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Great Britain (London, England), crown, Charles II, 1671 (second bust), ex-Sotheby's.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1750s-1900s Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 110.00 USD
Great Britain (London, England), crown, Charles II, 1671 (second bust), ex-Sotheby's.
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Great Britain (London, England), crown, Charles II, 1671 (second bust), ex-Sotheby's. KM-422.3; Sp-3357. 24.54 grams. Very rare as perhaps the earliest coin recovered from this wreck (then in circulation for 135 years!), silvery corroded surfaces, bold king's bust and legend, reverse a bit weak but clear date, full lettered edge visible. Pedigreed to the Sotheby's auction of Dec. 19, 2000, part of lot 485, and with Sedwick certificate from 2001. From: Lady Burgess, sunk in 1806 off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa