Coins, Paper Money, Tokens and Historical Medals

BOLIVIA, Philip IV, Countermarked issues, Seven-and-a-Half Réales, a Potosí 8 Réales, 1649, assayer z, countermarked on rev. with crowned l, 28.12g/8h (Cayón 6404; KM. C19.2). Sea-salvage, fine with flan splits, rare; sold with certificate £100-150

Provenance: Recovered from the wreck of the Spanish treasure galleon Jesus Maria de la Limpia Concepción, better known as ‘La Capitana’, lost off the coast of Ecuador in 1654