corrosion, scarce from this wreck. Estimate: $70-

$100.

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602. Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1800IJ. KM-97,

CT-655. 25.3 grams. Superb example with full, uncorroded details

(AU), lightly toned. Estimate: $150-$225.

603. Lot of 2 Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales,

Charles III and IV, dates and assayers not

visible. 18.5 and 12.1 grams. Two heavily corroded

examples that can at least be attributed to Potosí

mint, which is scarce for this wreck. Estimate:

$70-$100.

Unidentified ca.-1800 wreck off Europe

604. Great Britain, dollar, George III oval countermark

(1797) on a Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles

III, 1788FM. Sp-3765A, KM-632. 21.5 grams. This is the first time

we have seen this scarce and popular issue (known affectionately

as “the head of a fool on the neck of an ass”) from a shipwreck,

and we just wish we knew what wreck it was! The countermark

is very bold and clear (XF) and the host coin is fairly well detailed

but moderately corroded. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $100-$150.

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

605. Lot of 30 English East India Co. copper XX cash, 1808. KM-321. 274 grams total. Choice, cleaned specimens (light, matte

color), no corrosion, top quality. Estimate: $450-$675.

606. English East India Co., copper X cash, 1808, mounted in 14K gold bezel for necklace with galleon for bale at top.

KM-320. 8.2 grams. Nice specimen (no corrosion) with attractive bezel. Estimate: $100-$150.

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607. Super big clump of about 350 English East India Co. copper X cash, 1808. KM-320. 1600 grams, roughly 6-1/2" x 3" x 3".

This immense clump is dense with coins, hundreds of them, in as-found state, a series of disorganized stacks, dark in color but

with a nice orange-white crust on one side where it must have been exposed, the details on exterior coins quite clear and in some

places showing the reverse impressions of formerly attached coins. An incredible big chunk of coins, worth well beyond the

total of its contents for its artifact value. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

608. Uncleaned clump of 8 English East India

Co. copper X cash, 1808. KM-320. 41.4 grams. Tight stack

of solid coins totally encrusted with blue-green

oxidation. Estimate: $75-$100.

611. Lot of 35 English East India Co. copper X cash, 1808,

some uncleaned. KM-320. 161 grams total. Solid specimens with

little or no corrosion, most cleaned to a light matte color but

about a third of them dark and crusty as uncleaned. Estimate:

$150-$225.

612. Lot of 115 uncleaned (as found) English East India

Co. copper X cash, 1808. KM-320. 537 grams total. Large lot of

totally uncleaned coins (as found), all of which appear to be

solid and uncorroded underneath a (sometimes thick) layer of

crud and oxidation, great way to “clean your own” and retail

them to tourists. Estimate: $150-$225.

609. Lot of 50 English East India Co. copper X cash,

1808, darkly toned. KM-320. 232 grams total. Choice (top-quality)

specimens, great for resale, nicely toned, no corrosion.

Estimate: $200-$300.

610. Lot of 50 English East India Co. copper X cash, 1808,

darkly toned. KM-320. 234 grams total. Choice (top-quality)

specimens, great for resale, nicely toned, no corrosion.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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“Coconut wreck,” sunk ca. 1810 in deep water off Bermuda

Mexico City, Mexico

613. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Charles III,

1763M. KM-87, CT-1328. 5.9 grams. Scarce early type for this wreck,

no corrosion, clear details, just a bit worn (Fine), probably from

circulation before the wreck. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck”

Research Collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

614. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1772MF (initials facing rim), rare. KM-106.1, CT-915. 25.5 grams.

Corrosion-free and nicely toned, just a bit worn (Fine) and

with a couple fine scratches, probably from circulation before

the wreck, rare variety with transposed assayers’ initials. Pedigreed

to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

615. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1773FM (initials facing rim). KM-106.1, CT-917. 25.0 grams. Very

solid and nearly corrosion-free but with much wear and some

old scratches. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

616. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1784FM. KM-106.2, CT-936. 25.1 grams. Great details, minimal

corrosion (and only on the reverse), starting to tone. Pedigreed

to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

617. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV

transitional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IV), 1789FM. KM-

107, CT-681. 25.5 grams. Nice specimen, uncorroded and very lightly

toned, nice VF details. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research

Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

618. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV

transitional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IV), 1790FM. KM-

107, CT-682. 25.7 grams. Nice specimen, uncorroded and very lightly

toned, nice VF details. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research

Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

619. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1791FM. KM-109, CT-684. 25.5 grams. Lustrous and uncorroded

(AXF) obverse, lightly corroded reverse, starting to tone.

Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-

$450.

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620. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1792FM. KM-109, CT-685. 25.2 grams. Choice details contrasted

against toned fields, no corrosion, slightly off-center obverse.

Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-

$450.

621. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1793FM. KM-109, CT-686. 25.5 grams. Lustrous and uncorroded

AXF with rainbow toning on reverse. Pedigreed to the “Coconut

wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

622. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1794FM. KM-109, CT-687. 25.3 grams. Very attractively toned and

corrosion-free XF with weak center on reverse, minor edge-

nick. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate:

$300-$450.

623. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1795FM. KM-109, CT-689. 25.4 grams. Gorgeous, frosty AU with

hint of toning and no corrosion. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck”

Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

624. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1796FM. KM-109, CT-690. 25.1 grams. Nicely struck AXF with faint

toning on fields, bare trace of corrosion on reverse, quite nice.

Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-

$450.

625. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1797FM. KM-109, CT-691. 25.5 grams. Uncorroded XF with a touch

of toning, a few weak areas and spots of orange but not to

distraction. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

626. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1798FM. KM-109, CT-692. 25.5 grams. Nicely toned and uncorroded

VF with rim flaw. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

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627. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1799FM. KM-109, CT-694. 24.9 grams. Solid VF, some toning and

a hint of corrosion on reverse. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck”

Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

628. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1800FM. KM-109, CT-695. 25.5 grams. Lovely XF+ or better with

no corrosion, starting to tone. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck”

Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

629. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1801FT/FM. KM-109, CT-697. 25.1 grams. Lightly toned XF, no

corrosion. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

630. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1802FT. KM-109, CT-698. 25.9 grams. Only AXF for wear but totally

unaffected by the sea and starting to tone nicely around the

letters. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

631. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1803FT. KM-109, CT-699. 25.4 grams. Lightly toned XF+ with no

corrosion, nice strike, just lovely. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck”

Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

632. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1803FT. KM-109, CT-699. 25.3 grams. XF+, no corrosion, slightly

shiny on high points but toned on fields, off-center strike.

Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-

$450.

633. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1804TH. KM-109, CT-701. 25.8 grams. Lustrous, non-toned AU

with no corrosion, some weakness on rim. Pedigreed to the

“Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

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634. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1805TH. KM-109, CT-704. 25.8 grams. Lustrous, non-toned AU

with no corrosion, a few very minor rim-flaws. Pedigreed to the

“Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

635. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1806TH. KM-109, CT-705. 24.5 grams. AU details despite very light

corrosion (almost all on reverse), beginning to tone. Pedigreed

to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

636. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1807TH. KM-109, CT-707. 25.2 grams. Richly toned XF+, very

attractive, with minimal corrosion only on reverse. Pedigreed to

the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

637. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1808TH. KM-109, CT-709. 25.2 grams. Nice XF with bold details,

no corrosion, starting to tone. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck”

Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

638. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII

(“armored” bust), 1808TH. KM-110, CT-537. 25.8 grams. Bold

AU interior details, rims a bit weak, both as struck and from

very light corrosion. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research

Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

639. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII

(“armored” bust), 1809TH. KM-110, CT-539. 26.1 grams. Bright

and beautiful XF+, no corrosion. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck”

Research Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

640. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII

(“armored” bust), 1809TH. KM-110, CT-539. 24.7 grams.

Uncorroded and lustrous XF with weak jaw and crown and

part of rim, brockage error showing inverse of pillars behind

head. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate:

$300-$450.

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641. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 4 reales, Charles III,

178(?)FF, extremely rare denomination from this wreck

(only one found). KM-97.2. 10.8 grams. This is the ONLY 4 reales

recovered in the entire find, and so it has value well beyond its

quality and type might indicate (since there can only be ONE

complete denomination set for this wreck), for it is moderately

corroded (heavily pitted in places) and the date is not 100%

(looks like 1780 or 1782), but at least the bust is well detailed

and the crowned arms between pillars is full, with some light

toning here and there. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research

Collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

642. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1782FF. KM-78.2, CT-1564. 2.9 grams. Full-rim Fine with nice toning despite

light corrosion on reverse. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

643. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1782FF. KM-78.2, CT-1564. 3.2 grams. Broad flan with very pronounced rims,

lustrous and corrosion-free VF. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

644. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1 real, Charles III, 178(?)(??), probably used as a button. 1.2 grams. More of an artifact

than a coin, this corroded and barely attributable piece has five small holes arranged in a cross pattern, making it suitable for use

as a button or some part of a piece of jewelry. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

645. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1803FT. KM-81, CT-1151. 3.1 grams. Lustrous XF+ with patchy red toning,

no corrosion. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

646. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Charles III, 1776FM, desirable date. KM-69.2, CT-1768. 1.4 grams. Heavily worn

(Good) but not really corroded, the all-important date clear. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $75-

$110.

647. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Charles III, 1781FF. KM-69.2, CT-1773. 1.6 grams. Nice clear details all over, minimal

corrosion, Fine or so. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

648. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Charles IV, 1800FM. KM-72, CT-1294. 1.6 grams. AVF with nicely contrasting toning

around letters, minimal corrosion. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

Lima, Peru

649. Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1805JP. KM-97,

CT-662. 24.8 grams. Nice XF details despite very light corrosion,

no toning. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

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650. Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1806JP. KM-97,

CT-663. 25.8 grams. Lustrous AU+ with hint of toning, no

corrosion. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

651. Lima, Peru, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1788IJ. KM-76a,

CT-1286. 6.0 grams. Broad-flan Fine with minimal corrosion, no

toning. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection.

Estimate: $250-$375.

Potosí, Bolivia

652. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1786PR.

KM-55, CT-994. 24.8 grams. Bold details on a big flan, lightly

corroded and worn. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research

Collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

654. Potosí, Bolivia, bust “1/2 real” (half-cut of a 1R), Charles IV, 1808PJ. 1.6 grams. A rare and curious

example of “making small change” in its time, this neat cut is the better half of the deal, for it shows clearly

the date and mintmark and assayer, worn and lightly corroded. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection.

Estimate: $50-$75.

Guatemala City, Guatemala

655. Guatemala City, Guatemala, bust 8 reales, Charles

IV, 1792M. KM-53, CT-621. 25.3 grams. Solid and beautiful XF+

with just a thin veneer of oxidation, starting to tone nicely.

Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-

$450.

653. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1793PR. KM-

73, CT-714. 25.0 grams. Big flan with pronounced rims due to poor

centering, VF grade with very light corrosion on reverse only.

Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $300-

$450.

656. Guatemala City, Guatemala, bust 8 reales, Charles

IV, 1805M. KM-53, CT-637. 25.9 grams. Lustrous AU with practically

no corrosion, parts of rims weak due to poor centering, starting

to tone. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research Collection.

Estimate: $300-$450.

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657. Guatemala City, Guatemala, bust 2 reales, Charles

IV, 1795M. KM-51, CT-918. 6.4 grams. Silvery AXF on a somewhat

oval flan, no corrosion. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research

Collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

658. Guatemala City, Guatemala, bust 2 reales, Charles

IV, 1798M. KM-51, CT-921. 6.6 grams. Highly lustrous AU+, no

corrosion, small spots of toning. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck”

Research Collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

Santiago, Chile

659. Santiago, Chile, bust 1/2 real, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1808FJ. KM-64, CT-1387.

1.6 grams. Uncorroded Fine with uneven rims and fields (as made), starting to tone. Pedigreed to the

“Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

France

660. France (Limoges mint), ecu, Louis XVI, 1779-I. KM-

564.7. 26.5 grams. Bold full details despite light corrosion, rare as

one of only 3 French coins found. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck”

Research Collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

661. France (Bayonne mint), ecu, Louis XVI, 1785-L. KM-

564.9. 24.3 grams. Toned Fine with no corrosion, rare as one of

only 3 French coins found. Pedigreed to the “Coconut wreck” Research

Collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

662. France (Republic), Bayonne mint (mintmark L), 5

francs, l’an 10 (1801-2). KM-639.6. 24.2 grams. Choice and

uncorroded XF with weak center, starting to tone around the

rims, rare as one of only 3 French coins found. Pedigreed to the

“Coconut wreck” Research Collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

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Sabina, sunk in 1842 off South Africa

663. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1801FT/FM. KM-109, CT-697. 24.0 grams. Good details despite

graininess from corrosion all over, richly toned, rare

provenance. With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate:

$75-$110.

664. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1808TH. KM-109, CT-709. 22.0 grams. Moderately corroded but

with all details barely visible, nicely toned, rare provenance.

With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $75-$110.

665. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII,

1813JJ. KM-111, CT-551. 24.0 grams. Bold details despite moderate

corrosion, deep toning, rare provenance. With original certificate

from the salvagers. Estimate: $75-$110.

666. Zacatecas, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII,

1821RG. KM-111.5, CT-697. 25.0 grams. Bold details, light to

moderate corrosion, good toning, rare provenance. With original

certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $75-$110.

Santo Andre, sunk in 1856 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa

667. France, 5 francs, 18??-B (Rouen) EMPIRE

FRANÇAIS (1809-14). KM-694.2. 22.6 grams. Bold bust of

Napoleon on obverse, weak reverse due to corrosion, date only

partially visible, starting to tone, rare type from this wreck.

With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $50-$75.

668. France, 5 francs, 1852-A (Paris). KM-773.1. 22.0 grams.

Choice details accentuated by contrasting toning, light corrosion

only, rare type from this wreck. With original certificate from the

salvagers. Estimate: $60-$90.

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669. Sardinia, Italy, 5 lire, 1835-P, anchor mintmark. KM-

113.3. 23.0 grams. Finely detailed and well preserved (minimal

corrosion), lightly toned, rare type from this wreck. With original

certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $60-$90.

670. Philippines (under Spain), 8 reales, Ferdinand VII,

crowned F.7.o countermark on Lima, Peru, 8 reales,

1833MM. KM-83, CT-536. 25.0 grams. Rare type as from a

shipwreck (first we have seen), with bold full details, only lightly

corroded, nicely toned. With original certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $70-$100.

671. Seville, Spain, 20 reales, Isabel II, 1851. KM-593.3, CT-

190. 25.0 grams. Beautiful XF details against attractively toned

fields, minimal corrosion. With original certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $70-$100.

672. Seville, Spain, 20 reales, Isabel II, 1855. KM-593.3, CT-

193. 24.0 grams. AVF with weak centers, nicely toned, very light

corrosion. With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $60-

$90.

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

673. USA, Seated Liberty half dollar, 1858-O, doubled 1,

encapsulated NGC Shipwreck Effect. KM-A68. Mint State

with a veneer of oxidation all over, professionally conserved.

Shipwreck name printed inside slab. Estimate: $250-$375.

674. USA, Seated Liberty half dollar, 1859-O, 9 in border,

encapsulated NGC Shipwreck Effect. KM-A68. Lustrous

Mint State but with traces of corrosion, professionally

conserved. Shipwreck name printed inside slab. Estimate: $300-

$450.

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Crescent City, sunk in 1871 off Ireland

675. San Luis Potosí, Mexico, cap-and-rays 8 reales,

1833JS. KM-377.12. 27.0 grams. Choice, lustrous XF, very bold,

with completely uncorroded surfaces (just a few minor nicks),

lovely toning, rare provenance, a British merchant steamship

returning from New Orleans that sank in thick fog off Ireland

with hundreds of thousands of Mexican silver coins, only some

of which have been recovered in modern times. Estimate:

$50-$100.

676. San Luis Potosí, Mexico, cap-and-rays 8 reales,

1868PS. KM-377.12. 27.0 grams. Nice AVF with no corrosion but

a few shallow cuts, lovely toning, rare provenance, a British

merchant steamship returning from New Orleans that sank in

thick fog off Ireland with hundreds of thousands of Mexican

silver coins, only some of which have been recovered in modern

times. Estimate: $50-$100.

Unidentified steamship wreck sunk ca. 1900 in the San Juan River between Costa Rica and Nicaragua

677. Guatemala City, Guatemala, peso, 1869R. KM-190.1.

24.7 grams. Nice Fine with dark sediment, no corrosion (portrait

of Carrera). Estimate: $60-$90.

678. Guatemala City, Guatemala, peso, 1882AE. KM-208.

24.3 grams. Nicely toned Fine, no corrosion. Estimate: $125-

$200.

679. Guatemala, half real counterstamp of 1894 on

Santiago, Chile, peso, 1885. KM-215. 24.5 grams. Host coin nice

VF, attractively toned and corrosion-free, counterstamp Fine

and a bit grainy. Estimate: $100-$150.

680. Guatemala, half real counterstamp of 1894 on Lima,

Peru, sol, 1891TF. KM-224. 24.4 grams. Well-detailed XF (both

host and counterstamp), spots of dark encrustation here and

there but no corrosion. Estimate: $60-$90.

681. El Salvador, peso, 1892-CAM. KM-115.1. 24.5 grams. Solid

VF with spotty toning, no corrosion (portrait of Columbus).

Estimate: $125-$200.

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682. Honduras, peso, 1887. KM-52. 24.7 grams. Deeply toned

AVF, no corrosion. Estimate: $100-$150.

Various wrecks

683. Calhoun Collector’s Society boxed set of shipwreck coins (instant collection!). This is from a “coin-of-the-month”

type of promotion in which, after ordering the fancy binder-case printed with “The Sunken Treasure Silver Coin Collection” on

top, the client received a new coin from a different wreck in installments, and it is apparent that only mediocre coins (cheapest

cost to promoters) were used (but at least they are all genuine). According to the accompanying flyer, each coin cost $150, and

there are 19 here, each with its own small certificate from the promoter (plus others from divers and dealers), as follows: Potosí

cob 8R Philip II P-B (5th period) from the “Rill Cove wreck” (ca. 1618); Westfriesland lion daalder 1624 from the Campen (1627);

Santo Domingo copper 4 maravedís Charles-Joanna from the Maravillas (1656); Mexico cob 8 reales Charles II from the Joanna

(1682); England shilling 1696 from the Association (1707); Utrecht rider ducatoon 1711 from DeLiefde (1711); Mexico cob 4 reales

Philip V from the 1715 Fleet; Holland double stuiver 1724 from the Akerendam (1725); Potosí cob 1 and half reales from the

Catalana (supposedly 1727, probably a fabrication); Mexico cob 8 reales 1730 from the Vliegenthart (1735); Mexico pillar 4 reales

1740, Westfriesland rider ducatoon 1734 and Brabant portrait ducatoon 1664 from the Hollandia (1743); Mexico pillar 8 reales

1740 from the Reijgersdaal (1747); Potosí cob 8 reales 1680V from the Piedmont (1795); English East India Co. copper XX and X

cash 1808 from the Admiral Gardner (1809); and Madrid bust 8 reales 1816 from the Cabalva (1818). Estimate: $600-$900.

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SESSION II: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 4:30 p.m.

SILVER COBS OF MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

Charles-Joanna “Early Series”

684. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Early

Series,” oMo to left, oPo to right. S-M4, KM-17, CT-74. 11.9

grams. Very darkly toned (uncleaned), with pristine pillars side

but heavily corroded shield side, scarce first coinage of the

New World. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-

$450.

Charles-Joanna “Late Series”

687. Mexico City, Mexico, 2 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late

Series,” M to left, L to right. S-M9, KM-12, CT-116. 6.7 grams.

Well-detailed AXF with no toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

688. Mexico City, Mexico, 1 real, Charles-Joanna, “Late

Series,” oM to left, O to right. S-M10, KM-9, CT-150. 3.4 grams.

Typically well-detailed XF with attractively contrasting toning.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

689. Mexico City, Mexico, copper 4 maravedís, Charles-

Joanna, “Late Series.” KM-3.3, CT-203. 10.2 grams. Scarce this

nice (uncorroded), VF with dark fields beneath lighter high

points, slightly off-center strike. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $225-$350.

685. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late

Series,” oM to left, L to right, encapsulated PCGS AU-53.

S-M9, KM-18, CT-85. Lustrous (no toning), typically nice strike

with particularly bold legends, unusual to see in a slab (and

with such a high grade). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $500-$750.

686. Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, “Late

Series,” M to left, G to right. S-M2, KM-18, CT-81. 13.3 grams.

Broad, round planchet with full details, shield side slightly

doubled, richly toned XF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $350-$500.

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THE BROTHERS BEZERRA: A TALE OF TWO ASSAYERS

least, very often show a surprisingly clear date in the peripheral

legend. To finally have a name for this assayer means we can

fully attribute hundreds of thousands of coins for the first time.

The research paper focuses on Gerónimo Becerra and

his technical contributions to metallurgy. As a “renaissance man”

of sorts, Becerra was a scientist, not only in the field of

metallurgy but also in medicine, at least as it was defined in the

17th century. His work Anathomia Philosóphica (Philosophical

Anatomy) was an important text in its time relating to psychology,

in which Becerra explained intellectual, sensitive and emotional

activities linked to the composition and operation of the five

senses. As we know, however, he was not a medical doctor by

trade but a coin assayer at the Mexican mint, as well as a technical

researcher relating to that profession. By order of the mint in

1671 he wrote a 24-page paper entitled Breve relacion del ensaye de

plata y oro (Brief relation of the assaying of silver and gold), a sort of

training manual for performing assays written in a very baroque

and flowery fashion. Note especially that he mentions gold,

which was not being coined at the time. The silver coins

produced during his tenure as assayer are marked with a large

G for Gerónimo under the oM mintmark, which is seen for the

dates 1666 through 1677. According to Ms. Rodríguez-Sala’s

thesis, Becerra died on February 15, 1677, which, incidentally,

explains why coins of that date with his initial are so rare.

But even more important was how Becerra got the job

as assayer in the first place. According to the thesis, Gerónimo

had an older brother, Pedro, who was assayer before him and

in fact passed the office to him due to illness. While nothing

further about Pedro could be found in Ms. Rodríguez-Sala’s

paper (for he was not a pioneer in metallurgy like his younger

brother was later), this was enough to fill a huge void in Spanish

colonial numismatics. Assayer P of 1634-1666 now had a name:

Pedro Bezerra!

We can make three further observations from this new

information. First of all, we see yet another instance of an

assayer using his first name and not his last name for his initial

on the coins, but we believe that habit is coincidental and has

more to do with the fact that G and P were standard letter

punches in the mint’s kit, since they were used in the words of

the legends, whereas B was not. Second, Gerónimo Bezerra’s

advanced technical study helps us appreciate that assayers were

important officials in charge of serious metal-testing and not

just figureheads or minters hammering the coins. Finally, we

wonder if the fact that Gerónimo Bezerra was such an advanced

metallurgist and published scientist had anything to do with

the decision to begin minting gold coins in Mexico in 1679.

Surely given the delays in communication he must have had

some role in the innovation, and perhaps he even planned to

mint the first gold coins before he died suddenly.

In any case we now have some answers where before

we had a guess and a blank. Assayer P was Pedro Bezerra (1634-

1666), and assayer G was Gerónimo Bezerra… a “typo” I am

quite happy to correct in the next edition of our book.

“I think I found a typo in your book.”

The words caught me off guard. I mean, here was

Augi, my extraordinary numismatic researcher but notoriously

bad speller, telling me, Mr. Perfectionist, that my book, The

Practical Book of Cobs, had an error. It simply could not be.

“What are you talking about?” was all I could say.

“In the Mexican assayers. You have this name

‘Bercerra’ but you meant ‘Bezerra’.”

He was referring to Gerónimo Bercerra on page 69,

assayer for Mexican cobs from 1666 to 1677. I knew the name

with that spelling had been passed from edition to edition of

our book without comment and even appeared that way in

other references.

“In Spanish we have the name ‘Becerra’, spelled in old

documents as ‘Bezerra’, but not ‘Bercerra’.”

Augi, whose real name is Agustín García-Barneche, is

from Argentina, and Spanish is not only his first language but

his cultural heritage.

“OK,” I said, “if you prove it, then I will believe it.”

So Augi hit the books, or more accurately I should say

he hit the Internet, specifically some virtual libraries and online

databases of Hispano-American research. And it did not take

long.

“I found it,” he said almost instantly. “Jerónimo

Bezerra. He is mentioned in a thesis about metallurgy from

Mexico a few years ago. And I think his brother was an assayer too.”

Those last nine words, really an offhand comment,

were the key to solving a nagging mystery that was older than

any numismatic researcher alive today.

* * *

The thesis Augi found is entitled Tres Constructores de

Obras Científico-Técnicas de Minería y Metalurgia en la Nueva España

del Siglo XVII: Luis Berrio de Montalvo, Jerónimo de Becerra y Juan

del Corro (Three Developers of Scientific-Technical Works on Mining

and Metallurgy in New Spain during XVII Century: Luis Berrio de

Montalvo, Gerónimo de Becerra y Juan del Corro), written in 2000 by

María Luisa Rodríguez-Sala for the Instituto de Investigaciones

Sociales of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

(UNAM) in Mexico. It is an advanced paper in the broad area

of mining and metallurgy that has obvious connections to

assaying. Just nobody bothered to look there for information

about mint assayers. Like so many other fields, numismatics

tends to ignore related fields and fills the gaps in information

with what we see on the coins themselves.

In this case, however, the coins in question are among

the most common and obvious of all Mexican silver cobs. In

every edition of every book on cobs and assayers I have ever

seen, there is no mention of a name for assayer P of the mid-

1600s (1634-1666). The coins in question comprise the bulk

of finds from two major shipwrecks (the Concepción of 1641

and the Maravillas of 1656) and from countless hoards and

finds around the world. The coins very typically show a clear

and large “oMP” next to the shield, and, in the early 1650s at

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Shield-type

690. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, oMF. S-

M12, KM-43, CT-154. 27.4 grams. Choice specimen with excellent

full cross and shield, full oMF, attractively toned VF. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

691. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (16)20(?)D. S-M18,

KM-44.3, CT-117. 26.7 grams. Nice full cross, good full shield, weak

date, toned Fine with some old scratches. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

692. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (1)648P, scarce. S-

M19, KM-45, CT-347. 27.3 grams. Clear bottom half of date, bold

full oMP, good full cross, nearly full shield, non-toned Fine.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

693. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1649P, rare. S-M19,

KM-45, CT-349. 24.5 grams. Full date, full cross and oMP and nearly

full shield, About Fine, with several test-cuts (and piece of edge

missing as a result) as from circulation in the Orient. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

694. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (16)51/0P, rare. S-

M19. 26.9 grams. Full 51/0 of date (unlisted in KM and CT), high

grade (VF) but typically crude with lots of flat spots and uneven

thickness, no toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$250-$375.

695. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1654P, with

Indonesian countermarks on cross side. S-M19, KM-45, CT-

360. 26.4 grams. Weak date (confirmed by distinctive style of castle)

but bold full oMP, full shield, excellent full cross with one 4-

pointed and 2 curlicue countermarks, richly toned VF+ with

no corrosion but probably from a late-1660s Dutch wreck off

Tuban, Indonesia. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$150-$225.

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696. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1656P. S-M19, KM-

45, CT-363. 27.0 grams. Very choice, full and bold date (rare thus)

and oMP, also nice full cross, VF+ with some flatness, nice

light toning, much rounder flan than usual. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $450-$675.

697. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1657P, with

Indonesian countermarks. S-M19, KM-45, CT-365. 26.6 grams.

Choice full date and oMP and shield, also full cross with 4-

pointed countermark, diamond-shaped punchmark and one

other unidentified mark, toned and corrosion-free AVF but

probably from a late-1660s Dutch wreck off Tuban, Indonesia.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $325-$475.

698. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, oMP,

with large chopmark. S-M19, KM-45. 27.2 grams. Thick flan with

full shield and cross and oMP, dark and patinated AVF with

one large Chinese chopmark and two small punchmarks on

the cross side as from circulation in the Orient. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

699. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, oMP,

with Indonesian countermark. S-M19, KM-45. 26.1 grams. Typical

barrel-shaped flan with full shield and cross, the latter of which

is stamped with a huge 8-petaled flower countermark,

uncorroded Fine but probably from a late-1660s Dutch wreck

off Tuban, Indonesia. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $150-$225.

700. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV?, cut

down and flattened back out to 8R diameter in its own

time. 18.0 grams. A fine piece of 17th-century thievery, the

original coin trimmed to almost half its diameter and then

hammered flat to look like an 8R once again, with square nail

hole in center where the coin was secured during the hammering,

the small part in the center where original design remains,

grading Fine or so, nicely toned. Estimate: $50-$75.

701. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer

not visible. KM-45. 26.8 grams. Very choice full cross, nice full

shield, smallish flan with no peripheral detail, richly old-toned

AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

702. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles II, oMG.

S-M20, KM-46. 26.6 grams. Bold (o)MG, nearly full shield, small

full cross, richly toned Fine with flat spots, very solid and

uncommonly nice. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$125-$200.

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703. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles

II, assayer not visible, mint-produced bird shape,

Plate Coin in The Practical Book of Cobs (4th

edition). KM-46. 27.4 grams. With curved beak and erect

tail, this full-weight coin was obviously a bird from the

beginning, not cut down or modified later except to

add a hole for the eye, the actual numismatic data

nothing special (worn Fine with flatness, only about

half the cross and slightly more of the shield visible),

lightly toned, a unique and special coin to be sure. Plate

Coin on page 69 of The Practical Book of Cobs (4th

edition, 2007). Estimate: $600-$900.

704. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer

not visible, very elongated shape (possibly longest known).

KM-46. 27.1 grams. Mark Bir’s accompanying tag says “THIS IS

THE LONGEST COB I’VE SEEN,” and we can’t think of

any longer ones, this being a full 2-1/4" and of course very

narrow, with at least most of the shield (crude) and cross (nice)

visible, Fine or so for wear. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $125-$200.

705. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer

not visible, very odd shape. KM-46. 24.5 grams. More than

anything else this coin resembles a sitting camel or llama, and it

was made that way naturally at the mint, with a hole added later

for an eye and for wearing on a strap, which over the centuries

wore some channels to the edge, the details minimal and very

worn (Good) but attributable, also with number 64(?) scratched

into the surface above the cross long ago. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

706. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1720(J), rare,

unusual shape. S-M22, KM-47, CT-748. 27.6 grams. Sort of a small

barrel but with long, diagonal foot, with clear 172 of date (last

digit weak), most of the coin flat and crude (Fine or so) but at

least nicely toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$175-$250.

707. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, oMD,

elongated planchet. S-M23a, KM-47. 26.8 grams. Very long

planchet (over 2"), with clear oM, most of shield and cross,

VG for wear. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-

$120.

150

708. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1730R. S-M24, KM-

47a, CT-755. 27.1 grams. Very bold oMR and clear 0 of date, nicely

detailed but incomplete shield and cross, VF+ with significant

peripheral flatness, lightly toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $175-$250.

709. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1730G. S-M25, KM-

47a, CT-759. 26.8 grams. Weird shape, with full oMG and most of

crown and cross, clear 0 of date, Fine with weak areas, lightly

toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

710. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip V, ca. 1733

as reverse is struck from klippe die, possibly unique. KM-

47a. 25.2 grams. This oddity shows a crude, seemingly late-1720s

style shield on the obverse but a fancy, klippe-style cross on

the reverse, which means either the mint had klippe dies long

before 1733 or they reused some coins in that year. The coin is

worn (Fine) and patinated, somewhat squarish in shape with

one corner bent. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$200-$300.

711. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip II, oMO to

left. S-M11, KM-36, CT-335. 13.7 grams. Broad flan with full and

well-detailed crown, shield and cross, some bold legend, oddly

not quite round, AXF with some flat areas and spots of toning.

Estimate: $100-$150.

712. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip II, oMO to

right. S-M11, KM-36, CT-333. 13.6 grams. Small, round planchet with

nice full cross and shield (the latter slightly doubled), full oMO,

richly old-toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$200-$300.

713. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip III, oMF,

king’s name with two L’s. S-M12a, KM-37.1, CT-223. 13.8 grams.

Good full cross and shield, well centered on a roundish flan,

AXF, not much contrast. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $200-$300.

714. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip III, oMA,

very scarce. S-M16, KM-37.2. 13.7 grams. Broad flan with nice full

shield, full shield, bold oMA, king’s ordinal III in legend, AVF

with toning in crevices. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $250-$375.

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715. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip III or IV,

oMD. 13.4 grams. Bold full shield and oMD, full cross, no

corrosion but two big dark-orange spots and also high grade

(XF), which makes a salvage source likely (possibly the Concepción

of 1641). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-

$200.

716. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1652/1P, rare. S-

M19. 13.6 grams. Compact round flan with good full cross, full

oM and most of shield, bottoms of all digits of date visible,

richly old-toned Fine+, unlisted overdate. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

717. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1658P, bold full

date, rare. S-M19, KM-38, CT-714. 13.6 grams. Odd shape with very

bold full date and oMP, good full cross, AVF with toning in

crevices, looks like salvage (possibly from the “Jupiter wreck”

of 1659). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $275-

$425.

718. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, oMP. S-

M19, KM-38. 13.4 grams. Full cross and shield and oMP, toned

Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

719. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1731F. S-M26, KM-

40a, CT-1029. 13.0 grams. Bold full date with what looks like a 3/2

overdate (according to Mark Bir), full oMF, decent cross, toned

Fine with area of light corrosion as probably from the

Vliegenthart (1735). Pedigreed to Ponterio auction #117, lot #1880

and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

720. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, 1732F. S-M26, KM-

40a, CT-1031. 13.0 grams. Full date (just the last digit slightly weak)

and oMF, good full cross and most of shield (well detailed),

toned Fine with old hole at very edge. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

721. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip II, oMO to

left. S-M11, KM-31, CT-501. 6.7 grams. Broad flan with nice full

shield and cross, typically well detailed, XF, no toning. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

722. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip II, oMO to

right. S-M11, KM-31, CT-unlisted. 6.6 grams. Typically round and

thin with nice full cross and shield, also much crown, deeply

toned AXF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-

$200.

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723. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip III, oMF, variety with 3 small castles in triangle pattern in each quadrant.

S-M12a, KM-32.1. 6.8 grams. Nice full cross with unusual variety of castles, full but partially flat shield, clear assayer F, richly old-

toned Fine+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

724. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip III, oMF. S-M12a, KM-32.1, CT-338. 6.8 grams. Choice full cross, full and well-

detailed but doubled shield, bold oMF, nice VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

725. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip III, (o)MA, scarce. S-M16, KM-32.2. 6.7 grams. Excellent full cross, nice full

shield, clear assayer despite edge-split in same place, lightly toned AXF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

726. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip III, oMF/A, scarce. S-M17. 6.6 grams. Round flan with nice full cross and

shield, bold oMF/A, richly toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

727. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, 1610F, rare. S-M17, KM-unlisted, CT-344. 6.6 grams. Bold date and oMF and good full

shield and cross on a round flan, VF with spots of orangish toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

728. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, 1612F, rare. S-M17, KM-unlisted, CT-346. 6.6 grams. Clear date, bold oMF, full shield and

cross, old-toned Fine with flat spots. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $225-$325.

729. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, (16)55P, rare. S-M19, KM-33, CT-870. 5.5 grams. Bold 55 of date, decent cross, but rest

of coin crude, mostly flat, VG overall, inexplicably underweight. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

730. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, oMP. S-M19, KM-33. 6.6 grams. Cute full cross, full oMP and half of well-

detailed shield, crudely toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

731. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Charles II, 169(0 or 6)L. S-M21, KM-34. 5.7 grams. Rectangular flan with full 69 of date

and clear oML, most of shield and cross, Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

732. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Charles II, (o)ML. S-M21, KM-34. 6.2 grams. Bold L, good cross and most of shield,

VG for wear, strange shape. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

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733. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, 1731/0F. S-M26, KM-35a, CT-1268. 6.6 grams. Bold full date with clear overdate, full oM,

good cross, toned Fine+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

734. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible, with small chopmarks. KM-35a. 6.9 grams. Small, thick

flan with nearly full cross and most of shield sprinkled with a few tiny chopmarks as from circulation in the Orient (scarce on

smaller denominations), richly toned Fine+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

735. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip II, oM to left, O to right S-M11, KM-26, CT-643. 3.3 grams. Typically thin and round

with choice detail on full shield and cross, bold assayer, XF with flat peripheries. Estimate: $75-$110.

736. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip II, O to left, oM to right. S-M11, KM-26, CT-644. 3.3 grams. Broad and thin, with

full shield and cross, clear O and oM, full king’s name PHILIPPVS, lightly toned AVF with weak areas. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

737. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip II, O to left, oM to right. S-M11, KM-26, CT-644. 3.3 grams. Unusually small (but

full weight) flan with nice full cross and shield, bold assayer O, king’s ordinal II, very lightly toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

738. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip II, O to left, oMO to right, unlisted variety. S-M11. 3.2 grams. Round and thin,

with well-detailed crowd and shield and cross, clear O and oMO (rare arrangement), AXF with flat areas. Estimate: $80-$120.

739. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip II, (o)MF/O to left, scarce over-assayer. S-M12. 3.4 grams. Smallish AVF with

full shield and cross, 2 hairline edge-splits. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

740. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip II, F to left, oMoD to right, rare double assayer. S-M14, KM-26. 3.5 grams. Bold

full shield with clear oMoD to right, full but double-struck cross, lightly toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$200-$300.

741. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip II, oM to left, F to right, scarce. S-M12. 3.3 grams. Round and thin, with full

shield and bold oM and F, good and full but off-center cross, rainbow-toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$90-$135.

742. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip III, oMF to left. S-M12a, KM-27.1. 3.1 grams. Choice full shield and cross (well

centered and nicely detailed), bold oMF, VF with toning in crevices. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

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743. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip III, oMA, scarce. S-M16, KM-27.2. 3.4 grams. Bold and beautiful VF with excellent

full shield and cross, full oM, very attractively toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

744. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, (16)09(A), rare. S-M16, KM-27.2, CT-450. 3.2 grams. Choice detail, full 09 of date and oM

mintmark, nearly full cross and shield, deeply toned XF. Estimate: $300-$450.

745. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, (1)611/0F, rare. S-M17, KM-27.2. 3.5 grams. Nice but not 100% full cross and shield, also

part of crown, bottom part of date, VF+ with patina in crevices. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

746. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip IV, oMP. S-M19, KM-28. 2.9 grams. Very cute turnip shape with bold oMP and good

full shield and cross, contrasting toning in crevices, Fine with patch of black encrustation, inexplicably underweight. Pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

747. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, Philip IV, oMG/P, scarce. S-M19a, KM-28. 3.3 grams. Choice full cross, bold (but small)

G/P (1666) and full shield, About Fine with nice toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

748. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1 real, 1729R. S-M24, KM-30, CT-1582. 3.3 grams. Thick flan with sharp points, bold full date and

oM, most of cross, lightly toned VF. From the “Meseta Central hoard,” with small certificate and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $150-$225.

749. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, O to left, oM to right. S-M11, KM-20, CT-718. 1.7 grams. Round and thin, with

full crown and monogram, full but off-center cross, VF with flat areas. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

750. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, oM to left, O to right. S-M11, KM-20, CT-717. 1.6 grams. Choice specimen

with gorgeous full cross, crown and monogram, bold oM and O, plus lots of bold legend, beginning with king’s ordinal II at 2

o’clock, AXF with lovely toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

751. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, oM to left, F to right. S-M12, KM-20, CT-716. 1.6 grams. Full monogram with

S above V in center, bold oM to left, choice full cross, king’s ordinal II in legend, nicely toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $110-$175.

752. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, oM(F) to left, interesting variety of monogram, possibly rare. S-M12,

KM-20. 1.5 grams. Bold full monogram with S to right (not in center and not interlaced with the vertical upright), full cross, a bit

worn (Fine) but nice. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

753. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip III, F at top left, oM at top right, and oD below monogram, scarce

double assayer. S-M14a. 1.4 grams. Full and bold monogram with V at top in center (hence Philip III), full oD and fairly clear F

and oM, choice full cross, toned VF with drilled hole at top. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

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754. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip III, oM to left, F to right. S-M12a, KM-21, CT-545. 1.7 grams. Choice broad flan

with full king’s ordinal III, bold oM and monogram, off-center cross, VF with dark toning in some crevices. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

755. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip III, oM to left, D to right. S-M18, KM-21. 1.5 grams. Perfectly round (possibly

shaved, although weight is correct), with full and bold monogram, full but messy cross, Fine for wear. Estimate: $60-$90.

756. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, (1)620/19?(D). S-M18. 1.5 grams. Veritably tiny lions and castles (why?) in choice full

cross, nice full monogram with bold oM to left, fleur below, but right side flat, bottom part of date (not 100% certain),

attractively toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

757. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, (1)647(P), rare. S-M19. 1.7 grams. Full but messy monogram, bottom half of date (the

4 and 7 very close together), nearly full cross, VG. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

758. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip IV, oMP to left, : to right. S-M19, KM-22. 1.7 grams. Bold full monogram with

clear oMP to left and odd (unique?) pair of vertical dots to right, most of cross, AVF with toning on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

759. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, posthumous Philip IV, (166)7G, rare. S-M19a. 1.3 grams. Interesting oval shape with

full monogram and oMG, trace of date, full cross, Fine with some toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

760. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Charles II, oML to left. S-M21, KM-23. 1.3 grams. Full oML to left of half of

monogram, also half of cross, toned Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $35-$50.

761. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Charles II, assayer not visible, elongated shape. KM-23. 1.5 grams. Nearly full

monogram, off-center cross, on a very strangely elongated flan, darkly toned Fine+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$100-$150.

762. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip V, oMJ. S-M22, KM-24. 1.4 grams. Very bold oMJ and elegant monogram, full

cross with weak lions and castles, king’s ordinal V in legend, lightly toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-

$75.

763. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, Philip V, oMD. S-M23a, KM-24. 1.6 grams. Bold full oMD and most of monogram and

crown, full cross, toned Fine+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

764. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 1/2 real, 1732(F). S-M26, KM-24a. 1.7 grams. Full and bold date and crown, most of monogram,

choice full cross, nicely toned and decent grade (VF) but with solder-mark on top edge. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $100-$150.

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SILVER COBS OF LIMA, PERUEarly pillars type

765. Lima, Peru, 4 reales, Philip II, assayer Rincón, motto

as PL-VSV-LT, legend ending in HISPA/N, encapsulated

NGC VF-20. S-L1, KM-10.1, CT-unlisted. Excellent shield side with

bold R and great lions and castles, doubled pillars side with

bold 4 and clear motto, not much legend except clear HISPA

with the A punched over an N, dark toning on fields, rare and

popular as the highest “affordable” denomination of the first

coinage struck in South America. Estimate: $1,250-$2,000.

766. Lima, Peru, 4 reales, Philip II, assayer Rincón, motto

as PL-VSV-LT, legend ending in HISPANIA. S-L1, KM-10.1,

CT-313. 10.0 grams. Solid specimen with full details despite

corrosion (otherwise Fine), dark fields contrasting with details,

much legend, minor doubling on pillars side, rare and popular

as the highest “affordable” denomination of the first coinage

struck in South America. Pedigreed to Heritage auction #3002, lot

#21922. Estimate: $900-$1,350.

767. Lima, Peru, 2 reales, Philip II, assayer Rincón, motto

as PL-VSV-L. S-L1, KM-8, CT-479. 6.3 grams. Choice XF details

and bold legends against beautifully toned fields, faintly pitted

from salvage, scarce. Estimate: $350-$500.

768. Lima, Peru, 1 real, Philip II, assayer Rincón, motto

as PL-VSV-TR. S-L1, KM-6, CT-630. 3.3 grams. Broad flan with

much legend (including king’s ordinal II) but rather double-

struck, Fine with contrasting toning, old hairline scratch.

Estimate: $150-$225.

769. Lima, Peru, 1 real, Philip II, assayer Rincón, motto

as P-LVS-V. S-L1, KM-6, CT-630. 1.8 grams. Very thin and

underweight from corrosion yet still fairly well detailed (Fine),

a little wrinkled. Estimate: $90-$135.

770. Lima, Peru, 1 real, Philip II, assayer Rincón, motto

as PL-VS-VL. S-L1, KM-6, CT-630. 2.2 grams. Good full shield and

pillars despite light corrosion, piece of edge missing, salvaged

VG. Estimate: $90-$135.

771. Lima, Peru, 1 real, Philip II, assayer Rincón, motto

as P-LV-S. S-L1, KM-6, CT-630. 2.0 grams. Full shield and pillars,

darkly toned, crudely eroded on part of edge as from salvage

(otherwise VG). Estimate: $75-$110.

772. Lima, Peru, 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer Rincón, rare

variety with legends ending in HISPANI and INDIARVM.

S-L1, KM-3, CT-702. 1.0 gram. Very choice salvaged specimen with

full legends and inner details, including bold king’s ordinal,

beautifully toned on fields, VF for actual wear. Pedigreed to the

Ponterio CICF 2001 sale, lot #2212. Estimate: $350-$500.

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773. Lima, Peru, 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer R (Rincón),

legends ending in HISP and INDIA. S-L1, KM-3, CT-702. 1.5

grams. Broad flan with full and bold legends (including full

PHILIPPVS II), full but somewhat weak inner details, AVF

with spots of oxidation, sediment on fields. Estimate: $150-

$225.

774. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Rincón,

extremely rare. S-L1, KM-1, CT-761. 0.5 gram. Among only about

10 known, this is actually one of the better examples, at least

on the half that is still present (the other half lost to corrosion),

with AVF details, much bold legend, light toning. Estimate:

$700-$1,000.

Shield-type

775. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-X to right,

extremely rare. S-L3, KM-11, CT-327. 11.3 grams. Huge flan with

small parts of edge lost to corrosion, full shield and crown and

cross, much bold legend including full PHILIPPVS, silvery VF

and so rare that only about 6 specimens are known to exist.

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

776. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, Philip II, x-ii to left, P-

erasure(?) to right, reverse legend rotated 180 degrees,

king’s name misspelled as PHILPPVS (unique). S-L3, KM-

9, CT-495. 6.4 grams. A very strange and educational coin that is

either assayer X or the very first issue of Diego de la Torre

(rare and interesting either way), for above the denomination

to the left is a small x (decidedly not a star), and below the

mintmark to the right is a blank spot that is either an erasure or

just a very weak oD, notably identical dies for the known oD/

X 2 reales (note the misspelling of the king’s name), nicely

toned and with full shield and crown and bold legends, the

cross very weak, Fine+ overall. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

777. 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. 27.2

grams. Perfectly round and solid, with very bold and well-detailed

shield, full but slightly doubled cross, semicolon stops in legend,

AVF with toning in crevices. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

778. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, *-8 to left, P-•D to right. S-L4, KM-14, CT-148. 27.2

grams. Nice VF with full and well-detailed shield and crown and

cross, some bold legend. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $600-$900.

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779. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, P-4 to left, *-oD to right, choice. S-L4, KM-11, CT-

318. 13.6 grams. Lustrous AU+ with super details, choice full shield

and cross and crown, no toning. Estimate: $600-$900.

780. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, 4-P to left, oD-* to right of shield. S-L4, KM-11, CT-

320. 13.6 grams. Choice full shield and cross, some bold legend,

XF with patches of dark toning. Estimate: $400-$600.

781. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, *-oIIII to left, (P)-•D to right. S-L4, KM-11, CT-316.

9.6 grams. VF details despite light corrosion all over, nicely

contrasted with toning on fields, full shield and cross and much

legend. With Forecastle Treasures photo-certificate. Estimate: $250-

$375.

782. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, *-ii to left, P-oD/X to right, very rare. S-L4, KM-9.

6.7 grams. Choice VF+ with clear oD/X, nice full shield and

crown and cross, much legend, elegant toning. Pedigreed to Ponterio

sale #137, lot #2032. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

783. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, *-ii to left, P-oD/X to right, king’s name

misspelled as PHILPPVS, very rare. S-L4, KM-9. 6.4 grams.

Bold full cross and oD/X with bold king’s name (showing the

error), full but very weak crown, full shield, F-VF with honest

wear. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

784. 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. 6.9 grams.

Choice, richly toned XF with full shield and crown and cross,

much legend, rather gorgeous all around. Estimate: $300-$450.

785. 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. 6.3 grams.

Good full cross, some bold legend, but mostly worn (Good)

and crude for this normally attractive issue. Estimate: $100-

$150.

786. 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. 6.5 grams.

Crisply detailed full shield and cross-lions-castles, lightly

corroded from salvage but XF+ details, dark sediment in

crevices. Estimate: $100-$150.

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787. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, *-II to left, P-•D to right. S-L4, KM-9. 6.9 grams. VF+

with weak spots in full crown, shield and cross. Purchased privately from Dan Sedwick in 1998. Estimate: $200-$300.

788. 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. 3.0 grams.

Choice full crown and shield, very nice full cross, attractively toned AVF. Estimate: $150-$225.

789. 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. 3.2 grams. Nice

full shield and cross with contrasting toning, but worn (Fine) and holed near edge. Estimate: $60-$90.

790. 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. 3.2 grams.

Good full crown and shield, bold *-I and P-•D, full cross-and-tressure with weak center, Fine with darkly toned fields. Estimate:

$80-$120.

791. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, (*)-P to left, oD-I to right. S-L4, KM-7. 3.4 grams. Good full

cross and tressure, full but corroded shield, some bold legend, VF details. Estimate: $100-$150.

792. Lot of 5 Lima, Peru, cob 1 reales, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, all different varieties. S-L4, KM-7. 14.3 grams

total. Interesting study lot with 5 different varieties, 4 with holes, one corroded, but all attributable, VG-F. Estimate: $300-$450.

793. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, P to left, oD to right of monogram. S-L4, KM-5. 1.4

grams. Nice full monogram below full crown, nearly full cross, much legend, salvaged AXF with toned fields. Estimate: $75-

$110.

794. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, oD to left, P to right, * below monogram. S-L4, KM-

5, CT-706. 1.5 grams. Bold legends, including a full PHILIPPVS and ISPANIA, weak inner details, nicely toned Fine+ overall.

Estimate: $100-$150.

795. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, oD to left, P below monogram. S-L4, KM-5. 1.7 grams.

Choice full monogram and oD and P, full PHILIPPVS in legend, good full cross, most of crown, lightly toned XF+. Pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

796. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, oD to left, * to right. S-L4, KM-5, CT-705. 1.4 grams. Good

full crown and monogram and cross, toned, salvaged but VF for actual wear. Estimate: $90-$135.

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797. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, oD to left, * to right. S-L4, KM-5, CT-705. 1.4 grams.

Choice broad flan with 100% full crown, excellent full

monogram, bold PHILIP and oD, full cross on back with much

legend there too, VF with contrasting toning. Estimate: $100-

$150.

798. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, oD to left, * to right. S-L4, KM-5, CT-705. 1.6 grams.

Perfectly round with choice full monogram, nearly full crown,

bold oD, full but slightly doubled cross, richly toned VF.

Estimate: $100-$150.

799. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, oD to left, * to right. S-L4, KM-5, CT-705. 1.7 grams.

Superb specimen with very choice full monogram and cross,

bold PHILIPPVS in legend, nearly full crown, wonderfully

toned XF. Estimate: $150-$225.

800. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, •D to left, * to right. S-L4, KM-5, CT-705. 1.7 grams.

Choice grade (XF+) but some weak areas in the full monogram

and cross, the nearly full crown well defined, no toning.

Estimate: $125-$200.

801. Lot of 2 Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 reales, Philip II, assayer

Diego de la Torre, different varieties. S-L4, KM-5. 1.4 grams

each. One coin choice AXF with full monogram between oD

and * but holed at top, the other coin worn (Fine+) and doubled

but with nice full cross. Estimate: $100-$150.

802. Lot of 4 Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 reales, Philip II, assayer

Diego de la Torre, all different varieties. S-L4, KM-5. 6.7 grams

total. Good study lot with 4 different varieties but all holed and/

or plugged and/or salvaged and/or tooled, and in fact one

appears to be counterfeit, VG-F overall. Estimate: $200-$300.

803. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, P to left, oD to right of castle, * to left and P to

right of lion. S-L4, KM-2. 0.9 gram. Choice, broad-flan AVF with

full crown, PHILIPPVS, oD and star around full but weak castle,

similar situation on other side, toned on fields, holed at very

edge. Estimate: $150-$225.

804. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, P to left, * to right of castle. S-L4, KM-2. 0.6 gram.

Nicely detailed full castle and lion, high grade (XF) but probably

salvaged. Pedigreed to Ponterio sale #90, lot #554. Estimate: $150-

$225.

805. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, P to left, * to right of castle and lion. S-L4, KM-2.

0.8 gram. Superb specimen with bold P-castle-* and P-lion-*,

smooth and nicely toned fields, AXF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

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806. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, P to left of castle. S-L4, KM-2. 0.7 gram. Salvaged Fine

with bold but slightly doubled castle and lion, lightly toned.

Purchased privately from Dan Sedwick in 2006. Estimate: $100-

$150.

807. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, * to right of castle, P to left, * to right of lion. S-

L4, KM-2. 0.7 gram. Full but off-center castle, choice full P-lion-*

with crown above, nicely toned AXF. Estimate: $150-$225.

808. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, * to right of castle. S-L4, KM-2. 0.8 gram. Choice, non-

salvage XF with full crown, castle and lion and much legend,

beautifully toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$250-$375.

809. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, * to right of castle, * to right of lion. S-L4, KM-2.

0.8 gram. Nicely toned VF with full but slightly doubled crown,

castle and lion. Purchased privately from Dan Sedwick in 2006.

Estimate: $200-$300.

810. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, * to left, P to right of castle. S-L4, KM-2. 0.8 gram.

