PERU 1748 8 ESCUDOS NGC 63 “La LUZ” PIRATE GOLD COINS SHIPRWRECK TREASURE COB
PERU 1748 ~ 8 ESCUDOS NGC 63 “La LUZ” SHIPWRECK GOLD DOUBLOON PIRATE TREASURE COIN “LA LUZ SHIPWRECK of 1752” * VERY RARE ~ ONLY 3 EVER GRADED! With Shipwreck COA!
This beautifully struck LIMA Gold Doubloon, 8 Escudos is from the “La Luz Shipwreck of 1752.” Struck by Assayer R. King Fernando VI. Beautiful piece of Shipwreck History!as "SHIPWRECK NUESTRA SENORA DE LA LUZ (Our LADY of Light) - LOST 1752! Approx. 26mm & 27gm. 32
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.