Lot 947

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

Bolivia, Philip IV (1621-1665), cob eight reales, partial date, [16]53, Potosi mint, (25.178gms), (CC type 100 var., Cb.1043, Yr.971). Waterworn, struck on an irregular flan, with staining, porosity and of dark uneven colour, otherwise very good.

Ex. `Vergulde Draek' or `Gilt Dragon' wreck. $$ Western Australian Cerificate No. 11447.