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Maravillas Shipwreck Coins
The Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de
las Maravillas, the almiranta of the 1654-1656 Spanish treasure fleet,
was lost on January 4th, 1656 in the shallow waters of Little Bahama
Bank, when she was struck by the lead Capitana while executing evasive
maneuvers to steer clear of the shallows. All but 45 of the 650
passengers on board perished. The shipwreck and her treasure was
discovered more than 300 years later by Robert Marx in August 1972 and
then salvaged a second time by
Herbert Humphreys in 1987. Certificates of Authenticity accompany all
Maravillas Shipwreck treasure coins.
View a Maravillas
certificate of authenticity issued by New World Treasures, LLC.
View a Maravillas
certificate of authenticity issued by Herbert Humphreys' company
Marex Limited. |
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Maravillas - 8 Reales |
Item#:
18040
Denomination: 8 reales
Mint: Mexico
Assayer: P
Weight: 26.2
Diameter: 1.4-1.7 inches
Price: $595.00
SOLD
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Shield type cob, Mexico mint, Philip IV, assayer P,
dated 1653. Full cross with
all lions and castles visible to varying degrees in the cross quadrants.
Nice full shield with mint and assayer marks oM and P at left and
bottom of the digit 3 of the date 1653
visible at the 11 o'clock position along the edge. If you
tilt the coin in the light, you can make out the 165 of the date
also, but it's ever so light. A
nicely shaped, heavy, well detailed coin. Supplied with a
New World Treasures photo type certificate of authenticity and a
booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume
2 -
1654 Capitana & 1655 Almiranta" that provides details about the
fleet and its coins. View an example of a
New World Treasures
style certificate. |
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Maravillas - 8 Reales |
Item#: 16051
Denomination: 8 reales
Mint: Potosi
Assayer: E
Weight: 24.5 grams
Diameter: 1.5 inches
Price: $995.00
SOLD |
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and Waves
type cob, Potosi mint, assayer E, dated
1654. Excellent cross side details including a nice
sharp full cross with
all lions and castles visible in the cross quadrants along with
a muddled mintmark P at left and lots of legend along the left
side. Equally nice pillars side details including
PH above the pillars, denomination mark 8 below the PH,
two assayer marks E at top right and bottom left, one
mintmark P at bottom right, sharp 54 of the central date 1654
at bottom center above the waves and nearly complete PLV SVL TRA
across the center. An
excellent Maravillas piece-of-eight coin.
Supplied with the original Marex photo type certificate of
authenticity issued by Herbert Humphreys' company
Marex Limited and a booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume
2 -
1654 Capitana & 1655 Almiranta" that provides details about the
fleet and its coins. View an example of an
original Marex
photo type certificate. |
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Maravillas Wreck - 2 Escudos |
Item#: 6006
Denomination: 2 escudos
Mint: Bogotá
Assayer: R
Weight: NGC Slabbed
Diameter: .80 inches
Price: $5995.00
SOLD
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type 2 escudos, Santa Fe de Bogotá mint, Philip IV, assayer R,
dated 1655 - rare in that this coin
is the only fully dated 1655 recovered from the wreck of the
Maravillas, verified as an authentic Maravillas Treasure coin by
NGC and graded NGC mint state MS 63. Observe: Crowned
Hapsburg coat of arms, mintmark is to the right (NR for Nuevo Reino
- not visible on this coin), to the
left is the
denomination mark (II) above assayer’s initial
(R for Ramos). Reverse: Cross of Jerusalem enclosed by
four doubled arcs, fleurs-de-lis extend inward from the
junctions of the arcs, large annulets above the junctions, the
legend (if complete) would read Hispaniarum : Rex : 1655
(note the full 4 digit 1655 date). This coin was was owned by an original principal
of Marex, the company that salvaged the site in the late 1980’s;
see Capt Humphrey’s account of the salvage in his book "In
Search of the Golden Madonna". Supplied with a New
World Treasures photo type certificate of authenticity and a
booklet "Shipwrecks and Their Coins: Volume
2 -
1654 Capitana & 1655 Almiranta" that provides details about the
fleet and its coins. View an example of a
New World Treasures
style certificate. |
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