^Lot 1489 Mexico (unknown mint), cap-and-rays 8 reales, date and assayer not visible, with display box, ex-Mun

Mexico (unknown mint), cap-and-rays 8 reales, date and assayer not visible, with display box, ex-Munson. 17.97 grams. Heavily corroded with patch of relatively untouched design and luster on the reverse (most likely overlapped and protected by another coin), faint cap-and-rays design still visible, nice pedigree to SS New York salvor Avery Munson. With display box and photo-certificate from salvor Avery Munson. From: SS New York, sunk in 1846 in the Gulf of Mexico