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Spanish 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida

Mexico

475. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1712J, full date
(very rare thus), ex-Real Eight. S-M22; KM-47; CT-741. 26.25 grams.
Small but thick and solid flan with no corrosion but a few spots of
472. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)02(L), very rare. dark “horn silver,” bold date and oMJ, nearly full cross, nicely toned
S-M21a; KM-47; CT-732. 23.85 grams. Thick and solid, rhomboid-shaped on fields. With Real Eight Co. certificate from 1972 and stock certificate
flan, with bold 02 of date (first date of Philip V), some shield and for one share. Estimate: $800-$1,200.
crown and cross but otherwise mostly flat, minimal surface corrosion,
light toning. Estimate: $700-$1,000.

476. Clump of 2 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, one
473. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1704(L), very rare.
S-M21a; KM-47; CT-734. 27.36 grams. Interesting shape, very solid and un- dated 1712J (full and bold, very rare thus), with hand-signed
corroded, clear bottom half of date, most of shield and cross, typically Fisher certificates. S-M22; KM-47; CT-741. 54.16 grams total. Two very
flat peripheries, no toning (tiny green spots). Estimate: $600-$900. solid coins held together with green-and-white encrustation, both with
shield sides out, one with the fullest and boldest date imaginable (also
full and bold oMJ) but the other with just denomination and part
of king’s name exposed, darkly toned. With small, hand-signed Fisher
certificates from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500.

474. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, (17)08(J), very rare, 477. Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1713J, with hand-
in 14K gold pendant-bezel. S-M22; KM-47; CT-737. 34.11 grams total. signed Fisher certificate. S-M22; KM-47; CT-742. 25.93 grams. Full
Full 8 of date despite surface corrosion, most of shield and cross despite date and oMJ, nearly full shield and crown and cross, darkly toned but
flatness, small area of dark “horn silver” on reverse, heavy bezel with solid and uncorroded, with patch of “horn silver” on cross side, two
shackle (moving) bale. Estimate: $800-$1,200. “points” on edge blunted (as made). With small certificate hand-signed
by Mel Fisher. Estimate: $600-$900.

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