^Lot 238 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1652 P, with W.A.M. certificate.

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, 1652 P, with W.A.M. certificate. S-M19; KM-45; Cal-1354. 26.53 grams. Very full and bold date, good full cross and nearly full shield, the rest flat, solid flan (no corrosion) with three edge-points (one bent), nicely toned all over. With original Western Australian Museum certificate #12672, pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of April 1999 (lot 2011). Recovered from: Vergulde Draeck ("Gilt Dragon"), sunk in 1656 off Western Australia