Mexico (Spanish) . 8 Reales. 1740. Shipwreck treasure #sherborne however the main designs crisply

however the main designs crisply struck

edge diagonal milling

elongated flan but otherwise about very fine

Alice Smith

This coin comes with an old hand written ticket attribution as follows

Mexico (Spanish) . 8 Reales. 1740. Shipwreck treasure #sherborne however the main designs crisplyShipwreck Treasure, VOC Hollandia Wreck, Sank Scilly Isles 1743. Silver 8 Reales Spain, Philip V 1740. Provenance : Pedigreed to the Sotheby, Parke Bernet auction of June 1972, with original lot tags. Recovered from: Hollandia, sunk in 1743 off the Isles of Scilly, southwest of England. Hollandia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie; VOC) which wrecked on Annet, Isles of Scilly on 13 July 1743 causing