Lot 944

Sale 50 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Spain, Philip IV (1621-1665) cob eight reales 1650, Madrid Mint, assayer A (CC type 71, 253; Cb.443, Yr-). Assayers initial and last two and a half digits of date visible. Struck on a squarish dumpy flan, fine and very rare.

Ex. `Vergulde Draek' or `Gilt Dragon' wreck and R.A. Williams, Sale 46B (Lot 956). $$ West Australian Museum Certificate Number 11541.