AVF with weak spots, some toning (dark in places). Pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

811. Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de

la Torre, (o)D to right of castle, lion punched over castle

on reverse, rare. S-L4, KM-2. 0.6 gram. Odd and presumably late

issue with lion punched over a tiny castle (bold on this

specimen), crude but clear D to right of proper castle, dark

fields, corroded Fine. Estimate: $100-$150.

812. Lot of 6 Lima, Peru, cob 1/4 reales, Philip II, assayer

Diego de la Torre, all different varieties. S-L4, KM-2. 3.1 grams

total. Good study lot of salvaged specimens, all more or less

readable but corroded, some with one nice side, VG-F overall.

Estimate: $250-$375.

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“Star of Lima” type

813. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, “Star of Lima” type, 1659V, * over LIMA over 1659 in center, •V• to left, •2• to right, very

rare. S-L5, KM-16, CT-841. 3.6 grams. Unexpectedly rare denomination for this already-rare unauthorized issue, and a nice specimen

too with full and well-centered pillars with bold LIMA and date, full but slightly off-center cross, flat peripheries, AVF with

some corrosion near edge as from unspecified salvage (probably the Consolación of 1681). Estimate: $900-$1,350.

814. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, “Star of Lima” type, 1659V, star over LIMA over 1659 in center, V to left, I to right, scarce.

S-L5, KM-15, CT-989. 3.3 grams. Choice, high-grade specimen on a compact thick flan, with full and well-centered pillars-and-waves

(also full crown), bold full cross, lightly toned VF+. With Freeman Craig lot tag and ANACS photo-certificate #E-6155-P. Estimate:

$350-$500.

815. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, “Star of Lima” type, 1660(V), 60 over I*I over PLVS in center, very rare. S-L5, KM-15, CT-990.

1.8 grams. Bold central details plus most of crown, full but doubled cross, VF with light corrosion near edge as from the Joanna

(1682). Pedigreed to Ponterio sale #98, lot #240, with Joanna certificate. Estimate: $600-$900.

816. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, “Star of Lima” type, (1659), very rare. S-L5, CT-253. 1.4 grams. Choice full cross, weak monogram

above king’s ordinal IIII in legend, toned Fine overall. Estimate: $350-$500.

Pillars-and-waves type

817. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1684V. S-L6, KM-24, CT-227.

27.4 grams. Choice, well-centered specimen with 3 dates, including

a very bold full 1684 in legend, 3 mintmarks and 2 assayers,

full cross, Fine with toned fields, small edge-split. Pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

818. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1686R. S-L7, KM-24, CT-229.

27.1 grams. Full bold cross, 2 dates and mintmarks and assayers,

bold waves, Fine with flat spots. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $350-$500.

819. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1692V. S-L10, KM-24, CT-235.

27.0 grams. Broad flan with full cross and pillars-and-waves, 2

dates and mintmarks and assayers, VF with weak areas.

Estimate: $400-$600.

820. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1698(H). S-L13, KM-24, CT-243.

27.0 grams. Crude Fine with flat peripheries but bold main date

to left of full pillar above full waves. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

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821. Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1744V, rare. S-L22, KM-34a, CT-

668. 23.7 grams. Typically thick and chunky and with much flatness

but clear date, lightly rainbow-toned Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

822. Lima, Peru, cob 4 reales, 1684V, very rare. S-L6, KM-23,

CT-444. 13.3 grams. Bold main date and 1684 in legend, 2 full

assayers, decent grade (AVF) but doubled all over and with

crude edge, nicely toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $350-$500.

823. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1686R, scarce. S-L7, KM-21,

CT-560. 6.5 grams. Broad planchet with full cross and pillars, clear

date, 3 mintmarks, light rainbow toning, AVF with flat areas.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

824. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1687/6R, rare overdate. S-

L7. 6.9 grams. One perfect pillar in center (off-center strike), full

cross, bold assayer, 2 dates, VF with flat areas. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

825. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1692V. S-L10, KM-21, CT-565. 6.8

grams. Interesting barrel-like shape with full and bold cross and

pillars (nicely centered), 1-1/2 dates and mintmarks, 2-1/2

assayers, VF with flat peripheries. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

826. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1711M, scarce. S-L20, KM-32,

CT-1202. 6.5 grams. Perfect full pillars and waves on a round flan

(no evidence of shaving), nice full cross too with king’s name

PHILIPP(VS) in legend, 2 dates and mintmarks, 2-1/2 assayers,

nicely toned AXF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$250-$375.

827. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1714/3M, rare. S-L20. 6.8 grams.

Broad planchet with full cross and pillars-and-waves, 2 full dates,

2 assayers, richly toned but worn (About Fine). Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

828. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1720M. S-L20, KM-32, CT-1211.

5.8 grams. Odd shape with hairline split, 2 full pillars-side dates

and part of third date below bold cross, 2 mintmarks, Fine+

with flat areas. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-

$175.

829. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1722M. S-L20, KM-32, CT-1213.

6.2 grams. Choice full pillars, good full cross, 2 dates, 3 mintmarks,

toned but worn (About Fine). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $110-$175.

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830. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1736(N). S-L21, KM-32a, CT-1225. 6.9 grams. Well-centered cross, most of pillars with 1-1/2 dates

on that side, lightly toned VF with flat peripheries. Estimate: $80-$120.

831. Lima, Peru, cob 2 reales, 1752R, rare final year of Lima cobs. S-L23, KM-A43. 7.1 grams. Interesting lemon shape and

typically crude and chunky but with bold date and pillars, most of cross, clear mintmark, Fine with toning in crevices, oddly

overweight. Estimate: $175-$250.

832. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1684V. S-L6, KM-20, CT-671. 3.8 grams. Very bold full pillars with date and assayer and mintmark, bold

second date below most of cross, lightly toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

833. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1685R. S-L7, KM-20, CT-672. 2.2 grams. Neat little lemon shape with one full pillar, nearly full cross,

2 dates and assayers, toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

834. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1686R. S-L7, KM-20, CT-673. 4.1 grams. Small, thick flan (overweight), crudely struck but with 2+

dates, 2 mintmarks, full ANO in legend, full but weak cross, lightly toned Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-

$100.

835. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1687R. S-L7, KM-20, CT-674. 2.5 grams. Excellent specimen with 100% full cross and pillars, 2 bold

dates plus another in the legend, 2 assayers, parts of 3 mintmarks, king’s ordinal II in legend, broad flan (a bit thin) with edge-

split, AVF with tan sediment on fields, the flan shaped like a catcher’s mitt. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-

$175.

836. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1688R. S-L7, KM-20, CT-675. 3.0 grams. Beautifully toned VF with full cross and pillars-and-waves, 2

bold dates and assayers. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

837. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1689V. S-L8, KM-20, CT-677. 2.4 grams. Bold date and part of another in the legend, AVF with flat

peripheries, patches of toning, small flan (no evidence of clipping). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

838. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1690R. S-L9, KM-20, CT-679. 3.2 grams. Crude, thin flan but with 3 clear dates, 2 assayers, Fine with

flat spots. With Spanish Colonial Coin Co. certificate and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

839. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1691R. S-L9, KM-20, CT-680. 2.8 grams. Good full pillars with bold date, 2 mintmarks and assayers,

off-center cross with third date and assayer, salvaged Fine with dark toning on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$70-$100.

840. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1692V. S-L10, KM-20, CT-682. 2.8 grams. Full pillars, off-center cross, 2 dates, VG+. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

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841. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1693V. S-L10, KM-20, CT-684. 3.3 grams. Well-detailed full cross, bold date and full motto above waves,

AXF with spotty toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

842. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1694M. S-L11, KM-20, CT-685. 3.4 grams. Choice full pillars-and-waves with all data plus 4-digit date

in legend, third date below full cross, much legend, nicely toned VF. Estimate: $125-$200.

843. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1695R. S-L12, KM-20, CT-686. 3.0 grams. Great full cross and pillars, salvaged VF+ with dark toning.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

844. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1696H. S-L13, KM-20, CT-687. 3.2 grams. Full pillars, full but off-center cross, 2 bold assayers, 1-1/2

dates, nice VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

845. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1697H, scarce. S-L13, KM-20, CT-688. 3.2 grams. Bold date and assayer above waves, most of cross,

nicely toned Fine with flat areas, part of edge hammered in. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

846. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1698H. S-L13, KM-20, CT-689. 3.1 grams. Super full cross and pillars, 2 dates and mintmarks, bold

assayer, AXF with contrasting toning, surely one of the best specimens known. Estimate: $150-$225.

847. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1699R. S-L14, KM-20, CT-691. 2.6 grams. Nice full cross and pillars, both well centered, 2 dates, 3

assayers, nicely toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

848. Lima, Peru, contemporary cast counterfeit cob 1 real, 1699H, possibly rare. 3.6 grams. At first glance this passes for a

genuine example, but then you notice the date and assayer don’t match and that the letters in the legend look a little funny, but

it is worn and proper weight, so we think it is probably a contemporary counterfeit, with good full cross, off-center pillars,

About Fine. Estimate: $50-$100.

849. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1703H. S-L15a, KM-31, CT-1476. 3.6 grams. Choice pillars side with bold date and assayer and mintmark,

full but slightly crude cross, toned AVF. Estimate: $125-$200.

850. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1703H. S-L15a, KM-31, CT-1476. 4.0 grams. Choice full pillars-and-waves and full cross, 2 dates, 3

mintmarks and assayers, AXF with light rainbow toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

851. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1704H. S-L15a, KM-31, CT-1477. 3.0 grams. Bold full 1704 date in legend, second date above waves, and

third date below full cross, toned Fine with flat spots. Estimate: $125-$200.

852. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1705H. S-L15a, KM-31, CT-1478. 3.1 grams. Full pillars with full crown and 2 dates, bold but off-center

cross, AVF. Estimate: $125-$200.

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853. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1706R. S-L16, KM-31, CT-1480. 3.0 grams. Richly toned AVF with the most amazing 4-digit date in the

legend, full pillars with main date too, full but off-center cross resulting in bold HISPANIA(RVM). Estimate: $150-$225.

854. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1711M. S-L20, KM-31, CT-1488. 3.5 grams. Broad flan with full cross and pillars, clear date, 3 mintmarks,

non-toned Fine+. Estimate: $125-$200.

855. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1726/5M, rare overdate. S-L20b. 2.6 grams. Large flan but oddly underweight, with bold but

incomplete cross and pillars, clear overdate and mintmark, Fine with contrasting dark sediment on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

856. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1748V. S-L22a, KM-42, CT-542. 2.9 grams. Typically crude strike on chunky planchet but with bold date

in which the 8 appears to be an S over an upside-down S, VF with much flatness. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-

$90.

857. Lima, Peru, cob 1 real, 1752R, rare final year of Lima cobs. S-L23, KM-42. 2.7 grams. Two dates, bold assayer, one full lion,

typically crude with lots of flatness, Fine with contrasting fields. Estimate: $75-$110.

858. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1684. S-L6, KM-22, CT-785. 1.4 grams. Full monogram and cross, clear date, VF but a bit oxidized.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

859. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1685. S-L7, KM-22, CT-786. 1.4 grams. Nice full monogram above clear date, nearly full cross, Fine.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

860. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1694. S-L11, KM-22, CT-795. 1.2 grams. Choice bold monogram and date, nearly full and doubled

cross, AVF with dark sediment on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

861. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1696. S-L13, KM-22, CT-797. 0.9 gram. Salvaged VF with full monogram and date, off-center cross,

nicely toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

862. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1697. S-L13, KM-22, CT-798. 1.1 grams. Nice full monogram and date, good but off-center cross,

Fine+ with spotty toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

863. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1699. S-L14, KM-22, CT-800. 1.4 grams. Off-center monogram with bold date below and 4-digit date

in legend, nearly full cross, toned VG+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

864. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1700. S-L15, KM-22, CT-801. 1.2 grams. Very bold full date, full but weak monogram, nearly full

cross, Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

865. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1701H, Charles II (posthumous). S-L15, KM-22, CT-802. 1.5 grams. Choice specimen with

excellent full cross, full monogram and date, clear assayer, nicely toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-

$135.

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866. Lot of 3 Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 reales, Charles II and

Philip V, all with visible dates. 5.0 grams. Three decent pieces

dated 1685, 1686 and 1718, one holed and one salvaged but all

well detailed, Fine on average. Estimate: $80-$120.

867. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1704. S-L15a, KM-30, CT-1753.

2.2 grams. Bold AXF with choice full monogram and date, nearly

full cross, touch of pitting, overweight. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

868. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1706. S-L16, KM-30, CT-1755. 1.1

grams. Very bold date below full monogram plus another in the

legend next to nice crown, nearly full cross, AVF with black

areas. Estimate: $50-$75.

869. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1711. S-L20, KM-30, CT-1760. 1.4

grams. Perfectly round (possibly shaved, but correct weight), with

very bold date below full monogram, good full cross, lightly

toned Fine+ with hole at edge. Estimate: $50-$75.

870. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1711. S-L20, KM-30, CT-1760. 1.3

grams. Salvaged VG with parts of monogram and 11 of date

bold, very weak cross, lemon-shaped flan. Estimate: $30-$45.

871. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1717. S-L20, KM-30, CT-1766. 1.4

grams. Full monogram, bold final digit of date, nearly full cross,

AXF with hint of oxidation. Estimate: $30-$45.

872. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1719. S-L20, KM-30, CT-1768. 1.0

gram. Bold full monogram and date and cross, attractively toned

Fine+ on a smallish planchet (possibly clipped long ago).

Estimate: $50-$75.

873. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1725, Louis I, very scarce.

S-L20a, KM-30a, CT-52. 1.8 grams. Typically crude but with most of

cross and monogram, bold date, salvaged Fine with good toning.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

874. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1728/?, 1R-sized cross die.

S-L21, KM-30. 1.2 grams. Very peculiar coin with letters (not

numbers) peeking out between the (nearly full) monogram and

bold date, oversized cross, Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $60-$90.

875. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, 1746V. S-L22, KM-30a, CT-1793.

1.7 grams. Large oval flan with 2 bold dates, full cross and

monogram, double-struck but far better detailed than most of

this era, toned VF with crude hole at edge. Estimate: $100-

$150.

876. Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, (175)0(R), struck from 1-

escudo (castle) die, extremely rare. S-L23, KM-A41. 0.7 gram.

When this odd variety was discovered several years ago, it was

initially believed to be a quarter real, as all known specimens

were underweight like this one (all from the Rimac River), but

of course quarter reales were not being made at that time. The

design is of a 1 escudo (castle) and 1 real (large cross), but we

doubt the original size was any larger or heavier than for a half

real. On this specimen, one of only about 5 known, the castle

is nearly full but very off-center and the date and assayer are

very weak, still AVF overall with light pitting and some toning.

Estimate: $250-$375.

Please place absentee bids at

www.iCollector.com/sedwick

(use the bid sheet at the end of this

catalog for fax or mail bids)

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THE COBS OF THE MINT OF LA PLATA, BOLIVIA

At our American Numismatic Association Summer

Seminar course this year, we were privileged to have Barry

Stallard present his die-study proof on the cobs of La Plata,

Bolivia. Barry has spent years studying the earliest shield-type

cobs of Lima and Potosí for the “missing link” of La Plata.

His conclusions, summarized here, are beyond reproach.

Archival documents show that the Lima mint, under

assayer Xinés Martínez, closed in 1572 and did not reopen

until 1577, under assayer Diego de la Torre. In 1572, recognizing

the need to move the mint closer to the source of the silver in

Potosí, Viceroy Toledo ordered

the dormant Lima mint to send

its tools to a new mint in the

mountain town of La Plata,

where it was assumed that more

silver would be turned in for

making into coins, a process

which generated income for the

crown in the form of a 20% tax

known as the quinto, the “king’s

fifth.” The assayer selected for

the job was none other than

Alonso Rincón, the Lima mint

assayer from its inception in 1568

to 1571 and also a former assayer

of the Mexican mint in the 1540s.

Naturally the move was

unpopular in Lima, whose mint

workers instead sent only half the

tools, which were received in La

Plata in September of 1573.

Archives indicate that, by early

1574, only 2,104 marks of silver

(equaling about 141,000 reales)

were converted to coins at the La

Plata mint, using whatever tools

they had. That was still a paltry

amount of silver, in fact not even

enough to cover the high

expenses and the all-important

king’s fifth. A second move in

March of 1574, this time to the source itself in Potosí, using

the same assayer (Rincón) and tools, apparently solved the

problem.

The problem for us, however, is how to identify those

very few coins made in La Plata from December of 1573

through February of 1574. Because the same tools from Lima

were used, the only major difference in design would be the

assayer’s initial. More confounding is the fact that the general

design—including the assayer’s initial R for Rincón—was not

changed when minting resumed in Potosí. In a nutshell, the

task at hand is to identify which of the assayer-R coins matched

the dies of Lima assayer X.

In order not to miss anything, we start by assuming a

whole range of denominations were made at La Plata: quarter,

half, 1, 2, and 4 reales. Unfortunately, the known Lima assayer-

X specimens of the fractional (quarter and half) denominations

are just too rare to find any comparisons, but Stallard found

several partial matches (separate punches, particularly lions and

castles) with assayer-R specimens in 1, 2 and 4 reales. After

studying die states and other factors, Stallard concluded that

these partial matches coincided with separate deliveries of the

second half of the tools to the Potosí mint.

There was, however, one full

die match: the entire cross side

of a 1R with P-X to right with a

1R with P-R to the left. The

shield side on these coins was not

an exact match but did contain

several of the same punches. It

is intriguing to speculate that

moving P-R to the left of the

shield was Rincón’s way of

distinguishing the La Plata issue,

especially since all later 1R from

Potosí showed the P-R on the

right instead. The reverse of that

rule seems to be the case for

Potosí’s higher denominations,

nearly all of which show P-R to

the left exclusively.

Fortunately the X-to-R die-

match in 1R that we can safely

attribute to La Plata is easy to

recognize. While the castles are

fairly standard, the lions are

distinctively passant (one paw

raised) and have a prominent

tongue. Also, the tressure around

the cross is triple-punched. In his

presentation, Stallard said that the

multiple-tressure diagnostic

occurs only in the third quadrant,

which appeared to be the case on

the average-grade specimen he displayed, but the specimen we

offer in this auction shows the other quadrants more clearly

and reveals faint tripling in them as well.

There are, in fact, only two known specimens of this

La Plata issue so far, the Stallard specimen and the lot you see

here. We expect and hope that this article will bring forth more

examples, and perhaps something will turn up in other

denominations as well. That said, if Stallard, who is an active

collector, found only one example in one denomination in many

years of study, and we can confirm only one other, then it will

probably always be an extremely rare issue, just as you would

expect from a mintage that lasted no more than three months.

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SILVER COBS OF POTOSI, BOLIVIAShield-type

879. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-”S/X”

(assayer B), rare. S-P8, KM-5.1. 26.7 grams. This is perhaps the

clearest example known of the famous “S/X issue” of assayer

B, the S/X now believed to be an early attempt to craft a letter

B using standard punches (since B was not one of the letters in

the legends), with nice full shield and cross, particularly

pronounced tressure, much legend, lightly toned Fine+ with

hole at top, same dies as lot #681 in the June, 1993, Ponterio

auction, which sold for $1,155. Estimate: $500-$750.

880. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-erasure-C,

very rare. S-P5, KM-5.1, CT-160. 26.7 grams. Typically large flan

with full crown and much legend, very clear C and erasure, in

which you can barely make out what is believed to be B/S/X,

full but partially weak cross and shield, About Fine with minor

corrosion at very edge, a celebrated rarity that was once

attributed (by Sellschopp) to La Plata in error, first specimen

we have been able to offer in a long time. Estimate: $3,500-

$5,000.

878. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-M to left,

very rare second assayer of mint. S-P2, KM-5.1, CT-141. 27.0

grams. Effectively the first earliest affordable 8 reales of this

mint (since Rincón examples are tens of thousands of dollars,

if you can ever find one in the first place), with bold P above

weak but certain M to left, parts of legend bold, overall Fine

with significant areas of weak strike. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

881. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-B (3rd

period), possibly finest known. S-P10, KM-5.1. 27.2 grams. This

is the most terrific example of 3rd-period B we have ever seen

(the specific die variety apparently missing in Sellschopp and

Paoletti), with unusually broad flan containing nearly full

legends, choice full crown, gorgeous full shield and cross, very

bold P-B, lovely toning, XF for wear. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

882. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-B (3rd

period). S-P10, KM-5.1. 27.3 grams. Bold full shield and P-B, full

but weak cross, nicely toned Fine with crude old plug at top (in

crown). Estimate: $100-$150.

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883. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-A. S-P11, KM-

5.1, CT-157. 27.6 grams. Choice specimen with full crown and shield

and cross, all well detailed, also bold P-A, well centered and

round, VF+. With Spanish Colonial Coin Co. certificate and pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

884. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-B (4th

period). S-P12, KM-5.1. 27.2 grams. Bold P-B next to good full

shield below full crown, full but doubled cross, much legend,

deeply toned Fine+ with drilled hole near edge. Estimate: $100-

$150.

885. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip II, P-B (5th

period), borders of x’s. S-P14, KM-5.5. 27.4 grams. Very nice bold

and full shield below full crown with very bold P-B, choice full

cross, clear x’s in border, AVF with lovely toning, spot of extra

metal above denomination that could be a very subtle

contemporaneous plug. Estimate: $200-$300.

886. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, P-R (curved

leg). S-P15, KM-10, CT-126. 26.9 grams. Lustrous AU- with bold P-

R, choice full shield, full cross, some legend. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $225-$350.

887. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, P-M/Q,

scarce. S-P18, KM-10. 27.0 grams. Broad flan with nice full shield

and cross, bottom of old Q a bit below the M, full REX in

legend, lightly toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $250-$375.

888. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, P•P (1620s),

scarce. S-P23, KM-19a. 27.1 grams. Bold P•P, full shield and cross,

smallish flan, toned Fine with weak spots. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

889. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1629T, denomination

O-VIII, large dots in borders. S-P26, KM-19a, CT-470. 27.0 grams.

Choice XF (near AU) with gorgeous full shield, bold full cross,

clear 162 and tail of 9 of date, full •P•T• and denomination,

lustrous with hint of toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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890. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1629T, denomination

•8•, large dots in borders. S-P26, KM-19a, CT-470. 27.3 grams. Very

bold 29 of date, full but partially crude shield and cross (one

lion perfectly detailed), bold P-T and clear denomination, well-

centered VF with nice toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $250-$375.

891. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, P-T,

denomination x8x (1630). S-P26, KM-19a. 26.8 grams. Lustrous

high grade (XF+), with choice full shield, full but weaker cross-lions-castles, bold king’s name, part of edge crude, lightly toned.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

892. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (16)45T, rare. S-P30, KM-

19a, CT-492. 26.3 grams. A very tantalizing coin that Mark thought

was 1625 (a date not yet confirmed to exist in 8 reales) because

it shows a very full and clear 5 with a faint but certain horizontal

line for the penultimate digit; but a careful study of the whole

coin reveals its true attribution. The key to the puzzle is the

lions and castles. In 1622 the mint changed from normal

rampant lions to something flatter, at least for a few years, and

we do not see the normal lions again till... 1645! It is not known

why in that one year the mint went back to the normal lions

after implementation of grander “furry” lions in the early 1640s,

a style of lions which continued well into the pillars-and-waves

period starting in 1652, but many clear-date specimens of 1645

are known with the normal lions to prove the issue.

Complicating matters is the fact that both the mid-1620s and

the mid-1640s are crudely struck coins, like this one, which is

doubled and flat in places. For its period this is actually a nice

specimen, attractively toned Fine and with most data readable;

we just cannot agree with Mark and call it 1625. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

893. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1647P/T, unique. S-P33, KM-19a. 27.9 grams. For the advanced Potosí 8 reales collector,

this coin shows an exceptionally clear 47 date and bold assayer P punched over a faint T, typically very crude but full shield

and cross (much doubling and flatness), lightly toned Fine, with odd triangular punchmark in middle of cross. Note that

assayer P for this period was totally unknown until just a few years ago, and this is the only specimen known to us with clear

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

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894. Denomination set (8-4-2-1 reales) of Potosí, Bolivia,

cobs of Philip IV assayer Ramírez (late 1640s), who was

executed for debasement. S-P31. 23.4, 10.4, 5.2 and 2.7 grams. This

well-matched set (perhaps the only such set in existence) is a

prime example of why Ramírez and his partner in crime, ex-

mayor Rocha, were executed for malfeasance, as each coin is

far underweight and discolored due to low fineness. Because

of the massive recall and devaluation of these coins, specimens

with a visible R for Ramírez are among the rarest of all Potosí

coins, yet the R is clear on each coin in this set (the 8 reales is

actually is R/P, which is unique). Average grade Fine, mostly

nicely toned, the 4R with a touch of corrosion and the 2R

with several edge-splits. The 8 reales is a Plate Coin on page 104 of

The Practical Book of Cobs (4th edition, 2007). Estimate:

$1,500-$3,000.

895. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-L to left. S-

P3, KM-4.2, CT-321 (under Lima). 13.2 grams. Round and well detailed,

with full shield and choice bold cross, clear P-L, nice crown,

darkly toned XF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$250-$375.

896. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-B (2nd

period, “Great Module”). S-P6, KM-4.2. 13.5 grams. Choice

specimen with full and incredibly detailed crown above full

shield, full cross with weak center, bold P-B, much legend on a

broad flan, beautifully toned AU- with hairline edge-split.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

897. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-B (2nd

period). S-P6, KM-4.2. 13.5 grams. Bold details against dark fields,

full shield and cross, most of crown, some bold legend

(including erroneous DG, IISPANIARVM, with I instead of

H and no comma between the D and G), VF with some two

small flat spots. Estimate: $125-$200.

898. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-B (2nd

period). S-P6, KM-4.2. 13.6 grams. Round and well detailed, with

choice full cross (just a bit doubled) and shield, with bold assayer

and much legend, lustrous XF but with distractingly dark spots

on shield side. Estimate: $125-$200.

899. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-A. S-P11, KM-

4.2, CT-346. 13.6 grams. Broad flan with much legend, full shield

and cross, bold assayer A, VF with a few weak areas and dark

spots. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $225-$325.

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900. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-B (4th

period), long-tailed lions. S-P12, KM-4.2. 13.0 grams. Choice VF

with full and well-detailed shield, good (but slightly weaker)

full cross whose lions have tails that reach above their heads,

much legend (period stops) and crown, richly toned on obverse

only, small edge-split. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$150-$225.

901. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-RL. S-P13,

KM-4.2, CT-347. 13.3 grams. Round flan with very choice full shield

and cross, richly toned VF, a couple natural edge-flaws. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $225-$325.

902. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, P-B (5th

period), borders of x’s. S-P14, KM-4.3. 12.7 grams. Full shield

and cross (the latter doubled), lustrous XF but with corrosion

on shield side, no toning. Estimate: $50-$75.

903. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip III, P•M (1617),

choice. S-P19, KM-9, CT-245. 13.6 grams. Very choice full and well-

centered shield and cross, bold P•M, beautifully toned VF.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

904. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, P•P (1620s). S-

P23, KM-17. 13.1 grams. Full but off-center cross, incomplete (8R

sized?) shield, clear P•P, Fine+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $110-$175.

905. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, P-T (late

1620s). S-P24, KM-17a. 13.6 grams. Great full shield, full but off-

center and slightly weak cross, clear 16 of date, silvery AVF.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

906. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip IV, (1649-50)O,

crowned-•F• countermark on cross, scarce as non-salvage.

S-P35, KM-17b. 11.1 grams. Round flan, full but partially flat shield

and cross, bold countermark, About Fine with nice toning on

fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

907. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, P-R to left

(Rincón), rare first issue of mint. S-P1, KM-3.2, CT-485 (under

Lima). 6.6 grams. Absolutely immense flan with full legends and

crown and inner details despite flat areas and minor doubling,

Fine+ with toned fields. Estimate: $250-$375.

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908. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, P-L/B (2nd

period). S-P9, KM-3.3, CT-491 (under Lima). 6.6 grams. Never has

there been a clearer example of this issue, which is identical

dies with Sellschopp #47 of assayer B (small letter) but with

the B partially erased and over-punched with L, the coin itself

quite nice anyway, with full legends and crown in addition to

the inner data (just a couple weak spots), wonderfully toned

AVF with drilled hole at edge. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $225-$350.

909. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, P-B (3rd

period). S-P10, KM-3.2. 6.9 grams. Choice high grade (lustrous

AU-) with excellent full shield and crown and cross, some

legend, toning in crevices. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $225-$350.

910. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, P-A. S-P11, KM-

3.2, CT-508. 6.4 grams. Nice full shield and cross, most of crown,

clear assayer, richly toned AVF with dark spot and edge

irregularities. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-

$225.

911. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, P-B (4th

period), half-real sized lions. S-P12, KM-3.2. 6.7 grams. High

grade (XF+) with bold assayer, nice full shield and particularly

well-defined cross with small castles and even tinier lions (toned

in crevices). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-

$175.

912. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip II, P-RL (RL/

B?). S-P13, KM-3.2, CT-510. 6.7 grams. Full king’s name in legend,

full but slightly weak shield and cross, most of crown, small

lions and castles, toned AVF with crude assayer that really looks

like L/B. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

913. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, P-RL (curved

leg). S-P13, KM-3.2, CT-510. 6.3 grams. Bold king’s ordinal III in

legend, good full shield and cross, nicely toned AVF. Pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

914. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, P-M. S-P18,

KM-8, CT-356. 6.8 grams. Good full cross and shield and nearly full

crown, toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$110-$175.

915. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1617(M), date at 12-1

o’clock, scarce. S-P19, KM-8, CT-356. 5.5 grams. Bold 16 of date

followed by closely spaced 17, full cross, full and slightly crude

off-center shield, guitar-pick shape, lightly toned Fine,

underweight as made. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$125-$200.

916. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, P*P (early

1620s), quadrants of cross transposed. S-P22, KM-14. 6.8 grams.

Bold mintmark and assayer with odd ornament in between,

choice full shield, full cross, Fine+ with contrasting toning on

fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

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917. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1625P, extremely rare (discovery specimen), quadrants of cross transposed. S-P23,

KM-14a. 6.6 grams. First specimen we have ever seen or heard of, with very bold 625 of date outside of a full cross, full shield on

obverse with bold mintmark P, weak assayer P, clear denomination z, crude as expected but About Fine for wear, nicely toned.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $600-$900.

918. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, (1)628P/T, rare. S-P25, KM-14a. 6.0 grams. Broad flan with bold 2 and bottom half of 8 of

date, good cross and full shield but very worn (Good) and with big drilled hole at edge. Estimate: $250-$375.

919. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, (1)629T, rare. S-P26, KM-14a, CT-880. 6.4 grams. Clear 6z9 of date, also clear P-T, full cross and

shield, just a bit worn (VG) and with drilled hole at edge. Estimate: $250-$375.

920. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1630T, rare. S-P26, KM-14a, CT-881. 7.0 grams. Full date and crown, full but partially weak shield

and cross, toned Fine, oddly overweight. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

921. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1632T, rare. S-P26, KM-14a. 6.0 grams. Full and mostly bold date, good cross, nearly full shield,

lightly toned AVF with very crude edge (as made). Estimate: $275-$400.

922. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, (16)34T, very rare. S-P26, KM-14a. 6.7 grams. Big thick flan with full 4 of date, full P•T, good

full cross, nearly full shield, slightly crude VF. Estimate: $250-$375.

923. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 163(?), assayer not visible. KM-14a. 5.9 grams. Bold 163 of date but blank after that, most of

shield and half of cross as part of edge clipped off, toned AVF. Estimate: $60-$90.

924. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, P-TR. S-P27, KM-14a. 6.6 grams. Full shield and cross (off-center) and P-TR,

typically uneven in thickness, Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

925. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, P-FR, upper half of shield transposed, rare. S-P28, KM-14a. 5.6 grams. Eye-

catching error with Naples-Sicily at upper left (might be the first we have seen), also bold full P-FR, nice half of cross, crude as

expected, Fine with orange sediment on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

926. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, P-Z, scarce. S-P34, KM-14a. 6.5 grams. Nice full shield with bold P-Z and denomination

z, also full cross, edge slightly crude, attractively toned VF+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

927. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, P-E, scarce. S-P36, KM-14b. 7.2 grams. Choice and Royal-like round flan with full

and finely detailed crown, shield and cross-lions-castles, bold P-E, beautifully toned VF+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $150-$225.

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928. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, P-R to right, assayer Rincón, rare first issue of mint. S-P1, KM-2.1, CT-638. 2.8

grams. Choice full crown and shield (very intricate) with bold P-R to right, full but oxidized cross (probably salvaged), nicely

toned Fine overall. Estimate: $75-$110.

929. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, P-B (2nd period). S-P6, KM-2.2, CT-649. 3.5 grams. Choice full cross, full PHILIPPVS

and shield and crown, bold P-B, nice VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

930. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, P-A, unrecorded variety with single fleur-de-lis in shield. S-P11, KM-2.2, CT-648.

3.5 grams. Very choice detail all over, with bold P-A, king’s name, cross and shield, the last of which shows a single fleur for New

Burgundy (usually 2 or more), VF with wonderfully contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

931. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, P-B (4th period). S-P12, KM-2.2, CT-649. 3.4 grams. Bold assayer, good full shield and

cross (the latter slightly doubled), AVF with lovely toning. Estimate: $40-$60.

932. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, P-R (Ramos),

scarce. S-P13, KM-2.2, CT-650. 3.3 grams. Broad flan with good

full shield and cross, silvery AVF. Estimate: $60-$90.

933. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, P-R (Ramos),

tiny R, scarce. S-P13, KM-2.2, CT-650. 3.3 grams. Full shield with

tiny P-R to left, good lions and castles in crudely doubled cross,

deeply toned Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$60-$90.

934. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip II, assayer not visible,

mounted in 14K necklace bezel. KM-2.2. 5.6 grams. Very worn

(Fair) and crude coin with pinhole near middle but with full

enough cross to lend itself well to jewelry. Estimate: $35-$50.

935. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip III, P-R, nice. S-P15, KM-7, CT-463. 3.4 grams. Bold P-R, full shield, good full cross, Fine

with toning on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

936. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip III, P-Q/R, scarce. S-P17, KM-7. 3.0 grams. Bold Q/R, off-center shield and cross,

toned, crude Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

937. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1618T, P-T to right, rare. S-P21, KM-7. 3.3 grams. Broad flan with 100% full date, full cross and

full shield with crude but clear P-T to right (rare thus), toned About Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

938. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip III, P+T. S-P21, KM-7. 3.2 grams. Partial date (1618?), bold full shield, off-center cross,

crude VG. Estimate: $50-$75.

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939. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip IV, P-T (1620s), quadrants of cross transposed. KM-12. 3.3 grams. Choice full shield

with bold P-T, full cross-and-tressure, nice Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

940. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1627P/T, unique and unlisted. S-P23. 3.9 grams. Bold assayer and 7 of date, a combination

that is unlisted in all references, good full cross, off-center shield, crude but attractive Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $150-$225.

941. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip IV, P-T/P (ca. 1629). S-P26. 3.0 grams. Bold P-T/P, good full cross, incomplete shield,

nicely toned Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

942. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (1)630(T), rare. S-P26, KM-12a, CT-1025. 3.0 grams. Clear date, full but crude cross and shield,

most of crown, toned About Fine. Estimate: $70-$100.

943. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1631T, rare. S-P26, KM-12a, CT-1026. 3.3 grams. Choice detail for the issue, with bold 1631 date,

full crown and shield and cross (all doubled), AVF with contrasting toning, drilled hole at edge. Estimate: $125-$200.

944. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (16)32T, very rare. S-P26, KM-12a, CT-1027. 3.1 grams. Full and bold 2 of date, off-center cross,

most of shield, crude and oxidized VG, only the second specimen we have ever seen. Estimate: $70-$100.

945. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip IV, P-TR (large). S-P30, KM-12a. 3.8 grams. Exceptionally bold and full assayer mark (rare

thus), good full shield and cross, toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

946. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (16)41, assayer not visible, very rare. KM-12a. 3.2 grams. Bold full 41 of date (only the second

specimen we have ever seen), nearly full shield and cross, Fine with patchy toning. Estimate: $175-$300.

947. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (16)42FR, very rare. S-P28, KM-12a. 3.3 grams. Full 4 and partial 2 of date (first specimen we

have confirmed), very crude strike, non-toned VG with green spots. Estimate: $75-$110.

948. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (16)45T/TR, very rare. S-P30. 3.6 grams. Clear bottom half of 45 of date, bold T with parts of

TR peeking out from underneath, nice little cross, good but off-center shield, non-toned AVF. Estimate: $100-$150.

949. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1645T, rare. S-P30, KM-12a, CT-1040. 4.0 grams. Full small cross, full 4 and top of 5 of date at edge,

bold P-T, toned Fine with weak areas. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

950. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (16)47T, very rare. S-P30, KM-12a, CT-1042. 3.2 grams. Choice full cross and shield, bold 7 and

bottom of 4 of date, About Fine with contrasting toning, first and only specimen ever recorded. Estimate: $200-$300.

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951. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 164(?)T. KM-12a. 2.8 grams. Nice full cross and shield but small flan, VF. Estimate: $60-$90.

952. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip IV, unlisted error with no mintmark and assayer, 1/2R-sized lion and castle

punches. KM-12a. 3.3 grams. Crazy coin that is clearly blank to left of shield, and the full cross shows tiny lions and castles, high

grade (XF) but with some flat areas. Estimate: $50-$75.

953. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, (1651-2)E, scarce. S-P36, KM-12b. 3.3 grams. Choice, well-detailed shield and cross and crown,

odd shape with hairline edge-split, lightly toned XF+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

954. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, P to left, R to right (Rincón), scarce first issue of mint. S-P1, CT-712 (under

Lima). 1.7 grams. Very broad flan with full legends and crown, full monogram, full but doubled cross, AVF with contrasting toning.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

955. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, R (Rincón) to left, P to right, scarce first issue of mint. S-P1, CT-713 (under

Lima). 1.5 grams. Excellent details (everything full), Fine with contrasting toning, well centered and round. Estimate: $125-$200.

956. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, R (Rincón) to left, P to right, scarce first issue of mint. S-P1, CT-713 (under

Lima). 1.4 grams. Full crown and monogram and cross, lightly toned Fine with crude, square nail hole near edge. Estimate: $60-

$90.

957. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer M below monogram, scarce. S-P2, KM-1.2, CT-709 (under Lima). 1.6 grams.

Choice specimen with great full crown and monogram and bold M, full cross, toned AVF. Estimate: $125-$200.

958. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer A, rare. S-P11, KM-1.3, CT-722. 1.9 grams. Choice full cross and monogram

with tiny A to left, particularly nice and neat borders of dots, lightly toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-

$375.

959. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, no assayer or mintmark (assayer-A period), very rare. 1.7 grams. Neat style

(tiny and even dots) characteristic of assayer A but clearly missing any mintmark or assayer, good full cross, full but weak

monogram, toned Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

960. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer B (5th period), borders of x’s. S-P14, KM-1.4. 1.4 grams. Full but off-

center monogram and cross, clear assayer B and borders of x’s, toned but slightly crude Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $50-$75.

961. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip III, P to left, R to right. S-P15, KM-6.1, CT-558. 1.3 grams. Small round flan with full

cross and monogram and crown, bold R, deeply toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

962. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip III, Q to left, P to right. S-P17, KM-6.1, CT-557. 1.7 grams. Choice bold monogram with

bold assayer and mintmark, nice full cross too, VF with contrasting toning, just a bit wrinkled. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $150-$225.

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963. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, Philip III, assayer M. S-P18, KM-6.1, CT-561. 1.4 grams. Full monogram with bold M to left,

also full crown and off-center cross, toned VF (appears to be salvaged). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

964. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer B (2nd period), rare. S-P6. 0.7 gram. Salvaged About Fine with clear P to

left and B to right (weak castle), bold lion. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

965. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/4 real, Philip II, assayer L, very rare, finest known. S-P9. 0.8 gram. Very broad flan with complete

legends and crowns, choice inner details, clear P and L (only 3 known to us, and this is the best), beautifully toned VF. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

1652 transitionals

966. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1652E transitional, McLean Type VI, variety with two dots

below crown. S-P37, KM-B13.2. 2.9 grams. Very choice specimen with full pillars-side data and crown

and Potosí in legend, unbelievably well-detailed full cross, XF+ with beautifully contrasting toning.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

967. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1652E transitional, McLean Type VI. S-P37, KM-B13.2. 2.6

grams. Bold full pillars and cross but both off-center and peripheries flat, XF with lovely toning.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

Pillars-and-waves type

968. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1657E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-418. 27.6 grams. Nice strike even for a Royal (round presentation

issue), well centered and even and with no doubling, all details clear, typically gilded and holed and obviously worn for many

years (AVF grade), probably because it is so lovely, yet not a particularly rare year for Royals (Lázaro records 7 different dies).

Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

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969. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1658E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

446. 27.5 grams. Choice full cross and pillars-and-waves, with bold

date in legend plus 1-1/2 others, 2 mintmarks and 3 assayers,

nicely toned VF with curious edge-split. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

970. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1659E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

447. 26.8 grams. Royal-like pillars side with complete inner details

and 4-digit date in legend (the other 2 dates bold as well), 3mintmarks (2 bold), both crowns nice, lightly toned Fine.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

971. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1660E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

448. 28.5 grams. Full pillars-and-waves, double-struck cross, 3 dates

and mintmarks, Fine with flat spots. Estimate: $175-$250.

972. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1663E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

452. 26.6 grams. Incredible full pillars side with bold 4-digit date

in legend, full cross with bold PHILIPPVS IIII in legend, AVF

with toning that points to the ca.-1671 Seville Harbor wreck

for provenance (unconfirmed). Pedigreed to Ponterio auction #147,

lot 64, and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $450-

$675.

973. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1664E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

453. 26.6 grams. Choice full cross and pillars, well centered, with 2

dates, 3 mintmarks and assayers, Fine with some weak spots

but contrasting toning. Estimate: $250-$375.

974. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1665E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

454. 25.9 grams. Bold 4-digit date in legend (plus parts of 2 others)

outside full waves, good full cross and crown, lightly toned AVF.

Estimate: $250-$375.

975. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1666E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

455. 25.8 grams. Excellent full cross and pillars, full crown, all 3

dates and mintmarks and assayers at least partially visible, Fine+

with contrasting toning. Estimate: $250-$375.

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976. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1667E. S-P37a, KM-21, CT-

342. 27.4 grams. Bold full pillars with bold date and mintmark

and assayer, crude and weak full cross, Fine for actual wear.

Estimate: $175-$250.

977. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1668E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

343. 26.7 grams. Excellent full pillars and cross (well centered), 2

dates, Fine with some weak areas but contrasting toning.

Estimate: $250-$375.

978. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1669E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

344. 27.9 grams. Full and bold 4-digit date in legend plus 2 others,

bold POTO(SI), full waves, 2 bold mintmarks and assayers,

weak and doubled cross below nice crown, Fine with light old

scratches. Estimate: $200-$300.

979. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1672E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

347. 27.2 grams. Bold full pillars, good full cross, part of king’s

name in legend, nice crown, 2 dates and mintmarks and assayers,

VF with flat areas. Estimate: $200-$300.

980. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1672E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

347. 26.6 grams. Full king’s name, bold full pillars, clear date, Fine

with many weak areas. Estimate: $175-$250.

981. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1674E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

349. 27.5 grams. Broad flan with great full pillars and waves, bold

POTOSI and PERV in legend, good but slightly doubled and

off-center cross, 2 dates, 3 mintmarks and assayers, lightly toned

VF. Estimate: $200-$300.

982. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1675E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

350. 26.7 grams. Incredibly bold date in legend, which also shows

(P)OTOSI, EL PERV and CARO(LVS), full but partially weak

pillars and cross, Fine with contrasting toning. Estimate: $200-

$300.

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983. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1675E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

350. 25.1 grams. Nice full pillars-and-waves, full but weak cross, 2

mintmarks, 3 assayers, Fine with weak areas. Estimate: $175-

$250.

984. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1676E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

351. 27.5 grams. Bold full pillars, nice lions in full but partially

weak cross, 3 assayers, 2 mintmarks, Fine. Estimate: $175-

$250.

985. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1677E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

352. 26.9 grams. Nice full cross, nearly full pillars, but much

flatness, still with 2 dates and assayers, crude About Fine with

lightly scuffed surfaces. Estimate: $150-$225.

986. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

354. 27.0 grams. Gorgeous full cross-lions-castles, full pillars-and-

waves, very bold date and mintmark and denomination, richly

toned AXF. Estimate: $250-$375.

987. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

354. 27.5 grams. Full cross and pillars, bold full waves, 3 dates, 2

mintmarks and assayers, lightly toned Fine with flat areas, part

of edge crude. Estimate: $175-$250.

988. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

354. 27.1 grams. Choice full pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-

castles, bold mintmark, 2 dates and assayers, nice VF. Estimate:

$250-$375.

989. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

354. 27.0 grams. Bold (P)OTOSI and part of king’s name, off-

center cross, bold date and denomination, Fine with much

flatness. Estimate: $175-$250.

990. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-26, CT-

354. 26.6 grams. Very high grade (AU) with choice full pillars-and-

waves, full cross with well-detailed castle, CAROL(VS) in legend,

2 dates and mintmarks, 3 assayers. Estimate: $250-$375.

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991. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C. S-P38, KM-26, CT-

357. 25.7 grams. Full pillars-and-waves, incomplete cross, bold

assayer and 2 bold mintmarks, VF with flat areas. Estimate:

$150-$225.

992. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C. S-P38, KM-26, CT-

357. 25.9 grams. Bold and full but doubled cross and pillars-and-

waves, bold date and 2 mintmarks, VF with flat areas and one

old scratch. Estimate: $175-$250.

993. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1679C. S-P38, KM-26, CT-

357. 27.0 grams. Full pillars, full but off-center cross, 2 assayers,

very weak date, AVF with flat areas. Estimate: $100-$150.

994. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1683V. S-P39, KM-26, CT-

365. 27.4 grams. Broad flan with full date in legend, full pillars-

and-waves with second date, choice full crown, nearly full cross,

king’s ordinal II, AVF with weak areas. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $275-$400.

995. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1686VR. S-P40, KM-26, CT-

369. 26.8 grams. Two very bold dates (one in legend), full but

doubled pillars and cross, 3 mintmarks, AVF with flat areas.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

996. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1690VR. S-P40, KM-26, CT-

376. 27.5 grams. Broad planchet with excellent full crown, pillars

and waves, also full cross, 3 dates, 2 assayers and mintmarks,very nice AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $325-

$475.

997. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1701Y, Charles II

posthumous. S-P43, KM-26, CT-392. 26.6 grams. Scarce issue with

clear O of king’s name, 2 full dates and assayers, 3 mintmarks,

nice full pillars and bold cross, AVF, much nicer strike than

usual for this assayer. Estimate: $275-$400.

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998. Contemporary counterfeit of a Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8

reales, 1702(Y). 26.9 grams. Thick and chunky planchet that at

first looks like a genuine issue of the 1760s, but the date is

clearly 1702 and other inconsistencies (odd P and lions) belie

its authenticity, toned VF+ but with obvious wear from its

time. Pedigreed to Ponterio auction #93 (March 13-14, 1998), lot

#1280, with lot-card. Estimate: $100-$300.

999. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1706Y, scarce. S-P43a, KM-

31, CT-866. 25.8 grams. Very richly toned, with bold full pillars

(very strong 8 and date), full but crude cross, Fine with flat

peripheries, actually rather nice for its time. Estimate: $300-

$450.

1000. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1708Y. S-P43a, KM-31, CT-

868. 26.5 grams. Very thick and crude but with 2 clear dates, richly

toned Fine with extensive flatness. Estimate: $200-$300.

1001. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1726Y (Louis I), rare.

S-P43b, KM-35, CT-25. 26.5 grams. Three full dates (1726 in legend),

2 mintmarks and assayers, full cross and pillars-and-waves,

nicely toned Fine+, much better strike than usual for this issue.

Estimate: $500-$750.

1002. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1728M, finest known. S-

P44, KM-31, CT-826. 27.5 grams. Incredible quality for this chunky

era, with 100% full and bold date in legend plus 2 others (both

bold), good full pillars and cross, VF with toning in crevices,

very high previous auction price. Pedigreed to the Heritage auction

#3000, lot 50473 (Besalu collection), where it sold for $1,495, and

pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $600-$900.

1003. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1734E. S-P46, KM-31a, CT-

831. 27.1 grams. Choice full pillars and cross, both well centered,

2 dates and mintmarks, 3 assayers, dark VF+ with touch of

corrosion at very edge. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $325-$475.

1004. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1738M. S-P47, KM-31a, CT-

836. 27.9 grams. Full pillars, very bold cross (tall in center), choice

but dark XF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-

$450.

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1005. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales Royal, 1739M. S-P47, KM-31a, CT-837. 25.4 grams. Like all Royal presentation issues in this era,

this coin is very think and nearly round with practically no visible legends, but the inner details are full (choice cross and pillars)

and the thickness of the planchet is even, which is definitely not the case with the business strikes. AVF with contrasting toning,

holed at edge as usual. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

1006. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1740M. S-P47, KM-31a,

CT-838. 27.0 grams. Choice XF+ with super full cross, full but

very slightly doubled pillars, 2 clear dates, 3 mintmarks, darkly

toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

1007. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1748q. S-P50a, KM-40, CT-

358. 26.2 grams. Full and bold cross and pillars, 2+ dates, 2

mintmarks, dark VF+ with edge-crack, choice for the era.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

1008. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1749q. S-P50a, KM-40, CT-

359. 27.1 grams. Superb specimen for its time, with bold full cross

and pillars, 2 dates and mintmarks, 3 full assayers, richly toned

all over, VF+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-

$500.

1009. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1750q. S-P50a, KM-40, CT-

360. 27.0 grams. Choice, lustrous AU with full and bold cross and

pillars-and-waves, bold date and parts of 2 others, 3 assayers, 2

mintmarks, some toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $350-$500.

1010. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1752q. S-P52, KM-40, CT-

364. 27.5 grams. Choice for the era with bold full cross and pillars-

and-waves, 2 bold dates, 3 assayers and mintmarks, darkly toned

XF with part of edge flat. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $350-$500.

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1011. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1753q. S-P52, KM-40, CT-

365. 27.1 grams. Super bold cross (well centered), bold and full

but off-center pillars, 2 mintmarks and assayers, POTOS(I) in

legend, dark but very choice grade of AU. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

1012. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1754C+q, very scarce.

S-P53, KM-40, CT-371. 27.4 grams. Bold pillars with super date and

2 different assayers (C at upper right, q at lower left), also nice

full cross with P to left and C to right, nicely toned AXF. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

1013. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1767V-Y. S-P57, KM-45,

CT-954. 26.8 grams. Round planchet with good full cross, nearly

full pillars, nicely toned VF. Estimate: $250-$375.

1014. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1658E. S-P37a, KM-18, CT-

750. 13.3 grams. Broad flan with full cross and pillars-and-waves,

3 bold dates and mintmarks, 2 assayers, AVF with some flatness,

faint toning that points to the ca.-1671 Seville Harbor wreck

for provenance (unconfirmed). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $325-$475.

1015. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1659E. S-P37a, KM-18, CT-

751. 12.7 grams. Good but off-center cross with bold E to right,

full pillars with clear date, nicely toned Fined with peripheral

flatness. Estimate: $175-$250.

1016. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1676E, rare. S-P37b, KM-

25, CT-501. 12.6 grams. Clear date above full waves (doubled pillars),

nearly full cross, nicely toned but crude About Fine with flatness,

rare date (missing in Sellschopp). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $250-$375.

1017. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1682V, scarce. S-P39, KM-

25, CT-509. 13.7 grams. Full and bold pillars, nice but off-center

cross, 2 bold dates, 3 assayers, (CA)ROLVS in legend, VF with

attractively toned fields, scarce date (missing in Karon). Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

1018. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1703Y, scarce. S-P43a,

KM-30, CT-1084. 12.4 grams. Full and well-centered pillars, nearly

full but off-center cross with most of crown above, clear date,

bold mintmark, dusty AVF for issue. Estimate: $175-$250.

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1019. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1745q, scarce. S-P50, KM-30a, CT-1131. 11.8 grams. Bold full pillars with clear date, full cross,

dark and lightly corroded as from unidentified salvage (XF details), also scarcer date (missing in Karon). Estimate: $200-$300.

1020. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1748q. S-P50a, KM-39, CT-435. 13.6 grams. Choice for era with full pillars and cross, 2 dates, 3

assayers, dark AXF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

1021. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1750E, scarce. S-P51, KM-39, CT-437. 13.4 grams. High grade (XF+) and choice for the era,

with full cross and pillars, bold date and parts of 2 others, 2 assayers, darkly toned all over, scarce date (missing in Karon).

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

1022. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1767V-Y. S-P57, KM-44, CT-1160. 13.3 grams. Typically thick and chunky but somewhat round

flan with bold denomination and clear date, well-centered and nicely toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$150-$225.

1023. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1653E, PH at top. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-898. 7.1 grams. Bold full waves, good full cross, 3 dates,

toned Fine+ with some peripheral flatness. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

1024. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1655E. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-901. 5.3 grams. Fat urn shape with extra wide and bold pillars, nearly

full cross, 2 dates, nicely toned AVF with some edges flat. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1025. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1656E. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-900. 7.0 grams. Broad flan with bold full pillars-and-waves, full cross,

3 dates, 2 assayers, toned Fine with touch of corrosion. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1026. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1657E. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-905. 5.9 grams. Choice full pillars-and-waves and cross, 2 bold dates

and mintmarks, VF with rich old toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1027. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1658E, finest known. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-906. 7.1 grams. Near-perfect, Royal-like detail all

over, well-centered, with bold date in legend and 2 others, 3 mintmarks, AXF with nice toning on fields, best specimen we have

seen. Pedigreed to the Paul Karon and Mark Bir collections. Estimate: $350-$500.

