Auction Catalogue

12 December 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coins and Banknotes, Numismatic Books

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1032

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12 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£95

Mexico, Charles IV, 8 Reales, 1793fm, Mexico City (CC 16627; CCT 648; KM. 109); Ferdinand VII, 8 Reales, 1810hj, Mexico City (CC 18440; CCT 495; KM. 110); together with earlier cob 4 and 2 Reales [4]. Fair to fine (£80-100)

Provenance:
First two from the wreck of the
Cobalva, sunk off the cost of South Africa, 1825
Others from the wreck of the
Johanna, sunk off Gansbaai, Western Cape, 1682