Lot description:
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer R (curved leg), Grade 2 (16 points), with hand-signed certificate from 1975. S-P15; KM-10; Cal-912. 23.67 grams. Darkly toned, with full P-R to left and denomination o-VIII to right of full shield, the nearly full cross slightly doubled and partially corroded, desirable pre-"Mother Lode" certificate. With original Fisher cardboard holder and photo-certificate 2097 from 1975 (Cape Coral Bank), hand-signed by Eugene Lyon, Claudia Singer, Austin Fowles, Mel and Dolores (Deo) Fisher, pedigreed to the J.P. Silberman Estate.Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida.
Estimate: $800 - $1200 |  |