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1028. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1660E. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-908. 6.4 grams. Crude broad flan with much interior flatness and

some doubling, 4-digit date in legend and parts of 2 others, bold assayer, full waves, AVF for wear, toned in crevices. Pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1029. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1661E. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-909. 5.7 grams. Crude flan but with some bold strike in high grade

(one castle pristine), full king’s ordinal IIII, one choice full pillar with bold P and E and date, second date below cross, toned XF

with big flat area. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

1030. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1662E. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-910. 5.7 grams. Broad flan with full cross and waves, 2 dates and

assayers and mintmarks, old-toned Fine with scratches and minor edge-split. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-

$135.

1031. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1663E, scarce. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-911. 4.4 grams. Nice full pillars-and-waves and cross, 2 bold

dates and mintmarks, nicely toned AXF with flat areas and scratches, oddly underweight. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $150-$225.

1032. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1664E, scarce. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-912. 5.9 grams. Huge flan with choice full pillars and bold

waves (also nice crown), full but partially flat cross, 2 dates, 3 mintmarks, XF with some luster and toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

1033. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1665E. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-913. 6.2 grams. Full and bold waves, nearly full pillars and cross, bold

full date and mintmark and assayer, AXF with peripheral flatness, contrasting toning, edge-split. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $125-$200.

1034. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1666E. S-P37a, KM-16, CT-914. 6.1 grams. Three dates, 2

assayers, good but incomplete cross and off-center pillars, king’s name in legend, nicely

toned AVF with peripheral flatness and edge-split. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$150-$225.

1035. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1667E, interesting shape. S-P37a, KM-16,

CT-594. 7.5 grams. Absolutely immense flan with dull point (would make a seriously

cool guitar pick!), with choice full pillars-and-waves and nice cross, 2 dates and

assayers, richly toned VF with 2 flat areas near edge, one of which bears a

plugged hole. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

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1036. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1668E. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-595. 6.4 grams. Good full cross and pillars-and-waves with bold

date, clear assayer, (P)OTOSI in legend, toned VF with light corrosion as from unidentified salvage. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1037. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1669E, scarce. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-596. 6.4 grams. Bold 669 date in legend plus parts of 2

others, 2 assayers, nearly full pillars and cross but much flatness, otherwise AVF, edge-split, scarce date (missing in Karon).

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1038. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1670E, scarce. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-597. 7.1 grams. Superb strike with full cross and pillars-and

waves, 3 dates and assayers, XF+ with contrasting tan sediment on fields, possibly the best we have ever seen. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

1039. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1671E. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-598. 5.5 grams. Full 4-digit date in legend and bold date above full

waves, incomplete cross with clear CAROL(VS) in legend, crude Fine+ with flat areas and edge-splits. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

1040. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1672E. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-599. 5.8 grams. Super full pillars and cross with excellent detail

against toned fields, bold date and assayer and 2 bold mintmarks, VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

1041. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1673E, scarce. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-600. 4.5 grams. Good full cross, full but off-center pillars-

and-waves, 2 dates and assayers, Fine+ with contrasting toning, small hole near edge. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$100-$150.

1042. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1675E. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-602. 6.5 grams. Broad flan with full pillars and cross, 2 dates and

assayers and mintmarks, a bit crude though, Fine with patchy toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1043. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1676E, scarce. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-603. 5.3 grams. Big, teapot-shaped flan with 2 super bold

dates, nearly full cross and pillars, choice full crown, 3 assayers, 2 mintmarks, Fine with toned fields and some flatness. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

1044. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1677+76E, rare. S-P37b. 5.7 grams. Bold full 776 date below nearly full cross, good full pillars

with bold 77 date, Fine with peripheral flatness and tiny hole at edge. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

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1045. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-24, CT-606. 8.1 grams. Big, thick coin (vastly overweight) with bold date in

excellent full pillars-and-waves, full but slightly messy cross, 3 assayers, 2 mintmarks, Fine with flat spots, some toning. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

1046. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1679V. S-P39, KM-24, CT-608. 7.0 grams. Full 4-digit date in legend plus 2 others above full

waves and below nearly full cross, off-center strike, Fine+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1047. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1680V. S-P39, KM-24, CT-609. 5.8 grams. Nice full tops of pillars and crown, good but incomplete

cross, bold date and 2 bold mintmarks, VF with flat peripheries but nicely toned fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$125-$200.

1048. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1682V, finest known. S-P39, KM-24, CT-611. 6.5 grams. Incredibly choice, high-grade specimen

on a big, onion-shaped flan with 100% full cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves, 2 dates and all 3 mintmarks and assayers,

bold king’s ordinal II, a couple minor edge-splits but nicely toned, AU, best specimen we have ever seen. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

1049. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1683V. S-P39, KM-24, CT-612. 5.3 grams. Interestingly large and somewhat heart-shaped flan

with nice full cross and pillars-and-waves, 2 dates and mintmarks, 3 assayers, Fine+ with nicely toned fields, but 2 holes and one

attempted at edge. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

1050. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1684V. S-P39, KM-24, CT-613. 5.8 grams. Choice full cross-lions-castles and pillars but very

crude edge (as made), bold date, 2 mintmarks, VF+ with tan sediment on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$150-$225.

1051. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1685VR. S-P40, KM-24, CT-615. 6.7 grams. High grade (XF+), with full cross and pillars-and-

waves, 3 clear dates, king’s ordinal II, partially toned and with some weak areas. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-

$225.

1052. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1686VR. S-P40, KM-24, CT-617. 7.8 grams. Choice specimen on a huge flan (30 mm) with

excellent (well-centered) full cross and pillars, 3 bold dates, 2+ assayers and parts of 3 mintmarks, AXF, attractively toned, one

of the best specimens possible. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

1053. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1687VR. S-P40, KM-24, CT-618. 6.7 grams. Super broad planchet with great full cross and

pillars, 2 dates and assayers and mintmarks, very nice strike but a bit worn (Fine), richly toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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1054. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1688VR. S-P40, KM-24,

CT-619. 6.1 grams. Bold 4-digit date in legend plus other 2 bold as

well, worn (About Fine) and with much flatness but still nice,

with contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $110-$175.

1055. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1689VR. S-P40, KM-24,

CT-620. 5.6 grams. Choice bold details (full cross and pillars-and-

waves, both slightly doubled), 2 bold dates, 3 assayers and

mintmarks, (CA)ROLVS II in legend, somewhat lemon-shaped

VF with contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $150-$225.

1056. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1690VR. S-P40, KM-24,

CT-621. 6.6 grams. Crude strike (much flatness) but with parts of

all 3 dates, 3 clear assayers, one choice full pillar, Fine+ for

actual wear. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-

$175.

1057. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1693VR. S-P40, KM-24,

CT-624. 6.2 grams. Full cross and pillars, 3 mintmarks, 2 assayers,

Fine with lightly toned fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $125-$200.

1058. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1695VR. S-P40, KM-24,

CT-626. 6.0 grams. Great full pillars and cross, good full crown,

bold date, 2 assayers and mintmarks, richly toned XF. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1059. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1696VR. S-P40, KM-24,

CT-627. 5.8 grams. Roundish flan with super full pillars, good full

cross, 2 dates, 3 mintmarks and assayers, attractively toned F-

VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

1060. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1697VR. S-P40, KM-24,

CT-628. 6.9 grams. Three clear dates, nearly full cross and pillars,

lustrous and high grade (at least XF) but with some weak strike.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1061. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1697CH, rare. S-P41, KM-

24, CT-629. 6.4 grams. Lustrous and high-grade specimen (XF+)

of a rare one-year assayer, visible clearly 3 times on this coin,

also with choice full cross and good but very slightly doubled

full pillars, no toning. Estimate: $350-$500.

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1062. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1698F. S-P42, KM-24, CT-

631. 6.1 grams. Crude strike (flat spots) but with 2 clear dates and

assayers, richly toned AVF with some dark sediment. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1063. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1700F, sideways 8 for

00 in date. S-P42, KM-24, CT-633. 7.2 grams. Choice full pillars-

and-waves, nice but slightly off-center full cross, beautifully

toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-

$375.

1064. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1726(Y), Louis I, scarce,

mounted pillars-side out in 14K necklace bezel. S-P43b, KM-

34, CT-39. 9.8 grams. Very worn coin (AVG) but with decent cross

above full date, second date above full waves, nicely toned, with

tiny sapphires on prongs of bezel. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1065. Potosí, Bolivia, special “zoomorphic” presentation-

issue cob 2 reales, 1735E, in the form of a two-headed

condor, unique and important. S-P46, KM-29a, CT-1358. 9.6

grams. A major highlight of this sale, showing just how skilled

the craftsmen at the mint could be, as the planchet for this

coin was carefully cut to mirror the coat-of-arms of Potosí—

principally a two-

headed condor—and

was struck deeply

once to get the main

design and then

several more times

around the edge with

just parts of the dies

in a very artistic way,

sometimes even

upside-down, even

going so far as to

place dots for the

condors’ eyes! The

Potosí coat-of-arms

(which mirrored that

of the city of Toledo

in Spain) is an

intentional double

entendre using both

Habsburg and native

Andean imagery,

which were eerily

similar and differed

only in the type of

bird, eagles being

common in Spain

and condors being

common in Peru. In

effect this coin is a

presentation issue

that goes beyond the

level of Royals and

even Hearts, and so

we surmise it had a very special purpose. We note with interest

that in that same year for the first time a representative of the

Inca natives, Don Alberto Chosop, was granted an official

position in the Spanish government, so perhaps this was a

welcome gift for him. Another possibility is that this issue is

linked to the naming of José Antonio de Mendoza as Viceroy

of Peru in 1735. In any case we know from other pieces that

this assayer, Estéban Gutiérrez de Escalante, was in the habit

of making special numismatic works of art, not just Hearts

and Royals but also a famous llama 4 reales of 1734 (much

simpler in craftsmanship than the present item), sold by

Ponterio in 1995 for $18,000 (worth considerably more today).

Actually our two-headed condor piece has also appeared at

auction before, but in the form of a cast counterfeit in

A l m a n z a r ’ s

December 1976 sale.

We can trace the

ownership of our

coin, by all accounts

the genuine original

from which the

counterfeit was cast,

back to that time,

when it must have

left the estate of a

Bolivian family with

noble roots and

entered the

numismatic world,

passing through the

hands of some

i m p o r t a n t

numismatists like

Carlos Janson of

Argentina. We feel

this unique coin,

XF+ with beautiful

natural toning, truly

has no limit to value,

but for comparison

we point to the

second-to-last entry

in Lázaro’s book on

Royals and other

special presentation

coins, an eagle-

shaped 8 reales of

1752, to which the

author gave a value of $80,000 in 1996. In terms of zoomorphic

cobs (which, by the way, all have weights that do not necessarily

correspond to their denominations), if the eagle is the most

valuable 8R and the llama is the most valuable 4R, then by all

rights our two-headed condor should be the most valuable 2R

and deserves a place with the two larger coins as the sine qua

non of Potosí cobs. We congratulate the new owner in advance.

Estimate: $25,000-up.

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1066. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1739M. S-P47, KM-29a, CT-1364. 6.7 grams. Nice bold pillars, nearly full but off-center cross,

VF with dark orange sediment on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1067. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1741/0P, rare overdate. S-P48. 6.3 grams. Second specimen known (last one sold by us in

2005), with overdate only below the full cross, the main date in the full pillars just 741, all well centered and nice for the era,

toned AVF. Estimate: $150-$225.

1068. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1744q. S-P50, KM-29a, CT-1373. 6.6 grams. Bold full cross, perfectly centered, also full pillars, 2

dates, nicely toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

1069. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1761V-(Y). S-P57, KM-43, CT-1359. 6.6 grams. Bold date between pillars, off-center cross, 2

assayers, typically crude, Fine with dark sediment on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1070. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1762(V-Y), cut into pomegranate(?) shape. S-P57, KM-43, CT-1360. 5.0 grams. Clear date

and part of another, nearly full cross and pillars, cut outside the mint into a curious finial shape that we guess is a pomegranate,

holed in the trunk and obviously well worn (AVG) after the cutting. Estimate: $70-$100.

1071. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1766V-Y. S-P57, KM-43, CT-1365. 6.0 grams. Typically chunky flan with good cross and pillars

(for the type), lightly toned Fine, nice old pedigree. Pedigreed to the Echenique Collection, with small tray and label Estimate: $175-$250.

1072. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, 1772(V)-Y. S-P59, KM-43, CT-1374. 6.5 grams. Big bold cross, bold date between pillars, chunky

Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1073. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1652E (post-transitional), 1-PH-6 at top. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1052. 3.1 grams. Good full cross,

full pillars and bold waves, bold (1)-PH-6, king’s ordinal IIII, 2 dates, 3 assayers, About Fine for wear. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1074. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1653E, PH at top. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1053. 3.8 grams. Bold details, full cross and pillars, 2 dates

and assayers, nicely toned Fine+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1075. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1654E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1054. 2.5 grams. Three clear dates, full but partially flat cross, bold

waves, Fine with mostly dark toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1076. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1655E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1055. 2.2 grams. Two bold dates, very bold waves, nearly full cross and

pillars, king’s ordinal IIII, Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

1077. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1656E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1056. 2.6 grams. Full 4-digit date in legend plus 1-1/2 others, most of

king’s name visible, full but off-center cross, very off-center pillars (one full), richly toned Fine+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $110-$175.

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1078. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1657E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1057. 2.8 grams. Full 4-digit date in legend, good cross, off-center

pillars, PHIL(IPPVS) in legend, VF with patchy toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

1079. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1658E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1058. 3.6 grams. Good full pillars-and-waves with clear main date and

4-digit date in legend, third date below bold but crudely doubled cross, Fine with contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

1080. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1659E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1059. 5.8 grams. Very overweight flan that could pass for a 2R, with flat

peripheries but nice full cross, full pillars, clear date, 3 assayers, toned AVF with edge-split. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $100-$150.

1081. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1660E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1060. 2.8 grams. Nearly full cross and pillars, 2 dates, About Fine with

flat peripheries and dark sediment on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1082. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1661E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1061. 3.0 grams. Good full cross and pillars-and-waves, clear date, 3

assayers, 2 mintmarks, nicely toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1083. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1662E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1062. 3.1 grams. Bold cross and pillars, both well centered, but with flat

peripheries, Fine with dark sediment on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1084. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1663E, scarce. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1063. 3.1 grams. Choice detail, full pillars and nearly full cross,

2 bold dates and mintmarks, VF with wonderful toning on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

1085. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1664E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1064. 2.8 grams. Full 4-digit date in legend plus 2 others, one bold pillar

and full waves, good full cross, 2 mintmarks, lightly toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $110-$175.

1086. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1665E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1065. 2.7 grams. Choice, high-grade details (super lion and castle)

where not flat, with 2 dates, nice crown, lightly toned XF+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1087. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1666E. S-P37a, KM-13, CT-1066. 4.2 grams. Great full cross, full pillars, 2 clear dates and assayers,

toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1088. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1667E, Charles II. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-703. 3.8 grams. Choice full cross with clear date and bold

king’s ordinal II, full 4-digit date in legend and third date between pillars, AVF with dark and nicely contrasting toning on fields.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

1089. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1668E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-704. 3.2 grams. Smallish flan with choice but off-center cross above

bold date, full pillars with second bold date, lightly toned VF+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

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1090. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1669E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-705. 3.0 grams. Choice full cross with perfectly detailed lions and

castles, also choice full pillars, 2 dates and mintmarks and assayers, VF+ with lovely toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $125-$200.

1091. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1670E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-706. 2.3 grams. Thin, salvaged specimen with bold date, nearly full

cross, Fine with much dark toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1092. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1671E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-707. 2.7 grams. Odd shape, bold date between pillars, nearly full cross

with second date below, AVF with flat spots and patchy toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1093. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1672/1E, scarce overdate. S-P37b, KM-23. 2.7 grams. Smallish flan with full cross and pillars,

clear date and overdate on both sides (third specimen we have seen), lightly toned Fine+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $70-$100.

1094. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1672E, natural heart shape (as made). S-P37b, KM-23, CT-708. 3.4 grams. Somewhat crude but

with bold date, dark AVF with flat areas, flan a bit bent, desirable shape. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1095. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1673/2E, rare overdate. S-P37b, KM-23. 2.5 grams. Full pillars with bold date (second example

of this overdate we have seen), 2 assayers, lightly toned Fine with flat areas. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1096. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1674E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-710. 3.9 grams. Curious turnip shape with sharp point, full pillars and

cross, 4-digit date in legend plus main on between pillars, Fine with uneven toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$80-$120.

1097. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1675E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-711. 3.3 grams. Choice full cross and bold pillars, bold date in legend,

clear main date, AVF with attractively contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1098. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1676E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-712. 2.3 grams. Crude strike but technically decent grade (XF), with 2

dates and mintmarks, 3 assayers, dark encrustation in crevices. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1099. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1677/6E, overdate on pillars side, rare. S-P37b, KM-23. 2.3 grams. Choice bold pillars-and-

waves with very bold date and overdate, good but off-center cross, 2 assayers, VF with very faint pitting and toned in crevices.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1100. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1677/6E, overdate on cross side, rare. S-P37b, KM-23. 3.9 grams. Choice details, full pillars but

incomplete cross, both dates clear (with 7/6 only below the cross) and with curious up-pointing serif on front tip of each 7, also

with full pomegranate ornament at top, full Potosí, one full lion with long tongue and no forepaw (looks like a running lizard),

richly toned XF, quite an intriguing piece! Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

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1101. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1678E. S-P37b, KM-23, CT-714. 4.2 grams. Very bold full cross and pillars with particularly bold

date, 2 assayers, VF+ with toning on fields, thick and slightly overweight flan. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-

$150.

1102. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1679C. S-P38, KM-23, CT-716. 3.8 grams. Bold date and assayer above bold waves, otherwise crude

and mostly flat, off-center cross, Fine or so. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1103. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1680V. S-P39, KM-23, CT-718. 3.1 grams. Full 4-digit date in legend due to off-center pillars with

second date above waves, nice full cross, 2 assayers, non-toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1104. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1681V. S-P39, KM-23, CT-719. 4.1 grams. Full 4-digit date in legend plus 2 others, good full cross,

toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1105. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1682V. S-P39, KM-23, CT-720. 2.8 grams. Three dates, full pillars and cross with well-detailed lions

and castles, VF with dark encrustation in crevices. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1106. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1683V. S-P39, KM-23, CT-721. 3.3 grams. Round turnip shape with sharp point, one bold pillar and

nearly full cross, AVF with spotty black toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1107. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1684/3V, rare overdate. S-P39. 3.2 grams. Decent cross and pillars despite wear (About Fine),

clear date and overdate (only the second one we have seen), 3 assayers, patchy toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$100-$150.

1108. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1684V. S-P39, KM-23, CT-722. 3.3 grams. Great full cross and pillars, 3 dates (full 4-digit date in

legend) and mintmarks and assayers, lightly toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1109. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1684VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-723. 3.1 grams. Nice full cross, one full pillar, AVF with contrasting

dark sediment on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1110. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1685VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-724. 3.5 grams. Full pillars with bold date, second bold date below very

off-center cross, (CA)ROLVS II in legend, nicely toned Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1111. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1686VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-725. 3.0 grams. Interesting harp shape with good full cross, full but

doubled pillars, 2 dates and mintmarks and assayers, AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1112. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1687VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-726. 3.2 grams. Broad and rather spread-out flan with full but crude

cross and pillars, 4-digit date in legend plus 2 others, 3 assayers, Fine, mostly toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$70-$100.

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1113. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1688VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-727. 3.5 grams. Worn (VG) but with good full pillars and cross, 2 dates

and assayers and mintmarks, richly toned all over. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1114. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1689VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-728. 2.7 grams. Choice full cross, good full pillars, bold date, 2

mintmarks, VF details with nicely contrasting toning but looks like salvage. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1115. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1690VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-729. 2.7 grams. Choice full cross, one full and bold pillar, 2 dates and

mintmarks, VF with dark and contrasting toning on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1116. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1691VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-730. 3.2 grams. Bold date and mintmark above prominent waves,

mostly flat and off-center cross with one good castle, About Fine with toned fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$50-$75.

1117. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1692VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-731. 4.1 grams. Nice full cross, full pillars, 2 dates, one nice lion, edges

look clipped but still overweight, AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1118. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1693VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-732. 3.5 grams. Curious shape with sharp point, half of cross and

most of pillars-and-waves bold, one bold date and 2 assayers, Fine with weak area. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$60-$90.

1119. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1694VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-733. 3.2 grams. Bold full pillars with assayer and date and mintmark all

prominent, weak and off-center cross, Fine overall. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1120. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1695VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-734. 2.6 grams. Crude shape with bold full pillars, mostly flat cross, 2

dates, bold assayer, deeply toned Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1121. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1696VR. S-P40, KM-23, CT-735. 2.7 grams. Nice full cross below full crown, good full pillars, 2

dates, 3 assayers, VF, sharply pointed flan. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1122. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1697VR. S-P40, KM-23. 3.3 grams. Great full cross with well-detailed lions, bold full pillars

(choice tops), 2 dates, VF+ with toning on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1123. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1697CH, rare assayer. S-P41, KM-23, CT-736. 3.0 grams. Broad flan but somewhat weak, with full

castles and pillars, clear date and assayer, Fine with dark sediment in crevices. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-

$200.

1124. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1697F, rare. S-P42, KM-23, CT-737. 4.0 grams. Salvaged but with nice XF details, full pillars and

nearly full cross, 3 assayers (actually rarer than the celebrated CH for this date and denomination), darkly toned and encrusted.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

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1125. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1698F. S-P42, KM-23, CT-738. 3.3 grams. Crude flan, one full pillar, full but doubled cross, clear

date and assayer and mintmark, AVF with edge-split. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1126. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1699F. S-P42, KM-23, CT-739. 3.3 grams. One full pillar, full but off-center cross with well-detailed

lions, lightly toned AVF with flatness. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1127. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1710Y, date as “10” only, rare. S-P43a, KM-28, CT-1638. 3.8 grams. Very bold date between pillars

(first we have seen with only 2 digits), crude cross, Fine with much flatness. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1128. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1714Y. S-P43a, KM-28, CT-1642. 2.4 grams. Bold full Y-714-P above waves, good full cross, nicely

toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1129. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1725Y, Louis I, scarce. S-P43b, KM-33, CT-49. 2.9 grams. Clear date, most of cross, otherwise

typically crude with lots of flatness, lightly toned Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1130. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1726Y, Louis I, scarce. S-P43b, KM-33, CT-50. 2.1 grams. Nice full cross, one full pillar with bold

date, 2 assayers, AVF with dark sediment on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1131. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1739M. S-P47, KM-28a, CT-1672. 3.8 grams. Nice and full but slightly off-center cross, full pillars-

and-waves, 2 dates, nicely toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1132. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1744q. S-P50, KM-28a, CT-1680. 3.3 grams. Clear pillars-side date, one nice castle in incomplete

cross, chunky Fine+, lightly toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1133. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1 real, 1746q. S-P50, KM-28a, CT-1682. 3.0 grams. Bold but off-center cross, bold full pillars, 2 dates, nice

VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1134. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1657. S-P37a, KM-B12, CT-1170. 1.8 grams. Full 4-digit date in legend, plus 3-digit date below

full monogram with crown and pomegranate flanked by dots above, off-center cross, About Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1135. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1661E, scarce. S-P37a, KM-B12. 2.1 grams. Bold 61 of date below full monogram, bold 16 of

second date in legend, bold mintmark, part of king’s name and ordinal visible, Fine, scarce date (missing in Sellschopp). Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1136. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1662. S-P37a, KM-B12, CT-1173. 1.7 grams. Off-center strike with bold date below full monogram,

king’s name in legend, full Potosí outside cross, Fine with weak spots. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1137. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1663E, scarce. S-P37a, KM-B12, CT-1173a. 0.8 gram. Thin and corroded and mostly flat

specimen with clear 663 date and assayer E, Fine for actual wear. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $25-$40.

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1138. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1665E, scarce. S-P37a, KM-B12, CT-1175. 1.7 grams. Full but off-center monogram and cross,

bold assayer, Fine with big flat area beyond details. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $30-$45.

1139. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1667, Charles II. S-P37b, KM-22. 1.9 grams. Choice full monogram and date with second date

in legend, bold full cross, nicely toned XF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1140. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1672. S-P37b, KM-22, CT-825. 1.5 grams. Clear date below most of monogram, full but off-

center cross, king’s name in legend, Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $35-$50.

1141. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1674. S-P37b, KM-22, CT-826. 1.7 grams. Bold date in legend, most of monogram with clear date

below, toned Fine+ with some weak areas, nice toning on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1142. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1675. S-P37b, KM-22, CT-827. 1.9 grams. Bold date above king’s name on off-center monogram

side, good full cross, toned About Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1143. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1676. S-P37b, KM-22, CT-828. 2.6 grams. Full monogram above 2-digit date, messy cross due to

weak strike and corrosion, Fine overall, oddly overweight. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $30-$45.

1144. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1678+79, unique mule. S-P38. 1.2 grams. Round flan with full cross above bold 79 date,

nearly full monogram above bold 678 date (only specimen we know of), Fine with contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

1145. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1682V. S-P39, KM-22, CT-833. 2.3 grams. Very bold date below most of monogram, choice

cross with second date below, VF with dark toning on fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1146. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1684. S-P39, KM-22, CT-835. 1.5 grams. Cute turnip-shaped flan with full cross above bold date,

bold monogram above bold full date, VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1147. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1685. S-P40, KM-22, CT-836. 1.6 grams. Bold full 4-digit date in legend (off-center cross), full

monogram above second date, AVF with patchy toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1148. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1686. S-P40, KM-22, CT-837. 1.0 gram. Two bold dates, most of cross, crude shape, Fine with

much flatness. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1149. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1687. S-P40, KM-22, CT-838. 1.2 grams. Full monogram and date, nearly full cross, faintly toned

Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $25-$40.

1150. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1688. S-P40, KM-22, CT-839. 1.7 grams. Very bold date below off-center monogram, second

date below nice full cross, richly toned VF+. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1151. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1689. S-P40, KM-22, CT-840. 1.1 grams. Bold date below full monogram, second date in legend

outside nearly full cross, darkly toned, salvaged, with AXF details. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

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1152. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1691. S-P40, KM-22, CT-842. 2.1 grams. Choice full monogram and cross on a cute turnip-

shaped planchet with sharp point, AVF with nicely contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1153. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1692. S-P40, KM-22, CT-843. 1.2 grams. Smallish flan with bold date below full monogram, full

but slightly off-center cross, silvery AVF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1154. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1693. S-P40, KM-22, CT-844. 1.4 grams. Crude shape, bold date, good full cross, silvery Fine.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1155. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1698. S-P42, KM-22, CT-849. 2.2 grams. Nice full monogram above bold partial date, very nice

cross above bold second date, VF+ with toned fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1156. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1700, sideways 8 for 00 in date. S-P42, KM-22, CT-851. 2.0 grams. Very bold date with curious

rendering of 00 as a sideways 8, full cross, crude edge, nicely toned VF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1157. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1701, posthumous Charles II, scarce. S-P42, CT-852. 1.2 grams. Date in legend, full but weak

monogram with partial second date below, Fine or so, scarce date (missing in Karon). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$60-$90.

1158. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1718, scarce. S-P43a, KM-27, CT-1890. 1.6 grams. Full 4-digit date below nearly full monogram,

incomplete cross, Fine with contrasting toning on fields, scarce date (missing in Sellschopp). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $40-$60.

1159. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, (1725-7), Louis I, scarce. S-P43b, KM-32. 1.7 grams. Full monogram and cross, typically

crude, Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1160. Potosí, Bolivia, cob 1/2 real, 1769, rare. S-P57, KM-41. 1.7 grams. Small thick flan with very bold date (very rare thus), good

cross, VF with toned fields. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

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OTHER SILVER COBSDominican Republic

1161. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 4 maravedís, Charles-Joanna, assayer not visible (F or oF), with

backwards S countermark for Jamaica (1/11 real, 1581-82), rare. S-SD1. 3.0 grams. Very bold countermark but little else

(corroded and weak), but the countermark is the most interesting part, as it is linked to a sordid episode in which the governor

of imported coins from Santo Domingo that cost him 1/25 real each yet he distributed at 1/11 real each! Estimate: $60-$90.

1162. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 4 maravedís, Charles I (1558-1564), mintmark S-P, assayer F, very

rare. S-SD1, KM-50, CT-73. 4.8 grams. Seldom-seen “second” style of Caribbean coppers with nice full castle flanked by S-P in the

tressure and full lion above assayer F, much legend, dark-brown Fine+. Estimate: $300-$450.

1163. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 4 maravedís, Charles I (1558-1564), mintmark S-P, assayer F, very

rare. S-SD1, KM-50, CT-73. 3.7 grams. “Second” type of coppers with (KAROLVS) OINTVS in legend, full castle flanked by S and

P, full lion with F under his belly, nice AVF with small edge-split. Estimate: $300-$450.

Colombia

1166. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/2 real, Philip IV, assayer

not visible, quadrants of cross typically transposed, scarce.

R-M16, KM-8. 1.6 grams. Nearly full cross, most of monogram,

worn (VG+) but with contrasting toning in crevices. Estimate:

$60-$90.

1167. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/2 real, Charles II

(“CARLOS” visible, but Philip monogram), assayer not

visible, quadrants of cross transposed, scarce. R-M54, KM-

A8. 1.2 grams. Nice full cross and monogram, bottom of CARLOS

in legend, REX where date should be, Fine with contrasting

toning. Estimate: $125-$200.

1164. Cartagena, Colombia, cob 8 reales, (16)3(0)E,

mintmark RN to left, rare. S-C3, CT-254. 27.3 grams. Big and

solid flan with super bold and full cross, nearly full and well-

detailed shield, full RNE, non-toned XF with parts of edge

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

1165. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/2 real, Philip IV, assayer

not visible, lions and castles in proper quadrants, rare. R-

M16, KM-8. 1.2 grams. Partial date (hazy final digit, looks like a 2),

most of cross (Good or so) but practically blank (Fair)

monogram side. Estimate: $60-$90.

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1168. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/4 real, early 1650s, very

rare denomination. R-M14, S-B7. 0.7 gram. With full lion on one

side, the castle side off-center and messy, silvery as salvaged

but with good toning, Fine or so for actual wear. Colombian

quarter reales like this can be dated by comparing the castle

and lion punches with the 8R of the same year, as the same

punches were used in the shield of the larger coin. In the case

of this coin, however, the punches match with several different

dates in the early 1650s. Estimate: $350-$500.

1169. Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/4 real, (1657) by style, very

rare denomination, unique date (unlisted in Restrepo and

Lasser). R-M14, S-B7. 0.9 gram. Off-center Fine with full lion,

nearly full castle, some hairline scratches under nice toning,

datable to 1657 by matching with the 8R of the same year.

Estimate: $400-$600.

Panama

1170. Silver “plata corriente” money piece, Charles I (Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire), 38.3 grams, with tax

stamp showing, very rare. We have handled several shipwreck specimens of this erstwhile coinage (mostly eradicated after

minting began) broken off crude ingots, but never with clear portions of the king’s tax stamp, as you see on this piece, in fact a

double stamp on different levels (very lumpy, but a fairly substantial chunk), letters ER of IMPERATOR visible. Used and found

in Panama. Estimate: $250-$375.

1171. Silver “plata corriente” money piece, Charles I (Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire), 12.6 grams, with tax

stamp showing, very rare. Small, rectangular lump with tan sediment all over but faint tax stamp peeking through all of one

side. Used and found in Panama. Estimate: $150-$225.

1172. Silver “plata corriente” money piece, Charles I (Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire), 11.7 grams, with tax

stamp showing, very rare. Small, irregular lump with deep, bold stamp on one side that shows MPER of IMPERATOR. Used

and found in Panama. Estimate: $150-$225.

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1173. Burgos, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, with P countermark on reverse, extremely rare. 3.1 grams. Bold and deeply

impressed countermark that was only recently discovered and tentatively attributed to Panama, in fact believed to be the first

countermark of the Americas and from the period prior to the first Mexican coins in 1536 (but probably after the crowned-F

issues made in Spain specifically for importation to the New World, since the city of Panama was not founded by the Spaniards

until 1519). Note this is the first time this extremely rare issue has ever been offered at auction, specimens of which have been

found alongside similar coins with countermark C (probably for Castilla de Oro, the name for the region) in only two places: In

land finds in Panama, and on a ca.-1556 wreck off Cuba dubbed the “Ines de Soto wreck.” Choice VF with full Gothic legends

and inner details, lightly toned in crevices. Estimate: $500-$1,000.

1174. Seville, Spain, copper 4 maravedís, Ferdinand-Isabel,

struck for use New World, rare. CT-638. 6.7 grams. Lightly

corroded and patinated but with clear crowned Y and F on

one side and crowned F on the other side, full Gothic legends,

VF for actual wear. Estimate: $125-$200.

1175. Burgos, Spain, copper 2 maravedís, Ferdinand-

Isabel, struck for use New World, rare. CT-533. 3.1 grams. Nice

XF with dark brown toning all over, full inner details (crowned

Y and F on one side and crowned F between B’s and ringlets

on other side) and full Gothic legends. Estimate: $125-$200.

1176. Panama City, Panama, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer (o)B to left, AP-4 to right, extremely rare and finest

known. S-AP4. 13.7 grams. Recently discovered specimen (adding to the estimated 50 examples across all the denominations) with

choice full inner details and much legend, including full crown, the cross and shield especially choice, AXF with beautiful light

toning on fields, bold assayer B (note how it was contrived, as no B-punch was available), a match with Proctor #4R.6B but light

years better in quality, in fact the finest of all the known Panama cob 4 reales. Estimate: $5,000-$7,500.

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1177. Panama City, Panama, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer (o)B to left below AP, very rare. S-AP4, KM-4. 5.7 grams. The

polar opposite to the last lot, this is perhaps the worst-known specimen, as well over half the flan has been eaten away from

corrosion, but what is left is actually very clear and high grade (XF, darkly but evenly toned), enough to match this piece with

Proctor #4R.1B, potentially a good opportunity to get a Panama cob on the cheap. From a ca.-1590 wreck off the Yucatan peninsula

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

1178. Panama City, Panama, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, AP to left, P to right, M below monogram, very rare. S-AP2, KM-1,

CT-720. 1.6 grams. Very choice high-grade specimen (matching Proctor #HR.3PM, to which our specimen is far superior) with

bold AP, clear P and M, nice full crown and monogram, exquisite full cross-lions-castles, lightly toned AU, very likely the finest

known (although the half reales typically come nicer than the larger denominations). Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

Guatemala

1179. Guatemala, crown countermark (1663) on a Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip III, assayer T. KM-B1.3, CT-Type 175.

5.3 grams. In response to the debasement scandal in Potosí, it was necessary to countermark the old shield-type 2 reales that were

circulating in Guatemala, and now these countermarks are highly sought by Central American collectors. Bold and nearly full

countermark on well-worn and underweight host (VG, possibly clipped and then further circulated). Estimate: $125-$200.

1180. Guatemala, crown countermark (1663) on a Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, assayer T. KM-B1.4, CT-Type 175.

6.7 grams. Choice countermark, full and bold, on typically worn host (About Fine), desirable issue among Central American

collectors. Estimate: $125-$200.

1181. Guatemala, crown countermark (1663) on a Potosí, Bolivia, cob 2 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible. KM-B1.4,

CT-Type 175. 6.0 grams. Very choice, full countermark with lovely toning in crevices, the host coin quite worn (Fair) and with crude

hole at edge, desirable issue among Central American collectors. Estimate: $125-$200.

1182. Guatemala City, Guatemala, cob 8 reales, 1740J, with

sun-over-mountains countermark of Guatemala (Type II,

1839) on shield side. S-G1, KM-6, CT-599. 27.1 grams. Choice

specimen for type with full and well-detailed shield with deep

countermark in full crown, bold denomination 8, nearly full

pillars-and-worlds, full mintmark G, richly toned AVF, rare

without hole. Estimate: $250-$375.

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1183. Guatemala City, Guatemala, cob 8 reales, 1752J, encapsulated NGC F-12. S-G1a, KM-12, CT-284. Bold date below nice

full crown and worlds, weaker shield side, richly toned all over and rare without hole. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$250-$375.

1184. Guatemala City, Guatemala, cob 2 reales, 1739J, bubble hole in metal. S-G1, KM-4, CT-1171. 6.6 grams. Very curious coin

with large natural bubble hole (also drilled at top for wearing), choice full shield and most of crown, 100% full date and pillar and

mintmark, AVF for the issue. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1185. Guatemala City, Guatemala, cob 1 real, 1733J, rare first year of issue. S-G1, KM-3, CT-1455. 3.1 grams. Round flan with

full shield, flanked by assayer J and denomination I, bold full date below nearly full pillars-and-worlds, crude hole at edge per the

norm, richly toned Fine. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1186. Guatemala City, Guatemala, cob 1 real, (1)737J. S-G1, KM-3, CT-1459. 3.2 grams. Bold crown and worlds between pillars

above bold 737 of date and G mintmark, good but off-center shield with denomination I, richly toned Fine, rare without hole.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1187. Guatemala City, Guatemala, cob 1/2 real, 1736J, scarce. S-G1, KM-2, CT-1739. 1.5 grams. Full date below pillars, crown

and worlds, off-center shield, toned AVG, rare without hole. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1188. Guatemala City, Guatemala, cob 1/2 real, 1748J, scarce. S-G1a, KM-8, CT-617. 1.5 grams. Full date below pillars and

crowned worlds, full mintmark G, bold king’s ordinal VI outside assayer J to left of most of crowned shield, lightly toned About

Fine, rare without hole. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

Spain

1189. Seville, Spain, 4 reales, Ferdinand-Isabel, Gothic P

assayer to right of yoke, encapsulated PCGS AU-58. CT-

211. Very choice high grade (effectively Mint State), lustrous

and perfectly detailed with most of legends and full shield and

yoke-and-arrows. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$500-$750.

1190. Seville, Spain, 4 reales, Ferdinand-Isabel, assayer

Gothic P to right of yoke. CT-211. 13.6 grams. Typically nicely

detailed full shield and yoke-and-arrows, some legend, including

a nearly full FERNAND(VS), choice full crown, AXF.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1191. Seville, Spain, 2 reales, Ferdinand-Isabel, S to left

on obverse, * on reverse. CT-266. 6.6 grams. Out-of-round shape

and slightly uneven strike, with some bold legend, full inner

details, AVF overall. Estimate: $80-$120.

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1192. Seville, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, S to left and right of yoke and arrows. CT-unlisted. 3.2 grams. Crisply detailed

XF with nice full shield and arrows, one bold mintmark S, some bold legend, darkly toned in crevices. Estimate: $90-$135.

1193. Seville, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, S to left, * to right on reverse. CT-359. 3.3 grams. Round flan with typically nice

strike, Fine for wear. Estimate: $60-$90.

1194. Burgos, Spain, 1/2 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, B below yoke. CT-422. 1.3 grams. Bold B below weak yoke, full arrows, much

legend (Gothic lettering), Fine with spots of dark toning. Estimate: $60-$90.

1195. Burgos, Spain, 1/2 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, B below yoke, basket before cross-crosslet in obverse legend. CT-425.

1.4 grams. Full Gothic legends around nice full yoke with bold B, weaker arrows (still full), Fine with nice toning. Estimate: $60-

$90.

1196. Seville, Spain, 1/2 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, * and S below yoke. CT-470. 1.7 grams. Bold full yoke with * and S below, bold

full arrows, some legend, XF with orange sediment around details. Estimate: $80-$120.

1197. Mixed lot of Spain 1 real and 1/2 real, Ferdinand-Isabel. 3.2 and 1.3 grams. Two coins of the same issue, the 1R intact

but dark and oxidized, the half real with most of the same type of oxidation removed (showing generally nice details) but with

chips in edge. Estimate: $60-$90.

1198. Spain (mint uncertain, probably Burgos), copper 4 maravedís, Ferdinand-Isabel. 7.1 grams. Large, almost squarish

flan with full lion on one side, flat where castle should be on the other side, Gothic legends, dark brown, AVG for wear.

Estimate: $40-$60.

1199. Cuenca, Spain, copper blanca, Ferdinand-Isabel, C to left, oP to right of crowned F. CT-590. 1.3 grams. Cute little

specimen of a common type, with choice full inner details (lightly patinated), some legend, very dark brown fields, VF. Estimate:

$30-$45.

1200. Lot of 16 Spanish (various mints) copper blancas, Ferdinand-Isabel. 0.6

to 1.7 grams each. Crowned F on obverse, crowned Y on reverse, Gothic legends, small

and thin coins but with pretty details highlighted by toning and light-tan sediment,

VF on average, popular as “Columbus’ pocket change”! Estimate: $200-$300.

1201. Pamplona, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand II. CT-116. 3.1 grams. Distinctive design

with full and well-detailed crown above shield,

black-encrusted cross on the other side, much

legend, XF for actual wear. Estimate: $70-$100.

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1202. Seville, Spain, cob 8 reales, 163(?)R. 26.7 grams. Choice

full shield with beautifully crisp details, •R-S to left, choice

bold cross-lions-castles, 163 of date at 6 o’clock, lustrous XF.

Estimate: $75-$110.

1203. Seville, Spain, cob 8 reales, (16)47R, very rare. CT-

unlisted (Type 127). 27.1 grams. Very thick, squarish flan with bold

full shield and cross, •S-R• to left, clear 47 of date at 1 o’clock

(missing in Calicó), non-toned AVF. With Kenneth Aiken certificate

as being from the Concepción (1641) but not a shipwreck coin at all.

Estimate: $100-$200.

1204. Spain (mint uncertain), cob 2 reales, 1627, assayer

not visible, rare. 6.4 grams. Crude strike on an odd-shaped flan,

much flatness but the date above the cross is full, Fine with

deeply toned fields. Estimate: $75-$110.

1205. Spain (mint uncertain), cob 2 reales, Philip IV. 6.7

grams. Nice full shield, choice but off-center full cross, AXF.

With Kenneth Aiken certificate as being from the Concepción (1641)

but not a shipwreck coin at all. Estimate: $50-$75.

1206. Spain (mint uncertain), cob 1/2 real, Philip IV. 1.3

grams. Chunky little piece with full monogram and choice full

cross-lions-castles, good for studying against Colombian cobs

(which it resembles), VF with dusty fields. Estimate: $50-$75.

1207. Spain (mint uncertain), copper 8 maravedís, 1636,

two countermarks on a Ferdinand-Isabel 4 maravedís, in

shadow-box display. Very large coin for its type with bold

legends and most of the inner details covered by VIII (8

maravedís) and 1636 countermarks, dark-brown AVF with edge-

split, other side of coin pasted to matte inside the display, which

measures about 9" x 9" x 1". In wood-framed glass shadow box with

certificate inside. Estimate: $35-$50.

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WORLD SILVER COINSArgentina (Republic)

1208. La Rioja, Argentina, 2 soles, 1826-P, encapsulated

NGC AU-55, medal alignment. KM-18. Starting to tone

around details, weak strike on PROVIN and same place on

other side. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-

$225.

1209. Cordoba, Argentina, 2 reales, 1844, encapsulated

NGC AU-58. KM-23. Beautifully rainbow-toned, slightly off-

center strike. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $275-

$400.

1210. Argentina, peso, 1882. KM-29. 25.1 grams. Highly lustrous

(lightly cleaned) AU. Estimate: $350-$450.

Argentina (New France/Patagonia)

1212. Patagonia and Araucania (New France), copper pattern 2 centavos,

King Orllie-Antoine, 1874. KM-X1. 10.0 grams. Lustrous UNC with original fields

ranging from medium copper to dull gray-brown, interesting issue that hails from

the brief but fascinating reign of Orllie-Antoine I, who with French support had

himself crowned king by the Indian chiefs below the 42nd parallel, a fantasy kingdom

recognized only by France (where this coin was struck, in Paris) and soon overrun

by the government of Argentina. Estimate: $350-$450.

1211. Argentina, 20 centavos, 1882, encapsulated NGC MS-

61. KM-27. Very lustrous, with hint of yellow toning at about 4

o’clock on the obverse. Estimate: $75-$110.

Bolivia (colonial)

Pillars

1213. Potosí, Bolivia, pillar 8 reales, Charles III, 1770JR.

KM-50, CT-972. 26.6 grams. Deeply and richly toned XF, rather

nice. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $325-$475.

1214. Potosí, Bolivia, pillar 4 reales, Charles III, 1768JR.

KM-49, CT-1168. 13.0 grams. AVF with some weakness, slightly off-

center strike, minimal toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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1215. Potosí, Bolivia, pillar 4 reales, Charles III, 1769JR, fancy 9, hooked 6. KM-49, CT-1170. 13.0 grams. Beautifully toned

AVF with faint scuffing on pillars and waves. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1216. Potosí, Bolivia, pillar 2 reales, Charles III, 1769JR, round 9. KM-48, CT-1379. 6.6 grams. VF+ with minor rim-bump, faint

toning. Estimate: $100-$150.

1217. Potosí, Bolivia, pillar 1 real, Charles III, 1769JR, fancy 9. KM-47, CT-1593. 3.1 grams. Nicely toned Fine, weak above

shield. Estimate: $70-$100.

1218. Potosí, Bolivia, pillar 1/2 real, Charles III, 1767JR. KM-46, CT-1794. 1.6 grams. AVF with subtle, attractive toning, full rim

on pillars side only. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

Busts

1219. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1774JR.

KM-55, CT-974. 26.8 grams. Evenly toned VF+, slightly irregular

edge (as made). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-

$120.

1220. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1776PR,

encapsulated NGC MS-62, accompanied by an original

Spanish colonial document from Bolivia dated 1776. CT-

883, KM-55, CT-977. Rare grade of a very desirable date, in fact

the best specimen we have ever offered of this highly popular

date, very lustrous and perfectly detailed, slightly off-center

strike, an eye-catching coin to be sure, packaged with an original

document of 29 pages, with seals, dated at the end July 8, 1776.

This lengthy legal document (begun in October 9, 1771)

concerns a trial over properties and sale of land and products,

with the later part 5 years later showing the official succession

of these things to the owner’s widow and others, with “un

quartillo” and 4 official seals (like modern “doc stamps”) at the

top and top left of 2 sheets dated 1758-9, 1762-4 (with city

name “POTOSY”) and 1771-2 and bearing the names and arms

of Ferdinand VI and Charles III, plus a blank sheet at the end

with “un real” above only a 1780-1 seal with arms of Charles

III arms, but significantly hand-dated July 8, 1776 (four days

after the U.S. Declaration of Independence!), just above the

signatures at the end, the script very legible and tighter than in

earlier years, the pages themselves in great condition, with some

of the original binding string still attached. Estimate: $1,500-

$2,250.

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1221. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1777PR.

KM-55, CT-978. 26.8 grams. Deeply toned AVF with weak part

below center on reverse, natural flaw in edge. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1222. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1779PR.

KM-55, CT-980. 26.8 grams. Lustrous AXF, incipient colorful toning.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1223. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1780/9PR.

KM-55, CT-981. 27.0 grams. Lustrous XF+, starting to tone around

details. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1224. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1781PR.

KM-55, CT-984. 27.0 grams. Bold VF with light, even toning. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1225. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1787PR.

KM-55, CT-995. 26.6 grams. Slightly crude Fine with very light

toning, off-center obverse. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1226. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV transitional

(bust of Charles III, ordinal IV), 1790PR. KM-64, CT-711.

26.7 grams. Fine+ with crude rims (as made), deeply toned

legends. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1227. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 8 reales, Charles IV, 1806PJ.

KM-73, CT-730. 27.0 grams. VF with weak center on obverse, very

rich toning all over, especially nice contrast on reverse.

Estimate: $40-$60.

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1228. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 4 reales, Charles III, 1773JR,

wide date. KM-54, CT-1173. 13.5 grams. Richly toned VF with full

rims, rather nice. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$110-$175.

1229. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 4 reales, Charles III, 1774JR.

KM-54, CT-1175. 13.5 grams. Attractively rainbow-toned VF+ with

full rims. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-

$225.

1230. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 4 reales, Charles III, 1775JR.

KM-54, CT-1176. 13.3 grams. Richly but slightly unevenly toned

XF. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1231. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 4 reales, Charles III, 1776JR,

desirable date. KM-54, CT-1177. 12.8 grams. Pleasing Fine with

attractively even toning around rims, nice strike with honest

wear. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

1232. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 4 reales, Charles III, 1777PR.

KM-54, CT-1179. 13.1 grams. VF, very slightly off-center, with nice

toning that darkens significantly around the letters (good

contrast). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1233. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1776PR,

desirable date. KM-52, CT-1601. 3.3 grams. Lustrous XF with

slightly weak bust, starting to tone. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1234. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 1/2 real, Charles IV, 1808PI (not

J), encapsulated NGC MS-63. KM-unlisted, CT-unlisted. Lustrous

and problem-free, no toning, rare grade and desirable pedigree,

also an unlisted assayer (the second letter clearly an I and not a

J). Pedigreed to the Whittier collection (printed inside the slab). Estimate:

$250-$375.

1235. Potosí, Bolivia, bust 1/2 real,

Ferdinand VII, 1821PJ, encapsulated

NGC MS-64. KM-90, CT-1374. Highly

lustrous and choice, rare grade and

desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the Whittier collection (printed inside

the slab). Estimate: $225-$350.

1236. Potosí, Bolivia, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1797. KM-82, CT-

1412. 0.9 gram. Toned VF, no problems. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

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Bolivia (Republic)

1237. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1861FJ. KM-138.6. 20.0 grams.

Bold, lustrous XF, no toning. Estimate: $70-$100.

1238. Potosí, Bolivia, 8 soles, 1863FP, encapsulated NGC

AU-58. KM-138.6. Lustrous and starting to tone nicely.

Estimate: $125-$200.

1239. Potosí, Bolivia, 50 centavos, 1899MM, encapsulated

NGC MS-63. KM-161.5. Lustrous and slightly frosty, with very

subtle incipient toning. Estimate: $60-$90.

Brazil

1240. Rio, Brazil, 960 reis, 1819-R, struck over a Lima,

Peru, bust 8 reales, 1815(JP). KM-326.1. 26.1 grams. Fascinating

and desirable specimen with the under-coin’s full date 1815

visible above and slightly left of the new crown, plus IND

REX and Lima mintmark at about 1-2 o’clock on the other

side, lustrous AU with subtle toning. Estimate: $400-$600.

1241. Brazil, 2000 reis, 1863, encapsulated NGC MS-62.

KM-466. Nice specimen with muted luster and light, even toning.

Estimate: $150-$225.

British Virgin Islands

1242. British Virgin Islands, $20, 1985, with picture of a

Lima 8R cob on reverse. KM-66. 19.0 grams. Modern proof

coin of 0.925 fine silver, desirable to cob collectors because

the reverse shows the cross side of a Lima cob 8 reales (Queen

Elizabeth II on obverse). Estimate: $25-$40.

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Chile (colonial)

1243. Santiago, Chile, bust 4 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1813FJ.

KM-67, CT-807. 12.8 grams. Fine with deeply contrasting toning all

over, good rims but off-center reverse. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1244. Santiago, Chile, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1788DA.

KM-30, CT-1431. 6.5 grams. Evenly toned VF with weak bust, off-

center reverse, attractive. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $50-$75.

1245. Santiago, Chile, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII

transitional (bust of Charles IV, FERDIN/CAROLVS),

1809/8FJ, rare. KM-65, CT-unlisted. 3.0 grams. Curious transitional

issue (rare), with faint and slightly uneven toning, About Fine

for wear. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-

$225.

1246. Santiago, Chile, bust 1/4 real, Charles IV (bust of

Charles III, ordinal IIII), 1791. KM-46, CT-1448. 0.9 gram.

Lustrous AXF, starting to tone around rims, natural planchet

irregularity where date is. Estimate: $100-$150.

1247. Santiago, Chile, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1803. KM-63, CT-

1458. 0.7 gram. Fine with subtle, even toning. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $35-$50.

1248. Santiago, Chile, 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1817. KM-

73, CT-1502. 0.8 gram. Bold XF with attractive contrast, incomplete

rims (as made). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-

$100.

1249. Santiago, Chile, 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1818/8/6.

KM-73, CT-1503. 1.1 grams. Lustrous and subtly rainbow-toned XF

with incomplete rims (as made). Estimate: $80-$120.

1250. Lot of 3 Santiago, Chile, 1/4 reales, Charles IV: 1790,

1791, and 1807. 2.2 grams total. Crude VG, nice Fine and About

Fine, all more or less toned. Estimate: $60-$90.

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Chile (Republic)

1251. Valparaiso, Chile, mountains over VALP countermark (1833) on an

Argentina (Potosí) 4 reales, 1815F, extremely rare. KM-A112. 13.1 grams. For

the serious Latin American collector, this fascinating countermarked issue is so

rare that only 2 are known, and this is considered the finer, with clear but doubled

(rotated) countermark with volcano and another mountain over the letters VALP

for Valparaiso on a lightly toned and slightly lustrous VF host. This coin was

originally struck at the Potosí mint after it was taken over (for a second time, the

first time in 1813) by the independent government of the Provinces of Rio de la

Plata (later Argentina) in 1815. In 1824 the design of this coin was used again at

the La Rioja mint in Argentina, but the La Rioja coins were found to be of lower

fineness, and Chile banned them in 1832. The 1813 and 1815 Potosí issues were

still legal, however, and needed to be countermarked to show their status. Six treasury offices in Chile (Chiloe, Concepción, La

Serena, Santiago, Valdivia and Valparaiso) were given authority and punches to countermark the coins, and all of these marks are

rare today, but particularly the Valparaiso mark. Only 2 specimens are known in this size, the present coin and an 1815 4 soles

(not 4 reales), which makes our coin effectively unique as a type. Estimate: $6,500-$8,500.

