1622 ATOCHA SHIPWRECK 8 REALES IN HIGH GRADE THREE CONDITION.

*** ATOCHA 1985 AUTHENTICITY FLIP & MEL FISHER WEBSITE SEARCH INFORMATION INCLUDED.

*** BEAUTIFUL AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ATOCHA SHIPWRECK RARE 8 REALES.


Coin Description: 8 Reales

                         

·      Denomination: 8 Reales

*   Certification # : 85A-114016

·      Mint: Potosi

*   ASSAYER: NV

·      Reign: Philip III

·      Grade: 2-3

*   WT: 19.7 GRAMS

*  ORIGIN: 565

*  WEIGHT: 19.7

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Tag#:114016
Operation:Key West
Date Found:12/31/1985
Vessel:Researching Logs
Wreck SiteAtocha 1622
Quanity:1
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Coin Number:85A-114016
Denomination:8 Reales
Mint:Potosi
Reign:Philip III
Assayer:Not Visible
Coin Date:###9
Grade:THREE (3)
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Nuestra Señora de Atocha ("Our Lady of Atocha") was the most famous of a fleet of Spanish ships that sank in 1622 off the Florida Keys while carrying copper, silver, gold, tobacco, gems, jewels and indigo from Spanish ports at Cartagena and Porto Bello in New Granada (current Colombia and Panama, respectively) and Havana, bound for Spain. The ship was named for the parish of Atocha inMadrid.

An unfortunate series of complications kept the Atocha in Veracruz before she could rendezvous in Havana with the vessels of the Tierra Firme (Mainland) Fleet. The treasure arriving by mule in Panama City was so immense that summer of 1622 that it took two months to record and load on the Atocha.[1] After still more delays in Havana, what was ultimately a 28-ship convoy did not manage to depart for Spain until 4 September 1622, six weeks behind schedule.

On 6 September, the Atocha was driven by a severe hurricane onto the coral reefs near the Dry Tortugas, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) west of Key West. With her hull badly damaged, the vessel quickly sank, drowning everyone on board except for three sailors and two slaves.