Mexico (Spanish) . 8 Reales. 1740. Shipwreck treasure #sherborne There is a metal flaw

There is a metal flaw at 10 o'clock on the reverse

Draped male bust r

bronze and enamel example engraved to George Thomas

DIVA FAVSTINA

This is most likely because the pair were unable to be delivered and they would have been destroyed after a holding period making this pair his only available entitlement

Mexico (Spanish) . 8 Reales. 1740. Shipwreck treasure #sherborne There is a metal flawShipwreck Treasure, VOC Hollandia Wreck, Sank Scilly Isles 1743. Silver 8 Reales Spain, Philip V 1740. Provenance : Pedigreed to the Sotheby, Parke Bernet auction of June 1972, with original lot tags. Recovered from: Hollandia, sunk in 1743 off the Isles of Scilly, southwest of England. Hollandia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie; VOC) which wrecked on Annet, Isles of Scilly on 13 July 1743 causing