1255. Santiago, Chile, 8 reales, 1848JM. KM-96.2. 26.9 grams.

Lustrous XF+ with very minor rim bumps, uneven but colorful

toning. Estimate: $400-$600.

1256. Santiago, Chile, peso, 1878. KM-142.1. 25.0 grams.

Problem-free XF with subtle luster and rainbow toning.

Estimate: $50-$75.

1252. Santiago, Chile, “volcano” peso, 1817FJ. KM-82.2. 27.0

grams. Lustrous XF with light, even toning, no problems.

Estimate: $400-$600.

1253. Santiago, Chile, “volcano” peso, 1820FD. KM-82.2.

27.0 grams. Beautifully rainbow-toned AU, lustrous, with faint

hairlines on fields from cleaning. Estimate: $500-$750.

1254. Santiago, Chile, “volcano” 1 real, 1834IJ. KM-91. 3.5 grams. Evenly gray-

toned AXF with hairlines on fields from old cleaning. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1257. Santiago, Chile, peso, 1884. KM-142.1. 25.0 grams.

Lustrous UNC with ribbon of subtle pink toning across centers.

Estimate: $80-$120.

1258. Santiago, Chile, décimo, 1870/60, encapsulated

NGC MS-63. KM-136.2. Lustrous, with faint incipient toning

around rims. Estimate: $90-$135.

1259. Santiago, Chile, décimo, 1894/3, encapsulated NGC

MS-65. KM-136.3. Prooflike and highly lustrous, rare grade.

Estimate: $90-$135.

1260. Santiago, Chile, pattern 1 peso in nickel, 1933, rare.

KM-PnA59. 10.0 grams. Mint State and highly lustrous, unpriced in

KM. Estimate: $200-$300.

Chile (revolutionary)

1261. Copiapó, Chile, peso, (1859), inverted star. KM-2.3.

22.3 grams. A very spartan, uniface issue by revolutionary Pedro

León Gallo with (inverted) star in shield in center and “I.P”

(for one peso) in oval near rim, gray-toned VF or so, popular

and underpriced in KM. Estimate: $125-$200.

Colombia (colonial)

1262. Bogotá, Colombia, 2 reales, Charles III, 1772VJ (mintmark N•R, assayer V•J). KM-47, R-42.2, CT-1410. 6.4 grams.

Nicely toned AVG, desirable first year of issue. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1263. Popayán, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1811JF. KM-70.2, R-114.3, CT-unlisted (cf. 975). 6.7

grams. Attractively toned VF on a slightly oval-shaped flan (with crude rims to match). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$75-$110.

1264. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1816FJ. KM-70.1, R-113.3, CT-1009. 6.5 grams.

Evenly toned About Fine with crude rims (as made). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

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1265. Bogotá, Colombia, 2 reales, Ferdinand VII (bust of Charles IV), 1819FJ (wide date). KM-70.1, R-113.9a, CT-1012. 6.4

grams. Fine+ with lovely toning, no problems. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $35-$50.

1266. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1772JS, rare. KM-46.2, R-40.4, CT-1575. 3.2 grams. Yellow-toned About Fine

with 2 old, crude holes at top (one big, one small), rare one-year type and first date of issue. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $30-$45.

1267. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1796JJ. KM-58, R-78.16, CT-1188. 2.7 grams. Nicely toned Fine, part of edge

crude, possible 6/5 overdate (unlisted). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1268. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1798JJ. KM-58, R-78.24, CT-1190. 3.1 grams. AVG with scratches, dark brown

and black toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1269. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1802JJ. KM-58, R-78.38, CT-1193. 2.9 grams. Nicely toned but off-center Fine,

scarce date. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1270. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII, 1810JF. KM-68.2, R-112.1, CT-1190. 3.3 grams. Typically broad Fine with

full rims, minimal toning, no problems. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1271. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII, 1816FJ. KM-68.1, R-111.9, CT-1211. 2.8 grams. Nicely toned VG with weak

pillars and bust, scarce date. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $30-$45.

1272. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII, 1819FJ, inverted J. KM-68.1, R-111.18, CT-1215. 3.1 grams. About Fine with

deep toning in a range of dark colors, off-center strike. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $35-$50.

1273. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1/2 real, Charles III, 1774JS, rare. KM-45.2, R-34.2, CT-1783. 1.5 grams. Bold VG with hole at

top, no toning, one-year type. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1274. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1/2 real, Ferdinand VII, 1810JF. KM-69.2, R-107.1, CT-1367. 1.6 grams. Nicely toned About Fine

with hole at top and punchmark at bottom. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $20-$30.

1275. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, Charles III or IV, no date or mintmark or assayer (1770-95), pillar 8R castle, bust 8R

lion. KM-unlisted, R-2.1a, CT-unlisted. 1.0 gram. Lustrous UNC, off-center strike but good rims. Estimate: $125-$200.

1276. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, Charles III or IV, no date or mintmark or assayer (1770-95), bust 8R castle and lion.

KM-unlisted, R-2.2, CT-unlisted. 0.8 gram. Nicely toned and perfectly centered AU with full rims. Estimate: $125-$200.

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1277. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1799/8. KM-63, R-75.7, CT-1432. 1.0 gram. Highly lustrous XF+ on a broad flan.

Estimate: $100-$150.

1278. Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1812. KM-67.1, R-100.7, CT-1483. 0.8 gram. AVF with subtle toning,

somewhat oval flan with crude rims to match. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1279. Popayán, Colombia, bust 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1816. KM-67.1, R-100.15, CT-1487. 1.0 gram. AU with beautiful deep

toning, off-center strike. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

Colombia (provisional/royalist)

1280. Santa Marta, Colombia, Ferdinand VII, copper 1/4 real, 1813. KM-C2, R-103.1, CT-1666. 2.3 grams. Bold VF+, dark and

even brown color. Estimate: $100-$150.

1281. Santa Marta, Colombia, Ferdinand VII, copper 1/4 real, 1820, encapsulated NGC AU-55BN. KM-B4, R-104.1, CT-

1668. Uneven strike but good details, dark brown in color. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1282. Santa Marta, Colombia, Ferdinand VII, copper 1/4 real, 1820. KM-B4, R-104.1, CT-1668. 1.8 grams. Nice AXF, a bit off-

center, chocolate brown with contrasting dark toning. Estimate: $100-$150.

Colombia (provisional/pre-Republic)

1283. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 real, 1813JF, “Libertad Americana” issue. KM-F1, R-133.1. 2.0 grams. Popular first republican issue,

VG with typically weak head but bold legends, subtly toned. Estimate: $150-$225.

1284. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/2 real, 1814JF, “Libertad Americana” issue, rare. KM-D3, R-132.1. 1.0 gram. Popular first republican

issue (and rare one-year type in this denomination), VG with weak top of reverse, also holed at top. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1285. Cartagena, Colombia, copper 2 reales, 1814, rare. KM-D1, R-136.3a. 3.6 grams. First republican issue, typically crude VF

(for the type) with some original copper-orange color in crevices (otherwise an even brown), rare but barely visible date. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1286. Cartagena, Colombia, copper 1/2 real, 1812. KM-D2, R-131.2. 3.4 grams. First republican

issue, typically crude AVF with odd pink sediment on even brown surfaces. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

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Colombia (Republic/Cundinamarca)

1287. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 reales, 1820JF. KM-C6, R-157.1.

23.6 grams. Very attractive strike and even toning all over, VF for

issue, minor rim-nick. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection.

Estimate: $100-$150.

1288. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 reales, 1820JF. KM-C6, R-157.1.

24.2 grams. Fine for issue with nice dark toning in legends, small

rim-flaw, slightly weak centers. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1289. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 reales, 1821JF, no Ba, scarce.

KM-C6, R-157.3. 22.6 grams. Non-toned About Fine for issue,

typically weak around the centers, full rims. Pedigreed to the Herman

Blanton collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1290. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/2 real, 1821BAJF. KM-F8, R-149.1.

1.3 grams. Bold VF for issue with contrasting toning around

letters but crudely holed behind head. Pedigreed to the Herman

Blanton collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1291. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1821BA. KM-79.2, R-145.3.

0.7 gram. Somewhat blue-toned XF, very nice for the issue, which

is scarce, with BA to left and 1/4 to right. Pedigreed to the Herman

Blanton collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1292. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1821. KM-79.1, R-145.2. 0.8

gram. VF, nice strike on a large flan, scarce issue, the

denomination split (flanking cap). Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

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Colombia (Republic of Colombia)

1293. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 reales, 1835, with Philippines

countermark Y•II (Isabel II, 1834-37). Host: KM-89, R-158.5;

c/m: KM-109. 26.9 grams. Nice XF (both host and countermark)

with very subtle toning, full rims. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1294. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 real, 1827R(R). KM-87.1, R-153.2.

2.5 grams. Nicely toned AVF with natural planchet flaw and

weakness in centers. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection.

Estimate: $40-$60.

1295. Popayán, Colombia, 1 real, 1828MP, unlisted assayer.

KM-unlisted (cf. 87.2), R-unlisted (cf. 154). 2.7 grams. Richly toned VF

with a few old scratches, very bold assayer that should be MF

(P is unlisted and presumably very rare). Pedigreed to the Herman

Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$100.

1296. Popayán, Colombia, 1 real, 1828RU. KM-87.2, R-154.4. 2.8 grams. Off-center AXF with lovely, mostly yellowish toning.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1297. Popayán, Colombia, 1 real, 1829RU, with countermark R in retrograde (Ecuador?). KM-87.2, R-154.10. 2.7 grams. Off-

center AVF, starting to tone, with very bold countermark that we have seen attributed to Ecuador. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1298. Popayán, Colombia, 1 real, 1831RU. KM-87.2, R-154.14. 3.0 grams. Subtly toned AVF with minor planchet irregularities.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1299. Popayán, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1826RU. KM-85.3, R-147.1. 0.7 gram. Richly toned VF, very nice, scarce issue. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $150-$275.

Colombia (Republic of New Granada)

1301. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 reales, 1839RS. KM-98, R-194.1.

23.2 grams. Lustrous XF+, unusually nice for this issue. Pedigreed

to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1300. Bogotá, Colombia, 10 reales, 1848. KM-107, R-196.3.

24.2 grams. Nicely toned VF with very weak center on reverse,

as is typical. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate:

$70-$100.

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1302. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 reales, 1843RS. KM-98, R-194.9.

22.7 grams. Lightly toned VF+ with minor planchet laminations.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1303. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 reales, 1846RS. KM-98, R-194.15.

23.4 grams. Nice VF+ with faint yellow toning, part of rims weak.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1304. Bogotá, Colombia, 8 reales, 1847, small diameter.

KM-106, R-195.1. 19.7 grams. Faintly blue-toned VF with no rims,

actually an “in-between” size of planchet (34 mm). Pedigreed to

the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1305. Bogotá, Colombia, pattern 8 reales, 1847. KM-Pn4, R-

p.188. 16.1 grams. VF with several small rim-bumps and nicks,

even light-brown color. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1306. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1855/1. KM-118, R-198.1. 24.7

grams. Choice VF with elegant contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1307. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1855. KM-118, R-198.2. 24.9

grams. AVF with subtle toning, several small rim-flaws. Pedigreed

to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1308. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1856/5. KM-118, R-198.3. 24.8

grams. Deeply toned VF, attractive, clear overdate. Pedigreed to

the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1309. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1857. KM-118, R-198.6. 25.2

grams. Richly toned AXF with part of rim crude. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

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1310. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1858. KM-118, R-198.9. 24.6

grams. Attractively toned AVF. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1311. Bogotá, Colombia, 2 reales, 1849. KM-105, R-190.5. 5.0

grams. Lustrous AU, no toning, with some elements in shield

weak (practically UNC otherwise). Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1312. Popayán, Colombia, 1/2 real, 1846/5UE. KM-96.2, R-

178.22. 1.3 grams. Nicely toned AVF with weak centers, slightly

off-center strike, scarce issue. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1313. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1837, dot after Bogotá.

KM-90.1, R-172.1a. 0.8 gram. Nice VF, scarce issue. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1314. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1838. KM-90.1, R-172.3. 0.7

gram. Choice XF+ with rainbow toning, very nice, scarce issue.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1315. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1845, unlisted variety

with no top crossbar on T. KM-unlisted (cf. 90.1), R-unlisted (cf.

172.17). 0.6 gram. Lightly toned UNC, quite attractive, scarce issue.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1316. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1846. KM-90.1, R-172.19. 0.6

gram. Rainbow-toned XF, slightly off-center strike, very pretty,

scarce issue. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate:

$200-$300.

1317. Bogotá, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1847, 6-point star, large

letters. KM-90.1, R-172.21a. 0.6 gram. AVF with subtle toning, scarce

issue. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-

$75.

1318. Popayán, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1849. KM-108.2, R-175.1.

1.0 gram. Nice AXF, no problems, scarce issue. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1319. Popayán, Colombia, 1/4 real, 1850. KM-108.2, R-175.3.

0.8 gram. XF, nice, no problems, scarce issue. Pedigreed to the Herman

Blanton collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Colombia (Granadine Confederation)

1320. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1859. KM-226, R-226.2. 24.5

grams. Slightly crude VF (as made) with subtle toning. Pedigreed

to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1321. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1859. KM-126, R-226.2. 24.6

grams. Nice VF with partially weak rims. Pedigreed to the Herman

Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1322. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1860. KM-126, R-226.4. 24.8

grams. Non-toned AVF with weak center of arms. Pedigreed to

the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1323. Popayán, Colombia, 2 reales, 1862, 6/sideways 6 in

date. KM-134, R-225.3. 4.8 grams. Lustrous AXF, starting to tone

nicely, 1-year type, curious overdate that Restrepo calls 6/5.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

Colombia (United States of New Granada)

1324. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 décimo, 1861. KM-unlisted, R-242.1.

2.4 grams. Nicely toned AXF, rare 1-year type (unlisted in KM).

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

Colombia (United States of Colombia)

1325. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1862. KM-139.1, R-315.1. 24.7

grams. Lightly toned AVF with minor rim-flaw. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1326. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1863. KM-139.1, R-315.2. 24.9

grams. Richly toned AXF, nice. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

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1327. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1864. KM-139.1, R-315.3. 24.7

grams. VF+ with attractive light toning, slightly crude rim (as

made). Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-

$75.

1328. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1866. KM-139.1, R-315.5. 24.7

grams. Nice VF-XF, somewhat lustrous, faint golden toning.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1329. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1867. KM-139.1, R-315.6. 24.7

grams. Attractively toned XF with subtle mint luster. Pedigreed to

the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1330. Medellín, Colombia, 1 peso, 1869, re-punched date,

dollar-punches. KM-154.2, R-318.1. 24.9 grams. Lustrous and

silvery XF with weak condor and parts of rims, a very eye-

catching and desirable specimen. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

1331. Medellín, Colombia, 1 peso, 1870. KM-154.2, R-318.3.

24.7 grams. Bold VF+ with nice toning all over, scarcer variety

with no overdate. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1332. Bogotá, Colombia, 1 peso, 1871. KM-154.1, R-317.2. 25.0

grams. Competent VF with subtle yellow toning. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1333. Medellín, Colombia, 1 peso, 1871. KM-154.2, R-318.5.

24.8 grams. VF with very faint golden toning around rims, elegant

cursive L scratched into field in front of neck. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1334. Bogotá, Colombia, 5 décimos, 1868. KM-153.1, R-293.1.

12.3 grams. Nicely toned Fine, first year of issue for this popular

denomination. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate:

$50-$75.

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1335. Popayán, Colombia, 5 décimos, 1870, rare. KM-153.6, R-295.2. 12.0 grams. Non-toned VG, desirable mint. Pedigreed to the

Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

1336. Medellín, Colombia, 5 décimos, 1872. KM-153.3, R-296.1. 12.4 grams. Nicely toned VF+. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1337. Medellín, Colombia, 5 décimos, 1873, dot in D of ESTADOS. KM-153.3, R-296.2p. 12.5 grams. VF with lovely rainbow

toning, slightly weak centers. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1338. Medellín, Colombia, 5 décimos, 1875, B in O of ESTADOS. KM-153.5, R-297.5. 12.3 grams. Bold VF, nice strike accentuated

by contrasting toning. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1339. Bogotá, Colombia, 50 centavos, 1875, with Costa Rica counterstamp (Type VII, 1889). Host: KM-172.2, R-308.2; c/s:

KM-134. 12.2 grams. Host Fine, counterstamp XF, faint toning around rims only. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate:

$60-$90.

1340. Medellín, Colombia, 5 décimos, 1884, with Costa Rica counterstamp (Type VII, 1889). Host: KM-153.2, R-298.12; c/s:

KM-135.1. 12.3 grams. Host VF with crude rims from edge lettering, old scratch across neck, counterstamp AU, starting to tone.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1341. Medellín, Colombia, 2 décimos, 1870. KM-155.2, R-282.1. 4.8 grams. AVF with slightly weak centers, dark and contrasting

toning around rims. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1342. Medellín, Colombia, 2 décimos, 1871. KM-155.2, R-282.2. 4.7 grams. Fine+ with nice toning, key date with high catalog

value. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1343. Bogotá, Colombia, 2 décimos, 1872. KM-155.1, R-281.1. 5.0 grams. Fine+ with weak centers, toned around rims. Pedigreed to

the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1344. Medellín, Colombia, 20 centavos, 1874. KM-176.1, R-286.1. 4.9 grams. Attractively toned

VF with minor planchet lamination at top of reverse, 1-year type. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton

collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

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1345. Popayán, Colombia, 2 reales, 1880, fineness 0.835/0.900, Plate Coin in KM. KM-162, R-277.1. 4.7 grams. Decent VF

with subtle toning, no problems. Plate Coin in Krause’s Standard Catalog of World Coins and pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection.

Estimate: $250-$375.

1346. Popayán, Colombia, 2 reales, 1880, fineness 0.835/0.900. KM-162, R-277.1. 4.6 grams. Nice VF with some minor rim-

flaws, toned around letters. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

1347. Medellín, Colombia, 1/4 décimo, 1874, N/N in Medellín, 4/4 in denomination. KM-143.3, R-247.1. 0.6 gram. Lightly

toned XF with partially crude rims, scarce 1-year issue with unlisted over-punches. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection.

Estimate: $50-$75.

1348. Colombia (struck in Birmingham), copper-nickel pattern 21/2 centavos, 1881. KM-Pn64,

R-p.227. 2.8 grams. Choice BU, highly lustrous and prooflike, with attractive toning around rims. Pedigreed

to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

Colombia (second Republic of Colombia)

1349. Bogotá, Colombia, 50 centavos, 1887, “Cocobola,” 2/2 in 12,500. KM-185, R-405.1a. 12.2 grams. Lightly toned VF+, no

problems, popular 2-year type. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1350. Bogotá, Colombia, 50 centavos, 1888. KM-186.1, R-406.1. 12.6 grams. Nicely toned AVF with heavy scratches on condor’s

right wing. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1351. Medellín, Colombia, 5 décimos, 1888, rare. KM-165, R-400.2. 12.6 grams. Fine with uneven toning, tough type to find.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $150-$275.

1352. Medellín, Colombia, 5 décimos, 1888, 0/0 in fineness. KM-166, R-403.1. 12.6 grams. Nice VF, popular type with “mulata”

head. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1353. Medellín, Colombia, 5 décimos, 1888. KM-166, R-403.1. 11.8 grams. Non-toned Fine, no problems, popular “mulata” head.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1354. Bogotá, Colombia, 50 centavos, 1889, ball-tip 9. KM-186.1a, R-407.1a. 12.7 grams. Lustrous XF+ with elegant toning, quite

pretty. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

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1355. Colombia (struck in London), 50 centavos, 1892,

“Columbus,” large diameter (30.5 mm). KM-187.1, R-408.2.

12.5 grams. Lustrous Mint State, very rare grade for this variety.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $150-$275.

1356. Colombia (struck in Belgium), pattern 10 centavos,

1900. R-p.277. 4.5 grams. Lustrous and prooflike Mint State.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

Colombia (Civil War necessity coinage/Santander)

1357. Bucamaranga, Colombia (Santander), copper uniface 20 centavos, 1902. KM-A2, R-

387.1. 1.2 grams. Bold VF with small chip in rim, chocolate brown color, scarce denomination.

Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1358. Bucamaranga, Colombia (Santander), copper uniface 10 centavos, 1902. KM-A1, R-

375.1. 0.5 gram. Choice VF, brassy color, scarce denomination. Pedigreed to the Herman Blanton collection.

Estimate: $100-$150.

Cuba

1361. Cuba, “star” peso, 1934. KM-15.2. 26.7 grams. Lustrous

and flashy AU, no toning. Estimate: $50-$75.

1362. Cuba, “ABC” peso, 1936, encapsulated NGC MS-

62. KM-22. Very brilliant, no toning. Estimate: $250-$375.

1359. Cuba, “souvenir” peso, 1897. KM-XM2. 22.6 grams.

Lustrous AU, no toning, very flashy, popular issue. Estimate:

$200-$300.

1360. Cuba, “souvenir” peso, 1897. KM-XM2. 22.3 grams. AXF

with attractive toning all over, popular issue. Estimate: $150-

$225.

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1363. Cuba, “ABC” peso, 1937, rare. KM-22. 26.6 grams. Lightly

cleaned VF, starting to tone, key date in series. Estimate: $300-

$450.

1364. Cuba, “ABC” peso, 1939, encapsulated NGC MS-

62. KM-22. Frosty and highly lustrous, no toning. Estimate:

$200-$300.

1365. Cuba, “star” 20 centavos, 1915, encapsulated NGC

AU-55 HIGH RELIEF. KM-13.1. Mint State (slab grade too

conservative) with subtle toning and luster. Estimate: $100-

$150.

1366. Cuba, “star” 10 centavos, 1915. KM-A12. 2.4 grams.

Lustrous Mint State with subtle golden toning. Estimate: $40-

$60.

1367. Mixed lot of 4 Cuba

“star” minors: 20

centavos (3) dated 1920,

1932 and 1948; and 10

centavos dated 1920. 17.4

grams total. Grades from VF

(1932) to UNC (1948), all

but one with subtle toning,

no problems. Estimate:

$60-$90.

1368. Cuba, copper-nickel 5 centavos, 1916. KM-11.1. 5.0 grams.

AU+ with colorful streaks of toning. Estimate: $40-$60.

1369. Cuba, copper-nickel 5 centavos, 1920, encapsulated

NGC MS-62. KM-11.1. Colorful streaks of toning. Estimate:

$175-$250.

1370. Cuba, brass 5 centavos, 1943. KM-11.3a. 4.6 grams.

Lustrous and prooflike Mint State with attractive toning, one-

year issue in washed brass. Estimate: $50-$70.

1371. Cuba, copper-nickel 2 centavos, 1915, encapsulated

NGC MS-62. KM-A10. Lustrous, with streaks of colorful toning.

Estimate: $80-$120.

1372. Cuba, copper-nickel 2 centavos, 1916, encapsulated

NGC MS-63. KM-A10. Muted luster and toning, slightly

prooflike, choice grade. Estimate: $100-$150.

1373. Cuba, copper-nickel 1 centavo, 1915, encapsulated

NGC MS-62. KM-9.1. Rich golden-orange toning with muted

luster. Estimate: $30-$45.

229

1374. Cuba, copper-nickel 1 centavo, 1916, encapsulated NGC MS-62. KM-9.1. Subtle rainbow toning and luster. Estimate:

$60-$90.

1375. Lot of 2 Cuba copper-nickel 1 centavos, 1915 and 1938. KM-9.1. 5.1 grams each. Lustrous prooflike Mint State (1915) and

AU (1938), each with very subtle toning. Estimate: $50-$75.

1376. Cuba, brass 1 centavo, 1953 (Martí centennial), encapsulated NGC MS-63. KM-26. Highly lustrous, golden-orange

color. Estimate: $50-$75.

Curaçao

1377. Curaçao (British occupation), 3 reaals, 1/5 cut of a Spanish colonial bust 8 reales with 5-petal roseace countermark

(1815). KM-13. 5.3 grams. VG host with VF countermark, the host-coin date partially visible, appears to be 1791, nice toning.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1378. Curaçao (British occupation), 3 reaals, 1/5 cut of a Spanish colonial bust 8 reales with 5-petal roseace countermark

(1815). KM-13. 4.6 grams. Fine host with bold VF countermark,-US of CAROLUS visible on host coin, choice toning all over.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1379. Curaçao (British occupation), 3 reaals, 1/5 cut of a Spanish colonial bust 8 reales with 5-petal roseace countermark

(1815). KM-13. 4.1 grams. Fine host with choice XF countermark, CAROL(US) visible on host coin, lightly toned, with old hole

near point (actually quite scarce with a hole). Estimate: $200-$300.

Dominican Republic

1380. Dominican Republic, half peso, 1937, encapsulated NGC MS-64. KM-21. Very deeply rainbow-toned (lots of color),

choice grade. Estimate: $175-$250.

1381. Dominican Republic, 25 centavos, 1937, encapsulated NGC MS-63. KM-20. Very deeply rainbow-toned (lots of

color), choice grade. Estimate: $75-$110.

1382. Dominican Republic, 10 centavos, 1937, encapsulated NGC MS-67. KM-19. Colorfully toned and lustrous, exceptional

grade. Estimate: $75-$110.

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Dutch East India Co.

1383. Lot of 9 Dutch East India Co. copper duits, various mints and

dates (1735-90), all in decent condition. 26.6 grams total. A great little “starter

collection” of VOC duits, a highly collectible series with plenty of dates

and mints, this group mostly dark brown but one (1735) light copper color,

a few with minor corrosion and odd toning. Estimate: $60-$90.

Ecuador

1384. Ecuador (struck in Mexico City, Mexico), 5 sucres,

1944. KM-79. 25.0 grams. Non-toned AU, very well defined and

frosty, just a few minor rubs. Estimate: $25-$35.

Great Britain

1385. London, England, half crown, Anne, with VIGO

below bust, 1703. Sp-3580, KM-518.2. 15.0 grams. Lustrous AXF

with slightly weak bust, no flaws (scarce for this type), popular

issue made from silver captured from the Spanish in Vigo Bay

in 1702. Estimate: $200-$300.

1386. London, England, shilling, Anne, with VIGO below

bust, 1703. Sp-3586, KM-517.1. 6.0 grams. Lustrous AVF with subtle

toning, weak bust, no flaws (scarce for this type), popular issue

made from silver captured from the Spanish in Vigo Bay in

1702. Estimate: $100-$150.

1387. London, England, half crown, George II, with LIMA

below bust, 1746. Sp-3695, KM-584.3. 15.0 grams. Richly toned VF,

no problems, popular issue made from silver captured from

the Spanish off the coast of Peru in the early 1740s. Estimate:

$150-$225.

1388. London, England, shilling, George II, with LIMA

below bust, 1745. Sp-3703, KM-583.2. 6.0 grams. Richly toned VF+,

no problems, popular issue made from silver captured from

the Spanish off the coast of Peru in the early 1740s. Estimate:

$80-$120.

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Guatemala (colonial)

Pillars

1389. Guatemala City, Guatemala, pillar 8 reales,

Ferdinand VI, 1758J. KM-18, CT-293. 26.3 grams. Beautifully

deeply toned VF for issue but with crude old hole at top.

Estimate: $250-$375.

1390. Guatemala City, Guatemala, pillar 4 reales, Charles

III, 1762P. KM-26, CT-1045. 12.9 grams. Fine with weak strike just

above and to right of center on shield side, and at top right on

pillars side, toned around letters. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1391. Guatemala City, Guatemala, pillar 4 reales, Charles

III, 1768P. KM-26, CT-1051. 13.0 grams. Very richly toned Fine+,

no problems. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-

$300.

1392. Guatemala City, Guatemala, pillar 4 reales, Charles

III, 1769P. KM-26, CT-1052. 13.2 grams. Lustrous VF+, off-center

strike, choice toning. Estimate: $300-$450.

1393. Guatemala City, Guatemala, pillar 4 reales, Charles

III, 1771P. KM-26, CT-1054. 13.2 grams. Off-center but attractive

VF+ with choice toning, old scratch to right of crown.

Estimate: $300-$450.

1394. Guatemala City, Guatemala, pillar 1 real, Ferdinand

VI, 1758J. KM-16, CT-537. 3.1 grams. Nicely toned AVF for issue

with crude old hole at top. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $50-$75.

Busts

1395. Guatemala City, Guatemala, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand

VII, 1818M. KM-69, CT-467. 26.9 grams. Non-toned XF with partial

mint luster, tiny nick in rim. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $50-$75.

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1396. Guatemala City, Guatemala, bust 4 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1819M. KM-68, CT-732. 13.3 grams. AVF with super toning all

over, slightly off-center reverse. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1397. Guatemala City, Guatemala, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1772P. KM-33.1, CT-1464. 3.2 grams. Near AVF with weak centers,

good toning, broad rims. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1398. Guatemala City, Guatemala, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1776P, desirable date. KM-33.1, CT-1466. 2.6 grams. Nicely toned

Fine with minor planchet flaw above and weak area below pillars. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1399. Guatemala City, Guatemala, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII, 1821M. KM-66, CT-1124. 3.4 grams. Bold and lustrous XF with

toning around letters, off-center strike. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1400. Guatemala City, Guatemala, bust 1/2 real, Ferdinand VII, 1810M. KM-60, CT-1281. 1.6 grams. Richly toned VF, no

problems. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1401. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1796. KM-59, CT-1360. 0.8 gram. Bold VF+ with lovely toning. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1402. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1798. KM-59, CT-1362. 0.8 gram. Very deeply toned AXF, quite attractive

for grade. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1403. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1801. KM-59, CT-1365. 0.8 gram. Choice XF with lovely toning, crude

natural flaw on edge. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1404. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1810. KM-72, CT-1432. 0.8 gram. Crude VF with some old marks,

no toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $35-$50.

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Guatemala (Central American Republic)

1405. Guatemala, Central American Republic, 8 reales,

1825M. KM-4. 26.9 grams. Better date, lustrous AU. Estimate:

$400-$600.

1406. Guatemala, Central American Republic, 8 reales,

1836BA, encapsulated NGC AU-55. KM-4. Lustrous and with

choice toning all over. Estimate: $500-$750.

1407. Guatemala, Central America Republic, 1/4 real, 1826-G. KM-1. 0.9 gram. Choice BU, highly lustrous, with incipient

toning. Estimate: $90-$125.

1408. Guatemala, Central American Republic, 1/4 real, 1837-G, encapsulated NGC MS-65. KM-1. Lustrous and prooflike,

choice grade. Estimate: $200-$300.

1409. Guatemala, Central America Republic, 1/4 real, 1837-G. KM-1. 0.8 gram. Choice BU, highly lustrous. Estimate: $90-

$125.

1410. Guatemala, Central America Republic, 1/4 real, 184/30-G. KM-1. 0.8 gram. Lustrous Mint State, somewhat prooflike,

with attractive subtle toning. Estimate: $90-$125.

1411. Guatemala, Central American Republic, 1/4 real, 184/30-G. KM-1. 0.8 gram. Lustrous UNC with subtle toning all over.

Estimate: $90-$135.

1412. Guatemala, Central American Republic, 1/4 real, 1843-G. KM-1. 0.8 gram. Lustrous and prooflike UNC but with grainy

appearance as struck from rusty dies. Estimate: $50-$75.

1413. Guatemala, Central America Republic,

1/4 real, 1844-G. KM-1. 0.8 gram. Gem BU, very

flashy. Estimate: $90-$120.

1414. Guatemala, Central America Republic,

1/4 real, 1845-G, rare. KM-1. 0.7 gram. Key date

in series, problem-free AVF. Estimate: $200-

$300.

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Guatemala (Republic)

1415. Guatemala City, Guatemala, peso, 1894,

encapsulated NGC MS-62. KM-210. Highly lustrous, no

toning. Estimate: $125-$200.

1416. Guatemala City, Guatemala, uniface 2 reales (1894-1899) with obverse brockage error, unique. KM-167. 6.2 grams. A

curious error showing an incuse, mirror image of the obverse on the reverse instead of the usual reverse design (caused by the

previous coin sticking to the reverse die), the proper obverse also showing weakness in the legends as a result, lightly toned XF

with a few old scratches, very interesting. Estimate: $100-$500.

1417. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1860. KM-130. 0.7 gram. Beautifully rainbow-toned Mint State, very lustrous,

popular “lion” type. Estimate: $70-$100.

1418. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1861. KM-130. 0.7 gram. Lustrous Mint State, popular “lion” type. Estimate: $70-

$100.

1419. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1862. KM-130. 0.7 gram. Lustrous Mint State with beautiful red toning, popular

“lion” type. Estimate: $90-$125.

1420. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1863. KM-130. 0.8 gram. Choice AU, lovely toning all over, popular “lion” type.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1421. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real,

1866. KM-130. 0.7 gram. BU, starting to tone,

popular “lion” type. Estimate: $90-$125.

1422. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real,

1869. KM-130. 0.8 gram. Choice BU, highly lustrous,

no toning, popular “lion” type. Estimate: $90-

$125.

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1423. Lot of 2 Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 reales, 1867 and 1874P. 1.5 grams total. Deeply toned XF+ (1867, popular

“lion” type) and AXF (1874). Estimate: $40-$60.

1424. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1876P. KM-146. 0.7 gram. Gem BU, highly lustrous, with lovely toning around rims.

Estimate: $80-$120.

1425. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1878, small G. KM-146a.3. 0.7 gram. BU, no problems, no toning. Estimate: $50-

$75.

1426. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1889/89, G below mountains. KM-157. 0.8 gram. Lustrous AU+ with nice toning.

Estimate: $30-$45.

1427. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1889, stars below wreath. KM-158. 0.7 gram. Lustrous Mint State with subtle

toning. Estimate: $30-$45.

1428. Lot of 4 Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 reales, 1878, 1881, 1882 and 1888, some with doubled dates. 2.9 grams.

Grades from VF to AU, with various stages of toning. Estimate: $35-$50.

1429. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1894-H. KM-162. 0.8 gram. Lustrous UNC with subtle golden toning. Estimate:

$25-$35.

1430. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1895. KM-162. 0.8 gram. Lustrous UNC with subtle golden toning. Estimate: $25-

$35.

1431. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real, 1896. KM-162. 0.7 gram. Lustrous UNC, starting to tone. Estimate: $25-$35.

1432. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real,

1897, small 7. KM-162. 0.7 gram. Beautifully

rainbow-toned Mint State. Estimate: $50-$75.

1433. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1/4 real,

1898. KM-162. 0.8 gram. Non-toned BU, very flashy.

Estimate: $50-$75.

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Guyana (British Guiana)

1434. Essequibo and Demerary (colonial coinage), copper

half stiver token, George III, 1813. KM-9. 9.5 grams. Mint State

with some original copper surfaces but mostly brown.

Estimate: $100-$150.

Haiti

1435. Haiti, 25 centimes(?) countermark (1814-16?) on a

Brazilian 960 reis, 1812-B. KM-unlisted (host KM-307.1). 26.8 grams.

Unlisted countermark (design of 25 centimes obverse), possibly

very rare, the host coin VF+ with attractive toning. Estimate:

$400-$600.

Honduras (provisional)

1436. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, “imitation cob” 2 reales, (1823)P-Y. KM-15.1. 5.4 grams. Square planchet with cut corners,

toned VF with weak bottom of cross and pillars, scarce and desirable type. Estimate: $275-$375.

1437. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, “imitation cob” 1 real, 1823(P)-Y, rare. KM-8.1. 3.2 grams. Choice AXF with contrasting

toning, bold date, off-center cross, variety with 3 crosses above pillars, desirable type. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$300-$450.

1438. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, “imitation cob” 1/2 real, (1823), rare. KM-7.1. 1.4 grams. Bold AU with subtle toning, very

well centered and choice, excellent full cross and monogram, desirable type. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-

$300.

Honduras (Republic)

1439. Honduras, peso, 18/890. KM-52. 24.7 grams. Very lustrous

AU with subtle and attractive toning. Estimate: $150-$225.

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1440. Lot of 2 Honduras copper-nickel 1/4 reales, 1869A and 1870A. KM-31. 6.3 grams total. Lustrous XF (1869) and toned

AXF (1870), the latter with desirable pedigree. The 1870 is pedigreed to the John Jay Pittman collection, with David Akers auction lot tag.

Estimate: $50-$75.

1441. Honduras, aluminum essai 1/4 real, 1872-A, plain edge. KM-E1. 1.0 gram. Lustrous Mint State with scratches above the

E of MONNAIE. Estimate: $60-$90.

India

1442. Lot of three East India Co. coppers: Dutch East

India Co. duit 1746; Dutch East India Co. duit 1794; and

British East India Co. 2 pice 1816. 2.6, 2.9 and 21.2 grams. VF-

XF, generally dark brown, a nice representative lot showing the

difference between the coinages of the two different East India

Companies. Estimate: $50-$75.

Italy

1443. Naples, Italy (under Spain), carlino, Philip II, rare.

2.2 grams. Nice VF+ with steely toning and some dark spots,

well-detailed crowned bust of Philip II on obverse. Estimate:

$50-$75.

Martinique

1444. Martinique, 2 bits, heart-shaped center-cut hole (1761) in a Madrid, Spain,

milled 2 reales “pistareen,” 1721, host coin holed, encapsulated NCS “G details”

(misattributed to Dominica in slab). KM-3. Bold date and king’s name despite ample

wear, nicely toned, holed at top, valuable and popular with Caribbean collectors. Estimate:

$1,000-$1,500.

Mexico (colonial)

Pillars

1445. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V,

1740MF. KM-103, CT-790. 27.0 grams. Choice and lustrous AU with

lovely toning all over, scarce as non-salvage, quite beautiful.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

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1446. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V,

1744MF. KM-103, CT-797. 26.9 grams. Choice XF+ with beautiful

rainbow toning, crude rims (as made), scarce as non-salvage.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $300-$450.

1447. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1747MF. KM-104.1, CT-321. 26.5 grams. Non-toned XF+, slightly

off-center pillars side, no problems. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

1448. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1756/5MM. KM-104.2, CT-339. 26.8 grams. Nice VF with attractive

reddish toning, scarce overdate. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1449. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1758MM, with chopmarks. KM-104.2, CT-343. 27.0 grams. Highly

lustrous AU+ littered with deep, bold chopmarks as from

circulation in the Orient, rare grade for such an item. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

1450. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1760MM. KM-104.2, CT-346. 27.0 grams. Lustrous AU with toning

around rims, very lovely. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $350-$500.

1451. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Charles III,

1760MM. KM-105, CT-884. 26.9 grams. Beautifully toned XF+, no

problems, just about as nice as you can get without the expense

of ultra-high grades. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$300-$450.

1452. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Charles III,

1761MM. KM-105, CT-888. 27.1 grams. Richly rainbow-toned XF+,

very lovely. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-

$375.

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1453. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Charles III,

1765MF. KM-105, CT-901. 26.9 grams. Non-toned XF with much

luster. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1454. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Charles III,

1766MF. KM-105, CT-904. 26.9 grams. VF+ with subtle but

contrasting toning around details. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1455. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Ferdinand VI,

1758MM. KM-95, CT-430. 13.2 grams. Richly toned AVF, no

problems, very attractive. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1456. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Charles III,

1762MM. KM-96, CT-1121. 13.4 grams. AXF with muted luster and

toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $200-$300.

1457. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 4 reales, Charles III, 1771MF. KM-96, CT-1131. 13.4 grams. Lightly struck XF with deep, rich,

colorful toning all over. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $225-$350.

1458. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Philip V, 1734/3MF. KM-84, CT-1277. 6.4 grams. Nice Fine with contrasting toning,

scarce overdate. Estimate: $100-$150.

1459. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Philip V, 1734MF. KM-84, CT-1278. 6.4 grams. Beautifully toned Fine+, nice strike.

Pedigreed to Ponterio auction #102, lot #917, and pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

1460. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Philip V,

1739MF. KM-84, CT-1287. 6.6 grams. Overly lustrous AXF, starting

to tone. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

1461. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Philip V, 1742M,

encapsulated NGC MS-62. KM-85, CT-1292. Richly toned all

over with muted luster, rare grade. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $400-$600.

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1462. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Philip V, 1744/3M. KM-85, CT-1295. 6.5 grams. Bold AXF with light toning all over,

nice, scarce overdate. Estimate: $125-$200.

1463. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1748M, unlisted variant with FRD/PHS, rare. KM-unlisted (cf.

86.1), CT-unlisted (cf. 488). 6.6 grams. Deeply, darkly toned XF with bold over-punch, one of the few variants not listed in Gilboy (but

note the error is listed as R4, 4-10 known, for the date 1749). Estimate: $100-$150.

1464. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1749M. KM-86.1, CT-489. 6.6 grams. VF+ with beautiful even toning

all over. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1465. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI, 175/41M. KM-86.1, CT-unlisted (cf. 491). 6.8 grams. Lustrous XF+ with

spots of toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1466. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1752M. KM-86.1, CT-492. 6.6 grams. Lightly cleaned XF, no toning,

slightly off-center pillars side. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1467. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1759M. KM-86.2, CT-500. 6.7 grams. AXF with nice, subtle toning all

over, minor rim-flaw past A of VTRA. Estimate: $80-$120.

1468. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 2 reales, Charles III, 1766M. KM-87, CT-1331. 6.8 grams. Choice VF+ with golden toning on

fields contrasting with lighter details. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1469. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Philip V, 1733MF, mintmark MX, rare. KM-75.1, CT-1591. 3.2 grams. Choice VF+ with

boldly contrasting toning around details, popular second date of issue and unique, one-year mintmark. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

1470. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Philip V, 1734/2(?)MF, unlisted overdate. KM-unlisted (cf. 75.1), CT-unlisted (cf. 1596).

3.2 grams. Lightly toned VF, odd overdate that looks like 4/3 on the upper part and 3/2 on the lower part (possibly both), but

clearly not an original 1732 die. Estimate: $100-$150.

1471. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Philip V, 1734/3MF. KM-75.1, CT-unlisted (cf. 1596). 3.2

grams. Richly rainbow-toned VF+, scarce overdate. Estimate: $100-$150.

1472. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Philip V, 1734MF. KM-75.1, CT-1596. 3.3 grams. Nice VF

with weak spots in centers, richly toned and attractive. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$50-$75.

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1473. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Philip V, 174/30MF, unlisted overdate. KM-unlisted (cf. 75.1), CT-unlisted (cf. 1602). 3.3

grams. Choice XF+ with much luster and generous toning, the overdate so rare as to be missing in Gilboy and all other references.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1474. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Philip V, 1743/2M, rare overdate. KM-75.2, CT-unlisted (cf. 1605). 3.1 grams. AXF, toned

all over, trace of overdate (R3 in Gilboy). Estimate: $90-$135.

1475. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Philip V, 1746M. KM-75.2, CT-1608. 3.4 grams. Frosty, lustrous Mint State with a few

stray marks. Estimate: $125-$200.

1476. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Ferdinand VI, 1747M, re-punched 4. KM-76.1, CT-572. 3.3 grams. AXF with choice

rainbow toning, unlisted variety. Estimate: $80-$120.

1477. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Ferdinand VI, 1748/7M. KM-76.1, CT-unlisted (cf. 573). 3.4 grams. Very bold overdate

(scarce), deeply toned XF, attractive. Estimate: $100-$150.

1478. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Ferdinand VI, 1748M. KM-76.1, CT-573. 3.4 grams. Lustrous AU-, no toning, choice

grade. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1479. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Ferdinand VI, 1750/49M, rare overdate. KM-unlisted (cf. 76.1), CT-unlisted (cf. 575). 3.3

grams. Nicely toned AXF with clear overdate (R3 in Gilboy). Estimate: $100-$150.

1480. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Ferdinand VI, 1758/7M, dissimilar crowns, unlisted. KM-unlisted (cf. 76.1), CT-

unlisted (cf. 583). 3.3 grams. Nice VF with light, even toning, clear overdate (decidedly not 8/5) that is oddly missing in Gilboy and

others. Estimate: $100-$150.

1481. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Charles III, 1762M, rare variant with cinquefoil ornaments. KM-77, CT-1542. 3.4

grams. Full-rimmed XF+ with very dark fields that contrast sharply with the details. Estimate: $125-$200.

1482. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Charles III, 176/54M/?, unlisted. KM-unlisted (cf. 77), CT-unlisted (cf. 1544). 3.4 grams.

Nicely toned XF with clear overdate (unlisted in Gilboy and others) and inexplicable over-assayer, probably quite rare if not

unique. Estimate: $80-$120.

1483. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Charles III, 1765/3M, unlisted. KM-unlisted (cf. 77), CT-unlisted (cf. 1545). 3.2 grams. AVF

with variable toning, unique overdate that does not appear in Gilboy or any other references. Estimate: $80-$120.

1484. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1 real, Charles III, 1766M. KM-77, CT-1546. 3.2 grams. Very deeply toned XF+ with some

patina. Estimate: $80-$120.

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1485. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Philip V, 1734MF,

cinquefoil below assayers’ initials, rare. KM-65, CT-1856. 1.4 grams.

Listed as R4 in Gilboy, this specimen Fine with weak centers,

nicely toned. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-

$100.

1486. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Philip V, 1736MF.

KM-65, CT-1859. 1.6 grams. Lustrous and frosty AU- with incipient

toning around rims. Estimate: $80-$120.

1487. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Philip V, 1736MF.

KM-65, CT-1859. 1.6 grams. Bold AXF, a bit lustrous. Estimate: $60-

$90.

1488. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Philip V, 1737MF.

KM-65, CT-1861. 1.7 grams. Lustrous XF, off-center shield side.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1489. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Philip V, 1738/

7MF. KM-65, CT-unlisted (cf. 1862). 1.6 grams. Nicely toned VF, scarce

overdate. Estimate: $100-$150.

1490. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Philip V, 1739MF.

KM-65, CT-1863. 1.5 grams. Off-center XF with uneven toning.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1491. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Philip V, 1741MF,

re-punched 4. KM-65, CT-1866. 1.7 grams. Lustrous AU with subtle,

even toning all over, very pretty. Estimate: $100-$150.

1492. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Philip V, 1742M.

KM-66, CT-1867. 1.6 grams. Non-toned XF, part of edge slightly bent.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1493. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Philip V, 1747M.

KM-66, CT-1872. 1.6 grams. Lustrous AXF with subtle yellow toning.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1494. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI,

1749M. KM-67.1, CT-662. 1.7 grams. Beautifully toned AXF, slightly

off-center strike. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-

$75.

1495. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI,

1751M. KM-67.1, CT-664. 1.6 grams. AXF with rich toning all over,

very nice. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1496. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI,

1752M, re-punched 5. KM-67.1, CT-665. 1.7 grams. Lustrous,

prooflike UNC, starting to tone, unlisted variety. Estimate: $100-

$150.

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1497. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI, 1752M. KM-67.1, CT-665. 1.5 grams. Deeply toned XF+, no problems.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1498. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI, 1754M. KM-67.1, CT-667. 1.7 grams. Lustrous AU+ (virtually Mint

State), no toning. Estimate: $100-$150.

1499. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI, 1754M. KM-67.1, CT-667. 1.6 grams. Nice XF with subtle toning.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1500. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI, 1757M, dissimilar crowns. KM-67.1, CT-671. 1.6 grams. XF with

muted luster and toning. Estimate: $60-$90.

1501. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI, 1758M, dissimilar crowns. KM-67.2, CT-673. 1.7 grams. XF with

light toning all over, good rims. Estimate: $60-$90.

1502. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI, 1759M. KM-67.2, CT-674. 1.5 grams. Attractive AXF with contrasting

toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

1503. Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI, 1760M, scarce. KM-67.2, CT-675. 1.6 grams. Beautifully toned AXF,

no problems, scarcer king for the date. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $50-$75.

Busts

1504. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1773FM, initials facing rim. KM-106.1, CT-917. 26.9 grams. Nice

VF with beautiful light toning, well centered on a broad

planchet. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

1505. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles III,

1776FM, desirable date. KM-106.2, CT-921. 26.7 grams. Non-toned

VF with faint incipient toning around letters. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1506. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV

transitional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IV), 1789FM. KM-

107, CT-681. 26.8 grams. Nicely gray-toned XF with small parts of

rim weak. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1507. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV

transitional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IV), 1790FM. KM-

107, CT-682. 26.7 grams. Lustrous AU with a few stray marks, subtle

toning, off-center obverse. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $80-$120.

1508. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Charles IV,

1793FM, encapsulated NGC MS-62. KM-109, CT-686. Highly

lustrous and frosty (mirror, almost prooflike), a few minor weak

spots around rim but otherwise one of the choicest specimens

we have seen (looks better than MS-62), with very faint yellow

tones here and there and black spots in center. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

1509. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII,

1820JJ. KM-111, CT-564. 25.0 grams. Bold VG with scratches, very

deeply toned. Estimate: $30-$45.

1510. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 2 reales, Charles III,

1776FM, desirable date. KM-88.2, CT-1343. 6.7 grams. Bold VF

with choice details accentuated by contrasting toning around

letters, rainbow toning at top. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1511. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 2 reales, Charles III,

1782FF. KM-88.2, CT-1349. 6.9 grams. Highly lustrous (mirror) Mint

State with weak centers, broad flan (slightly off-center),

beginning to tone. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate:

$90-$135.

1512. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1 real, Charles III, 1781FF.

KM-78.2, CT-1563. 3.3 grams. Very deeply rainbow-toned AU, nice

strike, quite pretty and colorful. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $100-$150.

1513. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Charles III,

1773FM. KM-69.2, CT-1765. 1.7 grams. Evenly toned AU+ with

faint mint luster, choice specimen. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1514. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Charles III,

1782FF, encapsulated NGC MS-62. KM-69.2, CT-1774.

Lustrous and rainbow-toned, rare grade. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $225-$350.

1515. Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Charles IV

transitional (bust of Charles III, ordinal IIII), 1790FM,

encapsulated PCGS MS-62. KM-71, CT-1285. Lustrous and

choice, with super rainbow toning (lots of blue color), rare

grade. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $225-$350.

1516. Mexico City, Mexico, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1797. KM-

62, CT-1395. 0.9 gram. Nicely toned AXF (net grade, the castle a

little less worn than the lion). Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $50-$75.

1517. Mexico City, Mexico, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1799/8.

KM-62, CT-1398. 0.9 gram. Lustrous Mint State or close to it, very

light toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-

$150.

1518. Mexico City, Mexico, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1807. KM-

62, CT-1409. 0.9 gram. XF+, nicely toned, with hint of luster,

slightly off-center obverse. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1519. Mexico City, Mexico, 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1811.

KM-62, CT-1468. 0.9 gram. Richly toned XF+, slightly off-center

strike. Estimate: $70-$100.

Mexico (War for Independence)

1521. Guadalajara, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII,

1814MR. KM-111.3, CT-438. 26.6 grams. Bold VF+ with attractive

even toning, nice for the issue, slightly crude edge (as made)

and with attempted hole at top on reverse. Pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1520. Insurgent coinage, Chilpanzingo counterstamp

(Type A) on Lima, Peru, pillar 2 reales, 1754JD, unique

combination. 6.3 grams. Host coin lightly toned VF with XF

countermark in center of pillars side identical to KM-257.1

and KM-257.2 but with laurel-leaf border and on a unique host,

unlisted and probably quite rare. Estimate: $200-$1,000.

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1522. Guadalajara, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII,

1818FS. KM-111.3, CT-440. 26.7 grams. Choice XF with beautiful

light toning all over, bold but slightly crude rims (as made).

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $125-$200.

1523. Zacatecas, Mexico, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII,

1819AG. KM-11.5, CT-690. 26.8 grams. AXF for issue (typically

crude), hint of toning and luster, crude edge ( as made). Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $70-$100.

1524. Zacatecas, Mexico, bust 1 real, Ferdinand VII, 1816AG. KM-82.1, CT-1248. 2.8 grams.

Near AVF, typically crude, contrasting toning in places (especially around the date). Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $30-$45.

1525. Zacatecas, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Ferdinand VII, 1819AG. KM-74.3, CT-1423. 1.2 grams.

Bold AU with luster, off-center and slightly crude as usual, very choice for the type. Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

Mexico (Republic)

1526. Lot of 3 Mexico 1/4 reales: 1842MoLR, 1843MoLR and 1844SLPi. KM-368.6 and 368.7. 2.5 grams total. AXF to AU with

varying degrees of attractive toning and rim quality, mostly lustrous. Estimate: $30-$45.

1527. Mexico City, Mexico, 1/4 real, 1860MoLR, doubled 6. KM-368.6. 0.9 gram. Choice XF+ with rainbow toning and luster.

Estimate: $40-$60.

1528. Guanajuato, Mexico, 1/4 real, 1862LR. KM-368.5. 0.9 gram. BU, starting to tone around rims. Estimate: $100-$150.

1529. Lot of 2 Zamora, Mexico, countermarked copper

hacienda tokens (octavos) dated 1858. 6.9 and 5.6 grams. One

a dark-brown AVF with AXF countermark, the other a tan-

orange VG with XF countermark, both unevenly struck.

Estimate: $30-$45.

1530. Guanajuato, Mexico, 25 centavos, 1890R,

encapsulated NGC MS-65. KM-406.5. Lustrous and lightly

rainbow-toned (mostly golden yellow), super high grade.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

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Nicaragua

1531. Nicaragua, 50 centavos, 1929, encapsulated NGC

AU-58. KM-15. Faint golden-yellow toning all over, nice grade.

Estimate: $125-$200.

Panama (Republic)

1533. Panama City, Panama, quarter Balboa, 1930,

encapsulated NGC MS-63. KM-11.1. Lustrous, choice grade,

incipient golden toning (very faint). Estimate: $75-$110.

1534. Panama City, Panama, copper 1 centésimo, 1937,

encapsulated NGC MS-64 Red Brown. KM-14. Very

iridescent (almost violet), with original mint luster, choice grade.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1532. Panama City, Panama, 50 centésimos de Balboa,

1905. KM-5. 25.0 grams. VF+ with a few trivial rim-nicks, lightly

toned fields, scarce date of a 2-year type. Estimate: $50-$75.

