8 reales. Spanish Monarchy. Shipwreck coins. Philip V (1700-1746). 1741. Mexico. MF. Saltwater damage. Recovered from the wreck of the St. Geran, sunk in 1744 off the coast of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. Slabbed by NGC as AU Details, Sea Salvaged. Special “Shipwreck Blue Label”. The story of the sinking of the St. Geran includes the tragic death of a young French woman who was returning from France to idyllic Mauritius, then known as Île de France, together with her betrothed, a member of the crew. According to tradition, her death was due to her modest refusal to remove her clothing in order to avoid drowning, tragically choosing modesty over survival. In 1788, this anecdote became the core of the successful novel Paul et Virginie, by the French author Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, which also extolled the virtues of living in harmony on an island, free from the constraints of social class divisions. St. Geran

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Shipwreck coins. Philip V (1700-1746). 8 reales. 1741. Mexico. MF. (Cal-1458). Ag. Saltwater damage.

Recovered from the wreck of the St. Geran, sunk in 1744 off the coast of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean.

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

The story of the sinking of the St. Geran includes the tragic death of a young French woman who was returning from France to idyllic Mauritius, then known as Île de France, together with her betrothed, a member of the crew. According to tradition, her death was due to her modest refusal to remove her clothing in order to avoid drowning, tragically choosing modesty over survival.

In 1788, this anecdote became the core of the successful novel Paul et Virginie, by the French author Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, which also extolled the virtues of living in harmony on an island, free from the constraints of social class divisions. Est...600,00.

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Lot 284 | Spanish Monarchy

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