8 reales. Spanish Monarchy. Shipwreck coins. Philip V (1700-1746). 1732. Mexico. F. Four-digit date, with off-center strike. Much of the cross visible, with extensive flat areas and some corrosion at the peripheries. Toned. Recovered from the wreck of the “Vliegenthart”, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, Netherlands. Slabbed by NGC as Fine Details, Sea Salvaged. Special “Shipwreck Blue Label” The Vliegenthart, was a Dutch East India Company vessel lost in 1735 off Zeeland, shortly after departing for the East Indies. A northeast gale, combined with a spring tide and pilot error, drove the ship onto a sandbank behind her sister ship, the Anna Catharina. Both vessels were lost with all hands. Contemporary salvage attempts failed, but a secret chart later enabled the wreck to be located in 1981. From 1983 onwards, divers recovered important monetary consignments intended for the East India trade, including chests of Mexican silver and Dutch gold coinage, as well as smaller boxes of large Dutch silver coins known as ducatoons, which had been exported illegally. Among the most significant finds were thousands of Mexican cobs, chiefly 8 reales, many bearing clear dates from the early 1730s and preserved in excellent condition. Vliegenthart

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Shipwreck coins. Philip V (1700-1746). 8 reales. 1732. Mexico. F. (Cal-1427). Ag. 24,12 g. Four-digit date, with off-center strike. Much of the cross visible, with extensive flat areas and some corrosion at the peripheries. Toned.

Recovered from the wreck of the “Vliegenthart”, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, Netherlands.

Slabbed by NGC as Fine Details, Sea Salvaged. Special “Shipwreck Blue Label”

The Vliegenthart, was a Dutch East India Company vessel lost in 1735 off Zeeland, shortly after departing for the East Indies. A northeast gale, combined with a spring tide and pilot error, drove the ship onto a sandbank behind her sister ship, the Anna Catharina. Both vessels were lost with all hands.

Contemporary salvage attempts failed, but a secret chart later enabled the wreck to be located in 1981. From 1983 onwards, divers recovered important monetary consignments intended for the East India trade, including chests of Mexican silver and Dutch gold coinage, as well as smaller boxes of large Dutch silver coins known as ducatoons, which had been exported illegally.

Among the most significant finds were thousands of Mexican cobs, chiefly 8 reales, many bearing clear dates from the early 1730s and preserved in excellent condition. Est...500,00.

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