PERU 1750 GOLD 4 ESCUDOS DOUBLOON ~ NGC 61 "SHIPWRECK TREASURE LA LUZ SHIP" COIN
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PERU 1750 GOLD COB 4 ESCUDOS DOUBLOON NGC 61 "SHIPWRECK TREASURE LA LUZ SHIP" COIN! FINEST OF ALL 7 MULES KNOWN!!
THIS BEAUTIFUL ROUND PLANCHET HAS BEEN STRUCK WITH AN 8 ESCUDO CROSS, THICK AND BOLD AND NO DOUBLING WHATSOEVER! THE CASTLES AND LIONS DISPLAY INCREDIBLE DETAIL THROUGH IT'S BOLD STRIKE AND GORGEOUS TONING IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE DEVICES ACCENTING EVEN THE MOST MINUTE DETAILS! AT THE TOP OF THE CROSS YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE DENOMINATION "8" AS WELL AS THE "L" (LIMA) TO THE RIGHT OF THE CROSS. WHEN YOU VIEW THE CROSS SIDE NEXT TO THE "COMP IN 64" THERE'S REALLY NO COMPARISON, THE DETAILS ON THIS PIECE ARE MUCH MORE ACCENTED (AND THE COMP HAS "DOUBLING" ON IT'S CROSS). THE OBVERSE IS JUST AS INSPIRING WITH ITS INCREDIBLY STRONG STRIKE / DETAILS, AGAIN, WITH UNDER TONING ACCENTING EVERY DETAIL. THIS PIECE JUST EXEMPLIFIES "PIRATE SHIPWRECK!"
"SHIPWRECK NUESTRA SENORA DE LA LUZ (Our LADY of Light) - LOST 1752!
THE SHIPWRECK OF NUESTRA SENORA de la LUZ LEFT BUENOS AIRES IN THE SUMMER OF 1752 WITH A GALLEON FULL OF GOLD AND SET SAIL TOWARDS SPAIN. WHILE STOPPED/ ANCHORED IN MONTEVIDEO (SPECIFICALLY ON THE ESTUARY OF THE RIVER PLATE – RIO DE LA PLATA IN URUGUAY) FOR PROVISIONS SHE GOT PUSHED INTO THE SHORELINE BY A LARGE STORM, CLAIMING ALL LIVES ON BOARD AND SPEWING HER TREASURE IN A VERY WIDE AREA. APPROX. 90% OF THE TREASURE WAS RECOVERED SHORTLY THEREAFTER; HOWEVER THE POWDER HOLD WAS NEVER FOUND. IRONICALLY THIS IS WHERE APPROX. 200,000 PESOS (Mostly Silver) OF TREASURE WAS TUCKED AWAY FOR OVER 250 YEARS.
SHE WAS DISCOVERED IN APRIL OF 1992 WHEN SHE GAVE UP HER TREASURE (APPROX. 800 COINS DATED 1751 AND 100-150 DATED 1750 AND SEVERAL GOLD INGOTS), MOST OF THE GOLD COINS WERE MILLED (BUST TYPE) 8 ESCUDOS FROM THE MINT OF SANTIAGO, CHILE. THESE PRECIOUS PIECES WERE AUCTIONED OFF IN NEW YORK (BY SOTHEBYS) AND MONTEVIDEO (SINCE THE TREASURE WAS SPLIT WITH THE URUGUAYAN GOVERNMENT). THESE AUCTIONS OFFERED 95 GOLD COBS AND 353 SILVER COBS, FROM LIMA PERU, BOGOTA AND SOME 4 AND 8 REALES FROM POTOSI.
THIS BEAUTIFUL ROUND PLANCHET HAS BEEN STRUCK WITH AN 8 ESCUDO CROSS, THICK AND BOLD AND NO DOUBLING WHATSOEVER! THE CASTLES AND LIONS DISPLAY INCREDIBLE DETAIL THROUGH IT'S BOLD STRIKE AND GORGEOUS TONING IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE DEVICES ACCENTING EVEN THE MOST MINUTE DETAILS! AT THE TOP OF THE CROSS YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE DENOMINATION "8" AS WELL AS THE "L" (LIMA) TO THE RIGHT OF THE CROSS. WHEN YOU VIEW THE CROSS SIDE NEXT TO THE "COMP IN 64" THERE'S REALLY NO COMPARISON, THE DETAILS ON THIS PIECE ARE MUCH MORE ACCENTED (AND THE COMP HAS "DOUBLING" ON IT'S CROSS). THE OBVERSE IS JUST AS INSPIRING WITH ITS INCREDIBLY STRONG STRIKE / DETAILS, AGAIN, WITH UNDER TONING ACCENTING EVERY DETAIL. THIS PIECE JUST EXEMPLIFIES "PIRATE SHIPWRECK!"
"SHIPWRECK NUESTRA SENORA DE LA LUZ (Our LADY of Light) - LOST 1752!
THE SHIPWRECK OF NUESTRA SENORA de la LUZ LEFT BUENOS AIRES IN THE SUMMER OF 1752 WITH A GALLEON FULL OF GOLD AND SET SAIL TOWARDS SPAIN. WHILE STOPPED/ ANCHORED IN MONTEVIDEO (SPECIFICALLY ON THE ESTUARY OF THE RIVER PLATE – RIO DE LA PLATA IN URUGUAY) FOR PROVISIONS SHE GOT PUSHED INTO THE SHORELINE BY A LARGE STORM, CLAIMING ALL LIVES ON BOARD AND SPEWING HER TREASURE IN A VERY WIDE AREA. APPROX. 90% OF THE TREASURE WAS RECOVERED SHORTLY THEREAFTER; HOWEVER THE POWDER HOLD WAS NEVER FOUND. IRONICALLY THIS IS WHERE APPROX. 200,000 PESOS (Mostly Silver) OF TREASURE WAS TUCKED AWAY FOR OVER 250 YEARS.
SHE WAS DISCOVERED IN APRIL OF 1992 WHEN SHE GAVE UP HER TREASURE (APPROX. 800 COINS DATED 1751 AND 100-150 DATED 1750 AND SEVERAL GOLD INGOTS), MOST OF THE GOLD COINS WERE MILLED (BUST TYPE) 8 ESCUDOS FROM THE MINT OF SANTIAGO, CHILE. THESE PRECIOUS PIECES WERE AUCTIONED OFF IN NEW YORK (BY SOTHEBYS) AND MONTEVIDEO (SINCE THE TREASURE WAS SPLIT WITH THE URUGUAYAN GOVERNMENT). THESE AUCTIONS OFFERED 95 GOLD COBS AND 353 SILVER COBS, FROM LIMA PERU, BOGOTA AND SOME 4 AND 8 REALES FROM POTOSI.
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