Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Mexico, Philip V, 8 Reales (4), 1738mf, 1739mf, 1740mf, 1741mf, all Mexico City (CC 12592, 12596, 12602, 12607; CCT 646-9; KM. 103) [4]. First fine, second fair, others very fine (£250-300)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins Recovered from the Wreck of The Hollandia (1743).

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The coins in this and the following 35 lots were recovered from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia, which sank off St Agnes in the Scilly Isles in the early hours of 13 July 1743, while on her maiden voyage from Texel to Batavia. They were retained at the time of their recovery from the vessel in 1971 by one of the financiers of Rex Cowan’s team of divers, and have not been offered publicly before