PERU 8 ESCUDOS 1749 "SENORA DE LA LUZ" NGC 40 "SENORA DE LA LUZ"
"SHIPWRECK NUESTRA SENORA DE LA LUZ - LOST 1752! LIMA PERU GOLD COIN 1749 "PEICES OF 8" ESCUDOS NGC 40! *** THE NEW MINT SUPERINTENDENT, ANDRES MORALES, IN 1748, WHOM ARRIVED IN LIMA AND WAS CHARGED WITH CONVERTING THE MINTAGE FROM COBS TO MILLED COINS AND ALSO TO RESPOND TO THE BOARD OF COINAGE WHOM REQUESTED A RE~DESIGN DUE TO FREQUENT MIS~STRIKES AND DUPLICATING (DOUBLING). FERNANDO'S FATHER (KING PHILIP Vth) HAD PREVIOUSLY (1728) ORDERED COLONIAL MINTS TO CONVERT FROM COBS TO MILLED COINAGE, BUT STILL WERE STRIKING COBS UPON MORALES' ARRIVAL AND NEW COMMAND. THIS PIECES OF EIGHT HAS A LARGE ROUND FLAN "VERY VERY RARE (TO FIND SO ROUND)!" INCREDIBLE DETAILS AND BOLD STRIKE - INCREDIBLY RARE AT OVER 250 YEARS OLD AND IN THIS CONDITION!
JUST FINDING AN 8 ESCUDOS IS TOUGH ENOUGH, BUT A STRONG STRIKE DOUBLE DATED PIECE IS VERY DIFFICULT, THEN ADD ON TOP OF THAT THE "INCREDIBLE CENTERING" OF THIS HAMMERED PIECE AND YOU REALLY HAVE A WORLD CLASS EXAMPLE! "RARE OPPORTUNITY!" "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.