Peru (colonial)

Pillars

1535. Lima, Peru, pillar 8 reales, Charles III, 1762JM, dot

over left mintmark only. KM-A64.2, CT-837. 26.6 grams. Lustrous

and beautifully rainbow-toned XF+ with a few scratches at

top of pillars side (which is slightly off-center). Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $250-$375.

1536. Lima, Peru, pillar 4 reales, Charles III, 1772JM. KM-

63, CT-1081. 13.1 grams. Rainbow-toned and problem-free AVF,

popular as the last year of issue. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $150-$225.

1537. Lima, Peru, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1752/1J,

very rare. KM-53, CT-unlisted (cf. 472). 6.5 grams. Clear overdate

(R5 in Gilboy, 1-3 pieces known!), and a choice specimen too,

in very high grade (lustrous AU), with nice dark toning all over.

Estimate: $500-$750.

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1538. Lima, Peru, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1753/2J, rare variant with king’s name as FED. KM-53, CT-unlisted (cf. 473).

6.5 grams. Lustrous, non-toned VF with scarce and curious error (R2 in Gilboy). Estimate: $100-$150.

1539. Lima, Peru, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1757/6/5JM, unlisted multiple overdate. KM-unlisted (cf. 53), CT-unlisted (cf.

478). 6.7 grams. Faintly toned VF+ with edge-nick, some patina, clear multiple overdate (the 7/6 alone is R2 in Gilboy). Estimate:

$100-$150.

1540. Lima, Peru, pillar 2 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1757/6JM. KM-53, CT-unlisted (cf. 478). 6.7 grams. Bold AXF, once lightly

cleaned but starting to tone nicely, with clear overdate (R2 in Gilboy). Estimate: $100-$150.

1541. Lima, Peru, pillar 2 reales, Charles III, 1766/5JM, rare overdate. KM-62, CT-unlisted. 6.2 grams. Nicely toned AVF,

certain overdate that is unlisted in Gilboy and therefore presumably rare. Estimate: $100-$150.

1542. Lot of two Lima, Peru, pillar minors of Charles III: 2 reales 1768JR and 1 real 1762JM. 6.4 and 3.1 grams. The 2R is

a nicely toned VF with plugged hole at top, and the 1R is VF with contrasting toning, holed at top and with recut rims, both

much better-looking than they sound. Estimate: $50-$75.

1543. Lima, Peru, pillar 1 real, Ferdinand VI, 1754JD. KM-52, CT-548. 3.4 grams. Very lustrous AU with light rainbow toning

(golden near rims, bluish in centers), quite choice. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

1544. Lima, Peru, pillar 1 real, Ferdinand VI, 1756JM. KM-52, CT-551. 3.3 grams. Nicely toned XF with scratches to right of left

pillar, slightly off-center strike. Estimate: $80-$120.

1545. Lima, Peru, pillar 1 real, Charles III, 1771JM. KM-61, CT-1487. 3.3 grams. Deeply toned VF, slightly off-center, with weird

scratch flanking left pillar that does not transit the pillar (hence probably a scratch in the original planchet before striking).

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $40-$60.

1546. Lima, Peru, pillar 1/2 real, Ferdinand VI, 1752/1J, very rare. KM-51, CT-unlisted (cf. 637). 1.6 grams. AVF with deeply

toned shield side, contrasting toning on pillars side, clear overdate that rates R5 (1-3 known) in Gilboy. Estimate: $350-$500.

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Busts

1547. Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1815JP.

KM-117.1, CT-483. 27.2 grams. Lustrous AU with minor natural

planchet flaw (stress fracture) across ear. Estimate: $125-$200.

1548. Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1819JP.

KM-117.1, CT-487. 27.2 grams. Highly lustrous AU, no toning, off-

center reverse, very flashy. Estimate: $100-$150.

1549. Lima, Peru, bust 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1795JI, rare. KM-102.1, CT-unlisted (cf. 1375). 0.7 gram. AVF with deep, contrasting

toning, small (old) chip and bruise in edge, rare and popular type with high catalog value. Estimate: $200-$300.

1550. Lima, Peru, bust 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1795JI, rare. KM-102.1, CT-unlisted (cf. 1375). 0.9 gram. Off-center Fine+ with light

toning, rare and popular type with high catalog value. Estimate: $200-$300.

1551. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1798. KM-102.2, CT-1382. 0.8 gram. Toned Fine, off-center strike. Estimate: $50-$75.

1552. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1801. KM-102.2, CT-1385. 0.7 gram. Salvaged XF, nicely toned. Estimate: $100-$150.

1553. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1802. KM-102.2, CT-1386. 1.0 gram. Toned VF with crude rims (as made). Pedigreed to the

Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $60-$90.

1554. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, Charles IV, 1804. KM-102.2, CT-1388. 0.8 gram. Nice VF with

light, contrasting toning, slightly out-of-round shape. Estimate: $80-$120.

1555. Lot of 2 Lima, Peru, 1/4 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1818. KM-108, CT-1459. Each 0.9

gram. Both nice Fine on broad planchets, one nicely toned. Estimate: $80-$120.

1556. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1819. KM-108, CT-1460. 0.7 gram. Off-

center XF+, no toning. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $90-$135.

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1557. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1820. KM-108, CT-1461. 0.8 gram. Lustrous AU with beautiful, subtle rainbow toning,

off-center reverse. Estimate: $150-$225.

Peru (provisional/pre-Republic)

1562. Lima, Peru, copper 1/4 real, 1822. KM-135. 1.6 grams. AXF with weak centers, medium

brown with some original mint luster. Estimate: $40-$60.

Peru (Republic)

1558. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1821. KM-108, CT-1462. 0.9 gram. Broad-

flan XF with choice toning, off-center strike. Estimate: $100-$150.

1559. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1821. KM-108, CT-1462. 0.8 gram. Choice

XF on a broad flan, nicely toned all over. Estimate: $100-$150.

1560. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, Ferdinand VII, 1823. KM-108, CT-1463. 0.9 gram. Nice

XF, super broad flan that extends well beyond the design, attractively toned, final

year of issue. Estimate: $150-$225.

1561. Lot of 2 Lima, Peru, 1/4 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1823. KM-108, CT-1463.

Each 0.9 gram. Both toned XF+ with holes in same place (below the castle and lion),

final year of issue. Estimate: $40-$60.

1563. Cuzco, Peru, 4 reales, 1838B, unlisted date. KM-unlisted (cf. 151.1). 12.5 grams. Nicely toned VF, clear date that is unlisted

in KM and called “extremely rare” in Almanzar and Seppa’s The Coins of Peru (1972), and we have no evidence to the contrary, so

it is probably under-estimated here. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$500.

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1564. Lot of 3 Lima, Peru, 1 reales: 1833MB, 1838MB and

1855MB. KM-145.1 and 145.4. 8.1 grams total. First two toned Fine,

last one lustrous AU with faint rose toning. Estimate: $50-

$70.

1565. Lot of 5 Lima, Peru, 1/2 reales, 1826JM, 1838MM,

1850MB and 1856MB (2). KM-144.1 and 144.7. 6.5 grams total.

Three (1838 and both 1856) are crude Fine or worse, but one

(1826) is lustrous AU and the last one (1850) is choice Mint

State with faint toning. The 1838 is apparently unlisted and

might be rare. Estimate: $70-$100.

1566. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, 1834. KM-143.1. 0.7 gram. Nicely

toned XF with interesting brockage error (full LIMA in mirror

image under llama). Estimate: $40-$60.

1567. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, 1842. KM-143.1. 0.6 gram. Lustrous

AU with beautiful rainbow toning all over. Estimate: $100-

$150.

1568. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, 1846/36. KM-143.1. 0.7 gram.

Lustrous and lightly toned Mint State. Estimate: $90-$125.

1569. Lima, Peru, 1/4 real, 1849. KM-143.1. 0.8 gram. Nicely

toned AXF with desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the Sellschopp

collection. Estimate: $80-$120.

1570. Lot of 3 Lima, Peru, 1/4

reales: 1841/0, 1843 and 1855. KM-

143.1. 2.3 grams total. The 1841/0 is VF

with contrasting toning, the 1843 is

richly toned XF+, and the 1855 is AXF

with punchmark and two large X’s

scratched into field. Estimate: $50-

$75.

1571. Lima, Peru, sol, 1885TD, encapsulated NGC MS-

62. KM-196.22. Bright and lustrous, no toning. Estimate: $80-

$120.

1572. Lima, Peru, sol, 1888TF, encapsulated NGC MS-

63. KM-196.24. Frosty and highly lustrous, super grade. Estimate:

$90-$135.

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1573. Lima, Peru, 1/5 sol, 1899JF, encapsulated NGC MS-64. KM-205.2. Highly lustrous

and starting to tone nicely, choice grade. Estimate: $50-$75.

1574. Lima, Peru, 1/2 dinero, 1916/5FG, “FERUANA”

error, encapsulated NGC MS-65. KM-206.2. Bright mirror

fields, exceptional grade. Estimate: $60-$90.

Philippines (under Spain)

1575. Philippines (under Spain), peso, Isabel II

countermark Y•II• on Lima, Peru (Republic), 8 reales,

1835MT. KM-138.4 (with countermark, 142.3 for host only), CT-451.

26.9 grams. Nicely toned VF (both host and countermark), slightly

off-center strike, interesting issue. Estimate: $125-$200.

1576. Manila, Philippines, copper quarto, Isabel II, 1834MA-F. KM-10, CT-unlisted (cf. 715). 4.9

grams. AVF, nice chocolate brown color with lighter high points, slightly weak at rims. Estimate:

$60-$80.

Portugal

1577. Portugal, 1/2 tostão, João IV, 1641, rare. KM-36. 2.9 grams. Beautifully rainbow-toned

AXF with bold cross and arms, much legend. Estimate: $125-$200.

Puerto Rico (under Spain)

1578. Puerto Rico (under Spain), peso, Alfonso XIII, 1895.

KM-24, CT-82. 25.0 grams. AU with beautiful rainbow toning all

over, no problems, quite lovely, popular issue. Estimate:

$1,000-$1,500.

1579. Puerto Rico (under Spain), peso, Alfonso XIII, 1895.

KM-24, CT-82. 25.0 grams. Lustrous AU with spotty toning against

golden fields, popular issue. Estimate: $800-$1,000.

1580. Puerto Rico (under Spain), 40 centavos, Alfonso

XIII, 1896. KM-23, CT-83. 9.9 grams. AU with lovely rainbow

toning (mostly red) near rims. Estimate: $500-$750.

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Spain

1581. Barcelona, Spain, milled 2 reales “pistareen,” Charles III Pretender, 1707. KM-PT5, CT-23. 6.3 grams. Lustrous Mint

State with incipient toning, minor edge-flaw, choicest specimen we have ever seen of a popular issue that was struck under the

supervision of Sir Isaac Newton. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

1582. Segovia, Spain, milled 2 reales “pistareen,” Philip V, 1727F, encapsulated NGC MS-63. KM-297, CT-1407. Lustrous

and very faintly toned, typically slightly warped (struck on a roller press) and with broad flan that extends beyond the details, rare

grade. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $150-$225.

1583. Segovia, Spain, copper 2 maravedís, Charles IV, 1808,

encapsulated PCGS MS-63BN. KM-426, CT-1539. Rare grade, even

chocolate-brown color, all details perfect. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $100-$150.

1584. Madrid, Spain, 5 pesetas, Alfonso XIII, 1897SG-V. KM-707, CT-

26. 24.7 grams. Lustrous AU with a few nicks, faint rainbow toning, same

design as the Puerto Rico peso and Philippines peso. Estimate: $100-

$150.

Suriname (Dutch Guyana)

1585. Suriname (Dutch Guyana), copper 4 duit, 1679, uniface, 4 leaves, extremely rare. KM-7.1. 2.1 grams. Despite the KM

listing, this is an extremely rare issue (only about 4 known) that sold for almost 20 times its KM-based estimate at auction 4 years

ago, with parrot in tree with 4 leaves above date, typically crude, VF for the issue, nice light brown color all over. Pedigreed to the

June 2005 Heritage Auction. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

1586. Suriname (Dutch Guyana), copper duit, 1764. KM-8.1. 1.6 grams. Choice XF, nicely even brown color, slightly crude near

rim, die-crack on reverse. Estimate: $100-$150.

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United States of America

1587. USA, Carson City trade dollar, 1874-CC, NGC MS-

60. KM-108. Highly lustrous but noticeably bagmarked, with

very faint golden toning, very popular. Estimate: $600-$900.

1588. USA, cut “2 bits” half of a seated Liberty half dollar

dated 1854. 5.7 grams. Heavily worn coin (Fair at best) with top

half of eagle clear, date very faint, nicely toned, obviously

circulated extensively after cutting, which is rare to see. Pedigreed

to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

Venezuela (provisional/Royalist)

1589. Caracas, Venezuela, 4 reales, 1820BS, rare. KM-7.2, CT-707. 9.3 grams. Richly

brown-toned VF with crude hole at edge, rare and popular issue, undervalued in

KM. Pedigreed to the Coin Galleries auction of December, 2006, with lot-tag #1360. Estimate:

$1,000-$1,500.

Venezuela (provisional/”imitation cobs”)

1590. Caracas, Venezuela, “imitation cob” 2 reales, “184”

date, M-L, rare. KM-13.1. 5.2 grams. VF for type with light toning

all over plus some black spots, broad flan with nearly all details

visible (pillars and cross), popular issue, undervalued in KM.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $500-$750.

1591. Caracas, Venezuela, “imitation cob” 2 reales, “182”

date, L-M. KM-13.1. 5.0 grams. Attractively toned VF with small

hole at edge, area of weak strike, popular issue, undervalued in

KM. Pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of January 2007, with lot-tag

#1281. Estimate: $250-$375.

1592. Barinas, Venezuela, “imitation cob” 1 real, “144”

date, unlisted. KM-unlisted. 1.6 grams. Typical “chipi-chipi” shape

but with completely unlisted “date” of 144 (not even mentioned

in Stohr), lightly toned AVF, popular issue, undervalued in KM.

Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $350-$500.

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Venezuela (provisional/pre-Republic)

1593. Caracas, Venezuela, copper 1/4 real, 1804, useful counterfeit of key date. 1.6 grams. Crude details that are obviously

not correct but are made to show the design and fill a hole (since the 1804 is quite rare), AXF with bright pinkish color around

details, looks circulated. Estimate: $60-$90.

1594. Caracas, Venezuela, copper 1/4 real, 1813, very rare. KM-2. 3.3 grams. Unevenly struck and patinated AVF for the type,

nice chocolate-brown color, undervalued in KM. Estimate: $600-$900.

1595. Caracas, Venezuela, copper 1/4 real, 1817, large date. KM-2. 3.5 grams. Slightly grainy VF with dark fields against brown

details, undervalued in KM. Estimate: $100-$150.

1596. Caracas, Venezuela, copper 1/4 real, 1817, small date. KM-2. 3.1 grams. AXF for type, some minor weak areas but

obviously not very worn, dark brown all over, undervalued in KM. Estimate: $50-$75.

1597. Lot of 2 Caracas, Venezuela, copper 1/4 reales, 1818, two different sets of dies. KM-2. 2.6 and 2.5 grams. Both AVF, one

darker than the other, nice strike on both, undervalued in KM. Estimate: $100-$150.

1598. Caracas, Venezuela, copper 1/4 real, 1821, rare variety. KM-2. 2.4 grams. Slightly corroded VF+ for type, rare type of

crown, undervalued in KM. Estimate: $80-$120.

1599. Caracas, Venezuela, copper 1/4 real, 1821, common

variety. KM-2. 2.0 grams. Off-center VF+ for type, slightly

warped, light brown color, undervalued in KM. Estimate:

$60-$90.

1600. Caracas, Venezuela, copper 1/8 real, 1805,

extremely rare date. KM-1. 1.6 grams. AXF for type with some

dark encrustation against coppery fields, minor rim-flaws (as

made), undervalued in KM. Estimate: $1,300-$2,000.

1601. Caracas, Venezuela, copper 1/8 real, 1818, rare. KM-

1. 1.7 grams. Lustrous but encrusted XF+ for type with small

clip in rim, varying color, undervalued in KM. Estimate:

$400-$600.

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Venezuela (under Gran Colombia)

1602. Caracas, Venezuela (under Gran Colombia), 1/4

real, 1821, very rare. KM-31. 0.6 gram. About Fine with light

toning, off-center obverse, undervalued in KM. Estimate:

$500-$750.

Venezuela (Guayana/provisional/Royalist)

1603. Guayana, Venezuela, copper 1/2 real, 1813, large flan. KM-41.1, CT-1295. 3.4 grams. Unevenly struck Fine with flat areas,

dark on obverse, lighter on reverse. Estimate: $100-$150.

1604. Guayana, Venezuela, copper 1/2 real, (1813-4), reverse struck over obverse design, rare. KM-41.1. 2.0 grams. Interesting

specimen that appears to be re-struck with the reverse over the old obverse design, the lettering of which (and part of the castle)

appear clearly, but unfortunately cover the date (probably 1814), crude Fine with chip in rim, varying color. Estimate: $60-$90.

1605. Guayana, Venezuela, copper 1/2 real, 1815. KM-41.2, CT-1297. 2.5 grams. Bold AVF with weak centers, nice chocolate-

brown color all over, slightly off-center strike, undervalued in KM. Estimate: $60-$90.

1606. Guayana, Venezuela, copper 1/2 real, 1815. KM-41.2, CT-1297. 2.3 grams. Off-center Fine with weak spots, chip in rim,

nice even color (brown), undervalued in KM. Estimate: $40-$60.

1607. Lot of 2 Guayana, Venezuela, copper 1/2 reales, 1816 and 1817. KM-41.2. 2.5 and 2.1 grams. The 1816 a light-brown

About Fine with weak spots, the 1817 an iridescent and bold Fine+ with chip in rim, undervalued in KM. Estimate: $60-$90.

Venezuela (modern)

1608. Venezuela, 500 bolivares, 1992, low mintage. KM-69.

31.2 grams. Perfect Proof, no problems, mintage of only 10,000

coins. Estimate: $30-$45.

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MEDALS

1609. Bolivia (Potosí), silver Bolívar medal with mountain

of Potosí, 1825. 36.4 grams. Large, coin-like medal, nicely toned

XF+, with portrait of Bolívar on obverse and sun over

mountain of Potosí on reverse with date, legends reading

SIMON BOLIVAR LIBERTADOR DE COLOMBIA Y DEL

PERU on obverse and Potosí MANIFIESTA SU GRATITUD

AL GENIO D. LA LIBERTAD, all very well detailed and

beautiful, and popular with Latin collectors (listed as #9466 in

the Fonrobert reference and #3B in Burnett). Estimate: $900-

$1,350.

1610. Chile (Republic), silver independence proclamation

medal, 1818. 17.9 grams. Sun/clouds above palm tree and

INDEPENDENCIA on obverse, LIBERTAD in ribbon above

pillars and lateral smoke clouds on reverse, full legends,

beautifully toned AXF, lovely design. Estimate: $250-$375.

1611. Mexico, gold medal of the Virgen de la Guadalupe,

1794. 28.7 grams. Sturdy medal with the Virgen de la Guadalupe

and legend N.S.DE GUADALUPE DE. MEXICO.A.1794 on

obverse and cross above NONFECIT / TALITER /

OMNINATIONI on reverse, XF with die-crack near bottom

of reverse and loop for wearing attached to top, appears to be

high-grade gold and is probably rare. Estimate: $1,500-$2,000.

1613. Mexico (Sociedad Numismática de Mexico), silver

medal, 1971, with pictures of Mexican cobs on both sides.

24.5 grams. Lovely Proof with slight handling marks and spots

of toning, the frosty center design an 8 escudos of 1679 assayer

G, a fantasy coin but curious in light of our commentary in the

article on page 146. Estimate: $25-$40.

1612. Mexico (Mexico City), 2R-sized proclamation

medal, Ferdinand VII, 1808. 6.8 grams. Size and weight of a 2

reales (listed in Grove as F-15), with crowned arms and legend

FERNANDO. VII. REY. DE. ESPANA. Y. DE. LAS.

YNDIAS on obverse, PROCLAMA / DO.EM.MEXI / CO.

A. 13. DE. / AGOSTO. DEL / ANO. DE. / 1808 in wreath

on reverse, attractively toned XF with crude field to left of

shield. Estimate: $150-$225.

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1614. Limited-edition 1-ounce silver medal made

from Atocha silver by the Mexico City mint in custom

Lucite holder and clamshell case. 27.27 grams. This is

basically a Mexican 8-reales Royal restrike, as the design

is completely accurate for a 1621 specimen, yet it is clearly

not intended to deceive and comes housed in a special

Lucite holder that is embossed with GENUINE LOST

SILVER TREASURE OF THE ATOCHA (showing the

coin inside a fanciful treasure chest) inside a clamshell

case accompanied by a small certificate of authenticity

explaining that the silver used to make the coin came

from the Atocha (presumably from one of the huge silver

bars) and that the coin was officially “restruck” at the

Casa de Moneda in Mexico City, complete with a mint

official’s signature at the bottom (unfortunately undated

but probably late 1980s or early 1990s), the mintage

limited to 10,000 pieces. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.

Estimate: $70-$100.

1615. Puerto Rico, brass medal with antique silver finish,

2009, limited edition (private issue) #97/100

commemorating Puerto Rico and Columbus. 45 grams.

Large, modern medal made privately in Puerto Rico in a very

limited quantity using a design created by the famous engraver

Samuel Barber, with bust of Columbus above 1899 date and

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on obverse and ISLA DE

PUERTO RICO above and I PESO = 60 CENTS below

montage of George Washington and Federal shield and eagle

on reverse, Uncirculated. Estimate: $40-$60.

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SESSION III: Friday, October 16, 2009, noon

SHIPWRECK INGOTS AND BULLIONGold

1616. Lot of gold flakes from the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca.

1528), 1.8 grams. These are all thin, hammered strips of gold,

presumably the parts of Aztec gold that were not melted down

into ingots, and as

such they are

fabulously rare and

important artifacts,

numbering here in

the dozens (all that

were found), ranging

in size from tiny

specks to 0.3-gram

balls (rolled up),

many with heavy green patina due to copper in the alloy. From

the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528). Estimate: $150-$500.

1618. Gold “finger” bar ingot #11 from the “Golden Fleece

wreck” (ca. 1550), 204 grams, 20-1/2K, in special

presentation wooden box. About 5" x 3/4" x 1/4". Approximately

3/5 of a long, flat ingot (much smaller than usual) with one

rounded end and other neatly chiseled all the way through, with

one patch of gray coral at the cut end on the smooth top and

three fineness markings on the bottom, each with 2 straight x’s

in a box and 2 dots in their own box, spaced so that the bar

could be further cut to make smaller change. What’s nice about

this ingot, apart from its very compact and therefore more

affordable size, is the wonderful cherry-wood presentation box

with locking lid and special color certificate that one of the

former owners put with it, the bar housed in a special, velvet-

lined well sized to match inside the box, hands down the most

impressive display we have seen. From the “Golden Fleece wreck”

(ca. 1550). Estimate: $7,500-$10,000.

1617. Gold cut “finger” bar

#23 from the “Golden Fleece

wreck” (ca. 1550), 537 grams,

marked three times with

fineness XX• (201/4K). About

6" x 1" x 1/2". This is the majority

portion of a long, straight ingot,

with one end a blunt point (the

end of the metal flow) and the

other end chiseled (smooth)

about 1/5 of the way and then

broken from there (very rough,

with white coral bits in the

crevices), the top of the bar

more or less smooth with two

significant patches of snow-

white coral and the bottom with

three instances of fineness

markings (strategically placed so

that such bars could be cut

down to make “small change”)

each showing 2 curved x’s in a

box next to a single dot in a

separate box. Note that the

curved x’s are an exact match

with the two gold ingots found

on the 1554 Fleet off Padre

Island, Texas. From the “Golden

Fleece wreck” (ca. 1550), with

Sedwick photo-certificate.

Estimate: $20,000-$30,000.

1619. Gold nugget #853 from the

Espadarte (1558), 43 grams. 1" in diameter and

1/4" thick. Round, flat disk of what appears to

be high-grade gold, mostly smooth but

encrusted with white and purplish coral and

oxidation, very coin-like and hefty. From the

Espadarte (1558), with Arqueonautas certificate.

Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

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1620. Gold nugget #1039 from the Espadarte (1558), 32 grams. Roughly 1-1/4" x 1" and 3/16" thick. Broad, flat disk whose metal

did not flow all the way to the edge (creating a very irregular shape) with smooth, clean surfaces of what appear to be high-grade

gold, small piece of edge pointing upward (where the metal was poured?), somewhat coin-like in size and weight. From the

Espadarte (1558), with Arqueonautas certificate. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

1621. Gold nugget #1004 from the Espadarte (1558), 19 grams. 3/4" in diameter and 1/4" thick. A flattened

sphere of high-grade gold, very coin-like, with void near edge but otherwise fully round and thick, the

flattened surfaces smooth and clean. From the Espadarte (1558), with Arqueonautas certificate. Estimate: $1,000-

$1,500.

1622. Lot of 6 low-grade gold pieces from the Espadarte (1558). 2.4-12.0 grams each (total 48.2 grams), 1/4"

to 1" in diameter. These bits, of which 2 are coin-like disks and 2 are wedges cut from disks, the other 2 being

more like drops or nuggets, are all dark and dull in color (still obviously gold), both from

a lower-grade of gold and from heavy encrustation, a fascinating lot of pieces that could

be cleaned up to reveal brighter and more eye-catching items. From the Espadarte (1558),

with Arqueonautas certificates #IDM-006/02/0940, 0976, 0988, 1010, 1113 and 1273. Estimate:

$1,000-$1,500.

1623. Gold “finger” bar ingot #30 from the Atocha (1622), 885 grams, 20-3/4K.

About 9" x 1" x 1/2". Long and nearly full bar with one end neatly sliced twice, at different

angles, the other end rounded but with cylindrical “assayer’s bite” now filled with white

coral, the bar itself slightly curved, with 4 clear fineness markings, each with 2 X’s in a box

and 3 dots in a separate box, plus at least 7 partial circular tax seals with dotted border and

some letters visible, plus (and most importantly) full and mostly readable foundry mark

“SARGOSA / PECARTA,” at least the top half of which refers to the mine (and city) of

Zaragoza in Colombia (the PECARTA part probably an assayer name), all with bits of

encrustation, the other side smooth, certainly one of the better-marked and more significant

gold bars from the Atocha. From the Atocha (1622), with original Fisher photo-certificate #GB030.

Estimate: $35,000-$50,000.

1624. Gold “finger” bar #33 from the Atocha (1622), 621 grams, 20-1/4K. About 7" x

1" x 1/4". Another “SARGOSA / PECARTA” bar from Zaragoza, Colombia, this bar

neatly cut (once) at each end but still long and with 3 fineness markings of 2 X’s in a box

and one dot, no less than 7 partial (circular) tax seals with dotted borders and some letters,

the foundry mark nearly full and clearly attributable, not much encrustation except for

inside a small pit on the marked side. From the Atocha (1622), with original Fisher photo-

certificate #GB033. Estimate: $25,000-$35,000.

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1625. Gold “finger” bar ingot from the Maravillas (1656), 336.3 grams, 19-1/4K. About 7" x 1" x 1/4".

A very wide and flat ingot with one end chisel-cut twice (a bit crudely) and the other end rounded but with

two small, cylindrical assayer’s bites, the marked surface with 3 fineness markings of XIX in a box with

single dot outside, 3 clear tax seals (plus part of another) with dotted borders and letters HISPA and DG

visible, but best of all is the bold and nearly full foundry mark RIBERA / ZARAGOZA, which clearly

refers to the Zaragoza mine and city in Colombia but also possibly to an assayer named Ribera (unless the

RIBERA simply refers to the fact that the Zaragoza in Colombia, as opposed to the Zaragoza in Spain, is

situated on the banks of a river), a significant artifact from a wreck that is not necessarily known for

yielding many gold bars. From the Maravillas (1656), with color photo-certificate. Estimate: $18,500-$27,000.

1626. Gold “half potato” ingot

from the 1715 Fleet, marked

“4o3”, 59.32 troy oz, estimated

fineness 20K. About 5-3/4" x 2-1/

2" x 3/4". A virtual twin of one that

sold in the US Customs sale in

Tampa, Florida, in 2003,

obviously made in the same bun-

shaped mold and nearly exactly

the same weight, and clearly

marked with the same “4o3” (and

nothing else) that refers to the

weight in hundredth-libras, the

libra being 460 grams, hence 59.6

oz (very close to actual in this case,

the remaining 3/10 oz possibly

lost due to oxidation of copper

impurities in the sea?), a spartan

but attractively tidy ingot with

significant intrinsic value. From the

1715 Fleet, with cer tificate.

Estimate: $45,000-$65,000.

1627. Justh & Hunter gold ingot #4280 from

the S.S. Central America (1857), 20.93 oz,

90.7% fine, with special presentation copy of

Bowers book. About 2-3/8" x 1-3/4" x 1/2". A

desirably compact and perfectly rectangular ingot

with markings on top NO.4280 / JUSTH &

HUNTER / 20.93 OZS. / 907 FINE. / $392.42,

bias-cut assayer’s “bites” in upper-left corner on

top and bottom-right corner on bottom, the

bottom smooth but with marking 80 near one

corner, a very rare and highly sought example of

California gold from the Gold Rush days, the

specimens from Justh & Hunter (a famous

assaying office in San Francisco, Justh himself

once an assayer at the mint) being typically much

larger and therefore difficult to collect in this

small size. Note also that the accompanying book

(part of a special presentation package when

these gold bars were marketed after the find) is worth at least $1000 by itself. From the S.S. Central America (1857), with huge,

special-issue, limited-edition (400 copies made) boxed book (which contains a pinch of gold dust from the ship in the inside cover) entitled A

California Gold Rush History, by Q. David Bowers (2002). Estimate: $50,000-$75,000.

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1628. Lot of gold flakes and dust from the S.S. Central America (1857), approx. 31 grams, in

original Sotheby’s packaging. A generous “pinch” of gold dust and flakes (plus a few tiny nuggets)

from the California Gold Rush and the most famous shipwreck source of same, one of the few

original lots from the Sotheby’s sale that did not (yet) go to promoters for packaging into 1.5-gram

retail items. From the S.S. Central America (1857), with Sotheby’s sticker #283/19925 and blue pouch.

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

1629. Lot of gold dust from the S.S. Central America (1857), approx.

20 grams. A goodly “pinch” of gold dust (no flakes or nuggets) from the California Gold Rush

and the most famous shipwreck source of same, one of the few original lots from the Sotheby’s sale

that did not (yet) go to promoters for packaging into 1.5-gram retail items. From the S.S. Central

America (1857), with Sotheby’s sticker #342/20831 and blue pouch. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

Silver

1630. Large silver

“tumbaga” bar #M-66 (“key

bar”) from the “Tumbaga

wreck” (ca. 1528), 21.66 lb.About 13-1/2" x 4-1/2" x 1-1/2".

When the “tumbaga” bars were

conserved in 1993, Armstrong

specifically set this one aside as

being the “key bar” for the fact

that it shows many small disks

and other pieces sticking out of

its top surface, as the

component artifacts were not

fully melted and show at least

some idea of what they

originally looked like, thereby

making this one bar, above all

the others, far more important,

also with clear markings on the

bottom (YB13 iUBC XV =

67.3% pure, and IN / DCBCA

assayer and 2 partial tax

stamps), crude (and seemingly

too small) assayer’s “bite” in

one corner, and worth noting

as well that this is one of the

heaviest and largest bars, to the

point that its top appears to

have spilled over the mold

(maybe why the artifacts were

not totally melted). From the

“Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528), with

Sedwick photo-certificate.

Estimate: $20,000-$30,000.

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1631. Silver “tumbaga” bar #M-92 from the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528), 8.07 lb. About 14" x 3-1/4" x 3/4". Long, flat ingot

with rippled texture on top with single tax stamp, bumpy texture on bottom with 2 sets of finenesses, one with IV II X L (with

small s’s above and below) for 1240 (51.7% pure) and the other with iVCCC L X for 1360 (56.7% pure), also serial number R C

and assayer B~Vo and partial tax stamp, diagonal “bite” (half sliced, half broken) in corner, gray to silvery in color. From the

“Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528). Estimate: $5,750-$7,500.

1632. Silver “tumbaga” bar #M-115 from the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528), 7.08 lb. About 10" x 3-1/2" x 3/4". Thick, rectangular

ingot with “sunburst” texture on top around 2 bold finenesses, IV IIII with small s’s above and below for 1400 (58.3% pure) and

YB13 next to S and iUB for 1500 (62.5% pure), also bold partial tax stamp, the other side of the bar very granulated and bumpy,

with very neatly sliced diagonal assayer’s “bite” in corner, even silver color with some toning. From the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528).

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

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1633. Silver “tumbaga” bar #M-106 from the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528), 6.51 lb. About 12-1/2" x 4" x 3/8". Broadly

rectangular in shape but not very thick, with very bold serial number R C, assayer B~Vo and fineness iVCC L X X X (1280/2400

= 53.3% pure) and one partial tax stamp on top whose texture ranges from smooth to striated to almost crystalline, the other

side evenly rough (oxidized?), crudely broken assayer’s “bite” in one corner, nice even color. From the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528).

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

1634. Silver “tumbaga” bar #M-51 from the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528), 5.23 lb. About 7" x 3" x 1". Neat “half-brick” with

clear markings of assayer B~Vo, serial RC and fineness iVC L X (1160/2400 = 48.3% pure) on top, large portion of circular tax

stamp on bottom, diagonal assayer’s “bite” in corner, some pitting but mostly well preserved and desirable shape and markings.

From the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528). Estimate: $4,500-$6,500.

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1635. Silver “tumbaga” bar #M-63 from the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528), 4.59 lb. About 9-1/4" x 4" x 3/8". Very neatly

rectangular but somewhat thin, with bold fineness IV IIII L X X X (with small s’s above and below) for 1480 (61.7% pure) and

partial tax stamp on smooth top, the bottom rougher and unmarked and with curious “string” impressions, diagonally sliced

assayer’s “bite” in one corner, even silver color. From the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528). Estimate: $4,250-$6,000.

1636. Cut silver “tumbaga style” ingot #6 from the “Golden

Fleece wreck” (ca. 1550), 2495 grams, with illegible fineness

markings and tax stamp. About 5-1/2" x 2-3/4" x 1-1/2". An odd

item for this wreck, whose silver yield was almost entirely round

“splash” ingots, this piece instead being the middle portion of a

big, rectangular “tumbaga” ingot from a few decades prior, the

two cuts (about 1/3 chiseled and 2/3 broken) clear on the wide

ends, the fineness marked on both sides (one with circular tax stamp

as well) but illegible due to corrosion, very heavy and bricklike.

From the “Golden Fleece wreck” (ca. 1550). Estimate: $3,500-$5,000.

1637. Well-marked silver “splash” ingot #AG from the

“Golden Fleece wreck” (ca. 1550), fineness 23.6/24, 1004

grams. About 5-1/2" in diameter and up to 5/8" thick. Typical round

“splash” but with unusually clear and bold markings on top,

including fineness IIU CCC L X (2360/2400 = 98.3% pure) twice

and crowned-C tax circular tax stamp twice too, the bottom of

the bar rough and unmarked, the edges a bit crude but with clearly

chiseled cut in one place, nice silver color all over. From the “Golden

Fleece wreck” (ca. 1550), with photo-certificate. Estimate: $1,500-

$2,250.

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1638. Cut piece of a silver “splash” ingot from an unidentified ca.-1554 wreck off Santo

Domingo, 5.73 troy oz. Roughly 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 1/2". Very irregular, somewhat triangular-cut

piece (chisel-cut once and crudely broken twice) of a very thin “splash” with lots of bubble

inclusions, no visible markings, very crude, with rough texture from oxidation, but somewhat

coin-like in nature (basically “plata corriente”) and rare. From an unidentified ca.-1554 wreck off Santo

Domingo, with certificate. Estimate: $250-$375.

1639. Cut piece of a silver “splash” ingot from

an unidentified ca.-1554 wreck off Santo Domingo, 4.08 troy oz. Roughly 2-

1/2" x 1-1/2" x 1/2". A very crude, thick, interior piece broken off of a much larger

“splash”, with significant stress cracks from the breakage, no visible markings,

clean and tidy on one side but thickly encrusted with whitish coral on the other

side, somewhat coin-like in nature (basically “plata corriente”) and rare. From an

unidentified ca.-1554 wreck off Santo Domingo, with certificate. Estimate: $250-$375.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ATOCHA SILVER-BAR MARKINGS

Like 17th-century bumper stickers, the markings on the

tops of the hundreds of massive silver ingots recovered from

the Atocha (sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida, and found

and salvaged by Mel Fisher and his divers in 1985) tell the story

of where each bar came from, when and how it was made,

who made it and owned it and shipped it, and even what was

supposed to happen to it when it arrived in Spain, a journey

the ingots obviously did not complete. Interpreting these

markings is not as hard as it seems, as this brief guide will

show.

For practical purposes the visibility of markings is

succinctly represented on the Mel Fisher certificate that

accompanies each bar in the form of a number called the Class

Factor. This number ranges from 0.6 for corroded and poorly

marked bars to 1.0 for ones with full markings (particularly the

date). Most bars are Class Factor 0.8 or 0.9. The following will

tell you what each of the markings means.

The first and simplest marking to decipher is the

manifest number, which appears in large and deeply stamped

Roman numerals. It is important to keep in mind that in the

Spanish colonial system the thousands are indicated by one or

more I’s followed by a U, hence IIU is two thousand. The first

bar listed in our auction here, for example, shows a manifest

number of IIIIUCXXXVII for 4137. In the ship’s manifest,

which was copied and sent ahead of the ship (which is why we

know what was on the Atocha’s manifest), the manifest number

is a line-item entry, next to which each bar is listed with its

weight and owner/shipper details. Interestingly enough,

matching bars to this manifest was how the Atocha find was

confirmed in the first place.

The next marking to consider is the fineness, also in

Roman numerals but these smaller and incuse inside standard

punch-type boxes, representing parts per 2400. With few

exceptions on these bars, the fineness is nearly always IIU C C

C L X X X (each separate box indicated by a space between the

letters) or 2380, which is 99.17% pure silver, using the same

karat system as for gold (24K or 2400 in silver being 100%

pure).

Usually lightly stamped to the right of the fineness

(when visible at all) is the cartouche of the assayer, the person

who was responsible for making sure the stamped fineness was

accurate. The assayer tested the silver by means of a “bite,”

which was the removal of a small piece of the bar for testing

and retention as his fee, usually a peanut-shaped “double-scoop”

on the top of the bar but also as a cylindrical notch in the side

of the bar instead. The former was the style for Potosí whereas

the latter was for Oruro, two different cities and foundries in

Bolivia (part of Peru at the time).

The foundry and date appear in their own cartouche

elsewhere on the bar, usually weakly visible if at all. The usual

mark for Potosí is a P with a small o above it to the left of a

1621 (or 1622) date in large, Arabic numerals. For Oruro it is

ORUR above O1621 (always that date).

Another usually faint—but eminently important—

mark was the tax stamp or “quinto,” representing the king’s

“fifth” or 20% tax. This appears multiple times on a given bar

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in the form of a coin-like circular seal with the Spanish arms

(lions and castles in a simple shield) inside a legend for the

king. Quite often this seal is impressed weakly or only partially,

presumably because the official punches were hard to come by

and would last longer if used gently. The same principal applied

to the assayer and foundry/date marks mentioned above. It is

generally understood that the king’s tax was paid prior to the

casting of the bar, and in fact some bars with different markings

may be the actual tax money earmarked for the crown.

One other punched mark on these bars, typically near

the edge, is the silvermaster’s mark, which for both Potosí and

Oruro was nearly always a V for Jacob de Vreder. Some bars

(particularly those that are believed to be the king’s tax money)

instead show a similarly punched letter A, the name unknown

but probably de Vreder’s assistant. Note that de Vreder himself

was aboard the Atocha and perished in the disaster; his assistant

was on the Santa Margarita of the same ill-fated fleet of 1622.

For whatever reason, the bars owned by J. Delgado show other

punched letters (like B, C, D, etc.) that appear to have nothing

to do with the silvermaster but are similar in form.

Visually the most impressive marks are the deeply

hand-inscribed (not punched) monograms of the owners and

shippers. Usually these were the same person, but not always;

the manifest generally gives you the “owned by” and “shipped

for” names. These marks are usually large and sometimes take

up the entire width of the bar, with things like diamonds and

asterisks gracing the letters of usually, but not always, logical

monograms, like MB for Muñibe. Multiple monograms are not

uncommon and may indicate settlements of accounts down

the line. In lieu of such markings there is often a simple diagonal

line, believed to be a divider to show where to cut the bar to

remove a proper portion for another tax, the “averia” or

shipping tax, used to pay for the defensive privilege of

transporting the silver safely on the king’s ships.

Some hand-inscribed marks, it is believed, were

acquired by the bars during their long journey from the

mountains of Bolivia to the coast of Peru or Chile, to the

southern shores of Panama and across the isthmus to the

Caribbean, and finally to the transshipment points of Cartagena,

Colombia, and Havana, Cuba. Presumably, however, these

marks aided in proper taxation and payments when the bars

reached Spain and found their intended recipients, at which

point the bars were all melted down. It is only because of the

1622-Fleet disaster that we can see these marks and ingots at

all and appreciate their beauty and significance.

1640. Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622),100 lb 2.3 oz troy, Class Factor 1.0. About 14" x 5-1/2" x 4-1/2". This is the

heaviest bar we have ever offered (certainly one of the biggest from the ship) and also one of the best-marked, with bold

manifest number IIIIUCXXXVII, fineness IIU C C C L X X X (2380 = 99.2% pure) with foundry mark to right, at least 7 clear

tax stamps, and (best of all) date 1621 with Potosí initial to left, plus a D (for owner/shipper Delgado) and a V (for silvermaster

de Vreder) at one end and a diagonal slash at the other (to show where to cut to take out the “avería” or shipping tax),

interestingly lopsided in height and with the top part somewhat “overlapping” the top sides of the mold, typical (for Potosí bars

anyway) “double-scoop” assayer’s “bite” in center of top, a very impressive and intrinsically valuable ingot. From the Atocha

(1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #85A-S300. Estimate: $21,000-$26,000.

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1641. Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622), 91 lb 4.96 oz troy, Class Factor 1.0. About 14" x 5" x 3-1/2". This choice bar has

the most exquisite markings we have ever seen, with deeply engraved and elegant GSS monogram to left (for owner/shipper

Gasca and Sanchez), FD monogram above A and I to right, manifest number IIIYDCLII, fineness IIU C C C L X X X (2380 =

99.2% pure) to left of very explicit IoV.Ess. / MEXIA assayer cartouche, also 3 nearly complete tax stamps and 1621 date with

P initial for Potosí, very deep “double-scoop” assayer’s “bite” in middle, also very evenly cast and uncorroded, desirable pedigree.

From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #85A-S559. Also pedigreed to the Treasures of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha

auction (San Diego, 9/19/87), lot #3375. Estimate: $20,000-$25,000.

1642. Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622), 83 lb 9.44 oz troy, Class Factor 1.0. About 16" x 5-1/4" x 3-1/4". A curious

example of crossed-out markings, as the monogrammed TSR to right is defaced and replaced on the left side (below a crossed-

out V) with a bold MB monogram (shipper/owner Munibe), also with bold manifest number I11CVIII (note the 1’s instead of

I’s) and fineness IIU C C C L X X X (2380 = 99.2% pure), also partial tax stamp and date or assayer cartouche, very prominent

cylindrical assayer’s “bite” at one end (hence cast in Oruro, which is scarcer than Potosí), minor surface corrosion, desirable

pedigree. From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #85A-S811. Also pedigreed to the Treasures of the Nuestra Señora de

Atocha auction (San Diego, 9/19/87), lot #3374. Estimate: $20,000-$25,000.

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1643. Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622), 87 lb 6.88 oz troy, Class Factor 0.9. About 16" x 5" x 3-1/2". Very well marked

for its grade, with particularly bold NR monogram at one end and Lx at the other end, 2 V’s, manifest number CCCLXXXII, 4

nearly full tax stamps, fineness IIU C C C L X X X (2380 = 99.2% pure), but the assayer/date box after the fineness is

unreadable (hence the grade), curious cylindrical assayer’s “bite” taken from center of side (hence not visible from the top),

bright silver color all over with pits (from bubbles) as made. From the Atocha (1622), with original Fisher photo-certificate #S762.

Estimate: $19,000-$24,000.

1644. Silver contraband ingot from the Maravillas (1656),

550 grams. About 5" x 1" x 3/4". A neatly molded ingot of typical

shape and fineness (presumed to be around 23.8K) but without

any markings and rather small, therefore undoubtedly

contraband in nature, with minor corrosion on gray-colored

surfaces. From the Maravillas (1656), with original Marex certificate

#124. Estimate: $500-$750.

1645. Small silver plug (contraband ingot?), from an

original Spanish salvage camp of the 1715 Fleet, 34.8

grams. About 1-1/4" in diameter and 7/8" tall. This looks just like

someone poured molten silver into a nesting

cup-weight, presumably so a smuggler would

have a small, almost coin-like piece of

contraband silver, no markings of course, dark

in color and nicely encrusted all over, really

looks like it should weigh more. From the 1715

Fleet, with photo-certificate #0514. Estimate:

$100-$150.

1646. Neatly formed silver bar from

the Rooswijk (1739), 1967 grams (63.25

oz. troy), marked with A (Amsterdam)

and VOC (Dutch East India Co.) and

billy goat (assayer/foundry mark).

About 6-1/4" x 1-1/2" x 1-1/4". Very tidy and

clean ingot with very bold markings, one

end typically cut (to fine-

tune the weight) and with

deep depression inside

which some orange

encrustation now resides,

the perfect preservation

of the ingot due to the

fact that it was neatly cast

and tightly packed into a

chest that remained intact.

From the Rooswijk (1739),

with certificate and tag

# R K 0 5 A S 0 3 3 5 .

Estimate: $2,500-

$3,750.

1647. Neatly formed silver bar from the Rooswijk (1739), 1957 grams (62.93 oz. troy), marked with A

(Amsterdam) and VOC (Dutch East India Co.) and billy goat (assayer/foundry mark). About 6-1/2" x

1-1/2" x 1-1/4". Very tidy and clean ingot with very bold markings, one end typically cut (to fine-tune the

weight) and with deep but narrow depression now containing a modicum of orange encrustation, the perfect

preservation of the ingot due to the fact that it was neatly cast and tightly packed into a chest that remained

intact. From the Rooswijk (1739), with certificate and tag #RK04A0547. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

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Copper

1648. Cut copper ingot from the Atocha (1622), 12 lb av.

About 7" x 7" x 3". A very crude lump of copper that was broken

apart in at least one place, no markings (as usual), mostly dark

brown in color but with some bright copper exposed and lots

of green spots tinged with white coral bits in the pits. From the

Atocha (1622), with Fisher certificate #625. Estimate: $400-$600.

1649. Broken copper ingot(?) (or possibly just scrap

copper) from the Consolación (1681), 604 grams. About 4-

1/2" x 2-1/2" x 2". Very crude

cluster of scrap copper,

possibly broken from a larger

ingot, no markings of

course, but with lovely

orange and green

encrustation against dark

brown surfaces. From the

Consolación (1681), with ROBCAR photo-certificate #B090004.

Estimate: $50-$100.

1650. Well-molded copper ingot from the Benamain

(1890), 14 lb av. Roughly 12" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2". Custom-molded

ingot with rectangular top with pointed ends, cylindrical cross-

holes in bottom, which is marked with incuse V&S for Vivian

& Son above A (unknown), brick-red color all over with spots

of green. From the Benamain (1890), with original Aquascan

certificate. Estimate: $200-$300.

SHIPWRECK ARTIFACTS

Phoenician wreck of the late 5th/early 4th century

BC off Israel

1651. Hollow terra cotta statue of Tanit. 187 grams, 6-3/8" tall

and about 1-1/2" in diameter. A crude, worn statue almost completely

cocooned in white encrustation, the face and one arm (barely

recognizable) peeking out (grayish tan color), one of 250 statues

found on the wreck in similar condition, the goddess being the

main deity of Carthaginian religion and culture. With copy of

article about the wreck and salvage. Estimate: $150-$225.

1200s wreck off Southeast Asia

1652. Pair of Chinese celadon plates, Song or Yuan

Dynasty (960-1279 AD). 210.6 grams, 5" x 1"; 207 grams, 5" x 1-1/4".

Two shallow saucers with leafy design in center under greenish-

gray glaze all over except for white ring inside and unglazed

base, the smaller one with crusty residue inside and tiny chips

in rim but the larger one 100% intact. Estimate: $50-$75.

271

1300s wreck off Thailand

1653. Pair of earthenware jar lids (one repaired). 155 and

131 grams, each 4" in diameter and 1-1/2" to 1-3/4" in diameter. Both lids

a bit worn and crude, one white with bits of brown glaze and

the other grayish with design in dark brown and orangish

encrustation, the latter broken into 6 pieces and re-glued but

the other one intact with shelly encrustation inside, both with

cute little knob at top. With original 1974 letter from the diver.

Estimate: $50-$75.

“Hoi An hoard,” sunk in the late 1400s off Vietnam

1654. Annamese blue-on-white porcelain monkey

statuette (dropper). 66 grams, 2-1/4" tall. Very cute little statuette

in the form of a mother monkey with baby in lap and hole for

mouth to be used as a dropper, blue dots and stripes, plain

base with sticker, perfectly intact with bits of wormy white

coral. With VISAL sticker #28632 and pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $175-$250.

1655. Annamese blue-on-white porcelain bowl with bird

motif. 697 grams, 9-1/4" in diameter and 2" tall. Choice and 100%

intact museum-quality piece showing a bird with outstretched

wings in the center, floral pattern around edge, 9-petalled design

on exterior, turned chocolate color without glaze on base, once

encrusted but very carefully cleaned and undamaged (unlike

most), just the footprint of one crustacean still adhering.

Estimate: $600-$900.

1656. Uncleaned, Annamese blue-on-white porcelain bowl

with bird motif. 743 grams, 9" in diameter and 2" tall. Intact and

vividly colored piece showing a bird with outstretched wings

in center surrounded by floral pattern and 9 panels on exterior,

light brown base (unglazed), interestingly encrusted all over

with oyster shells, barnacles and wormy coral (as found), plus

some dark stains, great for a shipwreck display but also likely

museum quality if judiciously cleaned. Estimate: $600-$900.

1658. Annamese blue-on-white

lidded porcelain powder-box

(medium). 94 grams, 1-1/2" tall and 2-

1/4" in diameter. Well-preserved

round box with curved sides,

flowery diamond design on top

surrounded with berries(?),

scalloped pattern bottom part that

is close but not an exact match with

the top (very typical for this wreck), one small chip but otherwise

intact. With VISAL certificate #51697 and pedigreed to the Mark

Bir collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

1659. Annamese blue-on-white

lidded porcelain powder-box

(medium). 82 grams, 1-1/2" tall and 2-1/

4" in diameter. Round box with curved

sides, deep dark design on top (flower

in center surrounded by 6 panels),

simple flower-petal design on bottom

half, a marginal match for the top but

intact at least and with fairly good

glaze remaining. With VISAL certificate #30128 and pedigreed to

the Mark Bir collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

1657. Large, Annamese

blue-on-white lidded

porcelain powder-box.121 grams, 1-3/4" tall and 2-3/

4" in diameter. Flower on top

with 4-panel pattern on

sides, much degraded from

the sea but fundamentally

intact, with minute bits of

encrustation, the top and

bottom nicely matched.

With VISAL certificate #63933 and pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1660. Small, Annamese blue-on-white lidded porcelain

powder-box. 54 grams, 1-1/4" tall and 1-3/4" in diameter. Round and

straight-sided, with sunlike central design on top and berries(?)

on bottom, a reasonable match with the top, decent glaze and

intact. With VISAL sticker #64823 and pedigreed to the Mark Bir

collection. Estimate: $75-$110.

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

Island

1661. Bronze apothecary’s pestle. 367 grams, 7" long. In

amazingly intact condition (one end possibly truncated), the

bronze a lovely dark color with light encrustation, desirable as

a recognizable artifact from a very early ship. Estimate: $75-

$110.

Unidentified slave ship sunk in 1553 off Portete,

Ecuador

1662. Brass spike, rare provenance. 94 grams, 6" long. Clean,

straight, intact spike with square shank and head, light brass

color, first artifact (with next) that we have ever seen from this

potentially important wreck. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $40-

$60.

1663. Iron spike, rare provenance. 129 grams, 6-1/2" long.

Straight, intact, square-shanked spike with bulbous head, rusty

red in color with patches of green and gray, first artifact (with

next) that we have ever seen from this potentially important

wreck. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $40-$60.

“Cidade Velha shipwrecks,” sunk in the late 1500s off

the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa

1664. Bronze crucifix. 4.3 grams, 2-1/4" x 1-3/8". One-piece cross

and Christ figure, a bit eroded but fundamentally intact (just

the top part missing), brassy color. With Arqueonautas certificate

#AGO-050/98/993. Estimate: $100-$150.

1665. Bronze crucifix. 5.1 grams, 1-5/8" x 1-3/8". One-piece cross

and Christ figure, the legs particularly prominent, worn but

intact except for the top loop, brassy color. With Arqueonautas

certificate #AGO-050/98/993. Estimate: $100-$150.

1666. Lot of 6 small, brass buckles. 11.0 grams total, 1"-1-1/4"

long. Thin but fairly ornate and easily recognizable artifacts, used

for shoes and straps (not waist belts), all more or less intact.

