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OTHER GOLD COINS

BRAZIL

20

Rio, 6400 reis, José I, 1753.

KM-172.2

Typically high grade (choice AU) but with luster removed, like practically all the gold coins from this find, which has a checkered history: The coins match (in quantity and composition) the few gold coins found on the Dodington wreck of 1755 yet were supposedly found elsewhere, resulting in a legal battle (long since settled) with the government of South Africa for what they viewed as their national treasure, the gold of Lord Clive, the famous British military hero in India.

From the "Clive of India Treasure," probably from the Dodington (1755).

$1,000-$1,250

CHILE

21

Santiago, bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1751J.

CT-62, KM-3, Onza-644

Many Mint State specimens like this one came from the same shipwreck source, but this is one of the very few specimens with fully struck-up details, as most were flat in the centers from a high-relief bust and early-mint conditions that could not reliably strike such coins. Matte finish.

Accompanied by the Sotheby's (New York) auction catalog The Uruguayan Treasure of the River Plate (March 24-25, 1993), in which these shipwreck coins were first offered.

$4,000-$6,000

COLOMBIA

22

Popayán, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1803JF.

CT-74, KM-62.2, Onza-1066

Actually a high grade coin (lustrous XF) but with typically weakly struck centers, no other problems.

$800-$1,000

GREAT BRITAIN

23

London, England, guinea, 1785.

Sp-3728, KM-604

High grade coin (XF+) with overly shiny obverse, either from polishing or light gilding, still quite showy and well detailed.

$500-$800

MEXICO

24

Mexico City, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1807TH.

CT-57, KM-159

Nice coin of decent grade (XF) and no problems except for a light old scratch across the shoulder.

$800-$1,000

NETHERLANDS

25

Westfriesland, United Netherlands, ducat, 1729.

KM-93

Typical for the mint, this coin is highly lustrous (and Mint State) but shows some slightly crude strike around the rim.

From the Vliegenthart (1735), with original certificate. From the Bruce Prior Collection of Shipwreck Coins.

$550-$750

PERU

26

Lima, bust 8 escudos, Charles IV, 1805JP.

CT-33, KM-101, Onza-1004

Good details but substandard planchet with several minor defects (laminations) as made, also crude edge, slightly off-center strike, and with light scratches in field to right of bust, yet not an ugly coin by any means and a popular issue that is increasingly elusive at reasonable prices. XF.

$750-$900