^Lot 429 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Louis I or Philip V, assayer not visible, style of 1725-33.

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Louis I or Philip V, assayer not visible, style of 1725-33. 25.60 grams. Peripherally flat but with some cross and shield (full bar of Austria visible, hence no earlier than 1725), minimal surface corrosion and toning, one blunted point (as made). SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 1715 FLEET SOCIETY. Recovered from: Rooswijk, sunk in 1739 southeast of England