Mexico ca 1652 Silver 8 Reales ex Gilt Dragon shipwreck KM#45 Fine WAM Cert # 13287
We Last Sold This Item For: | $550.00 |
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Last Sold On: | 2/11/2019 |
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Mexico ca 1652 Silver 8 Reales ex Gilt Dragon shipwreck KM#45 Fine
Weight: 26.78g
WA Maritime Museum Certificate # 13287
A hefty chunk from one of Australia's most historic shipwrecks.
One of the characteristics of the vast majority of the coins recovered from the wreck of the Gilt Dragon is that nearly all of them are "cobs" - they were hand struck.
One of the characteristics that hand struck coins share is a lack of uniformity - mint staff were often working under pressure, at a frantic pace, and with incredible volumes of metal.
The frequency that we see "clipped" planchets on these coins is a clear indicator that senior mint staff at the Spanish colonial mints in South America were clearly under instructions to ensure that the coins their mints issued weighed no more than a standard weight - coins that exceeded that standard weight had a small section clipped off, so it could be used.
Coins such as this one clearly show however that mint staff were not as concerned whether the coins were fully struck - there are sections of both sides that remain blank, a characteristic that isn't at all unusual for cob coins.
This particular Gilt Dragon coin is a hefty size, and is a great memento of one of Australia's most famous shipwrecks.
Click this link to read our article on the story of this incredible shipwreck.
SKU: 20017
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