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Large clump of about 18 Spanish colonial milled 8 reales (probably Mexican busts of Charles III) in

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1750s-1900s Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:1,250.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Large clump of about 18 Spanish colonial milled 8 reales (probably Mexican busts of Charles III) in
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Large clump of about 18 Spanish colonial milled 8 reales (probably Mexican busts of Charles III) in solid mud, as found. 773 grams total; roughly 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" x 2". Impressive artifact consisting of a fallen stack of dark coins almost completely embedded in a thick chunk of impacted orange mud, apparently stable and solid but not sealed or coated, with interesting "tunnel" under the stack of coins. Recovered from: Cazador, sunk in 1784 off New Orleans, Louisiana