With Arqueonautas certificates #AGO-050/98/938.03, 931.04,

922.04, 929, 944.03 and 890.05. Estimate: $70-$100.

273

“Binh Thuan wreck,” sunk ca. 1608 off Vietnam

“Wild Horse River wreck,” sunk ca. 1620 in the Río de la Plata off Colonia, Uruguay

1668. Gold ring with amethyst. 5.8 grams, 7/8" inside diameter. Nearly identical to the specimen in our Treasure Auction #4 but

with slightly lighter-colored stone (table cut), the setting ornate and high-grade gold (est. 22K), in perfect condition with black

encrustation in crevices, made for nobility in the 1600s but wearable today (size 7-1/2) by the high bidder! Estimate: $5,000-

$7,500.

1669. Gold ring with aquamarine(?). 3.0 grams, 3/4" inside diameter. Practically identical to the specimen in our Treasure Auction

#4, the stone of the same quality and cut (a 12-faceted, pointed octagon, very similar to the Old European “rose cut” popular

in the 1500s), the ring itself ornate, high grade (est. 22K) and perfectly preserved, slightly oval but basically size 5-1/2. Estimate:

$4,000-$6,000.

1667. Blue-on-white Chinese porcelain jarlet, Zhangzhou (Swatow), late Ming Dynasty. 68.7 grams,

2" tall and 1-3/4" in diameter. Small, round vase with 3/4" hole in rim at top (with natural flaw under the

glaze), vivid deer design in two panels, crude base due to dripping of glaze, intact and much nicer than it

sounds. The “Binh Thuan wreck,” sunk off the southern coast of modern-day Vietnam and salvaged in

2001, was a Chinese junk, possibly linked to the merchant I Sin Ho, who lost a ship there in 1608 laden

with silk and other goods on the way from China to Johor (Malaysia). Estimate: $80-$120.

274

1670. Ornate silver plate with bird-hunting theme. 181 grams,

6-3/4" in diameter. Perfectly preserved (no corrosion) and

fabulously well detailed, this small, shallow plate shows a game-

bird with wings outstretched in the center surrounded by the

heads of horses and full side-views of a deer and a dog and

two stork-like birds amongst vegetation, presumably a hunting

scene, the execution of which is clearly South American but

beautifully done, all in a lightly toned hammered silver with

protrusion in center on bottom where some sort of stand once

attached. We shudder to think of the market value of this piece

if it had come from the Atocha (1622)! Estimate: $1,000-$5,000.

1671. Lot of 20 large, Grade-1 quality natural emeralds,

23.0 carats total. Nice green color and good opacity, most

about 5 mm in size, the very same items that would sell for up

to $1000 each from the Atocha (1622). Estimate: $700-$1,000.

1672. Lot of dozens of medium-sized, Grade-1 quality

natural emeralds, 28.5 carats total. Nice green color and

good opacity, most about 3 mm in size, the very same items

that would sell for up to $1000 each from the Atocha (1622).

Estimate: $850-$1,275.

1673. Lot of over 100 small, Grade-1 quality natural

emeralds, 27.5 carats total. Nice green color and good opacity,

most about 2 mm in size, the very same items that would sell

for up to $1000 each from the Atocha (1622). Estimate: $825-

$1,250.

1674. Lot of 17 medium to large, Grade-2 quality natural

emeralds, 19.0 carats total. Darker (blacker, not deeper green)

and more opaque, most about 5 mm in diameter, the very same

items that would sell for up to $1000 each from the Atocha

(1622). Estimate: $380-$570.

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1675. Lot of 28 medium-sized, Grade-2 quality natural

emeralds, 25.0 carats total. Darker (blacker, not deeper green)

and more opaque, most about 3 mm in diameter, the very same

items that would sell for up to $1000 each from the Atocha

(1622). Estimate: $500-$750.

1676. Lot of dozens of small, Grade-2 quality natural

emeralds, 10.0 carats total. Darker (blacker, not deeper green)

and more opaque, most about 2 mm in diameter, the very same

items that would sell for up to $1000 each from the Atocha

(1622). Estimate: $200-$300.

1677. Lot of dozens of large,Grade-3 quality natural

emeralds, 66.5 carats total. Very dark and opaque nuggets

tinged with green, most about 5 mm in diameter, the very same

items that would sell for up to $1000 each from the Atocha

(1622). Estimate: $675-$1,000.

1678. Lot of dozens of medium to large, Grade-3 quality

natural emeralds, 40.5 carats total. Very dark and opaque

nuggets tinged with green, most about 3 mm in diameter, the

very same items that would sell for up to $1000 each from the

Atocha (1622). Estimate: $400-$600.

1679. Lot of over 100 small,Grade-3 quality natural

emeralds, 54.5 carats total. Very dark and opaque nuggets

tinged with green, most about 2 mm in diameter, the very same

items that would sell for up to $1000 each from the Atocha

(1622). Estimate: $550-$825.

Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida

1680. Gold clasp made into a pendant. 3.2 grams,

1" long. An original artifact, sort of a starburst figure-

eight with smooth, triangular back, 2.42 grams, that

had holes at top into which a small pin and loop

were attached (removable) so that it can be worn

as a pendant, with desirable original certificate. With

original Fisher photo-certificate #3926-A-82 from 1984.

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

1681. Small gold bead. 0.3 gram, 1/4" in diameter. A

plain, more or less

spherical bead with tiny holes at

each end, slightly caved in but

with nice white coral appended.

With original plastic tag and Fisher

photo-certificate #86A-P049.

Estimate: $250-$375.

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1682. High-quality natural emerald,

2.98 carats. About 10 x 6 x 5 mm. A sizable

and somewhat translucent gem with nice

green color, one of the better specimens

from the Atocha, always popular. With

original plastic tag and Fisher photo-certificate #E270. Estimate:

$1,500-$2,250.

1683. Natural emerald, 1.95 carats. About 9 x 6 x 5

mm. Nice green color and surface luster, somewhat

opaque but much better than most from the Atocha,

always popular. With original plastic tag and Fisher photo-

certificate #LE1324. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

1684. Natural emerald chip, 0.53 carat. About

7 x 5 x 3 mm. White crystal with tinge of green,

popular source. With original plastic tag and Fisher

photo-certificate #97A-59390. Estimate: $200-

$300.

1685. Iron cooper’s stake anvil, very rare, professionally

conserved. 34 lb, 53" long. Also known as a spike anvil, this large

item with point at one end and flat, rectangular work area with

two holes on the other end was used by the ship’s cooper (barrel-

maker) to form hoops, which required a special, narrow anvil

that could be poked into a hole in the wood of the ship and

steadied while he hammered the hoop on the top, this example

effectively intact and heavy, fully preserved and black (no rust),

amazing condition for shipwreck iron and an important,

substantial and very rare shipboard implement. With original

Fisher certificate # 05A-72023 and letter about when it was found,

showing a picture of its original coral-encrusted condition. Estimate:

$3,500-$5,000.

1686. Iron cannonball. 6 lb, 3-1/2" in diameter.

Solid and substantial ball with much surface

erosion but stabilized, dark but slightly rusty

color. With non-Fisher photo-certificate. Estimate:

$100-$150.

1687. Iron padlock,

p r o f e s s i o n a l l y

conserved. 43.1 grams, 2"

x 3/4". In the shape of an

upside-down triangle,

nicely preserved and with

keyhole intact but side and entire upper bar missing, shiny black

in color. With Fisher photo-certificate #96A-60580. Estimate:

$250-$375.

1688. Iron cotter pins, professionally conserved. 86.5 grams,

5" long. Effectively two

spikes, each bent double

and clasped together,

used to connect two free-

moving wooden parts,

amazingly solid and well-

preserved for shipwreck

iron (mostly black, just a

few rust spots). With

original plastic tag and Fisher photo-certificate #5038. Estimate: $100-

$150.

1689. Large copper cooking pot with display sign. 6 lb 10

oz, 8-1/2" tall and 8-1/2" in diameter. Very impressive artifact, the

spherical body all intact (brown in color) but thin and cracked,

held together by a thick, white crust of shells and sand on the

interior, visible through a 6"-wide opening at top, 3 small posts

on sides (one missing) where handles used to be, accompanied

by a small, printed foam-board sign from when the pot was on

display in a museum or traveling exhibit. With original Fisher

photo-certificate #A-601 from 1986. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

277

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

1690. Lot of 5 large, natural pearls. 0.44 to 0.66 carat each.

Sizable pearls (about 5 mm each) with varying colors and sheens,

from a find of 16,000 pearls, the largest of which have fetched

up to $1380 in our previous auctions but were originally

distributed to investors and divers at prices around $2500 each!

With Fisher photo-certificates #83782-1114, 2273, 8116, 8139, 8240.

Estimate: $750-$1,100.

1691. Lot of 5 large, natural pearls. 0.49 to 0.92 carat each. Sizable

pearls (about 5 mm each) with varying colors and sheens, from

a find of 16,000 pearls, the largest of which have fetched up to

$1380 in our previous auctions but were originally distributed

to investors and divers at prices around $2500 each! With Fisher

photo-certificates #83782-2689, 2698, 8161, 8266, 8299. Estimate:

$750-$1,100.

1692. Lot of 10 medium-sized natural pearls. 0.24 to 0.37

carat each. Very useful size (and amount) for jewelry (each pearl

about 0.4 mm), with varying colors and sheens, from a find of

16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors and divers at

prices around $2500 per carat! With Fisher photo-certificates

#83782-1131, 1501, 1506, 1603, 1930, 2660, 2863, 3352, 8245,

8448. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

1693. Lot of 10 medium-sized natural pearls. 0.21 to 0.37

carat each. Very useful size (and amount) for jewelry (each pearl

about 0.4 mm), with varying colors and sheens, from a find of

16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors and divers at

prices around $2500 per carat! With Fisher photo-certificates

#83782-1355, 1514, 1612, 1737, 2168, 3422, 3488, 8131, 8253,

8457. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

1694. Lot of 15 small, natural pearls. 0.08 to 0.15 carat each.

Decent-sized pearls (2-3 mm each) in varying colors and sheens,

from a find of 16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors

and divers at prices around $2500 per carat! With Fisher photo-

certificates #83782-1372, 2196, 2199, 4094, 4175, 5799, 5889,

6002, 6396, 6427, 6456, 6634, 6983, 7091, 7450. Estimate:

$750-$1,100.

1695. Lot of 15 small, natural pearls. 0.08 to 0.16 carat each.

Decent-sized pearls (2-3 mm each) in varying colors and sheens,

from a find of 16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors

and divers at prices around $2500 per carat! With Fisher photo-

certificates #83782-1861, 3441, 3469, 3616, 3739, 3837, 3850,

4133, 5585, 5619, 6547, 6630, 6809, 7609, 7748. Estimate:

$750-$1,100.

278

1696. Lot of 15 small, natural pearls. 0.08 to 0.22 carat each.

Decent-sized pearls (2-3 mm each) in varying colors and sheens,

from a find of 16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors

and divers at prices around $2500 per carat! With Fisher photo-

certificates #83782-1236, 1248, 1716, 2938, 3434, 3537, 3733,

3854, 3941, 4865, 5413, 5414, 5566, 7024, 7152. Estimate:

$750-$1,100.

1697. Lot of 15 small, natural pearls. 0.08 to 0.19 carat each.

Decent-sized pearls (2-3 mm each) in varying colors and sheens,

from a find of 16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors

and divers at prices around $2500 per carat! With Fisher photo-

certificates #83782-1662, 1909, 2040, 2170, 2870, 3121, 3125,

3300, 3416, 3610, 4642, 4968, 5708, 7113, 7797. Estimate:

$750-$1,100.

1698. Lot of 30 very small, natural pearls. 0.03 to 0.15 carat

each. Tiny pearls (1-2 mm each) in varying colors and sheens,

from a find of 16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors

and divers at prices around $2500 per carat (consider the labor

involved in measuring, grading and certifying a 0.03-carat pearl)!

With Fisher photo-certificates #83782-2917, 3021, 3027, 3053, 3080,

3915, 4144, 4195, 4434, 4460, 4481, 4488, 4710, 4889, 4913,

5000, 5044, 5085, 5111, 5203, 5286, 5342, 5355, 5638, 6111,

6170, 6749, 7172, 7833, 8312. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

1699. Lot of 30 very small, natural pearls. 0.01 to 0.17 carat

each. Tiny pearls (1-2 mm each) in varying colors and sheens,

from a find of 16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors

and divers at prices around $2500 per carat (consider the labor

involved in measuring, grading and certifying a 0.03-carat pearl)!

With Fisher photo-certificates #83782-1205, 3067, 3894, 3975, 3989,

4012, 4238, 4785, 4807, 4820, 4895, 4925, 5215, 5225, 5279,

5301, 5318, 5375, 5124, 5165, 5181, 5188, 5616, 5678, 6469,

6992, 7469, 7538, 7699, 7962. Estimate: $750-$1,100.

Please place absentee bids at

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(use the bid sheet at the end of this

catalog for fax or mail bids)

Want to see your collection here? Consign

to our Treasure Auction #7 (spring, 2010),

deadline January 31

1700. Iron spike, professionally conserved. 237 grams, 8-5/8"

long. Long, straight, square-shank spike with large square head,

a bit eroded but solid and black from conservation. Estimate:

$40-$60.

1701. Half of a lead split-shot, about 3/4" in diameter. 19

grams, 7/8" in diameter. Originally crafted as two hemispheres

connected by wire but the wire and other half now missing,

much less common than the normal musketballs. With original

plastic tag and Fisher photo-certificate #83723. Estimate: $15-$25.

1700

279

Concepción, sunk in 1641 off the northeast coast of

Hispaniola

1702. Section of wood from the ship in shadow box. 4-1/2

lb, 16-1/2" x 16-1/2" x 1-3/4". We have sold tens of thousands of

coins from this wreck but very few artifacts, let alone a piece

of the ship itself ! An otherwise unassuming piece of dark,

splintered wood, about 8" and 1-1/2" wide, this small section

of the ship is elegantly displayed on mats inside a wooden frame

with glass front, inside which is also a custom certificate signed

by Burt Webber, Jr., the modern salvager of the wreck, stating

that the wood is a type of Caribbean mahogany saturated with

gunpowder (presumably why it survived), recovered in 1979.

Estimate: $50-$75.

Capitana (Jesús María de la Limpia Concepción),

sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador

1703. Bronze cannonball, rare. 23 lb, 5-1/5" in diameter. A

perfectly round but

oddly cracked ball

(probably due to casting

the bronze around an

iron core), one of just a

few found only on this

ship, their reason for

being believed to be

related to the fact that

normal iron cannonballs

tended to rust away on

the usually quiet Pacific

coast. With Bob Marx

p h o t o - c e r t i f i c a t e .

Estimate: $700-$1,000.

Santo Christo de Castello, sunk in 1667 off the Lizard,

Cornwall, England

1704. Copper pot handle. 179 grams, about 4" to a side. A

horseshoe-shaped torque of 1/2"-cylindrical cross-section, the

flattened ends for fastening to the pot stripped and broken but

the rest of it intact, rare provenance (only the second artifact

we have ever offered from it) that happened to be among the

wrecks offered in the last Lane shipwreck sale of June 1, 1983

(see lot 2051 in the Auction Catalogs section). With certificate.

Estimate: $35-$50.

Sacramento, sunk in 1668 off Bay of All Saints, Bahia,

Brazil

1705. Handled earthenware pot.

1025 grams, 5" tall and 7" in diameter. Super

artifact with short, fat body with one

handle intact and the other worn

away, nice orange color all over, flat

base, the 4" opening at top revealing

a wealth of thick and shelly coral

inside. Estimate: $200-$300.

1706. Bulbous stoneware bottle.643 grams, 8" tall and 4-1/2" in diameter.

Nice teardrop shape with diagonally

broken neck (worn on breaks, so an

old break), flat base, nice tan color

with white oyster “footprints,” wavy

design etched in shoulder, would

make a great flower vase. Estimate:

$200-$300.

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1707. Small, handled earthenware bowl. 383 grams, 2-1/2" tall

and 6" in diameter. Rustic and simple bowl with vestiges of 2

handles on rolled rim at top, flat base, mottled tan/brown color

all over, intact except for 3 pieces broken and re-glued.

Estimate: $100-$150.

Consolación (“Isla de Muerto shipwreck”), sunk in

1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador

1708. Large brass religious medallion. 3.1 grams, 1-1/4" tall.

One of 4 designs of religious medallions found on this wreck,

according to Bill Seliger in his book Isla El Muerto and the Treasures

of the Consolación (2008), on page 129 of which you can see a

picture of one just like this piece, with Latin legends that read

(translated) “Conception

without sin” on the obverse

around the Virgin Mary and

“Be praised the holiest

sacrament” on the reverse

around 2 angels and a

representation of the holy

sacrament, this example in

super condition with all

details clear and practically uncorroded, minor dark encrustation

here and there, the loop at top missing. With ROBCAR certificate

#B090001. Estimate: $200-$300.

1709. Small brass religious medallion. 2.5 grams, 1" tall.

Another one of the 4 designs found on this wreck and pictured

in the Seliger book showing the

Virgin Mary on obverse and holy

sacrament on reverse but no legends,

a little corroded but intact and

readable, the loop at top missing,

reddish toning and encrustation.

With ROBCAR

certificate #B090003. Estimate: $150-$225.

1710. Iron mule shoe. 176 grams, about 5" x

3-1/2". Perfectly intact specimen,

professionally conserved (black) but thin

and slightly rusty from oxidation, with a

series of 9 square sockets where nails were

to be hammered in. With ROBCAR photo-

certificate #I00006. Estimate: $60-$90.

1681 Fleet off Porto Bello, Panama

1711. Lot of 12 steel rapier blades, some conserved. 8 lb

total, 46" long. While we have had several individual specimens

of these interesting items in previous sales, this is the first time

we have been able to offer a wholesale lot, each sword typically

thin and a dark rusty color but intact and sharp, several with

markings in the blood-groove (including one with INRI for

Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews), a few stabilized with

lacquer but most in need of long-term conservation. Estimate:

$900-$1,200.

Unidentified 1600s-1700s wreck off Pensacola, Florida

1712. Iron rapier handle and part of blade. 397 grams, 12"

long. The handle-end of

a rapier with hilt and

knuckle-guard intact but

simple in design, only

about 6" of the blade

remaining above the

ricasso and tang, the grip

and pommel missing (if

they existed at all), rusty all over but stable and solid. Estimate:

$50-$100.

Unidentified 1600s-1700s wreck off Coron, northern

Palawan, Philippines

1713. Very large blue-on-white Chinese porcelain bowl

with heron motif, late Ming Dynasty. 4-3/4 lb, 15" in diameter

and 3" tall. Wonderfully big, rimless bowl with tall heron in center

standing among plants surrounded by design of fruit trees

alternating with flowers in 16 panels, minimal design on exterior

and plain (partially glazed) base, fully intact and impressive,

aggressively cleaned (the color just a bit faded). Estimate:

$1,000-$1,500.

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Henrietta Marie, sunk in 1700 off Marquesas Key, southwest of Key West, Florida

1714. Ornate pewter spoon with original display sign, rare and important provenance. 43 grams. A very elegant spoon

(pied-de-biche type, trifid handle), with crowned head of William III at end, circular maker’s mark with S-B and asterisk for

Stephen Bridges of London on bottom near bowl, the underside of which is ornately designed, even gray color with spots of

white. While some 131 spoons were recovered from this wreck, this is the first we have ever seen for sale (in fact the first artifact

of any kind from it), and we are happy to see it because the Henrietta Marie was heavily touted by the Fisher organization as the

first and only slave ship found and salvaged and therefore of utmost archeological importance. See lot #2013 for a book and

National Geographic magazine about the wreck and its salvage. With plastic display sign and Treasure Salvors certificate #548-2. Estimate:

$500-$1,000.

Bennebroek, sunk in 1713 off South Africa

1715. Conglomerate of money cowries (seashells) and porcelain

shards, rare. 216 grams, about 4" x 2" x 2". This item, the first artifact we

have ever offered from this wreck, a homebound Dutch East Indiaman

sunk with a cargo of porcelain and pepper and salvaged in modern

times by the companies Sealit and Sachs, is basically a clump of clay-

like crud impregnated with 5 small shells known as cowries that were

used as money in Africa as well as at least 2 shards of Chinese blue-on-

white porcelain, all surrounding the void created by a completely

disintegrated square-shank iron spike. With original certificate from the

salvagers. Estimate: $250-$375.

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1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida

1716. Gold cross studded with 6 high-grade emeralds, intricately engraved on the back. 5.2 grams, roughly 1-1/4" x 1". One

of the featured pieces in this auction, this small item is truly among the most impressive jewels we have ever seen from the 1715

Fleet, as it is basically 6

high-grade emeralds of

deep, dark color

surrounded by high-purity

gold (at least 22K) in a

simple and understated

design but beautifully and

very finely engraved on the

back, perfectly preserved

except for a slight twisting

and opening of the loop at

top (where it was

wrenched from its original

gold chain, presumably

something equally grand),

intentionally left the way it

was found but easily

reparable for wearing

again. This piece has never

left the hands of the

ecstatic finder until now,

although it is has been

featured in many

publications in the 25 years

since it was found. Found

on the beach in the same area as the famous “dragon whistle” (see next lot) between Sebastian and Wabasso in 1984 after the Thanksgiving Day

storm, and featured in several publications, including PLVS VLTRA newsletter (4th quarter, 1986), Florida Sportsman magazine (“Finders

Keepers,” by Bob Burgess, October, 1986), the Garrett Searcher newsletter (issue #15, May, 1989) and the 1988 short film “What Dreams are

Made of: Treasure of the 1715 Fleet” by Dan Wagner, which was reproduced under the new title “The Queen’s Jewels and the 1715 Fleet” and aired

on the History Channel in 1998. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.

1717. Gold “olive blossom” chain. 21" long, 29.9 grams. When the famous “dragon whistle” (recently in the news for a change in

ownership) was found by Kip

Wagner’s nephew Rex Stocker on

the beach in 1962, it was

accompanied by an 11-foot

length of gold chain of a ornate

design consisting of countless

small, hand-crafted links, each of

which is basically a 2-sided, 6-

petalled flower (usually called

“olive blossom”), and this type of

chain was found many times over

in various lengths throughout all

the years of salvaging the 1715

Fleet, leading many to believe

they were a form of tax-free

alternative to coins (hence the

oft-used term “money chain”). Our specimen here is a perfect length for wearing, but note also that it is nearly equivalent to the

weight of an 8 escudos in its time. With hand-signed Jack Haskins certificate from 1986. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

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1718. Low-grade gold ring of ornate

“hearts” design. 1.7 grams, 3/4" in diameter

(size 6). The Nieves site of the 1715 Fleet is

known as the “ring wreck” for pieces such

as this one, found by the dozens, nearly all

small and in low-grade gold and sometimes

quite ornate, as is the case here, its thrice-repeated pattern being

2 hearts point-to-point, lightly repaired but otherwise well

preserved, more copper in color than gold. With Sinclair photo-

certificate #0011. Estimate: $300-$450.

1719. Low-grade gold(?) Columbus statuette/adornment.

20 grams, 2" long. We have seen this type of object before on the

top of a religious monstrance, basically a standing figurine with

one arm raised (to hold a banner), with pieces of the arms and

legs missing or separate with this lot, encrusted all over but

with the gleam of gold peeking out here and there. With Sinclair

photo-certificate #0001. Estimate: $300-$450.

1720. Natural emerald, 2.55 carats. About 11 mm

long and 5 mm in diameter. A long crystal of classic shape

(more or less hexagonal cross section), good green

color but totally opaque, with lots of white and tan

encrustation all over. From an original Spanish salvage

camp, with photo-certificate #315. Estimate: $350-$500.

1721. Natural emerald, 1.15 carats. About 6 mm long and 4 mm

in diameter. Classic-shaped crystal (more or less

hexagonal cross section) with good green color

and somewhat translucent but with black

inclusions. From an original Spanish salvage camp,

with photo-certificate #317. Estimate: $300-$450.

1722. Lot of colored trade beads. 4 grams total, the cylinders 3/

4" long and the spheres about 1/8" in diameter.

Two light-blue cylinders (look like

macaroni noodles) and 7 dark-blue

spheres (more or less), all glass beads

used to trade with the natives and

somewhat scarce today. From an original Spanish salvage camp, with

photo-certificate #494. Estimate: $75-$110.

1723. Lot of colored trade beads. 6 grams total, the cylinders

about 1" long and the spheres about 1/8" in

diameter. Three light-blue cylinders (look

like macaroni noodles) and 6 dark-blue

spheres (more or less), all glass beads used

to trade with the natives and somewhat

scarce today. From an original Spanish salvage

camp, with photo-certificate #496. Estimate: $75-$110.

1724. Lot of colored trade beads. 3

grams total, the cylinders about 3/4" long and

the spheres about 1/8" in diameter. Two light-

blue cylinders (look like macaroni

noodles) and 6 dark-blue spheres (more

or less), all glass beads used to trade with

the natives and somewhat scarce today.

From an original Spanish salvage camp, with photo-certificate #497.

Estimate: $75-$110.

1725. Lot of colored trade beads. 4 grams

total, the cylinders 3/4" long and the spheres about

1/8" in diameter. Two light-blue cylinders (look

like macaroni noodles) and 5 dark-blue

spheres (more or less), all glass beads used

to trade with the natives and somewhat

scarce today. From an original Spanish salvage

camp, with photo-certificate #499. Estimate: $75-$110.

1726. Large (15") pewter platter. 4-1/2 lb, 15" in diameter and 1-

3/4" tall. Biggest plate we have ever seen, totally intact and

relatively devoid of misshapenness, with raised rim, gray with

white spots, but best aspect is the thick, shelly encrustation in

the center. Estimate: $500-$750.

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1727. Large (14") pewter strainer. 1627 grams, 14-1/2" in diameter and as tall as 1-3/4". Huge plate but without rim and with over 20

small holes all over, a few small chips but otherwise intact, with white and gray surfaces, minor wrinkling, a bit fragile. Estimate:

$150-$225.

1728. Medium (9") pewter plate with rim. 613 grams, 9-1/2" in diameter and 1/2" tall. Wide-rimmed plate with lots of white and

orange encrustation against light gray surfaces, intact except for a small split on the inside of the rim Estimate: $150-$225.

1729. Iron cannon pin-ring. 720 grams, about 6-1/2" long and 4" in diameter. Cannons in carriages on

board ships were tied to the bulkhead by means of pin-rings like this one to prevent them from

rolling all over the deck, this specimen rusted and unconserved but still intact, the pin part encrusted

to the ring part with white coral. Estimate: $40-$60.

1730. Large iron barshot, professionally

conserved. 11-1/4 lb, 11" long, each end 3" in diameter and 2" thick. A typical barshot

with 2 cylindrical pucks attached with a bar (square in cross-section), pitted

from corrosion but very solid and thoroughly conserved and finished with

a thick, black coating, popular artifact. Estimate: $350-$500.

1731. Large iron cannonball. 13-1/2 lb, 5" in diameter. Heavy and intact ball with rusty but lacquered surfaces (stable), popular

artifact. Estimate: $100-$150.

1732. Medium iron cannonball. 8-1/2 lb, 4" in diameter. Very smooth and well-preserved specimen (even shows the casting seam

around the middle) with rusty but lacquered surfaces, minimal pitting, popular. Estimate: $75-$110.

1733. Small iron cannonball. 4-1/4 lb, 3" in diameter. Solid and sturdy, rusty and lightly pitted but lacquered for stability, always a

popular shipwreck item. Estimate: $60-$90.

1734. Lot of 3 small iron cannonballs, conserved. 236 to 281 grams each, 2" in diameter. Three small balls in nice condition, black

from professional conservation (two matte, one shiny), minor pits and cracks only. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1735. Iron hand grenade with

wooden fuse-plug, professionally

conserved. 803 grams, 1-3/4" in diameter.

Small cannonball with hole on side for

inserting gunpowder and a wooden plug

with hole for fuse (just light it, throw it

to where you want and watch it explode),

the iron very solid and well preserved

(black from conservation, just a few

small pits). Estimate: $500-$750.

1736. Iron hand grenade with original wooden fuse-plug,

professionally conserved. 628 grams, 3"

in diameter. Solid cannonball with hollow

center for gunpowder, kept dry by

means of a wooden plug (intact) into

which a fuse was inserted to turn it into

an exploding bomb that could be lobbed

at the enemy by hand, this example well

preserved but with hairline crack that

appears to be stable. With Fisher certificate

#11554N. Estimate: $400-$600.

1737. Lot of 40 lead musketballs. 1400 grams total, each about 1/

2"-3/4" in diameter. Standard-issue balls in normal condition (dusty

gray), cheap but popular items with retail potential. Estimate:

$100-$200.

1738. Lot of 12 lead musketballs. 306 grams total, 1/2" in diameter.

Standard-issue balls in normal condition (dusty gray), cheap

but popular items with retail potential. Estimate: $40-$60.

1739. Lot of 2 lead “barbell” shot, rare. 62 and 30 grams, 1"

and 1-1/2" long. We had never seen this type of shot before now,

each piece consisting of two balls cast together with a

connecting bar, one of them intact but the other a bit eroded.

Estimate: $70-$100.

1740. Lot of 2 complete lead split-shot (both halves). 55

and 53 grams, 3/4" and 1" in diameter. Two heavily encrusted

specimens of bullets cast in 2 hemispheres joined by wires, the

wires now missing but the shot apparently unused and intact.

Estimate: $50-$75.

1741. Complete lead split shot with connecting wire,

heavily encrusted, rare. 106.5

grams total, almost 6" long. Wonderful

artifact, the 2 halves of the shot

encrusted (one in very thick

coral) but with the connecting

wires fully exposed and intact

(twisted per the norm), first time

we have ever seen one this big.

Estimate: $150-$225.

1 7 4 2 .Complete lead split shot with

connecting wire, encrusted, rare. 99

grams, 5-1/2" long. Impressive piece with

the 2 halves encrusted with orange and

white shells and pebbles and separated

by intact connecting wires (twisted as

usual). Estimate: $150-$225.

1743. Complete lead split shot

with connecting wire, encrusted,

rare. 73 grams, 3" long. Beautifully

encrusted pair of half-shots and wire,

only a small portion of which

(twisted) is exposed, the encrustation

gray in color and containing many

small shells and pebbles. Estimate:

$150-$225.

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1744. Lot of 30 lead split-shot halves, some encrusted.

About 815 grams total. Very interesting lot of hemispherical bullets

that were originally cast in pairs with wires to connect them,

now separated and with sometimes heavy encrustation

appended. Estimate: $150-$300.

1745. Tip of a small bronze gun

barrel and two small gun flints.24 grams and 1-7/8" long (gun barrel), 4

grams total (flints). Interesting lot with

the blown-off end of an easily

recognizable gun barrel with lovely

light encrustation, the 2 gun flints

no more than chips but original

artifacts nonetheless. From an original

Spanish salvage camp, with photo-certificates #493 and #511.

Estimate: $100-$150.

1746. Large lead sounding weight. 14-1/4 lb, 10-1/4" tall and 3"

in diameter. Very tall, slender weight with 6 sides, big loop at top,

large hole (not just a depression) in the bottom where wax was

placed to take sand samples at the same time (the hole now

filled with a big oyster), wonderfully white and

encrusted all over, probably the biggest sounding

lead we have ever offered. Estimate: $125-$200.

1747. Small lead sounding weight. 940 grams,

5-1/2" tall and 1-1/2" in diameter. A slender cone in

shape, with small hole at top and one near crude

bottom (exiting in the bottom) whose purpose

in unknown, somewhat encrusted (big patch near

bottom). Estimate: $80-$120.

1748. Small lead sounding weight. 484 grams, about 2-3/8" tall

and 1-3/4" in diameter. A perfect cone shape (looks like a space

capsule) with hole at top for suspending on a string and checking

the depth, lightly encrusted. Estimate: $40-$60.

1749. Lot of 8 lead fishing (?) weights. 19-35 grams each, about

1/2"-1-1/8" long and 3/8"-5/8" in diameter. These are basically big,

lead beads, 7 cylindrical ones and one spherical, with holes

through their centers, light veneer of encrustation against dark-

gray surfaces. Estimate: $40-$60.

1750. Lot of 4 bronze buckles. 7-9 grams each, 1" to 1-5/8" to a

side. Four different types of medium-sized buckles, mostly

brown in color but a couple with orange encrustation and green

patina, all intact and somewhat detailed. Estimate: $100-$150.

1751. Sundry bronze lot consisting of a spoon (bowl

broken) with fist at end of handle, a second spoon (bowl

only) and a nesting cup-weight. Spoon 31 grams and 5" long;

spoon bowl 17 grams and 3-1/4" long; cup-weight 13 grams and 3/8" x 7/

8". Three recognizable items in patinated and lightly encrusted

bronze, the

fist motif at

the end of

the spoon

with thumb

between the

index and

m i d d l e

fingers, an obscene gesture today but considered good luck in

the 1600s and 1700s. Estimate: $70-$100.

1752. Lot of 2 whole bronze spikes and 1 broken piece of

a spike. Whole spikes: 217 and 79 grams, 7-1/2" and 5-1/4" long; broken

piece: 39 grams, 2-1/4" long.

Standard, straight spikes with

square shank (used to nail the

ship together), the larger

intact one with round head and the smaller one with square

head, all dark in color but with light-green patina. Estimate:

$25-$40.

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1753. Lot of earthenware olive-jar neck and shards. 2-1/2

lb total. One intact neck with barnacles attached and two goodly

portions of the sides of large vessels used for holding liquids

and foodstuffs. Estimate: $35-$50.

1755. Earthenware olive jar, perfectly intact. 7 lb 15.8 oz, 12"

tall and 8" in diameter. Small, spherical and perfectly intact jar, with

mostly tan surfaces ranging from tan to white to pinkish to

greenish due to encrustation and staining, old scratches on

shoulder, nice display. Estimate: $350-$500.

1756. Earthenware olive jar, perfectly intact. 7 lb 2.8 oz, 11"

tall and 8" in diameter. Small, spherical and perfectly intact jar, very

white in surface color but with rusty stains and traces of original,

shiny, gray-green paint near top and inside the rim, great display.

Estimate: $350-$500.

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

1757. Lot of 8 pieces (4 one-handled teacups and 4 small saucers) of

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain, Kangxi period. Cups 60-64 grams each, 2-

1/4" tall and 2-1/4" in diameter; saucers 67-74 grams each and 3-14/” tall and 4" in diameter.

This is a perfectly matched set in top quality from a wreck that has yielded

many such items since it was discovered and salvaged off Cape Ca Mau in

1998, all Kangxi porcelains that are identical to what was found on the Spanish

1715- and 1733-Fleet wrecks (intact specimens from those sites being

exceedingly rare and popular). All 8 items in this set show two women

watching a man climbing a tree above a house, the first specimens of this

design we have offered (but shown on page 143 of the book about this

wreck, a photocopy of which is provided for illustrative purposes), the blue color vivid under full glaze, no chips or cracks or

encrustation. Estimate: $500-$750.

Guadalupe-Tolosa, sunk in 1724 in Samaná Bay,

Dominican Republic

1754. Earthenware olive jar, perfectly intact. 6 lb 13.8 oz, 10"

tall and 8" in diameter. Small, spherical and perfectly intact jar,

whitish in color with just one small area of rusty encrustation,

blue-green hue near top and inside lip that might have been

original paint, great for display. Estimate: $350-$500.

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1733 Fleet, Florida Keys

1758. Large pewter spoon. 354 grams, 16" long. Effectively a big

ladle with long, thin handle terminating in a flattish end, the

bowl typically oval-shaped, 100% intact but thickly encrusted

with white coral and spots of pink and some rust, some areas

of clean pewter peeking through. Estimate: $100-$150.

1759. Most of small pewter bowl and a porcelain shard.

Bowl 104 grams and 3-3/4" in diameter, shard 17 grams and 2" long. The

bowl almost complete but

missing about half of the

side, with ample white

encrustation against dull-

gray surfaces, the shard

with some blue and even

red with very light spots of

encrustation (particularly

on the breaks). From the

“Coffins Patch” site, with 2005 photo-certificate from the diver.

Estimate: $60-$90.

Vliegenthart, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, the

Netherlands

1760. Intact, wire-wrapped cutlass handle/grip. 65 grams,

4" long. Perfectly intact and ornate (very well preserved), about

4" long and 1" in diameter, the wire made up of small braids

and tightly wrapped around a wooden core, very rare in this

condition. Estimate: $250-$375.

1761. Clay smoking pipe with maker’s mark. 14.5 grams, 5"

long, with 3/4"-diameter bowl. Perfectly preserved pipe with most

of stem intact, small patch of brownish encrustation, tiny

engrailing around rim and “WS” mark on base (made in Gouda

by Arent Willemsz Bremmert, 1709-1768), a fairly common

artifact but practically unheard-of in this condition from a

wreck. Estimate: $150-$275.

1762. Wooden knife handle. 15 grams, 3-3/4" long. Very light

(somewhat porous) and ornately engraved, with thin metal ring

at blade end, about 31/2" long and 1" in diameter overall, lightly

repaired. Estimate: $125-$200.

1763. Curved leather liner for a cartridge box. 6.4 grams, 8-5/

8" long and 1" wide. A thin strip of leather embossed on one side

with a small diamond pattern, perfectly intact for what it is

(rare to see leather survive). Estimate: $60-$90.

Unidentified 1700s wreck in the Caribbean

1764. Large bronze religious medallion depicting Santa

Teresa, 1600s-1700s. 28.1 grams, roughly 2" x 1-3/4". Much larger

than the usual medallion, boldly detailed despite minor

corrosion (nice brassy color), the design with mother and child

(Mary and Jesus) on the obverse and PROTECTO CARMELO

in the legend and Santa Teresa on the reverse with SM TERESA

in the legend and ROMA in exergue, significant as

commemorating the 16th-century Spanish saint, Carmelite nun

and Catholic reformer who founded many new convents

throughout Spain and became the Patroness of Spain.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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Princess Louisa, sunk in 1743 off the Cape Verde

Islands, west of Africa

Tilbury, sunk in 1757 off Nova Scotia, Canada

1768. Lot of 7 pieces of English brass musket furniture

(trigger guards and side plates). 258 grams total, each about 1" to

6" long. Various pieces of the brass trappings of a standard

musket, in fact the only parts to survive the immersion, with

holes where nails and screws once fastened them to the wood,

3 of the pieces cleaned and brassy but the other 5 green and

crusty (as found), rare provenance. Estimate: $200-$300.

Auguste, sunk in 1761 off Nova Scotia, Canada

1769. Small glass seal with two-headed eagle

design. 3.0 grams, 5/8" in diameter. A round, button-

like object with glass seal of the double-headed

eagle design usually attributed to the Habsburg

dynasty embedded in a metal bezel, used for

embossing wax on letters, the bezel itself broken

into several pieces but the glass part intact and

still usable. With certificate from the salvagers.

Estimate: $150-$225.

Royal George, sunk in 1782 off Spithead, England

1770. Bronze replica cannon made from gunmetal

recovered from the wreck ca. 1840. 3 lb 2.1 oz, 10" long. The

original bronze cannons from this famous wreck were brought

up in 1839-43 and melted down to make functional, scale-model

replicas like this one, with “Relic of the ROYAL GEORGE,

Sunk 1782, Raised 1840” engraved between the trunnions, dark

and shiny old bronze color, a scarce and valuable memorial.

Estimate: $1,200-$1,800.

1765. Large bronze mortar. 6-1/2 lb, 4-1/2" tall and 6" wide at top.

A substantial artifact from a well-known wreck with original

pedigree, this piece is nearly intact, with just two chips in the

rim (one small, one large) and lateral spots that appear to be

where the metal melted away (was the ship on fire?), the rest of

it an even coppery-bronze color with flat base and nice “ring”

(like a bell). Pedigreed to the Sotheby’s (London) auction of December

19, 2000, lot #542. Estimate: $350-$500.

Hollandia, sunk in 1743 off the Scilly Isles, southwest

of England

1766. Ornate wooden knife handle. 30.4 grams, 3-1/2" long.

Perfectly preserved (just one small crack) cylindrical handle with

hole and slot at small end where the knife blade went, the wood

intact and ornately engraved but the iron blade long since

oxidized away. With Hiron certificate. Estimate: $125-$200.

Bredenhof, sunk in 1753 off Mozambique

1767. Bottom (pontil) of a black-glass “onion” bottle and

3 loose clumps, at least one of which contains Dutch East

India Co. copper duits (coins) of 1752. 282 grams total. A

motley lot whose main components are the bottom of an onion

bottle and 2

copper coins, the

remains of a

larger clump of

coins around the

glass piece,

interesting in that

you get to see the

acidified interior of the glass, the pontil also encrusted with

white, wormy coral, a very curious artifact to be sure. With

original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate: $50-$75.

290

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

1771. Lead seal with English (United) East India Co. monogram. 12 grams, 1-1/2" tall. Large seal with

bold design consisting of the usual heart-shaped logo of the East India Co. with E to left, I to right, V at

top and C at bottom, encrusted with orange sediment all over. With original certificate from the salvagers. Estimate:

$75-$150.

Unidentified late-1700s wreck in the English Channel

1772. Lot of buttons, buckles and a clay pipe bowl. About 88 grams total. Inexpensive

mixed lot of small wreck items, the buttons and buckles with some design and nicely preserved

but dark, the pipe white and in perfect condition (just no stem), which is rare for such an

item from a wreck. Estimate: $35-$50.

Unidentified late-1700s/early-1800s wreck off Indonesia

1773. Small, brass-plated iron (?) signal cannon. 7 lb,

14" long. Long, low-caliber signaling cannon (more like a

pistol without a grip), corroded and very rusty and

patinated but with traces of bright brass peeking out.

Estimate: $300-$450.

Unidentified late-1700s/early-1800s wreck off Jolo, Sulu, southwest Mindanao (Zamboanga area, known as

the Paticul site), Philippines

1774. Huge, uncleaned, blue-on-white Chinese porcelain

bowl with dragon motif. 7-1/4 lb, 15" in diameter and 2-1/2" tall. An

absolutely immense and beautiful platter with 2"-deep bowl and

1" scalloped rim, the central design a large and fancy dragon

surrounded by leafy branches and grass

on rim, flowers and leaves on exterior,

light orange (unglazed) base, 100%

intact but still covered with wormy

coral and barnacles (as found),

probably museum quality if judiciously

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

1775. Tall, uncleaned, blue-on-white Chinese porcelain jar and lid with floral motif. 972 grams,

11" tall and 4" in diameter. Basically a tall vase with hemispherical base and lid, the exterior of the vase

and base completely covered with vines and leaves and flowers in deep blue color, 6 flowers in panels

at top matching a similar 6-panel floral motif on the lid, which has a cute little blue-tipped knob on

the top, all in perfect condition but with a fine coating of gray sediment (especially inside) and a few

oyster “footprints,” eminently cleanable for museum quality but nice as it is for display. Estimate:

$700-$1,000.

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1776. Partially cleaned, bulbous blue-on-white Chinese

porcelain vase with floral motif, rare form. 642 grams, 9" tall

and 5" in diameter. Really more Arabic than Chinese in shape,

this rare vase has a wide, round body tapering to a long neck

with cup-and-saucer shaped lip, 4 floral panels on body and

mostly leaves elsewhere, single leaf in center of base, lightly

cleaned so that just a small amount of tan worms and film

remains, very vivid and beautiful, 100% intact. Estimate:

$700-$1,000.

1777. Blue-on-white Chinese porcelain jar and lid with

human and floral motif and rare symbol on base. 590

grams, 8-1/2" tall and 3-1/2" in diameter. Very interesting specimen

with opposite-facing man and woman in back-to-back panels

on two sides with potted flowers in panels in between, 6 floral

panels above matching similar panels on lid, somewhat

football-shaped overall with deep base and top, cut blue knob

on lid, beaded necklace symbol on base (rare), traces of

encrustation only, very pretty and fit for the finest collections.

Estimate: $600-$900.

1778. Uncleaned blue-on-white Chinese porcelain dish with water-bird

motif. 1235 grams, 11" in diameter and 1-1/2" tall. A shallow (1" deep) bowl with

scalloped rim (3/4" wide), with goose-like bird in center walking in a marsh,

vines and flowers around that and grassy stuff on rim, matching vines and

flowers on exterior and also in the glazed, 2-part base (normally plain) that

features in the center 6 Chinese characters that backdate the piece to Ming

Dynasty (commonly done throughout the Qing period), perfectly intact and

beautiful but encrusted all over with worms and shells and dark residue,

certainly could be museum quality if properly cleaned. Estimate: $600-$900.

1780. Uncleaned blue-on-white Chinese porcelain dish with floral motif.

939 grams, 10" in diameter and 2" tall. Basically a bowl (1-1/2" deep) with scalloped

(1" wide) rim, the center showing peony flowers with leaves and branches,

similar design around that and diamond-shaped panels on the rim, a series of

13 squarish panels on the exterior under a curious rusty orange coating from

being near iron, plain (unglazed) base, encrusted all over with white worms

and just a couple barnacles and oysters, rather attractive as a display but surely

cleanable for museum quality. Estimate: $500-$750.

1779. Uncleaned blue-on-white Chinese porcelain dish with water-

bird motif. 1003 grams, 10" in diameter and 1-1/2" tall. Shallow bowl (1" deep)

with scalloped rim (3/4" wide), the vivid central design showing 2 ducks

floating in a pond with a water plant, vines and flowers around that and

scrollwork on rim, more vines and flowers on exterior, unglazed base, intact

except for 2 small chips in the rim, covered with oyster “footprints” and

wormy coral, eminently cleanable but neat as it is for a shipwreck display.

Estimate: $300-$450.

Leocadia, sunk in 1800 off Punta Santa Elena, Ecuador

1781. Lot of 3 lead musketballs. 79.9 grams total, each 5/8" in diameter. Three standard-issue balls,

very common but always popular and perfectly intact. Estimate: $25-$50.

292

Roberts, sunk in 1810 off Ft. Pierce, Florida

1782. Lot of 2 English black glass bottles, one not from the wreck. Encrusted one 555 grams, 10" tall and 1-3/4"

in diameter; other one 389 grams, 9-1/4" tall and 2-1/2" in diameter. Two different bottles, one tall and heavily encrusted

with thin coral and cast with gently sloping sides and deep, flat pontil, the other a standard cylinder bottle with

some pearly surfaces and typical pontil, both a dull medium green in color. The Roberts was one of many victims

of an 1810 hurricane off Ft. Pierce. Estimate: $50-$75.

“Coconut wreck,” sunk ca. 1810 in deep water off Bermuda

1783. Ebony octant with brass fixtures and maker’s name. 643 grams, about 13" x 11-1/4". One of the most

significant objects recovered from this wreck, its wooden frame amazingly intact (only a little bit of the

surface eroded), with the ivory measurement bar at the bottom dark but readable, and the ivory inlay in the

middle also dark but engraved with SPENCER BROWNING & RUST LONDON (a well-known manufacturer

of navigational instruments from 1784 to 1840), the brass index arm missing but with full sight at top (now

held on by Velcro) and other brass pieces on both sides, very rare and a key item in possibly identifying the

ship as an English trader. Featured prominently on the DVD about the salvage. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000.

1784. Green-glass bottle marked LONDON. 120.4 grams, 5-3/4" tall and 1-1/2" to a side. A significant artifact

for attributing the nationality of this wreck and remarkably intact, a straight-sided bottle of square cross-

section with rolled lip and 1" opening at top for stopper, one side boldly embossed LONDON, the glass a

very light green with minute encrustation inside, a lovely and unique specimen. Featured prominently on the DVD

about the salvage. Estimate: $400-$600.

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1785. Wooden flintlock pistol grip. 132 grams, 13" long. There was much excitement (as seen on the DVD) when this pistol was

found, but by the time it was finished with conservation, all that was left was this wooden stock, a bit eroded but fundamentally

intact, with channels where the flintlock, trigger, barrel, buttplate and various inlays once fit, now not only a significant artifact

from an important wreck but also somewhat educational in showing how such guns were made. Featured prominently on the DVD

about the salvage. Estimate: $600-$900.

1786. Wooden pulley wheel. 221.9 grams, 4-1/2" in diameter and 3/4" thick. Simple wooden disk with hole in center, once the central

roller of a pulley, now eroded and spongy but still recognizable and one of very few artifacts recovered from this wreck.

Estimate: $125-$200.

1787. Wooden saw handle. 216.9 grams, roughly 7-1/4" x 4-1/2" x 3/4". Easily identifiable as the curvy handle of an iron saw, the

blade of course long gone but the wooden part almost completely intact (small part of grip slightly eroded), one of very few

artifacts recovered from this wreck. Estimate: $125-$200.

HMS Victory, retired in 1812 and now a museum in Portsmouth, England

1788. Silver and wood snuff/tobacco box dated 1805

(Battle of Trafalgar). 99 grams, 4" x 2-1/2" x 1". The silver

plaque on top of this box says it all: “The Oak of this Box

is part of a plank which was severed from the Starboard

Gunnel of the VICTORY by a 36th shot, in the Glorious

Battle off TRAFALGAR Octr 21st, 1805.” Somewhat

rectangular, with wood on top and bottom (mostly dark

but one part very light) framed in silver, velvet lining inside,

excellent condition and of fabulous historical importance

to Britons. Estimate: $500-$750.1788

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1789. Nail and wood from the ship in a shadow box

accompanied by a miniature print of Nelson. 1027 grams

overall, the box 13-1/2" x 11-1/2" x 2" and the picture 3" in diameter.

Normally wood and nails are fairly insignificant items, but the

specimens in this lot are of high historical importance as being

from the original construction of Commodore Nelson’s

flagship (retired from service in 1812), the wood a 3-1/2" sawed-

off section mounted above the 5-1/2" square-shank nail on a

red-felt mat with plaque that says ORIGINAL OAK AND

DECK SPIKE / TAKEN FROM / NO.2 H.M.S. VICTORY

NO.2 inside a glass-and-wood frame with official certificate on

back. The accompanying miniature in round glass frame is from

a modern (but retired) series by Peter Bates showing a young

(early 20s) Nelson in “Post Captain” uniform. With official

certificate of authenticity hand-signed by David Harris, Lieutenant

Commander in the Royal Navy and Commanding Officer of the HMS

Victory. Estimate: $350-$500.

Diana, sunk in 1817 off Malaysia

1790. Large Chinese blue-on-white porcelain plate. 864

grams, 11" in diameter and 1-3/4" tall. Beautiful big plate, 100% intact,

with vivid geometric design in center and 4 rows of simple

vertical slashes around edge, 4 small scribbles for exterior design,

unglazed base. With Christie’s auction lot sticker #412/26.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1791. Large Chinese blue-on-white porcelain plate. 906

grams, 11" in diameter and 2" tall. Big plate that is loaded with design,

hard to describe but more or less a 7-berry cluster with sunburst

and coils, repeating 6 times around edge and 1 and 4 halves in

center, 4 simple flowers on the exterior, unglazed base that has

a few white sea-growths, 100% intact and beautiful. With

Christie’s auction lot sticker #412/26. Estimate: $200-$300.

1792. Large Chinese blue-on-white porcelain plate. 831

grams, 11" in diameter and 2" tall. Vivid geometric design in center

and 4 rows of simple vertical slashes around edge, 4 small

scribbles for exterior design, unglazed base, big and beautiful

and 100% intact, the glaze just a bit faded. With Christie’s auction

lot sticker #412/26. Estimate: $200-$300.

1793. Small glass dish, oval shape, patterned edge. 154 grams,

3" x 2-1/4" x 1". A very shallow dish in very thick crystal glass

with translucent sides in a ribbed pattern, frosted bottom and

bowl, intact except for minor chips, scarce provenance. With

Christie’s auction lot sticker #446 and auction flyer. Estimate: $50-

$75.

295

1794. Small glass dish, oval shape, plain edge. 116 grams, 3-1/4" x 2-1/4" x 1-1/2". Tall,

straight-sided dish with thin and slightly scalloped sides, asterisk pattern on bottom, all the

glass somewhat opaque, intact except for minor chips, scarce provenance. With Christie’s

auction lot sticker #497 and auction flyer. Estimate: $50-$75.

Britannia, sunk in 1826 off South Africa

1795. English black glass wine bottle with original wine still inside. 1115 grams, 10" tall and 4" in diameter. A

straight-sided bottle with 1" pontil and 3" neck, very dark brown in color with light encrustation here and

there (much of it in the pontil), the cork sealed with wax to keep the liquid contents intact, rare thus. The

Britannia was outbound to India when she hit an uncharted reef and sank on October 22, 1826, in a part of St.

Helena Bay off South Africa. The site was found and salvaged in 1997-1998, its artifacts remarkably well

preserved by sand burial. Estimate: $100-$150.

Unidentified 1820s wreck in the western Atlantic

1796. Large iron carronade (British, 1780s-1820s). 700 lb (+/-), 48" end to end, 13" widest diameter, 18" wide at trunnions, 3-1/2" bore, 5"

cascabel with 2-1/2" handle. A short, fat, and extremely heavy iron cannon used for short-range combat, 100% intact (full cascabel

and trunnions) and with some original surfaces although of course quite rusty, bits of encrustation here and there, not

professionally conserved but very solid and stable, a great conversation piece for your front yard or office lobby! Estimate:

$1,500-$2,500.

1797. Large iron anchor with piece of chain. 200 lb (+/-),

92" end to end, flukes 50" end to end and 12" wide, shank 77" long and 2-

1/2" to 3" in diameter, chain piece 10" x 7". A very large ship’s anchor

(first we have ever offered), impressively intact (missing half

of the top ring only), with full crown and flukes at bottom,

that part curiously cocooned in grayish encrustation (loaded

with big shells), the shank mostly exposed iron (rusty but

stable), not professionally conserved but very solid and an

awesome display for your front yard! Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

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Unidentified early-1800s wreck

1798. Lot of 3 bronze spikes. 881 grams and 12" long; 359 grams

and 8-1/2" long; 277 grams and 7" long. Three hefty, solid, round-

shank spikes, the larger 2 copper-brown in color with lots of

green patina and some white coral encrustation, the smallest

dark and only slightly patinated. Estimate: $30-$45.

Duoro, sunk in 1843 off the Scilly Isles, southwest of

England

1799. Lot of 2 bronze “manillas” (slave bracelets) with

promotional box. 78.1 and 73.4 grams. Two small and typically c-

shaped torques with flat ends, the surfaces attractively patinated

and encrusted with white and brown crud, common but popular

items that were being shipped to Africa to trade for slaves.

With generic certificate and plain cardboard box imprinted with “Manilla

from Schooner ‘Duoro’ sunk 1843" on top. Estimate: $50-$75.

1840s English wreck in the Bahamas (near the

“Tumbaga wreck”)

1800. Lidded copper cooking pot. 3 lb 13 oz, 10" in diameter and

4" tall. A complete pot with flat bottom, 2 handles on sides and

one in center of lid (all 3 of a simple wire design), 100% intact

(just a crack or two in the rim of the lid) and nicely patinated

all over (some rust stains), a sizable and impressive shipwreck

artifact. Estimate: $100-$150.

1800s Dutch wreck

1801. Small, clear-glass mug. 49 grams, 1-7/

8" tall and 1-1/4" in diameter. Very strange item

made of opaque and beautifully pearlized glass

in the shape of a miniature mug, its purpose

and exact time period unknown (shotglass?)

but with light veneer of encrustation inside

from its time in the sea. Estimate: $50-$75.

“Varandinha wreck,” sunk ca. 1850 off the Cape Verde

Islands, west of Africa

1802. Lot of small brass items (2 handles and 2 buttons).

42.8 grams total. Two simple, C-shaped drawer handles and 2

buttons, each with 4 holes and embossed with the words

WARRANTED NOT TO CUT, pointing to a possible British

origin for this wreck, which is completely unidentified but

believed to have been plying the East India trade in the mid-

1800s. With Arqueonautas certificate #BOA-018/01/16660,02.

Estimate: $35-$50.

Birkenhead, sunk in 1852 off South Africa

1803. Section of ship’s

wood (worn) with bronze

spike inside it, rare

provenance. 408 grams, 7-3/4"

long. A common, round-

shank spike with worn piece

of dark and patinated wood

adhering, rare as the first

artifact we have ever offered

from the paddlewheel

steamer Birkenhead, which

wrecked and sank quickly off

Danger Point, South Africa,

in February of 1852, and is

famous for starting the

traditional of “woman and

children first” in terms of

who was rescued from the

disaster. With original certificate

from the salvagers. Estimate:

$50-$75.

297

“Fort Capron treasure,” lost in 1857 in the surf near

Ft. Pierce, Florida

1804. Brass shako (plume holder) from a

Second Seminole Indian War-period (1835-42)

infantry dress hat. 7 grams, 2-3/8" long and 1" at its

widest. This is basically four long “leaves” of

ornately engraved brass tapering to a narrow hole

into which a plume was inserted, the brass now

quite fragile and lacquered, rare artifact from a

sinking that is associated with the loss of a $23,000

payroll during the Third Seminole Indian War in

Florida. Estimate: $100-$150.

RMS Empress of Ireland, sunk in 1914 off Quebec

1807. Center portion of a Minton porcelain plate. 223 grams,

roughly 6" in diameter and 3/8" thick. The Empress of Ireland was a

Royal Mail

ship that

operated in

conjunction

with the

C a n a d i a n

P a c i f i c

Railway in

the St. Lawrence River, where she was rammed in heavy fog by

another ship and sunk in May of 1914, to the demise of over

1000 people, in fact Canada’s worst maritime disaster. This plate

shard, the first artifact we have ever offered from this important

wreck, shows a very clear seal of the Canadian Pacific Railway

in the center against white fields, plus a modicum of the outer

pattern of leaves and berries, the underside with the mark of

the manufacturer (Minton) and serial number H 15 15. With

2004 certificate from the diver. Estimate: $80-$120.

RMS Aurania, sunk in 1918 off Scotland

1808. Lot of 3 silver teaspoons marked CUNARD and

Elkington Plate. 71

grams total, 5" long.

Simple, understated

spoons with clear

markings on bottom,

bright silver in

excellent condition

(no corrosion), rare

provenance. The Aurania was a World War I troop carrier

torpedoed by German U-boats off Ireland on February 4, 1918,

and subsequently near the Island of Mull, Scotland, after being

towed there, her silver room (which held these spoons) not

reached by salvagers until 1980. Estimate: $40-$60.

1809. Lot of 2 silver forks marked CUNARD and

Elkington Plate, plus one silver knife marked Sheffield/

Alexander Clark STAINLESS (on the blade). Forks: 49 grams

each, 7" long; knife: 80 grams, 10" long. Simple, understated silverware

with clear markings (the knife also with a flag for the Cunard

line), bright silver in

excellent condition

(no corrosion), rare

provenance. The

Aurania was a World

War I troop carrier

torpedoed by

German U-boats off Ireland on February 4, 1918, and

subsequently sunk near the Island of Mull, Scotland, after being

towed there, her silver room (which held this silverware) not

reached by salvagers until 1980. Estimate: $40-$60.

S.S. Dakota, sunk in 1877 off Wales

1805. Unopened bottle of Lubin perfume.

110.3 grams, 4" tall and 1-1/2" in diameter. Cute little

bottle, cylindrical with stopper in top sealed shut

to keep in the original perfume, the first and only

artifact we have ever had from this obscure wreck,

a transatlantic steamer bound for New York from

Liverpool that ran aground and sank off Anglesey,

Wales, on May 9, 1877, and was salvaged by divers

in 1998. With certificate from the salvagers. Estimate:

$75-$150.

RMS Moselle, sunk in the early 1890s off Punta Brujas

(Caribbean coast), Panama

1806. Silver warming-dish lid with two Royal Mail Steam

Packet Company seals. 581 grams, 9-1/4" in diameter and 1-1/2"

tall. Large and impressive lid from a silver serving set (fineness

unknown, possibly plated), the top of it cleaned but tarnished

and missing the finger-handle in the middle but showing the

company seal on the sloped side above the encrusted rim, the

underside completely encrusted (grayish white), intact and

impressive, rare provenance from which coins are not available

(nor ever expected to be). Accompanied by an 1894 poem written by

James Stanley Gilbert entitled “To Blame” specifically about this wreck.

Estimate: $200-$300.

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Andrea Doria, sunk in 1956 off Massachusetts

1810. Silver-plated spoon. 18.7 grams, 5-1/2" long. The New York-bound Italian luxury liner Andrea

Doria famously sank after a collision off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1956, in effect

closing the era of transatlantic travel by ship (planes being preferred ever since). Today the Doria

is known as the “Mount Everest of scuba diving,” for its depth of well over 150 feet requires

mixed gas and staged decompression, not to mention the frigidity of the water and dangerous currents, and also falling rigging

and fishermen’s nets. The few artifacts available today from this wreck, like the spoon we offer here (simple and unadorned, still

shiny and intact except for the core of the handle, which is corroded away), must be appreciated not only for the initial tragedy

but also for the difficulty with which they were obtained. With 2005 certificate from the diver. Estimate: $60-$90.

NON-SHIPWRECK ARTIFACTSPre-Columbian Found at a Spanish colonial site in the southern

Caribbean, ca. 15901811. Ecuadorian copper-arsenic

“hacha,” attributed to the Cañari people,

1300-1500 AD, rare. 16.4 grams, 3-1/4" x 3".

Small, scraper-shaped, native American trade

item, typically well patinated with flecks of

actual gold, dark brown copper color

underneath. With Bob Marx photo-certificate.

Estimate: $150-$225.

1812. Ecuadorian copper-arsenic “hacha,”

attributed to the Cañari people, 1300-1500

AD, rare. 13.6 grams, 3" x 2-7/8". Small, scraper-

shaped, native American trade item,

completely green and crusty all over with

flecks of actual gold, pretty piece. With Bob

Marx photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

1813. Ecuadorian copper-arsenic “hacha,” attributed to

the Cañari people, 1300-1500 AD, rare. 2.4

grams, 1-7/8" x 1-3/4". Very small, scraper-

shaped, native American trade item, very thin

and cracked, nicely patinated all over and with

actual flecks of gold, very cute. With Bob Marx

photo-certificate. Estimate: $150-$225.

1814. Large gold filigree earring

with pearl. 6.8 grams, 1-3/4" long. A

very impressive and wonderfully

preserved baroque jewel consisting

of a spherical cage of high-grade

gold studded with 10 tiny pearls (the

top part swivels) and sockets for 2

more that are missing, with ring at

top and (best of all) large pearl

freely suspended from the bottom,

believed to be an earring in its day

but now perfectly suited for a

spectacular necklace-pendant.

Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

1815. Gold-wire earring or

toothpick. 0.8 gram, about 1" long. A

simple, hook-shaped piece of high-

grade gold wire with lower-gauge and lower-fineness gold wire

attached to a loop at top, with

piece broken off near loop,

possibly used as a toothpick (as

the pointed end is sharp).

Estimate: $150-$225.

1816. Lot of 3 gold beads and piece of coiled gold wire. 1.0 gram, the beads about 3/16" in diameter. Plain

spherical beads and simple, stretched-out coil of wire, all small but in what appears to be high-grade gold.

Estimate: $80-$120.

1817. Ornate silver thimble. 5.9 grams, 3/4" tall and 5/8" in diameter. This must have been the Cadillac of thimbles,

common artifacts of the time but rarely seen in thick, heavy, bright, ornamental silver as seen here, a 3-paneled

triangular floral pattern, with light toning only, small spot of green encrustation inside. Estimate: $100-$300.

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1818. Lot of 5 bronze thimbles. 27.0 grams total, each about 3/4"

in diameter and 1/2" to 1" tall. The more common kind of thimble

in bronze, all intact but a couple thin (the others very solid),

varying sizes, one with open tip, and one nicely patinated.

Estimate: $50-$75.

1819. Lot of 3 ornate, bronze, filigree beads (plus half of

another) with blue enamel. 40 grams total, each about 3/4" in

diameter. Three ornate, spherical beads that are mostly dark

copper in color but show traces of original blue enamel, plus a

broken half of a fourth bead of different design caked with

orange sediment inside. Estimate: $40-$60.

1820. Glass-bead necklace. 40 grams total, about 14" long. Mostly

thin, tubular beads in vivid light-blue color, the remaining beads

in a variety of shapes and sizes, the principal one of which is

red and white and blue in a zigzag pattern, a nice sampling of

different types. Estimate: $200-$300.

1821. Glass-bead necklace. 15 grams total, about 18" long. A wealth

of small, mostly dark blue beads strung together with some

multi-color zigzags and 6 light-blue tubes, great variety of types.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1822. Large bronze medallion depicting battle scene

(Granada?). 52.6 grams, 2-1/2" in diameter. Very ornate object of

unknown purpose, with convex center showing 2 mounted

fighters with oval shields facing each other above a man fending

off lions with his bare hands, series of octopus-like

pomegranates around the flat rim with one hole on each side,

dark brown in color with hints of pink, probably an important

piece in its time. Estimate: $100-$1,000.

1823. Copper-alloy

Nuremburg counting

jeton. 1.4 grams, 1" in diameter.

Thin token with 4 fleur-de-

lis in a diamond shape on

one side, ship on other side

made to imitate the English

gold “noble” series, an exact match with one on page 258 of

Deagan’s book Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies (Volume 2), this

specimen thin and corroded with lots of green patina and chips

in edge. Estimate: $40-$60.

300

1824. Small, Italian, lead seal

with Latin lettering. 1.5 grams,

about 1" in diameter. Very thin seal,

dark but with light encrustation,

crudely holed at top, with bold

lettering in 3 lines as follows:

GIOVAII / DELAII / INTREV

/ II. Estimate: $25-$40.

1825. Ornate ivory or bone toothpick. 2.4 grams, 3-3/4" long.

Straight stick of whitish material with one end needle sharp

and the other end flat (for scraping), twisted design near center

for getting a good grip, perfectly intact and usable. Estimate:

$50-$75.

1826. Ivory or bone gaming die. 0.6 gram,

1/4" to a side. This is an exact match with lot

#1528 in our last sale (which sold for $85 +

15%), a tiny cube with incuse pips filled with

sediment, each side a bit sunken, very cute.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1827. Lot of 8 small pieces of ornately carved ebony. 5.8

grams total, 1/4" to 3/4" each.

Buttons and beads and

little ornaments hand-

carved from jet-black

wood, all intact but small.

Estimate: $40-$60.

1828. Very rare complete set of bronze nested weights

with lid and case. 880 grams total, 2" tall and 2-1/2" in diameter. A

complete and well-matched set from at least 2 different makers,

whose marks

B Z E R R A

(Bezerra) and

ALON /GUTS

(Alonso Gutierrez)

appear inside 3 of

the cups (with less

decipherable marks

in others), of which

there are 8 in all

plus a small plug,

but the best (and

rarest) part is the

complete, lidded

case with handle

(the latch broken

off but included),

mostly dark brown but some brassy color with patina.

Estimate: $250-$375.

1829. Lot of 2 large, brass

balance-scale pans (bowls).404 grams total, each about 2-1/4"

tall and 7-1/4" in diameter. Two

large bowls, each with 3 small

holes around the top for

suspending from a large

balance scale, intact except for a small break on one bowl, both

with crusty patina. Estimate: $50-$75.

1830. Lot of 7 bronze coin weights. 78 grams total, 1/2" to 1"

each. Seven small, thick disks

marked with circular stamps on

one side to show the weight, all

dark and patinated except the

largest one, which is clean brass

and bears an additional “V”

punch, which is scarce.

Estimate: $100-$150.

1831. Lot of 7 small, gilt-bronze

buttons. 25.3 grams, each about 3/8" in

diameter. Spherical buttons in shiny gold

with some design, the surfaces

somewhat encrusted and patinated from

the bronze, neat little artifacts.

Estimate: $50-$75.

1832. Small clay whistle. 9.6 grams, 1-1/2" long and

3/4" in diameter. Chalky, whitish cylinder with holes

in top and one end, light brown encrustation, no

design visible. Estimate: $40-$60.

1833. Earthenware olive jar neck with

merchant symbols. 115.4 grams, 1-3/4" tall

and 4-1/4" in diameter. A typical round neck

but atypically with two bold stamps that

look like AYL in monogram (upside down),

light salmon color. Estimate: $50-$75.

1834. Earthenware olive jar neck with

merchant symbols. 212.5 grams, 1-3/4" tall

and 4" in diameter. A typical round neck but

atypically with bold “f ” stamp, light tan

with hints of green. Estimate: $50-$75.

1835. Earthenware olive jar neck with

merchant symbols. 108.7 grams, 1-3/4" tall

and 4" in diameter. Typical neck boldly

stamped with crosshatch mark and

monogrammed signature, both deep and

filled with contrasting sediment against

pinkish base color, very impressive. Estimate: $50-$75.

301

1836. Spanish majolica plate, broken and partially

repaired. 204 grams, about 7" in diameter and 1-1/4" tall. Small plate

with 1/2" deep bowl and 1" wide rim, light blue with dark blue

and yellow accents glazed onto tan earthenware base, several

shards reassembled and glued (some pieces missing), far from

intact but still pretty and good for display. Estimate: $30-$45.

1837. Bronze keyhole and orante

cover. 8.7 grams, 1-1/2" in diameter and 1/4"

thick. Plain, flat keyhole attached to

roundish piece of similar diameter with

leafy edge and raised center, reddish

brown with green encrustation.

Estimate: $25-$40.

1838. Set of 5 iron tools, including 1 hammer, 1 chisel, 1

long drill and 2 different sizes of axes. 1060 grams total, lengths

of 4-1/2" to 14" each. Sort of

a 16th-century toolkit

without the wooden

handles, all but the

hammerhead (which is

encrusted instead) very

rusty yet all solid and

sturdy, a bunch of weight

in one lot but all 5 items

recognizable and good for

showing what standard

tools looked like then.

Estimate: $60-$90.

1840. Lot of 1 iron

padlock and 3 iron

keys. 243 grams total.

Typical triangular lock

(also see lot #1687

from the Atocha) and 3

small keys for similar

locks, all rusty and

encrusted but solid

and stable. Estimate:

$60-$90.

1841. Lot of 1 iron

padlock and 3 iron

keys. 320 grams total.

Typical triangular lock

(also see lot #1687

from the Atocha) and 3

small keys for similar

locks, all rusty and

encrusted but solid

and stable. Estimate:

$60-$90.

1843. Lot of 12 bronze

equestrian bridle rings of

various sizes. 292 grams total.

Simple O-rings ranging in

diameter from 1" to 2-1/4",

one curiously red but the

others all deep, dark brown

and intact, used with leather

straps as tackle for horses.

Estimate: $40-$60.

1839. Large iron shears. 572 grams, 11" long. A massive pair of

scissors with both handles and all but the tip of one blade

intact, very simple in design, very rusty and encrusted but solid

and stable. Estimate: $40-$60.

1842. Section of 3 links

of iron chain. 520 grams,

14" long. Three big figure-8

links chained together, all

rusty and encrusted but

solid and stable. Estimate:

$25-$40.

1844. Iron sword blade with blunted tip. 380 grams, 17-1/2"

long. Obviously a sword blade, with rectangular ricasso and

tapering tang, but the blunted tip gives it the impression of a

small paddle or huge butter knife, rusty and encrusted but solid

and stable. Estimate: $100-$150.

302

1845. Lot of 5 iron cannonballs of different sizes. 182-920

grams each, diameters of 1-1/4" to 2-1/4". Five very solid and intact

balls, but all rusty and corroded, still stable. Estimate: $60-

$90.

1846. Small iron cannonball coated

in lead. 419 grams, 2" in diameter. Very

odd little ball with rusty iron peeking

out of a T-shaped breach of the thin

lead coating, probably applied to keep

the ball from rusting away in its own

time. Estimate: $35-$50.

1847. Bronze

“barbell” shot,

rare. 41.8 grams, 2-

1/2" long. Just like

lot #1739 in this

sale from the 1715 Fleet but in bronze instead of lead, this

curious piece is basically two musketballs cast with a long

connecting bar which, when shot out of a gun, would spin and

foul lines or just do more damage in general, its surfaces now

dark but with some reddish and brassy color peeking through.

Estimate: $50-$100.

1848. Lot of 9 lead

musketballs. 156 grams,

diameters of 1/4" to 1/2" each.

Standard-issue balls in

normal condition (dusty

gray), cheap but popular

items with retail potential.

Estimate: $40-$60.

1850. Lead textile seal dated 1619. 10 grams, about 3/4" in

diameter. Two sides with

connecting ribbon, the “obverse”

showing (ME)DIA above date

1619 and the partial reverse

showing a crowned simple shield

(lions and castles), well preserved, light brown in color with

tan encrustation. With photo-certificate #97-4443. Estimate: $75-

$110.

1851. Lead textile seal dated 1624.

8.0 grams, about 3/4" in diameter. Two

sides with connecting ribbon, the

“obverse” showing (M)EDIA above

date 1624 and the partial reverse

showing just the outer border of

dots, crude but relatively well

preserved, light brown in color with tan encrustation. With photo-

certificate #97-4445. Estimate: $75-$110.

1852. Lead textile seal dated 1640. 7.9 grams, about 3/4" in

diameter. Bold two-part seal

with thick oval designs in

centers housing a lion on one

side and a castle on the other,

both with date 1640 raised in

the rim of the oval along with some letters (NED and SAY),

nicely preserved, light brown in color with tan encrustation.

With photo-certificate #97-4447. Estimate: $75-$110.

1853. Lead textile seal dated 1663.

6.2 grams, about 3/4" in diameter. Small

but boldly detailed one-sided seal

with prongs on back, the design

showing a small castle in shield with

date 16-63 flanking the crown above,

whitish in color and light encrustation. With photo-certificate #97-

4449. Estimate: $75-$110.

From a mid-1600s Spanish colonial site in the southern

Caribbean

1849. Bronze Jew’s harp. 12 grams, 2" long. A small, personal

musical instrument (like a 17th-century harmonica) that looks

somewhat like a pair of tweezers cast in one piece with pointed

ends, darkly patinated but intact. With photo-certificate #97-4419.

Estimate: $75-$110.

From the sunken city of Port Royal,

Jamaica

1854. Black glass “case gin” bottle,

English, early 1800s. 693 grams, 10-1/2" tall and

3-1/4" to a side. Beautifully preserved and

perfectly intact bottle with just a few scratches

and specks of encrustation to show its age

and origin, the glass a translucent olive color,

“+” shape in shallow pontil, popular

provenance. With Robert Marx certificate.

Estimate: $100-$150.

303

1855. Lot of 2 clay smoking pipe bowls, 1600s-1800s. 17.7 and 12.8 grams, each 2" long. Very clean and white and intact, just

missing the stems, popular provenance. With Bob Marx photo-certificate. Estimate: $50-$75.

1856. Lot of 2 clay smoking pipe bowls, 1600s-1800s. 20.9 and 9.1 grams, each 2" long. One white and fat with no stem and chip

in bowl, the other narrower and somewhat gray and with part of stem, both with base, popular provenance. With Bob Marx photo-

certificate. Estimate: $50-$75.

1857. Lot of 2 clay smoking pipe bowls, 1600s-1800s. 17.0 and 12.9 grams, 1-1/2" to 1-3/4" long. The larger one bright white with

gray residue inside, the smaller one brownish gray all over, both intact, popular provenance. With Bob Marx photo-certificate.

Estimate: $50-$75.

Religious

1858. Bronze pilgrim’s badge (Order of the Holy Sepulchre) from France, 13th-14th century AD,

rare. 2.4 grams, 2" x 1-1/4". Like a stick-pin with squarish cross-crosslet design, very lightly patinated, one of

2 found together at same site. Estimate: $100-$150.

1859. Bronze cross, probably French, 1600s. 3.2

grams, 1-3/4" x 1". Small, flat cross with Christ on front,

Virgin Mary on back above CONCEPTION (not the

way it would be spelled in Spanish or Italian), dull brass

color underneath light patina, intact loop at top for

wearing. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $80-$120.

1860. Bronze pilgrim’s cross from Europe, 12th-

13th century AD, scarce. 4.0 grams, 1-1/4" x 1". Small

cross with large, oval-shaped holes in each arm (as

made) and small hole at top for wearing, even brown

color all over. Estimate: $80-$120.

Arms/armor/militaria

1861. Spanish steel cuphilt rapier, ca. 1600. 2 lb, 38" long.

Classic cuphilt design with lightly repaired cup, plain thick-

wire crossbar and knuckle-guard, simple steel finial for

pommel past ringed grip in dark wood, the blade intact and

sharp but with minor pitting, nice condition overall.

Estimate: $750-$1,100.

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1862. German steel shellguard cutlass (1600s) with Solingen maker’s mark, very rare. 2-1/2 lb, 31" long. Very similar to the

shellguard cutlass in our last sale, the type of sword preferred by pirates (as proven by engravings in contemporary books like

Esquemeling’s The History of the Buccaneers of America), with wide, curved (and sharp!) blade, scallop-shell hand-guard, S-shaped

crossbar with curved knuckle bar and thumb protector, wire-wrapped grip, flattened and striated pommel, the crescent moon-

shaped maker’s mark between two small crosses on the blade near the ricasso, superb condition for its age (no rust, very minor

pitting, the tip of the blade sanded to remove a forging flaw), a very impressive artifact. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.

1863. Cuphilt steel cutlass, possibly Spanish colonial,

ca. 1790. 2-1/4 lb, 35" long. Wide, curved blade and spartan

cuphilt with knuckle-guard and plain engraving,

tortoiseshell grip (eroded away where pinky rests), all dark

and a bit loose but intact and original. Estimate: $350-

$500.

1864. Midshipman’s knife and scabbard, English, ca. 1810. 234 grams, 20" long.

Long, thin, steel knife (sharp and intact, even with original shine) with bone handle

and pommel capped with ornate brass lion’s head end, leather scabbard with brass

reinforcements at tip and other end (with knob for fastening to belt), excellent

condition and the first of its kind we have offered. Estimate: $250-$375.

1865. Boarding hatchet, early American (1800s). 632 grams, 15" long, 6-1/4" wide.

Simple 2-headed iron ax on a short, wooden handle, the blade end sharp (honed

over the years) and the other end a flat point for use as a hammer or pick. Estimate:

$125-$200.

305

1866. Flintlock pistol, English, ca. 1720

(Queen Anne period), with silver inlays

and buttplate, marked and signed by

maker Pierre Gandon (senior). 1 lb 8.8 oz,

13" long. A very cute and well-marked little

pistol, fully intact and operable, with cannon-

type barrel that shows GANDON

LONDON stamped under the lock on the

breech, 3 touchmarks on the other side of

the trigger, beautifully aged walnut grip with

silver ornamental inlays and dogface butt, very

attractive overall. Estimate: $2,500-$3,750.1867. Naval flintlock with

steel belt clip, English, early

1700s, maker Pierre Gandon.

7 lb, 14" long. Large pistol with

simple steel barrel and lock, the

former with touchmarks of

Pierre Gandon, Sr. (who died in

1743), plain brass furniture on

dark oak wood stock, most

interestingly with long, straight

bar on side for clipping to a belt

(first time we have seen that),

excellent condition. Estimate:

$1,000-$1,500.1868. Flintlock blunderbuss,

English (Ketland), ca. 1760. 6-1/

2 lb, 30" long. A short-barreled,

cannon-muzzled flintlock rifle in

excellent condition, with “London

Clanamulla” engraved on top of

the barrel, X-shaped touchmarks

to the side of that, steel lock

engraved with “Ketland & Co.”

(small f lint included), brass

furniture (including large buttplate)

on dark cherry-wood stock in

choice condition, ramrod intact, a

super piece worthy of the best

collections. Estimate: $3,500-

$5,000.

1869. Flintlock pistol, late 1700s,

with old repair on grip. 3 lb, 16" long.

Curious piece with old stitched-leather

wrapping around handle to stabilize

an old break, plain and straight steel

barrel and ramrod with light rust only,

fully operational lock and trigger,

spartan brass trigger guard and

buttplate with loop for strap (steel

loop attached to stock near muzzle

also), steel screws in brass holes in side,

nicely aged wood, purchased years ago

in Panama. Estimate: $500-$750.

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1870. Steel left-hand gauntlet, German, c. 1580-1620. 330

grams, about 10-1/2" long and 6" in diameter. Brightly polished steel

(rusty inside) with brass rivets, missing all but the top knuckle

of four of the fingers and thumb (held on by leather strips),

somewhat restored but the original parts in good condition,

nice display. Estimate: $300-$450.

1871. Spanish steel cabasset (helmet), ca. 1600-1650. 3-3/4

lb, 7-1/2" tall and 8-10" in diameter. Hand-forged steel helmet of

classic form with ridged medial and “pear stalk” terminal, with

original rivets near the brim but lacking the interior leather liner,

the outside lightly pitted but nice steel gray, the inside and

bottom of brim dark and rusty but solid, overall a nice example

of a scarce and popular artifact, very similar to the one sold in

our Treasure Auction #3 for $1,725. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

1872. Indo-Persian kulah

khud (spiked helmet), mid-

1800s. 2-1/2 lb, 9-1/2" tall and 8"

in diameter. A perfectly

hemispherical bowl of a

helmet with intricate

engraving (battle scenes) all

over, sharp spike on top,

curved handle, 2 sockets for

plumes(?), and a wealth of

chain links underneath for

protecting the rest of the

head, all a bit patinated and

rusty but very much intact.

Estimate: $300-$400.

1873. Medium-sized bronze

signal cannon, Spanish colonial,

1600s. 3 lb 1 oz, 3" tall and 2-1/2" in

diameter. Typically rustic but solid

and intact and attractively

patinated, prominent touch-hole

and cast with 4 reinforcements,

popular item that makes a great pen

cup for your desk! Found in Peru.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1874. Small bronze signal cannon,

Spanish colonial, 1600s, bottom blown

out. 801 grams, 3" tall and 2" in diameter. Thick

tube with large hole in the bottom where

the bronze blew apart during firing, very

small touch-hole on side (maybe why the

bottom blew out), cast with one

reinforcement, very dusty and patinated.

Found in Peru. Estimate: $150-$225.

1875. Small bronze signal cannon,

Spanish colonial, 1600s, original

touch-hole plugged. 644 grams, 2-1/2" tall

and 2" in diameter. Crude and copper-

colored (much lighter than usual) little

cannon with generous touch-hole about

a third of the way around from where

an obvious plug was hammered into the

original touch-hole, cast with sturdy base

and one reinforcement, very cute for

what it is. Found in Peru. Estimate: $150-

$225.

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1876. Small iron signal cannon. 1221 grams,

5-1/2" long and 2" in diameter. Very slender

cannon with 7/8" bore in thick rim, wide

(rimmed) base, and cast with a prominent

reinforcement in center, all rusty but very

solid, an odd type of unknown period and

nationality (but obviously old) that we have

not seen before. Estimate: $75-$110.

1877. Lot of 2 miniature bronze cannons, English, 1650-

1750. 16.4 and 12.6 grams, each about 2" long. Cute little cannons,

possibly just toys but technically fireable since they have touch-

holes and open barrels, both nicely patinated and obviously

old. Estimate: $120-$180.

1878. Large iron musketball pliers for small balls. 119 grams,

6-1/4" long. Fully functional and nicely toned steel color, the

space for the musketball very small and with sprue hole where

the lead was poured in and formed by the pliers. Estimate:

$100-$150.

1879. Small iron musketball pliers for large balls. 53 grams,

5" long. Perfectly intact with faint rusty color, the sprue hole for

pouring in the lead somewhat larger and the space for the hole

also large in proportion to the pliers themselves. Estimate:

$100-$150.

1880. Iron grapeshot ball with nail through it, 1600s-1700s.

61.4 grams, 2-1/4" long and 7/8" in diameter. We are at a loss to explain

this item, as the lead ball appears to be cast around the small

iron nail (square shank and head), probably just one of the

many devious designs to increase gunshot damage in its time,

undoubtedly rare. With photo-

certificate. Estimate: $70-$100.

1881. Bronze gunpowder spoon, 1600s-1700s. 14.8 grams, 2"

long. Very cute little spoon with straight handle, used for

scooping out and pouring small amounts of gunpowder, lightly

encrusted but solid. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $60-$90.

1882. Lot of 2 small shot (one iron grapeshot and one

lead musketball on a stand), 1600s-1700s. Grapeshot 80.5 grams

and 1" in diameter; musketball and stand

46.3 grams and 2" square. Two typical,

spherical bullets of their time, the

grapeshot rusty brown but solid,

the musketball whitish and

mounted onto a small wooden

stand. With photo-certificates.

Estimate: $35-$50.

1883. Lot of 6 US Civil War lead bullets (two .69 caliber

musketballs, two .52

caliber sharps carbine

bullets, and two .58 caliber

minie balls). 169.2 grams total.

Common but popular items

from the Civil War, all in nice

(probably unused) condition

with light sediment on top of

the whitish lead color.

Estimate: $25-$50.

Viking

1884. Viking merchant’s lead weight from Estonia, 10th-

11th century AD, scarce. 26.8 grams, 3/4" in

diameter. A crude, thick, flattened sphere in

dark lead with sunken design in center that

appears to be gold (with orange sediment)

and is probably an appropriated relic, curious

in that it is approximately the weight of an

8R or 8E! Estimate: $100-$150.

1885. Viking bone pendant of a circular design and wolf-

tooth pendant from Estonia, 10th-11th century AD, rare.Larger piece 7.2 grams and 3" long;

smaller piece 1.3 grams and 1-1/4"

long. Two old pendants in

super condition, the larger

one in bone somewhat

surfboard shaped with cross-like design of dotted circles and

the smaller one just a curved fang, both with hole at one end.

Estimate: $100-$150.

308

1886. Viking iron knife

and lead loom weight

from Estonia, 10th-11th

century AD. Knife 15.0 grams

and 3-1/2" long; weight 34.2 grams

and 1-1/8" in diameter. Pair of

small and curious artifacts,

the knife rusty and chipped,

somewhat triangular in

shape, with thin handle (like

a small ax-blade), and the

loom weight toroid with hole

in middle and sunburst

design and intact. Estimate:

$40-$60.

1891. Charoite mineral from

Siberia (Russia). 266 grams, about 4"

x 2-1/4" x 1-3/4". Somewhat

triangular and hefty chunk of a very

rare purple mineral (looks like

purple-veined marble) that is only

found in Russia, specifically in the Charo River (hence the name)

near Aldan (Siberia), its importation strictly limited from Russia.

Estimate: $40-$60.

1887. Viking bronze tweezers from Estonia, 10th-11th

century AD. 4.6

grams, 2-1/2" long. A

thin strap of heavily

patinated bronze bent

together to use as

tweezers, intact and interesting. Estimate: $30-$45.

Natural history

1888. Large piece of amber

with insects inside from the

Dominican Republic. 30 grams,

about 2" x 1-1/2" x 3/4". A very

translucent and bug-infested

chunk of fossilized tree sap, much

larger than the usual pieces you

see. Estimate: $75-$110.

1889. Large fragment of iron-nickel meteorite from

Sikhote-Alin (Siberia), Russia.113 grams, about 2" x 1-1/4" x 3/4".

Dark gunmetal gray in color, rough

shape but mostly smooth texture

(looks like melted metal), a good-

sized piece of a famous meteorite

that fell in 1947. With informational

display-sheet. Estimate: $40-$60.

1890. Astrophyllite mineral

from Siberia (Russia). 108

grams, about 3" x 2" x 1-1/4". A

good-sized specimen of a

scarce mineral found only in

Siberia, with flaky, brilliant,

gold-colored glitter emanating

from a rocky matrix.

Estimate: $40-$60.

Miscellaneous

1892. Iron animal bell from France,

6th-7th century AD (late Celtic). 115

grams, about 3-1/2" x 2" x 2". Rectangular bell

of typical design for livestock, with arc at

top for wearing, intact except for piece of

bottom, very rusty and thin but still solid

enough to have some “ring” to it.

Estimate: $30-$45.

1893. Earthenware jar (tinaja),

1540s, with mark near lip, rare

and important provenance. 6 lb

6 oz, 14-1/4" tall and 8" in diameter.

Small but typical jar of oval shape

(small, flat bottom), orangish-pink

in color, 100% intact, with

merchant mark at top (looks like

TA in monogram) near lip, an

important archeological find from

the first exploration of Florida by

the Spanish under Hernando de

Soto. Found in the Peace River near

the west coast of Florida and reportedly

from the DeSoto expedition of the early

1500s. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

1894. Earthenware handled jar,

Spanish colonial, 1600s-1700s. 5lb 2-1/2 oz, 12-1/4" tall and 7" in diameter.

Tall vase with flat bottom and short

neck below the rim (unlike the

more typical tinajas) in orange clay

with off-white encrustation on

surfaces where the greenish glaze

has eroded away (only traces

remaining), one small handle near

top, scarce as perfectly intact,

another historical artifact from the

early Spanish presence in Florida.

Found in the vicinity of Crystal River

on the west coast of Florida. Estimate:

$300-$450.

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1895. Silver Inca “tumi” knife, late 1500s, rare. 108 grams,

about 6-1/2" x 5-1/2". This odd and important artifact consists of

an oval-shaped blade (still sharp!) below a straight handle topped

with a llama’s head (very well detailed and true to life), basically

an ornamental version of what the Incas used for sacrifices, in

pristine condition with lovely toning. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

1896. Pair of silver survey sights, Peruvian, 1700s. 195 grams

and 11-1/2" long, 89 grams and 8" long. Strange silver paddles with

holes near center that supposedly were used for surveying, with

long handles (the larger one flat, the smaller one rounded),

obviously old and lightly toned. Estimate: $350-$475.

1897. Silver

crucifix, Peruvian,

1700s. 47 grams, about

4-1/2" x 3". Large

cross with Christ

figure cast separately

and pinned on, worn

and nicely toned, the

engraving (front and

back) fairly ornate

and recognizably

South American,

looped at top and

wearable. Estimate:

$200-$300.

1898. Small, bronze navigational dividers, English, 1550-

90, rare. 19.3 grams, 2-3/4" long. Perfectly intact, very dark in color,

rare size (much smaller than normal) and shape (bulge at

midpoint of each arm), the points still sharp but the arms frozen

shut. Found in the River Thames. Estimate: $400-$600.

1899. English brass coin weight for

gold double crown/half unite/11

shillings of James I (1603-25), rare.

5.0 grams, 5/8". Small, thick brass disk

with I.R.M. and BRITAN around

crowned bust of James I on obverse and crown above XI above

S on reverse, mostly dull-brass color but with spots of dark

encrustation. Estimate: $100-$150.

1900. English brass coin weight for 21 shillings of George

III (1760-1820). 8.3 grams, 3/4" in

diameter. Thick brass disk with same

design on both sides showing S

above 21 above 5-flower-9 and

laurel borders, dull brass color all

over. Estimate: $100-$150.

1901. Lot of 3 English brass coin

weights, 1600s-1700s. 13.3 grams, 7/8"; 3.6

grams, 11/16"; and 2.3 grams, 5/8". Three

corroded disks with some details visible, the largest one with S

/ 36 (36 shillings) on both sides, the middle one with bust of

king (William III?) facing left on obverse and crown above value

(illegible) on reverse, and the smallest one with crown over

Tudor rose on one side and crown over CR (for Charles I) and

D to right of crown on other side. With certificates. Estimate:

$90-$135.

1902. Blue-on-white majolica

shard in custom frame, 1600s.

59.8 grams, 4-3/4" x 3-1/2". A small (2"

x 1-1/2") piece of thick, glazed

earthenware with floral design in

blue (like the Chinese porcelains)

mounted onto a velvet mat inside

a wood frame with easel. With

photo-certificate. Estimate: $25-$40.

1903. Pewter ship’s whistle,

1500s-1600s. 19 grams, 1-3/4" long.

Small, cylindrical whistle with

hole at one end for wearing on

a chain, chip in other end but otherwise intact, dull dark gray in

color. With certificate. Estimate: $75-$110.

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1904. Lot of 4 small, bronze,

Spanish buttons, 1500s-1600s. 9.2

grams total, each about 1/4"-1/2" in

diameter. Small, plain spheres with

intact loops. With certificate. Estimate:

$40-$60.

1905. Bronze buckle, English, 1600s. 7.9

grams, 2" x 1-3/4". Simple rectangular buckle,

very thin and heavily patinated but intact.

With certificate. Estimate: $25-$40.

1906. Lot of 2 pewter buttons, 1600s-

1700s. 2.9 grams and 3/4" diameter; 2.0 grams

and 5/8" diameter. Plain, flat, round buttons

with back-loops intact, lightly patinated.

With certificate. Estimate: $25-$45.

1907. Garment clasp made from 5 Spanish

colonial milled minors. 28.7 grams, 7-1/2" long. Very

odd item with clasp that looks like a pair of tongs

ending in hands connected at the other end to 5

coins in a row, as follows: Santiago 2R 1780DA,

Potosí 2R 1790PR, Mexico 1R 1802FM, Mexico

1R 1756M and Mexico half real 1796FM (with

another loop at the end that may have linked to

another coin). Worn but nicely toned. Estimate:

$60-$90.

1908. Lead textile seal, probably Spanish, 1500s-

1600s. 2.8 grams, 3/4" in diameter. Bold and

elegant castle between two pairs of what

look to be Gothic letters, two nubs on

back where it used to be attached to

another piece. With certificate. Estimate: $30-$45.

1909. Small clay smoking pipe, 1600s-1700s. 19.7 grams, 6-3/

4" long. Beautiful intact pipe (all but the tip of the stem) with

very small bowl that is black from use (the rest of it an eggshell

color) and with light engrailing on top, no mark on base. With

photo-certificate. Estimate: $50-$75.

1910. Clay smoking pipe in

shadow box, 1600s-1700s. 654

grams, 8" x 10" x 2". Intact (and

normal-sized) pipe bowl and 2-1/

2" of the stem, mounted on a mat

below the certificate in a wood-

framed glass box, the pipe mostly

white, with tan sediment inside the

bowl. With certificate. Estimate:

$30-$45.

1911. Bronze slave bracelet

(“manilla”), 1700s-early 1800s.

128 grams, 3-1/4". Typically C-shaped

torque with flat ends, deep brown

color, intact, used to trade for

slaves in Africa. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $30-$45.

1912. Black glass

“onion” bottle,

English, early 1700s,

short. 1122 grams, 6" tall

and 5-3/4" in diameter. Very

short and flat onion

with 1-1/4" deep pontil,

the outside somewhat

scuffed and the rim

chipped but otherwise

intact and attractive,

with heavy sediment

inside, dull green and

yellow colors peeking

through. Estimate:

$250-$375.

1913. Black glass “onion”

bottle, English, early

1700s, tall. 864 grams, 7" tall and

5-1/2" in diameter. A crudely

lopsided onion with 1" deep

pontil, evenly dark in color

all over with matte surfaces,

intact rolled (thin) lip, clean

inside. Estimate: $250-

$375.

1914. Black glass “onion”

bottle, Dutch, 1720s-1750s. 621

grams, 8" tall and 5-1/2" in diameter.

More common type of onion

with long neck, 1" pontil, very

clear and clean green glass, intact

lip. Estimate: $150-$225.

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1915. Black glass ale bottle, English, 1820s-1840s, with

pearlized surface. 671 grams, 9-1/2" tall and 3-1/2" in diameter.

Common brownish-glass bottle with intact lip, 1" deep pontil,

but best of all is the sheen of pearly encrustation on nearly all

the surfaces. Estimate: $70-$100.

1916. Black glass ale bottle with very deep pontil, English,

early 1820s-1840s. 685 grams, 10" tall and 3-1/2" in diameter. Tall,

dark-green bottle with 2" deep pontil (deepest we’ve ever seen

on this type), matte surfaces, intact rolled lip. Estimate: $70-

$100.

1917. Black glass “case gin” bottle, early 1800s. 583 grams,

9-1/2" tall and 3" to a side. Clean and neat bottle, perfectly

translucent and green in color (despite the name given to this

type of glass), no chips or cracks (just a few bubbles in the

glass as made). Estimate: $80-$120.

1918. Brass spigot, Dutch, 1800s, found in South Africa.

333 grams, 6-1/2" long. A

large and heavy keg-

tap with T-shaped

handle showing the

stamp FIDDLE in a

box, excellent

condition, dull brass

color with patina on

tapered tap end and tan encrustation inside. Estimate: $60-

$90.

1919. Scrimshawed whalebone disk

inscribed with whale and “Ardagah,”

mid-1800s. 3.1 grams, 1-1/4" in diameter. Cute

little artifact in excellent condition, circular

with hole near edge, elegantly engraved,

believed by the consignor to be a “kit bag ID

tag.” Estimate: $50-$75.

1920. Lot of dozens of clay smoking-pipe bowls, 1820s-

1860s, found in the northeastern US. 772 grams total. As most

colonial collectors

know, the preferred

method of smoking

(dating back into the

1500s) was via long

pipes made out of

white clay with

narrow, fragile stems

whose tips were

broken off after each

use, leaving just the

bowl and small base at

the other end when no longer in use and finally discarded. This

group contains about 36 of these discarded bowls, most intact

but some chipped or broken, a few with letters on the side (like

T and D) and mostly stained or caked with mud or clay.

Estimate: $150-$225.

1921. Small medallion commemorating Nelson’s HMS

Victory (retired from service in

1812), struck in 1905 by the British

and Foreign Sailors Society from

copper salvaged from the ship. 2.6

grams, 11/16" in diameter. Cute little

souvenir with picture of the ship on obverse above VICTORY

/ 1905, the reverse showing COPPER / FROM / NELSON’S

SHIPS / E.R. VII in center and BRITISH FOREIGN

SAILORS SOCIETY around the edge, with loop at top, perfect

condition with original copper mint-luster. Estimate: $60-$90.

1922. 1915 copper plate made from the dome of the Helles

Point (Gallipoli) lighthouse, rare and historically

important artifact. 824 grams, 9" in diameter. World War I buffs

will appreciate the battle of Gallipoli (a Turkish peninsula, the

campaign also called Dardanelles) as a failed attempt by the

British and French to take

Istanbul in the middle

eastern theater, during the

early part of which the Helles

Point lighthouse was

destroyed by a British ship,

memorialized by this crude

copper plate engraved on the

face with DARDANELLES.

1915. MADE FROM

PIECE OF THE DOME

OF LIGHTHOUSE ON HELLESPOINT. GALLIPOLI.

DEMOLISHED BY 12 IN SHELL FIRED FROM H.M.S.

PRINCE OF WALES. 25.4.15. F.A.BAREHAM, 6TH D.C.L.I.,

dark copper color with spots of green, spring-type modern

hanger on back. With Bonhams & Brooks auction lot-tag from January

11, 2001. Estimate: $100-$150.

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Vintage diving equipment

1923. 1908 bronze Schrader diving bonnet, very rare. 21 lb, 11" tall and 9"

in diameter. Very early helmet that shows its age but is fully intact (missing

only the breast plate—the part that rests on the shoulders—through which

the air was supplied), with 3 small windows (very limited visibility) in front

and on the sides, exhaust manifold near back and two small loops near

front, all darkly patinated bronze color and really in excellent shape for its

age, this brand

stated to be the basis for the famous U.S. Navy Mark V helmet that

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

1924. Mark V diving dress (canvas suit) with 1915 Schrader

stencil. About 15 lb and 74" tall. Designed to be used with the famous

U.S. Navy Mark V dive helmet, this full, rubber-lined canvas suit is in

excellent condition, with just a couple old repairs and some fraying at

the toes, obviously well used in its time but still with clear stenciling

on breast, great for display! Estimate: $600-$900.

1925. Ca. 1930 Snead

shallow-water cast-iron

diving helmet, rare. 57 lb,

22" tall and 12" in diameter.

Almost spooky, yellow

hood with square pane of

(cracked and taped) plastic

in front (no other

windows), large sturdy

handle at top next to a

surprisingly small bib for

the airhose, overall in good condition (minor rust only), a rare classic

from the early days of hardhat diving. Estimate: $1,500-$2,500.

1926. Miller-Dunn 3 brass dive helmet (ca. 1945) with original

hose and handled pump. Helmet 58 lb, 25" tall and 12" in diameter; pump 55

lb, 17" x 9" x 24" with 3' handle. It is gut-wrenching to look at this contraption

and imagine divers risking their lives underwater, completely entrusting

a topside assistant to keep pumping the

handle! Rumored to be Art McKee’s

instrument of choice, it consists of a tall,

copper-colored helmet with large

rectangular front window and two small

round sidelights, handle at top, lead plates

on front and back of the shoulders, with

hose bib on side for connecting the long

black hose that leads up to the 2-chamber

pump mounted on a wooden box with iron

handle with wooden grip, all in excellent

condition for its age, not something we

would recommend using, of course, but very

impressive as a display on antique diving

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

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1927. 1956 “Rene” dive tank with original harness and

New England Divers decal and inspection sticker plus

ca.-1957 U.S. Divers Corp. “Stream Air” Aqualung double-

hose regulator. 36 lb, 28" tall. Display combination of 1950s-

era tank (with valve) and regulator, both in used condition (some

corrosion on the back of the regulator) but fully intact, last

inspected in 1979 (sticker on tank), probably not usable today

but with obvious antique and demonstrative value. Estimate:

$700-$1,000.

1928. 1961 “Nemrod” dive tank with original decal plus

1956-9 “DACOR” double-hose regulator in mint condition.

38 lb, 32" tall. Classic dive tank and valve in what appears to be

good condition accompanied by a matching regulator (different

manufacturer) in perfect condition, probably fully functional,

but don’t hold us to it! Estimate: $500-$750.

1929. Ca.-1970 marine underwater camera (Sea & Sea

model Motor Marine II EX, 35 mm) and strobe (YS-60

TTL), new in box. 6-1/2 lb, 17" x 8-1/2" x 5-1/4" (in box). New

condition and presumably fully functional, state of the art in

the 1970s and still very useful now (just not digital), consisting

of a camera and a separate, attaching strobe flash, a kit that

can be found selling online for around $500. Estimate: $175-

$295.

1930. 1970s

compete Korean

hardhat diving

dress with bronze

helmet and 12-bolt

collar and rubber-

lined canvas suit.

58 lb, 7' tall. Vintage

dive suit and helmet

with many of the

same characteristics

as the well-known

Japanese TOA, with

3 glass windows

(round one in front

and 2 oval ones on

the sides), air intake

and exhaust on back,

in nicely patinated

bronze with plaque

on collar with Korean wording, the suit in excellent condition

with minor (period) repairs only, an awesome display for your

shop or study. Estimate: $1,600-$2,400.

1931. 1980s bronze Russian diving bonnet (helmet). 24 lb,

13" tall and 12" in diameter. A somewhat modern helmet modeled

after early-1900s hardhats, with 3 round, glass windows in front

and on sides, large handle on top, hose coupling in back and

exhaust vent to one side, intact and in nice condition (no dents

or damage), copper color with slight patina. Estimate: $400-

$600.

1932. Mid-1900s Schrader U.S. Navy “Mark V” dive knife

and case with leather belt, rare. 2-1/2 lb, 13-1/2" long. The

Schrader company was famous for their Navy-issue Mark V

dive helmets, but they also made accessories like this heavy

knife and brass scabbard, the maker’s name A. SCHRADER’S

SON, INC. clearly etched on the still-sharp blade, the whole

piece (including wooden handle) in top-notch condition and

apparently just as difficult to find as the dive helmets they

accompanied. Estimate: $350-$500.

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1933. Modern replica of a U.S. Navy Schrader “Mark V” bronze diving

helmet. 19 lb, 15" tall and 12" in diameter. In highly polished copper and brass, this is

plainly not an original but is an exact replica, with small windows in front and on

sides and on top, 2 air intake nozzles in back and vent in front, complete with

breastplate showing a plaque that says NAVY DIVING HELMET / MARK V

MOD-1, an awesome conversation piece that would be worth thousands of dollars

if it were an original, even the replica seen online selling for upwards of $1000.

Estimate: $300-$450.

DOCUMENTSEngravings

1936. 1671 Ogilby engraving of native Americans melting

gold and silver. 10" x 15-1/2". This is a page from a 1671 book

by John Ogilby entitled America that was a translation of Arnold

Montanus’ book Die nieuwe en onbekende Weereld (Amsterdam,

1671), and this page shows

7 natives melting precious

metals in pots while a train

of llamas waits in the

background, undoubtedly

in reference to labor under

the Spanish at the time,

excellent condition with

fully readable text.

Estimate: $150-$225.

1937. 1671 Ogilby engraving of Europeans meeting native

Americans in front of erupting volcanoes. 10" x 15-1/2". This

is a page from a 1671 book by John Ogilby entitled America that

was a translation of Arnold Montanus’ book Die nieuwe en

onbekende Weereld (Amsterdam, 1671), and this page shows a

group of somewhat

blasé and aristocratic-

looking Europeans

meeting with natives

whose reactions range

from obeisance to

despair, with two

volcanoes in

background blasting

upward, excellent

condition with fully

readable text. Estimate:

$150-$225.

1938. 1671 Ogilby engraving of native Americans and

Europeans. 9-1/2" x 15-1/2". This is a page from a 1671 book

by John Ogilby entitled America that was a translation of Arnold

Montanus’ book Die nieuwe en onbekende Weereld (Amsterdam,

1671), and this page shows seated and gesticulating natives in a

circle in front of 3 Europeans with guns and swords with

European fortification in the background, excellent condition

with fully readable text. Estimate: $75-$110.

1934. 1591 Theodore

deBry engraving of

warring native Americans

in canoes from a German

book. 9-1/2" x 13-1/2". The

upper half of this page

from a German book of

the period shows two teams

of natives in canoes fighting

a battle with bows and

arrows, some of the

unfortunates struggling in the water, their settlements and trees

in the background, no color, perfect condition, the title of the

book or chapter at the top of the page “Erfindung und

Schiffarten”, probably the impressions from the voyages of

the English pirate Thomas Cavendish in 1587 and 1591.

Estimate: $250-$375.

1935. 1591 Theodore deBry engraving of native Americans

making a canoe from a German book. 9" x 13-3/4". A vignette

of two natives making a canoe by burning down trees and

burning out their interiors, signed “T.B.”, with German wording

printed below and book/

chapter title “In West

Indien” at top, probably a

collection of impressions

from the voyages of the

English pirate Thomas

Cavendish in 1587 and

1591, excellent condition.

Estimate: $250-$375.

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1939. 1671 Ogilby engraving of native Americans and

Europeans. 9-3/8" x 15-5/8". This is a page from a 1671 book

by John Ogilby entitled

America that was a

translation of Arnold

Montanus’ book Die

nieuwe en onbekende

Weereld (Amsterdam,

1671), and this page

shows Europeans

being crowned and

honored by natives in a

hut of some sort,

complete with trumpeters heralding the event, excellent

condition with fully readable text. Estimate: $75-$110.

1940. 1671 Ogilby engraving of a single European among

naked native Americans. 9-3/4" x 15-5/8". This is a page from

a 1671 book by

John Ogilby

entitled America

that was a

translation of

Arnold Montanus’

book Die nieuwe en

onbekende Weereld

( A m s t e r d a m ,

1671), and this

page shows a

multitude of

natives (mostly

women) dancing around a European in a very aristocratic pose,

excellent condition with fully readable text. Estimate: $75-

$110.

1941. Ca.-1790

h a n d - c o l o r e d

English copper-

plate engraving

of Captain

Cook’s landing at

Tanna, New

Hebrides. 10" x 9-

1/2". A small but

beautifully drawn

and vividly colored

(later) scene of

Cook and his men landing in on the beach in front of many

natives, everyone well armed but friendly-looking, with ship in

background (very intricately done), perfect condition, matted

and ready for framing. Estimate: $60-$90.

