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1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN
1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN

1662 COLOMBIA 8 REALES 8R SHIPWRECK SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER COB RARE COIN

$ 3167.47

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Certification Number: 39179293
  • Currency: 8 REALES
  • Certification: PCGS
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Colombia
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Denomination: 8 REALES
  • Grade: VERY FINE - DETAILS
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Composition: SILVER
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Modified Item: No
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Year: 1662

    Description

    1662 PORS
    COLOMBIA
    8
    REALES
    COLONIAL
    SILVER
    COB
    VF DETAILS PCGS CERT #
    39179293
    WEIGHT 21.17 GRAMS
    PIEDMONT SHIPWRECK POSSIBLE
    Piedmont
    (“Lyme Bay wreck”), sunk in 1795 in Lyme Bay, south of England
    One of a huge fleet of 300 ships on their way to the West Indies to suppress a French uprising, the
    Piedmont
    was forced into Lyme Bay during a hurricane on November 18, 1795, that scattered and sank the ships of the fleet all along the Dorset coast. The
    Piedmont
    and five other ships (
    Aeolus
    ,
    Catherine
    ,
    Golden Grove
    ,
    Thomas
    and
    Venus
    ) broke apart on Chesil Beach and came to be known collectively as the “Lyme Bay wrecks.” An estimated 1,000 men lost their lives in the disaster, including well over a hundred from the
    Piedmont
    alone.
    In the early 1980s, the wrecks were salvaged by divers Selwyn Williams and Les and Julia C. Kent, who discovered many silver cobs of the late 1600s on the wrecksite of the
    Piedmont
    . It is presumed that the coins had been captured or recovered from a 17
    th
    -century wreck and stored in the vaults of the Bank of England for about a century before being transported and subsequently lost again. These coins are usually recognizable by their uniformly dark-gray coloration, a bit sea-worn but not overly corroded. A significant group of extremely rare Colombian silver cobs from the
    Piedmont
    (but not identified as such) was offered at auction in 1995.
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