Manuscripts

1942. Document

from 1782 signed

by King Charles

III. 8-1/8" x 11-3/4".

Brief, one-page letter

on the king’s

letterhead EL REY,

half printed and half

handwritten, with

king’s signature Yo

El Rey near bottom

and scribe’s signature

D(o)n Pedro de

Cartagena below

that, interestingly

cutting the salary of

a naval lieutenant

(José de Moya) by 1/

3 due to not completing his task. Estimate: $100-$150.

1943. Chilean Mint document

from 1788 signed by Ambrosio

O’Higgins (military governor

of Chile and later Viceroy of

Peru). 8-3/8" x 12-1/8". Simple,one-page letter of few words by

captain general O’Higgins

authorizing the purchase of 3

boxes of mint tools from Spain,

dated August 14, 1788, excellent

condition and numismatically

important. Estimate: $100-$150.

1944. Document from 1817

from Colima, Mexico, with

many seals and signatures.

8-3/8" x 12-1/4". Four-page

document with seals of

Charles IV and Ferdinand VII

(dated 1808-9, 1812-13 and

1816-17) with several short

paragraphs above signatures

(most of them José Ignacio

Silva), related to church

offerings, all in readable

condition but with some

minor water damage.

Estimate: $100-$150.

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1945. Document from 1823 from

Guadalajara, Mexico, with

many seals. 8-3/8" x 12-1/4".

Choice-condition original legal

document on one sheet with

SELLO 4o (dated 1822-23, under

the Republic of Mexico) at top

stamped over the original dated

seal of 1810-11, with Ferdinand

VII seals to right dated 1814-15

and 1818-19, dealing with division

of inherited assets (probate),

interesting as official colonial-era

paper used under Republican

administration. Estimate: $100-$150.

1946. Mint document from 1826

from Santiago, Chile. 8-1/8" x 11-

3/4". Brief, one-page letter (notated

as an amendment to a larger

document) in choice condition

dated August 8, 1826, asking the

director of the mint to check the

decree to make sure the coat-of-

arms is correctly executed, signed

by Juan Manuel de Borgoña(?).

Estimate: $100-$150.

1947. Document from 1849 from

Santiago, Chile, signed by General

Manuel Búlnes. 8-1/8" x 11-3/4".

Brief, one-page letter in choice

condition dated July 11, 1849, by the

President of Chile (General Búlnes)

thanking the director of the mint for

donating 2 silver-coin dies and 1

copper sheet engraved with the

Spanish royal shield to the national

museum. Estimate: $100-$150.

1948. Ship’s bill of lading for

Peruvian coins being shipped in 1881 on the steamship

Pizarro bound for Callao, Peru, from Arica, Chile. 13-3/8"

x 7". A standard document of its time with vignette of the

sidewheel steamer above a table to the left and the “fine print”

to the right with the cargo of “1 sack with 500 silver soles”

hand-written into the

blanks above date and

signature, nice condition

but with wax seal on left

having melted through the

page, leaving a hole, very

interesting combination

of coins and shipping.

Estimate: $100-$150.

1949. Ship’s bill of lading for Peruvian coins being shipped

in 1888 on the steamship Colombia bound for Guayaquil,

Ecuador, from Callao, Peru. 12-3/8" x 7-7/8". A standard

document of its time with vignette of the sidewheel steamer

above a table to the left and the “fine print” to the right with

the cargo “6 sealed sacks containing 6000 silver soles” hand-

written into the blanks above date and signature, excellent

condition, with full wax seal and 10-centavo documentary stamp

(like a postage stamp) to left, a significant multi-field collectible

associating shipping, numismatics and even philately! Estimate:

$100-$150.

Maps

1950. Mid- to late 1500s map of South America entitled

“Tierra Nova,” with Latin text on back starting with

“Americae Sive Perv”. 12" x 9-1/4". A full map of South

America and the southern Caribbean and even the west tip of

Africa with rivers and capes and islands notated but only 4 towns

(Cancha, Cuzco, Caxamalca and Xauca), presumably all Incan,

with the early European demarcations of Castilla del Oro

(Panama and Colombia), Peru and Brazil indicated, the printed

Latin text on the back no help in figuring time period but must

be very early based on the map itself (possibly one of the first

maps of the entire continent), excellent condition with no major

flaws. Estimate: $450-$675.

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1951. 1749 French map of Mexico entitled “Partie du

Mexique ou de la Nouvelle Espagne ou se trouve

l’Audience du Mexique” (from the Atlas PortatifUniversel) by Robert de Vaugondy, hand colored. 14" x 12".

Engraved and hand-colored map in perfect condition showing

central Mexico between the Audiencia of Guadalajara and New

Leon to the northwest and the Audiencia of Guatemala to the

southeast, the various states and cities and geographic features

all notated, matted for framing. Estimate: $150-$225.

1952. Circa-1770 colored French map of Florida and the

southeastern corner of what is now the United States by

Rigobert Bonne entitled “Carte de la Louisiane, et de la

Floride”. 10-1/2" x 16-1/4". An original copper-engraved map

(colored later) showing Louisiana, Illinois, Florida, Georgia,

the Carolinas and Virginia as they were demarcated at the time,

very important in relation to the failure of the French colony

there and subsequent “Louisiana purchase” in 1803, also

interesting to see the city names and even the various names

of native American tribes in the area, excellent condition except

for ink stain in one corner. Estimate: $275-$425.

1953. Circa-1780 British map of the West Indies entitled

“West Indies from the latest Authorities”. 14-1/2" x 8-1/4".

Detailed map of Mexico, Central America, the northern part

of South America, Florida and the entire Caribbean, very well

notated, in black ink (engraving), fascinating for studying the

various demarcations and place names, perfect condition.

Estimate: $350-$500.

1954. Circa-1845 French map of North and Central

America entitled “Amérique Septentrionale” by Raimond

Bonheur. 24" x 20". Large and very artistic print with map of

North and Central America in center surrounded by scenes

that include a waterfall, a white plantation boss with black slave

and native leaning on a rock with idols, plus icy mountains

with eskimos and polar bear and condors on rocky cliffs, snakes

and plants, also an alligator and a jaguar, and a reclining woman

and dog in center between legends, all in full color and matted.

Estimate: $200-$300.

1955. Large vintage

(1940) treasure map

entitled A TreasureHunter’s Map of theWest Indies and theSpanish Main by

George Annand

(LeBaron-Bonney Co.,

Bradford, MA),

mounted on sturdy

cardboard with grommets at top for hanging. 16-1/2" x 13".

Very colorful and fanciful picture of the Caribbean showing

the locations of various pirate treasures and sunken galleons,

well preserved but crudely mounted. Estimate: $25-$40.

318

1960. Lot of various brochures (4) and postcards (4) about Mel Fisher and his treasure

museums, plus a flyer for Parke-Bernet’s 1967 Treasure of the Spanish Main exhibit

in New York. Brochures 4" x 9"; postcards 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" and 4" x 6"; flyer 7" x 9-3/4". The full-color

postcards show Mel Fisher and scenes of and inside his floating museum, the full-size replica

galleon Golden Doubloon; the brochures (all but one in color) are for his modern museum in

Key West; the red-and-gold flyer for the Parke-Bernet exhibit is entitled “Treasure Ho!” and

shows an enlarged photo of the obverse of a Mexican 8E Royal of 1714; all are in like-new

condition. Estimate: $30-$45.

1956. Lot of 3 vintage (1952) treasure maps by F.L.

Coffman showing wrecks around Florida, wrecks in the

Caribbean, and wrecks in the Great Lakes, rare and

important. 14" x 13", 14" x 10-1/4", 17" x 11". All blue and yellow

with black printing, just as they appear in Coffman’s famous

Atlas but here presented one-by-one, showing the locations

of hundreds of shipwrecks with one-line descriptions of each

in the legends, all in nice, undamaged condition, with original

folds intact. Estimate: $60-$90.

1957. Lot of 3 large vintage (1950s) sunken/buried treasure

maps by Rand-McNally, Drake & Sons and Fred C. Keiser

(all United States). 45" x 29", 28" x 22-1/2", 21" x 17". Three large

and sundry maps showing treasure locations on land and sea,

generally more nostalgic than informative, especially the Keiser,

which shows pictures of various pirates drawn by H.G.

Schlensker, that map also housed in an envelope with similarly

Disneyesque pirates on the mailing label, all in good to excellent

condition without any major problems, with original folds intact.

Estimate: $40-$60.

Miscellaneous documents

1958. Lot of 5 Foul Anchor Archives (Robert Nesmith) catalogs (and associated

material) of the 1950s and 1960s offering treasure books and maps. Most about 15-1/2" x

12-1/2". The name Robert Nesmith is well known in the treasure community, or at least it was

in the 1950s and 1960s when he was considered the foremost numismatic authority on treasure.

He was a consultant to the Real Eight Co., for one thing, and he wrote the definitive treatise

on Mexican Charles-Joanna coins and the book Dig for Pirate Treasure, among others. At the

same time, he ran a company called Foul Anchor Archives and specialized in printing and

distributing treasure maps and books, and these are some of his catalogs, typed on plain

paper and stapled (in most cases), all in excellent condition. Shocking to see what some

classics used to sell for new (Coffman’s Atlas for $10, for example)! Estimate: $60-$90.

1959. Bermuda commemorative First Day Cover (stamps) of September 29, 1969, signed by Teddy Tucker and fellow

diver Robert Canton. 6-1/2" x 4-1/2". Large envelope bearing 4 large postage stamps showing the famous

gold-and-emerald cross found by Teddy Tucker and Robert Canton on the wreck of the San Pedro in

1955 with the words 1594 TREASURE FROM THE SEA, the cross pictured also on the envelope

itself with a treasure chest and the words BERMUDA / Treasure 1594 / COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS

/ OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER, with “ ‘BERMUDA

TREASURE’ / First Day Cover. / September 29, 1969" stamped at

top in red ink and signed by Tucker and Canton, pristine condition. Estimate: $40-$60.

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1963. 1975 large poster for the W.H. Lane & Son auction

Sale of Sunken Treasure of September 26, 1975, featuring

treasure from 9 historic wrecks, rare. 20" x 30". Black ink on

red with galleon vignette in silver in background, used condition

(frayed edges) but intact, classic link to our conceptual

predecessor in England (W.H. Lane & Son) who specialized in

shipwrecks around the world in the 1970s. Estimate: $90-$135.

1964. 1980 Dutch

Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)

poster for an exhibit from

February 6 to August 3 of

that year entitled “PRIJS

DER ZEE, Vondsten uit

wrakken van Oost-

Indiëvaarders”. 15-1/2" x 31-

1/2". Small (but tall) poster

with wrecked ship in white

with black background above

blue water, somewhat

minimalist and modern,

related to the launch of a book

of the same name put out by

the Rijksmuseum, nice

condition with only one or two

small tears in edge. Estimate:

$30-$50.

1961. Lot of 6 Real Eight Co. stock certificates in three

different colors. 12" x 8". Printed by the Columbian Banknote

Company with backgrounds in green, blue and red, these

popular certificates were issued for shares in the Real Eight

Company of 1715-Fleet fame (this lot being only 10- or 100-

share certificates), each one stamp-dated 1969-76 and famously

featuring a fully dated Mexican 8R 1715 on top and signed by

president Harry Cannon, mostly excellent condition but long

since redeemed and cancelled. Estimate: $250-$375.

1962. 1974 Silver Shoals Expedition Ltd. $500,000 Private

Placement Prospectus by Seaborne Ventures, Inc., with

brochure and photo (Concepción wreck of 1641). Prospectus

8-1/2" x 14"; brochure 11" x 8"; photo 5-

1/2" x 3-1/2". A fascinating package

that was given to prospective

investors in an unsuccessful salvage

operation spearheaded by Dennis

Standefur, John Doering, Steve

Voynick and Martin Meylach (the

last two also well-known authors

in the field) to find and salvage the

wreck of the Concepción (1641) off

Hispaniola (salvaged 5 years later

by Burt Webber), the prospectus

naturally plain and matter-of-fact but the brochure quite

attractive and professionally done, and the photo in black-and-

white showing the “mailbox” (blower) on the back of their

salvage boat, all in excellent condition. Estimate: $50-$75.

1965. 1988 Dutch Rijksmuseum (Leiden) poster for an

exhibit from June 10, 1988, to June 5, 1989, entitled

“SCHEPEN MET GELD De handel van de VOC op Azië

1602-1799”. 11-3/4" x 16-1/2". Small poster with wording in black

box against a sea of Akerendam (1724) gold ducats, related to

the launch of a book of the same name by Arent Pol (see lot

2007) about VOC shipwrecks, excellent condition with faint

crease near part of edge but no tears or folds. Estimate: $30-

$50.

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1966. 1995 large Christie’s

(Amsterdam) poster for their auction

“The Diana Cargo” of March 6-7 of

that year. 21" x 27". Large and beautiful

poster in blue and gold with picture of

porcelains in a seawater tank with

prominent (live) fish, excellent condition

except for a bumps in edge. Estimate:

$30-$50.

1967. 1980s and 1990s lot of 11 letters/

brochures/newsletters from Treasure

Salvors and the Mel Fisher Maritime

Heritage Society. Up to 8-1/2" x 11" each. This sundry lot consists of 5 letters to investors

1981-96 (the last one a notice of liquidation of Treasure Salvors, Inc.), 3 early 1980s

brochures (one in color) about the coins and other treasure of the 1622 Fleet (Atocha and

Santa Margarita), one Treasure Talk newsletter from 1985 (Treasure Salvors), and 2 The

Navigator newsletters from 1998-9 (Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society), all in excellent

condition. Estimate: $40-$60.

Paintings

1968. Framed oil-on-canvas painting of pirates in a cave by Augustus Lenox (1960s painter of Western scenes and

comics). 7 lb, 44-1/2" x 34-1/2". Large original oil painting in mostly rustic colors showing 3 Disneyesque pirates in a seaside cave

bemusedly scrutinizing the skeletal remains of a colleague next to a small chest of gold coins, packed with wonderfully accurate

details (note the armament and clothing) and signed by the artist in the lower-left corner, in wooden frame, ready for hanging.

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

321

1969. Atocha painting: “Atocha Meets Her Fate,” by

Ralph Curnow (2009). 24" x 20". A dark and dramatic

rendering of the Atocha’s final hours in a storm-tossed sea

from a rear perspective showing the Madonna and Child on

her vividly painted stern and her wind-battered flag and

banner atop her rigging, the center mast broken off and

languishing in a wave that is engulfing the entire front of the

ship, and a sister-galleon with similar fate off in the distance.

As usual, Curnow’s waves and water are extremely realistic, a

real challenge for most artists. Estimate: $1,200-$1,800.

Photos

1971. Lot of 13 color photos from the 1960s of Art McKee’s Museum

of Sunken Treasure on Plantation Key, Florida. Each 7" x 5". These are

the photographic souvenirs of a 1960s trip by the consignor to McKee’s

museum of treasure from the Capitana El Rubí of the 1733 Fleet, each

newly printed photo in full color and mostly well staged, showing a very

informative cross-section of the contents of the museum (coins, silver bars,

ship’s timbers and cannon and ballast, even bones and skulls of unfortunate

sailors), including one showing Art McKee himself in front of some displays.

Estimate: $35-$50.

1972. Lot of 20 color photos from the 1960s of the Real

Eight Co. museum in Satellite Beach, Florida. Each 7" x 5".

These are the photographic souvenirs of a 1960s trip by the

consignor to the Real Eight Co. museum of 1715-Fleet finds,

each newly printed photo in full color and mostly well staged,

showing a very informative cross-section of the contents of

the museum (coins, artifacts and dioramas). Estimate: $35-

$50.

1970. 1715 Fleet painting: “The Day Before,” by Ralph

Curnow (2009). 24" x 20". A bright and almost cheerful portrait

of one of the 1715-Fleet galleons with 6 others in the distance,

all under full sail on only slightly choppy seas (very realistic and

accurate, a Curnow specialty), but with ominous gray clouds

gathering in the distance. Estimate: $1,500-$2,000.

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Prints

1973. Framed 1981 Duke Long serigraph of the

Concepción printed with indigo dye salvaged from the

wreck, limited edition #60/200. 21" x 23". A large and well-

detailed rendering of the galleon done in actual indigo recovered

from the ship, with “Nuestra Señora de la Concepción 60/

200” and the artist’s signature and date in pencil on the bottom,

framed in silver-painted wood with glass, originally purchased

in the 1980s for $600. Estimate: $150-$225.

1974. Framed Concepción print #1 (reprint of Duke Long

1983 original), very rare. 16" x 13". From a very rare set of

black-and-white prints

depicting the Concepción

site as it was found, this

one showing a side view

of three large “holes” in

the coral containing

artifacts and debris, very

detailed and illustrative,

matted and framed in

black wood and glass.

Estimate: $75-$110.

1975. Framed Concepción print #2 (reprint of Duke Long

1983 original), very rare. 16" x

13". From a very rare set of

black-and-white prints

depicting the Concepción site as

it was found, this one showing

a cutaway side view of the stern

section of the ship just after

sinking, very detailed and

illustrative, matted and framed

in black wood and glass.

Estimate: $75-$110.

1976. Framed Concepción print #3 (reprint of Duke Long

1983 original), very rare. 16"

x 13". From a very rare set of

black-and-white prints

depicting the Concepción site as

it was found, this one

showing a cutaway side view

of the whole ship, including

a legend for each room, even

with an “x marks the spot”

for where the treasure was

stored, very detailed and illustrative, matted and framed in black

wood and glass. Estimate: $75-$110.

1977. Framed Concepción print #4 (reprint of Duke Long

1983 original), very rare.

16" x 13". From a very rare

set of black-and-white

prints depicting the

Concepción site as it was

found, this one showing a

cutaway side view the entire

ship with sails, including a

legend for each room,

several of them with an “x

marks the spot” to show that they would have contained

treasure, very detailed and illustrative, matted and framed in

black wood and glass. Estimate: $75-$110.

1978. Framed poster for “Lost

Treasures of the Nuestra Señora de la

Concepción” exhibition by Burt D.

Webber, Jr., December 12-14, 1986, at

Bally’s Park Place Casino Hotel in

Atlantic City, NJ. 11" x 17". With galleon

vignette at top and printed in orange ink

on off-white cardstock, framed in gold

metal with glass, excellent condition.

Estimate: $50-$75.

1979. Framed caricature in black ink of Mel Fisher by

Michael Scott of the South

Florida Science Museum (West

Palm Beach, 1987), signed by Mel

Fisher, rare. 16" x 20". A “must have”

for the Mel Fisher collector, with Mel

in dive gear standing on a beach with

his arms loaded with coins and

chains, a salvage boat in the water

behind him, his shirt showing

TODAY’S THE DAY and SOUTH

FLORIDA SCIENCE MUSEUM,

and signed by Mel “Hi Terry! Mel” to upper right, also signed

and dated by the artist at bottom right, matted and framed in

white and black. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1980. Framed, hand-signed print of poem “Marine

Salvage Museum, Florida” by Rhina P. Espaillat, one of

50 printed by Wells College in honor of a visit by the poet

on October 4, 2000. 10" x 16". Award-winning bilingual poet

Rhina P. Espaillat was born in the

Dominican Republic in 1932 and is known

not only for her own poetry but also for

her translation into Spanish of the poetry

of the famous Robert Frost. The original

poem here described the emotions invoked

by a visit to a salvage museum and bears

the author’s signature in pencil, printed on

parchment and framed in gray-green

wood. Estimate: $40-$60.

1981. Signed lithograph print #83 of the Rooswijk

shipwreck of 1739, limited edition (400 copies made), by

artist Ralph Curnow (2006). 15-1/2" x 12-1/2". Mint condition,

full-color print showing

the Rooswijk on the high

seas, painted by Ralph

Curnow, the brother of

one of the modern

salvagers of the

Rooswijk, hand-

numbered and signed

by the artist in the

margins. Estimate:

$50-$75.

Games

1982. “Sunken Treasure” board game by Parker Brothers (USA). 572

grams, about 16" x 8" x 2". 1948 board

game in used but intact condition,

inspired by hardhat diving for

treasure in the 1940s, playable by up

to 5 players of presumably any age,

the object being the first to retrieve

a gold bar and make it back up to

deck. Estimate: $15-$25.

1983. “Fleet 1715” card game by Clicker

Spiele (Germany). 89.9 grams, 3-1/2" x 2-1/4" x

3/4". Basically a deck of cards in a small box

with instructions (in

German) for playing a

game based on the 1715-

Fleet disaster, for 1-5

players, ages 10 and up,

new in box. Estimate:

$25-$35.

BOOKS1984. (Atocha) Research Coin Collection (photocopy)

signed by Marisha Wagner Moran (1987), with copy of

Key West Life article by Wagner Moran (1984). Spiral-bound

SC, VF. Originals of the Atocha Research Collection catalog are

extremely rare and were never meant for anything but

promotion for the collection itself, which was hand-picked for

inve s to r-d ive r- l obby i s t

Marisha Wagner Moran and

eventually sold piecemeal

(mostly in the 1990s), a good

portion of which is for sale

in this auction. The catalog

features an introduction and

numismatic description (by

Sandy McKinney) of each of

the 237 coins in the special

collection, with 16 photo-

plates of 64 of the coins, also

accompanied by an article that

Marisha wrote for a local

newsmagazine about the ongoing search (in 1984) for parts of

the Atocha as well as another article about the author (with

photo) in the same publication. Estimate: $100-$150.

1985. Baxter, Ford and Hans W. Hanau, eds. Treasure

Diving with Teddy Tucker (1964), very rare. SC, VF. Small

(32 pages) but well-illustrated (color) old pamphlet showing

Teddy Tucker and his finds off Bermuda. Estimate: $100-

$150.

1986. Berman, Bruce. Encyclopedia of American

Shipwrecks (1971). SC, VG. A tabular listing of 13,000 wrecks

off the various coasts of the United States, limited in

information but comprehensive in scope, somewhat illogically

presented in alphabetical order. Estimate: $15-$25.

1987. Blair, Clay, Jr. Diving for Pleasure and Treasure (1st

ed., 1960). HC, DJ, like new. A classic narrative in rare condition,

most importantly covering the early salvage of the Boticaria

wreck (1681) off Panama by Robert Marx. Estimate: $30-$45.

1988. Campbell, Captain Malcolm.

Searching for Pirate Treasure in CocosIsland (1932). HC (DJ missing), VG, ex-libris plate

inside cover. Just as the title implies, this is the

narrative of an early treasure hunter on the

pirate hangout of Cocos Island off Costa

Rica, with one color illustration in front, a

scarce classic. Estimate: $100-$150.

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1989. Coffman, F.E. Atlas of

Treasure Maps (1957

reprint), with inscription and

rubber-stamp signature by

author. HB, DJ, VF. This rare

book is the benchmark of great

treasure libraries, as it was

widely used (and lost) aboard

salvage vessels in the 1950s and

1960s, and high-grade copies with original dust jackets like this

one are particularly scarce. It is a large book (over 17") with

maps and brief mentions of over 3000 treasure locations in

the Americas and the British Isles. Estimate: $300-$450.

1990. Cowan, Rex. Castaway & Wrecked (1978),

autographed by the author. HC, DJ, Mint. A beautiful photo-

book (black-and-white) of the wrecks of 19 ships off the

southwest coasts of England, the photos all taken right after

the time of each disaster by the famous Gibson family of

Cornwall and the Scilly Isles. Estimate: $40-$60.

1991. Cowan, Zélide. Early Divers (1985), autographed by

the author. SC, Mint. An illustrated history of underwater diving,

from the diving bells of the early 1600s to the hardhats of the

late 1800s, not very big (102 pages) but informative. Estimate:

$40-$60.

1992. Deagan, Kathleen. Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies

of Florida and the Caribbean, 1500-1800, Volume I:Ceramics, Glassware, and Beads (1987). HC (DJ missing), VF.

An extremely useful archeological guide to the various ceramics

(also glass and beads) found in colonial sites in and shipwrecks

off Florida. Estimate: $25-$40.

1993. Gardner, Arthur. Wrecks around Nantucket (1915).

SC, VG. Early guide to the shipwrecks off the island of Nantucket

(Massachusetts), presented in chronological order. Estimate:

$40-$60.

1994. Gawronski, Jerzy.

Hollandia Compendium(1992). HC, new in shrink wrap. The

ultimate guide to everything

about the Hollandia (sunk in

1743 off the Scilly Isles,

southwest of England),

showing complete data and

detailed diagrams of every

artifact found. Estimate: $100-$150.

1995. Gilman Hawes, Hildreth. The Bellamy Treasure

(1940), rare. SC, Fine. An essential item for the Whydah (1717)

researcher, as it covers the exploits of pirate Sam Bellamy off

New England in the same ship, written long before the wreck

was found and salvaged. Estimate: $100-$150.

1996. Goodwin, William. The Lure of Gold (1940). HC, DJ,

VG. A classic book about the 5 lost ships of Christopher

Columbus in the Caribbean. Estimate: $50-$75.

1997. Green, Jeremy. Treasures from the Vergulde Draeck

(1973). SC, VG. A scarce archeological pamphlet with many

diagrams of the wrecksite and artifacts found on this ship (sunk

in 1656 off Western Australia). Estimate: $35-$50.

1998. Greene, Vaughn M. Underwater Prospecting

Techniques (1960). SC, Fine. Tourist-oriented pamphlet about

gold prospecting and diving, interesting as showing an

advertisement on the rear inside cover for Mel’s (Fisher) Aqua

Shop in Redondo Beach, CA, featuring 2 pictures of Mel in

vintage dive gear. Estimate: $20-$30.

1999. Holzworth, Shirley Jean. One Day

of Hunting Treasure (1965), scarce,

autographed by author and her

husband, Walt. SC, VF. A breathless

account of finding treasure off the east

coast of Florida, with many fun photos.

Estimate: $60-$90.

2000. Marx, Robert. Shipwrecks in

Mexican Waters (1981),

autographed by the author. SC, Mint.

An important classic covering the

author’s work with Clay Blair and Pablo

Bush Romero off the east coast of

Mexico, particularly on the Matanceros

wreck, with an exhaustive listing of

wrecks in the area at the end. Estimate:

$75-$110.

2001. Mathers, William. Treasure of the Concepción

(1993). HC, DJ, Mint. This coffee table-style book (well illustrated

with many color photos) covers the sinking and archeologically

sensitive salvage of a Manila galleon sunk in 1638 off Saipan in

the northern Mariana Islands. Estimate: $20-$30.

2002. McKee, Alexander. How We Found the Mary Rose

(special Easton Press leatherbound edition, 1991). HC, Mint.

A well-illustrated classic about the salvage of Henry VIII’s

flagship Mary Rose, sunk in the Solent (south of England) in

1545. Estimate: $40-$60.

2003. Millas, José Carlos. Hurricanes of the Caribbean

and Adjacent Regions, 1492-1800 (1968). HC, Mint. Very

important and detailed chronology of all major Caribbean

hurricanes since Columbus, very useful for shipwreck research.

Estimate: $125-$200.

325

2004. Morris, Roland. Island Treasure (3rd impression,

1970), autographed by the author. HC, DJ, VF. Considered

the “Mel Fisher of England,” Roland Morris was his country’s

most famous and flamboyant wreck diver, and this is the book

about his search for and salvage of the Association, sunk in 1707

off the Scilly Isles, southwest of England. Estimate: $35-$50.

2005. Nesmith, Robert I. Dig for Pirate Treasure (1st ed.,

1958), rare, autographed by the author. HC, DJ, VF. Rare first

edition by Devin-Adair Company (not the

usual Bonanza Books edition, which is

technically a reprint), a very popular but

generalized book about lost treasures and

shipwrecks around the world, with many

photos, particularly useful as one of the few

references with information on the ca.-1636

“Mesuno hoard” in Colombia. Estimate:

$150-$225.

2006. Peterson, Mendel. Funnel of Gold (1975). HC, DJ,

Fine. A lengthy, erudite and well-respected classic overview of

the Spanish treasure-fleet system and the entire gold- and silver-

production process. Estimate: $50-$75.

2007. Pol, Arent. Schepen met Geld—De Handelsmunten

van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie 1602-1799(1989). HC, VF. Rare book (written in Dutch) about the Dutch

East India Company (VOC) and its ships, with many

illustrations of treasure from VOC wrecks. Estimate: $20-

$35.

2008. Potter, John. The Treasure

Diver’s Guide (1st ed., 1960),

autographed by the author. HC, DJ, VF.

The first comprehensive listing of wrecks

around the world, considered for decades

to be the “bible” of treasure salvage, with

maps and a discussion about the Spanish

fleets in particular, and with many photos

of treasure. Estimate: $100-$150.

2009. Rascoe, Jesse. 1200 Treasure Books (1970). HC (issued

without DJ), VG. A somewhat out-of-date bibliography of books

on (mostly) land-hoard treasures, with a few shipwreck books

listed as well. Estimate: $50-$75.

2010. Riebe, Alan. Chronicles of Shipwrecks & Sunken

Treasure, 900-1900 A.D. (undated, 2002?), autographed by

author “David / Best Wishes”, very scarce (only a few

printed). SC, VF. Large, chronological listing of shipwrecks

around the world in a dauntingly large range of time periods,

well illustrated, widely available on CD but no longer printed.

Estimate: $125-$200.

2011. Riley, Capt. James. An Authentic Narrative of the

Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on theWestern Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815(1817), rare. HC, VG. A large and very musty but intact antique

about the wreck of an early

US ship off the coast of

Africa and the subsequent

wanderings of her survivors

as Arab slaves in the Sahara

desert, written by the ship’s

“master and supercargo,”

with 10 copper-plate

engravings and a beginner’s guide to the Arabic language in

the back. Estimate: $250-$375.

2012. Sebring, Thomas. Treasure Tales

(1986), rare. HC, DJ, VF. Published in limited

quantities just after Mel Fisher’s big Atocha

find, this book about several different

wrecks (with pictures of coins from them)

became an instant classic and is still useful

today for brief histories on several Spanish,

Dutch, French and English wrecks of the

mid-16th to early-18th centuries.

Estimate: $150-$225.

2013. Sullivan, George. Slave Ship: The Story of the

Henrietta Marie (1994), accompanied by a copy of the

August 2002 issue of National Geographic magazine

with an article entitled “Henrietta Marie: Slave-Ship

Wreck”. HB, DJ, Fine. Well-illustrated book about the only

scientifically studied slave wreck in the US, found by Mel

Fisher’s divers in 1972, its artifacts on display in Key West at

the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society, also covering a

general history of the slave trade, along with a recent National

Geographic magazine with an article about the ship and its

salvage, an important companion lot to #1714 in this sale (an

original artifact from the same wreck). Estimate: $35-$50.

2014. Storm, Alex. Canada’s Treasure Hunt (1967). SC,

VG. A small paperback (the only way it comes) about the

finding and salvage of the Chameau wreck off Nova Scotia in

1965 by one of the divers, with diagrams and photos of gold

and silver coins recovered. Estimate: $25-$40.

2015. Taylor, James. Gold from the Sea (1947). HC, DJ, VG.

A classic book about the sinking and salvage of RMS Niagara,

which sank with 8 tons of gold bullion off New Zealand

during World War II. Estimate: $25-$40.

2016. Treasure Salvors (Mel Fisher). The Treasure of

1622 (1979). SC, VG. Large, profusely illustrated promotional

pamphlet written before the big find in 1985 (but amended

later to reflect that at the end), with mouth-watering photos

of fabulous artifacts and coins. Estimate: $10-$15.

326

2017. Turner, Harry. The Gilt Dragon Incident (1963).

HC, DJ, VF. A half-factual investigation behind the sinking of

the Vergulde Draeck (1656) off Western Australia and the fate

of her survivors, largely supplanted by actual finds in

subsequent decades. Estimate: $70-$100.

2018. Underbrink, Robert. Treasure Trove (1974). HC (issued

without DJ), VG. The subtitle of this book says it all: An annotated

bibliography of books concerning sunken gold, lost mines, and

buried treasure. Also included are 7 “brief sketches” about some

of the treasure troves in question. Estimate: $25-$40.

2019. Verrill, A. Hyatt. Lost Treasure—True Tales of Hidden Hoards (1930). HC, DJ, VG. A collection

of stories about various land and sea treasures in Central and South America by an adventurous author.

Estimate: $75-$110.

2020. Wagner, Kip. Pieces of Eight, editor’s copy (first copy off the press)

with penciled corrections, (1966), unique. SC, Fine. A pre-printing copy for

final editing of this famous book (looks just like the book itself but with paper

cover and changes marked in black felt-tip ink), truly a one-of-a-kind collectible

for Real Eight and 1715-Fleet fans. The book is the original classic story about

Kip Wagner and the Real Eight Co. and their salvage of the 1715 Fleet off the

east coast of Florida, eminently readable and with excellent illustrations as well.

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

2021. Wagner, Kip. Pieces of Eight (2nd printing, 1967), autographed by original 8 members

of Real Eight Co. HC, DJ, VF. The original classic story about Kip Wagner and the Real Eight Co. and

their salvage of the 1715 Fleet off the east coast of Florida, eminently readable and with excellent

illustrations as well, especially valuable and sought-after when graced with the signatures of the original

Real Eight members, as is the case here (missing only Harry Cannon). Estimate: $300-$450.

2022. Wagner, Kip. Pieces of Eight (1st ed., 1966). HC, DJ,

Fine. The original classic story about Kip Wagner and the Real

Eight Co. and their salvage of the 1715 Fleet off the east coast

of Florida, eminently readable and with excellent illustrations

as well. First editions like this one are somewhat scarce.

Estimate: $50-$75.

2023. Weller, Bob “Frogfoot”. The Dreamweaver (1996),

inscribed by Mel Fisher: “Today’s the Day, Marge & Kirk!

Mel”. SC, VF. Nicely illustrated authorized biography of Mel

Fisher, personally signed by him, a great and necessary read

for treasure buffs. Estimate: $60-$90.

2024. Wilkins, Harold T. Captain Kidd and His Skeleton

Island (Cassell edition, 1935). HC with digital reproduction of the

DJ, VG. Famously executed amid controversy over the fairness

of his trial, Captain William Kidd was rumored to have buried

many treasures. This classic book examines Kidd’s travails and

his own charts and maps to encourage potential finders of the

troves. Estimate: $75-$110.

2025. Woods, Dee. Blaze of Gold (1st ed., 1942), rare,

inscribed and autographed by author. HC, DJ, VF. A collection

of tales about searching for treasure along the Gulf Coast of

Texas, this important (and rare) copy inscribed by the author:

“Yours till Carlota finds her priceless jewels / Dee Woods /

’43-” (in reference to the loss of Emperor Maximilian’s wife’s

jewels in a wreck covered in the book). Also one of the few

treasure books written by a woman. Estimate: $90-$135.

AUCTION CATALOGS2026. Bowers & Merena (Los Angeles). The S.S. Brother

Jonathan Treasure Coins (May 19, 1999), with Prices

Realized. NM. Thin but important, this is the one and only

catalog of coins from the steamship wreck Brother Jonathan

(1865), one of only a handful of wrecks to have yielded Gold

Rush-era US coins, with good background in front of catalog.

Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $30-$45.

2027. Bowers & Merena (Long Beach, CA). Treasures of

the World (June 5-6, 2002). NM. Very important shipwreck

catalog that contains 17 silver “tumbaga” bars and coins from

15 other wrecks, with excellent histories on each. Pedigreed to the

Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $30-$45.

2028. Bowers & Merena (Kansas City, MO). Treasures of

the S.S. Republic (April 7-8, 2005). NM. Thin but important,

just 50 lots but all very expensive, this is the one and only catalog

of coins from the steamship wreck S.S. Republic (1865), one of only a handful of wrecks to have yielded Gold Rush-era US

coins, with good background in front of catalog. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $25-$40.

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2029. Bowers & Ruddy Galleries (Los Angeles). The

Harold A. Blauvelt, Ibero American and 1715 SpanishTreasure Fleet Collections (February 17-19, 1977). VG.

Important classic catalog of 1715-Fleet gold and silver coins

and artifacts. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $25-$40.

2030. Butterfield & Butterfield (Caesar’s Palace, Las

Vegas). Mel Fisher’s Treasures of the Atocha and her SisterShip the Santa Margarita (September 26, 1987), with folder

of promotional materials. VF. One of several promotional

auctions of Atocha material after the main

find, really some fabulous artifacts (coins,

ingots, artifacts) but at extremely high

estimates (Fisher prices) and all heavily

reserved, the catalog for which is somewhat

rare. Included in the accompanying

promotional packet is the booklet The

Treasure of 1622 by Treasure Salvors in Mint

condition. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure

Library. Estimate: $75-$110.

2031. Christie’s (Amsterdam). The Bredenhof Bullion

(December 4, 1986), with Prices Realized. NM. Thin but

important, this is the one and only catalog of coins and ingots

from the Dutch East Indiaman Bredenhof (1753), with good

background in front of catalog. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring

Treasure Library. Estimate: $60-$90.

2032. Christie’s (Amsterdam). The Vung Tao Cargo (April

7, 1992). VF. Massive quantities of Chinese blue-on-white

porcelains from a ca.-1690 wreck off southern Vietnam, near

the beach resort town of Vung Tao. Estimate: $60-$90.

2033. Christie’s (London). The Ceramic Cargo of a

Medieval South Asian TradingVessel (December 11, 1989),

autographed by Michael Hatcher.

VF. Very thin but profusely illustrated

catalog (very rare) of Thai-area (mostly

Sawankhalok) stoneware from a 1200s-

1400s wreck in the South China Sea

salvaged by Michael Hatcher (of

“Nanking Cargo” fame), the proceeds

all donated to Barnado’s Children’s

Homes. Estimate: $100-$150.

2034. Christie’s (London). Spanish Art I: Treasure from

the Maravillas (May 28, 1992), with Prices Realized. NM.

Highly important catalog of coins and artifacts from the

Maravillas (1656) recovered by Capt. Herbert Humphreys, Jr.

and MAREX. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $50-$75.

2035. Christie’s (London). Coins,

Banknotes, CommemorativeMedals and Treasure from SpanishShipwrecks (April 28, 1993), with

Prices Realized. NM. This is the

auction when the collecting world first

found out about “tumbaga” bars (silver

and gold), offered in the catalog

alongside finds from the Maravillas

(1656) and the 1715 and 1733 Fleets,

rare and in high demand. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure

Library. Estimate: $75-$110.

2036. Christie’s (New York). Gold and Silver of the Atocha

and Santa Margarita (June 14-15, 1988), with Prices

Realized. HB, DJ, NM. Probably the largest and most important

treasure catalog of all time, featuring gold chains, astrolabes,

many gold “finger” bars and huge silver bars from the Atocha

and Santa Margarita, plus some gold cobs from the 1715 Fleet.

The intact Atocha Research Collection is also offered separately

at the end of the catalog, right after a complete (encrusted)

chest of coins. This catalog also comes in a more common

softcover version. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $75-$110.

2037. Christie’s (New York). Coins from the Wreck of

H.M.S. Feversham (February 7, 1989), with Prices

Realized. VF. Very thin but important catalog of coins from

the Feversham (1711), including plugged silver cobs and

Massachusetts Bay Colony shillings (but no gold), with excellent

essay on the wreck and its coins in the front. Pedigreed to the Tom

Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $30-$45.

2038. Christie’s (South Kensington). Sale of Artifacts from

the Royal Navy’s First Invincible 1744-1758 (March 10,

1988). NM. Scarce catalog of mundane but fascinating artifacts

from the HMS Invincible, sunk in 1758 off the Isle of Wight,

England. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate:

$35-$50.

2039. Christie’s (South Kensington). Titanic Memorabilia

and Maritime Pictures, Ephemera and Models (April 14,

1992), with Prices Realized. VF. This fascinating catalog was

partly an offering of memorabilia related to the sinking of the

Titanic (not artifacts from the wreck itself), but mostly is

paintings and nautical antiques (octants, etc.) and ship models.

Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $25-$40.

2040. Christie’s in association with Spink (New York).

Gold Rush Treasures from the SS Central America(December 14, 2000). HB, VF. Important hardbound catalog

for the second auction of gold coins and bullion from the S.S.

Central America (1857), a fabulous wealth of gold from the sea.

Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $30-$45.

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2041. Dix Noonan Webb (London). The Santa Lucia

Treasure (June 20, 2001). Fine. The first 306 lots of this auction

(mostly coins but some artifacts) were famously stopped by

injunction by the Italian government, who successfully laid claim

to the wreck (believed to be the British ship Lion of 1841),

thereby making this catalog an important collectible. Pedigreed

to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $50-$75.

2042. Glendining (London). Coins of the Netherlands

Recovered from the Dutch East Indiaman De Liefde(October 28, 1969). NM. The classic auction of the DeLiefde

(1711) finds (Dutch gold ducats and silver ducatoons) off the

Shetland Isles. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $75-$110.

2043. Glendining & Co. (London), Catalogue of Silver

Coins of the United Provinces and the SpanishNetherlands with some artifacts recovered from the“Meeresteijn”, sunk near the Cape of Good Hope, 3rdApril 1702 (October 1, 1975). VF. The classic auction of the

Merestein (1702) finds (Dutch silver ducatoons and some

artifacts) off South Africa. Estimate: $75-$110.

2044. Harmer Rooke (New York). The Andrew Faller

Hawaiian Collection and Treasure Coins (March 26-28,

1973). NM. This is the “forgotten” 1715 Fleet/Real Eight Co.

auction that featured the Kip Wagner’s (“recently passed away”)

collection of gold and silver cobs. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring

Treasure Library. Estimate: $30-$45.

2045. Henry Christensen (Madison, NJ). Treasures of the

Conception (May 14, 1982). VF. The one and only catalog of

silver cobs (including some very important Colombian rarities)

from the Concepción (1641), with excellent numismatic analysis

and commentary. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $50-$75.

2046. Hoare Auctions/TOREX (Toronto). Coins from the

Wreck of the Feversham (February 26-27, 1993). NM. The

slightly obscure “second auction” (after Christie’s) of silver

coins from the Feversham (1711), with historical introduction.

Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $30-$45.

2047. Lane & Son (Penzance). The Hollandia Treasure

(September 21, 1973), signed by Rex Cowan (salvager

featured in catalog). VF. Early and important catalog of coins

and artifacts from the Hollandia (1743), now a classic, this copy

signed by the man who spearheaded the salvage. Estimate:

$75-$110.

2048. Lane & Son (Penzance). The Hollandia Treasure

(September 21, 1973). VG. Early and important catalog of coins

and artifacts from the Hollandia (1743), now a classic. Pedigreed

to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $50-$75.

2049. Lane & Son (Penzance). The Association Coin

(September 24, 1974), with Prices Realized. VG. Classic

catalog (with historical background) of coins and artifacts from

the Association (1707), with interesting list of results, showing

not only prices but also who bought what! Pedigreed to the Tom

Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $75-$110.

2050. Lane & Son (Penzance). Sale of Sunken Treasure

(September 26, 1975). VG. An important offering of 9 different

wrecks off the British Isles, with historical background on each,

riding on the heels of the success of the Hollandia and Association

auctions by this firm in the two years prior. Pedigreed to the Tom

Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $60-$90.

2051. Lane & Son (Penzance). Treasure from the Sea (June

1, 1983), signed by Rex Cowan (salvager featured in

catalog), rare. NM. Throughout the 1970s this auction house

became famous for shipwreck offerings, but they all but ceased

in the early 1980s, and this is the last one known to us (the

company now sells paintings), with coins and artifacts from 15

wrecks around the world. Estimate: $100-$150.

2052. Noble Numismatics Pty. Ltd. (Melbourne,

Australia). Sale No. 45 Part B (July 14-15, 1994), with Prices

Realized. NM. Important but unheralded catalog that contains

coins from wrecks off Western Australia and elsewhere (Vergulde

Draeck, Zuytdorp, Batavia, Emden and DeLiefde). Pedigreed to the

Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $25-$40.

2053. Parke-Bernet Galleries (New

York). Treasure of the Spanish Main(February 4, 1967), with promotional

booklet of the same name. VF. The most

important and scarcest of the early auctions

of gold and silver cobs and artifacts from

the 1715 Fleet, consigned by the Real Eight

Co. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $100-$150.

2054. Parke-Bernet Galleries (New York). Recovered

Treasure from Le Chameau (December 10-11, 1972). VF.

Scarce classic catalog of artifacts and gold and silver coins from

Le Chameau (1725), with very useful historical and numismatic

information. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $75-$110.

2055. Ponterio & Associates, Inc. (Pasadena, CA). Swedish

Plate Money—The Nicobar Find (Sale #39) (January 27,

1990), with Prices Realized. VF. Thin but important, this is

the one and only catalog of Swedish copper “plate money”

coins from the Danish East Indiaman Nicobar (1783), with

excellent introduction in the front of the catalog, also with 2

loose sheets about the wreck and coins taken from the

MoneyTalks newsletter. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $30-$45.

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2056. Ponterio & Associates, Inc. (Rosemont, IL). La

Capitana (Sale #99) (April 10, 1999), with Prices Realized.

NM. An extremely important and useful catalog for researchers

of Potosí countermarked and transitional coins of 1649-1652,

being the official offering of finds from the Capitana (1654),

with essays in the front showing all the different known Types.

Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $30-$45.

2057. Ponterio & Associates, Inc. C.I.C.F’06, featuring

specie recovered from the “Rooswijk” (March 31 and April

1, 2006). NM. Important first offering of coins and silver bars

from the Rooswijk (1739), with background information and

history, leading off a general auction of world coins. Estimate:

$40-$60.

2058. Robertson, J.A. (salvager).

Treasure from the Sea (undated, 1975),

signed twice by Robertson, very rare.

Stapled sheets, Fine. Very spartan and

somewhat amateurish auction catalog of the

finds of one diver on one wreck (Merestein,

1702), first example we have ever seen or

heard of. Estimate: $100-$150.

2059. San Diego Coin Show. Treasures of the Nuestra

Señora de Atocha (September 19, 1987), with Prices

Realized. NM. Thin but important catalog, the first “fair”

auction of Atocha (1622) coins and ingots and artifacts (sold

for numismatic prices), with brief introduction and history.

Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $75-$110.

2060. Schulman (New York). Treasure of Two Oceans

(February 6-8, 1969). NM. The title of this classic catalog refers

to the “Lucayan Beach wreck” (ca. 1628) and the Vergulde Draeck

(“Gilt Dragon,” 1656), coins from which are offered here amidst

general world coins. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $40-$60.

2061. Schulman Coin & Mint (New

York). Spanish Galleon Treasure(November 27-29, 1972). NM. Important

early auction of gold and silver coins (plus

a few ingots and artifacts) from the 1715

Fleet, with excellent introductory essay in

the front by Calicó. Pedigreed to the Tom

Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $50-

$75.

2062. Schulman Coin & Mint (New York). Gold and Silver

Coins of the Spanish World from the Maravilla (December

2-4, 1974). NM. Classic catalog of coins and ingots from the

Maravillas (1656) and 1715 Fleet, with important introductory

photo-essay by Calbetó on Potosí countermarks. Pedigreed to the

Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $50-$75.

2063. Sedwick, Daniel Frank. Set of Treasure Auction

catalogs #1-5 (May, 2007, through April, 2009). NM. Quickly

becoming classic references, our previous auction catalogs are

rarely (if ever) seen for sale

and were printed in limited

quantities to begin with.

Each catalog offers

hundreds of shipwreck

coins (and other treasures)

from dozens of wrecks, all fully illustrated in color, the only

such auction catalogs of their kind. Estimate: $100-$150.

2064. Serge Laramee (Quebec). 1989 Canadian

Numismatic Assn. Auction (July 28-30, 1989). Fine. Obscure

but important catalog that featured coins from the Tilbury

(1757), the first such offering. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure

Library. Estimate: $50-$75.

2065. Serge Laramee (Quebec). Nuphilex 1989 Auction

(November 24-26, 1989). NM. A follow-up to the July 1989

auction of coins from the Tilbury (1757), this catalog even

scarcer than the first but quite a bit more limited in the amount

of material from the wreck. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure

Library. Estimate: $50-$75.

2066. Sotheby & Co. (London). Treasure Recovered from

the Site of H.M.S. Association (July 14, 1969). NM.

Important classic catalog of coins and artifacts from the

Association (1707). Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $40-$60.

2067. Sotheby & Co. (London). Catalogue of Coins and

Other Artifacts Recovered from the Wreck of the DutchEast-Indiaman “Hollandia” (Sunk 1743) (April 18, 1972),

signed by Rex Cowan (salvager featured in catalog). Mint.

Highly important classic catalog of coins and artifacts from

the Hollandia (1743), with essays and many photos of the salvage

team, including their leader Rex Cowan, who signed this pristine

copy for posterity. Estimate: $100-$150.

2068. Sotheby & Co. (London). Catalogue of Coins and

Other Artifacts Recovered from the Wreck of the DutchEast-Indiaman “Hollandia” (Sunk 1743) (April 18, 1972).

NM. Highly important classic catalog of coins and artifacts from

the Hollandia (1743), with essays and many photos of the salvage

team. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $75-

$110.

2069. Sotheby & Co. (London). Catalogue of Coins and

Other Artifacts Recovered from the Wreck of the DutchEast-Indiaman “Hollandia” (Sunk 1743) (April 18, 1972).

NM. Highly important classic catalog of coins and artifacts from

the Hollandia (1743), with essays and many photos of the salvage

team. Estimate: $75-$110.

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2070. Sotheby & Co. (London). Treasure Recovered off

the Shetland Isles (November 8, 1973), with Prices

Realized. NM. Important classic catalog of coins and artifacts

recovered by Robert Sténuit off several different (and relatively

obscure) wrecks off the Shetland Isles, with excellent

introduction. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $75-$110.

2071. Sotheby Parke Bernet (New York). Coins and Other

Artifacts from the Wreck of the Dutch East IndiamanHollandia (June 20, 1972). NM. A smaller, sort of “sister

auction” to the Sotheby & Co. (London) offering of similar

material from the same wreck in the same year, this catalog

much scarcer. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library.

Estimate: $75-$110.

2072. Sotheby Parke Bernet (Los Angeles). Treasure of

the Spanish Main (June 17-19, 1973).

VF. As stated in the introduction, this was

the third Real Eight Co. sale of 1715-Fleet

treasures (following Parke-Bernet and

Schulman) and the first to be held on the

west coast, offering many gold and silver

cobs and artifacts, an important and rather

scarce catalog that very typically comes

with loose binding (this copy being no

exception). Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring

Treasure Library. Estimate: $100-$150.

2073. Sotheby’s (Geneva). The Saudi Arabian Silver Royals

Recovered from the S.S. John Barry (November 16, 1995),

with brochure about the wreck. NM. Crazy auction catalog

for ONE LOT of “approximately 1.3 million” coins from this

World War II-era wreck (the entire find), with historical

background, the coins later sold promotionally with the

accompanying booklet. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure

Library. Estimate: $30-$45.

2074. Sotheby’s (New York). The Uruguayan Treasure

of the River Plate (March 24-25, 1993), with Prices

Realized. VF. A fabulous offering of gold coins and ingots

from what was later determined to be the Luz (1752), with

excellent numismatic analysis and photos throughout. Pedigreed

to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $25-$40.

2075. Sotheby’s (New York). Treasures from the S.S.

Central America (December 8-9, 1999), with Prices

Realized and other material. VG. This famous “first auction”

of gold bars and coins from the S.S. Central America (1857)

was halted by injunction and rescheduled for June 2000, making

the original catalog (this copy with explanation letter, revised

estimates and results) very important and rare, this copy

unfortunately with loose binding. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring

Treasure Library. Estimate: $30-$45.

2076. Spink (London). The Douro Cargo (November 21,

1996). VF. Thousands of British gold sovereigns from one wreck

(Douro, 1882), plus a smattering of other gold coins, presented

with historical background. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure

Library. Estimate: $30-$45.

2077. Spink (London). The Clive of India Treasure

(September 28, 2000). NM. A scarce catalog of Portuguese

and Brazilian gold coins from a mysterious find related to Clive’s

gold consignment aboard the Dodington (1755) off South Africa,

diminished in size but heightened in controversy due to

injunction by the South African government leading up to the

sale. Estimate: $40-$60.

2078. Spink New York. Ancient, Foreign and United States

Coins and Medals (December 10-11, 2001). NM. A general

world coins catalog that featured the “Isla de Muerto treasure”

(now known to be Consolación of 1681) in improperly conserved

condition and poorly attributed, held just before the auction

company went out of business. Estimate: $40-$60.

2079. Stack’s (New York). Ancient & Foreign Coins

(March 15-16, 1979). Fine. A general world coins catalog that is

important for the fact that it contained 9 lots of silver talers

from the Batavia (1629), a very rare wreck, presented only as “A

Consignment of Undersea Talers”. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring

Treasure Library. Estimate: $25-$40.

2080. Stack’s (New York). Americana Sale (January 12-

13, 1999), with Prices Realized. NM. General world catalog

that contains significant offerings of coins from the Feversham

(1711) and Le Chameau (1725), including the first gold cobs

ever offered from the former wreck. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring

Treasure Library. Estimate: $25-$40.

2081. Superior Galleries (Beverly Hills, CA). The June 2nd,

1992 Sale—Ancient Coins, Antiquities and Coins of theWorld including Coins of the Reijgersdaal Shipwreck(June 2, 1992). VF. Large offering of pillar dollars from the

Reijgersdaal (1747), with 2-page historical background. Pedigreed

to the Tom Sebring Treasure Library. Estimate: $25-$40.

2082. Trabucco/Trump Regency Hotel (Atlantic City,

NJ). Treasure Auction ‘93 (January 28, 1993). NM. Thin but

profusely illustrated promotional auction catalog with

sumptuous offerings (coins and artifacts) from many different

wrecks at sky-high estimates and reserves, the kicker being a

$1,000 entrance fee to bid. Pedigreed to the Tom Sebring Treasure

Library. Estimate: $50-$75.

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