For
sale is the most ornate beautiful 1681 Shipwreck Consolacion Spanish Silver 8
reale & 14K pendant you will find! It is the creme dela creme of
these style pendants. The setting is 14k gold with 4 unidentified stones
and 1 confirmed diamond surrounding a beautiful Spanish Silver 8 reale
hammered coin. The jeweler could not confirm if the stones were
garnets or 4 different shades of ruby's. The stones appear to be root beer brown to me but under the sunlight appear red. Certificate of authenticity included
from the “Atlantic Treasure Coins Inc. I
spoke with the president of that company on 9-15-2022 by phone who confirmed
what I am selling is genuine. You could do the same if these are any doubt
about the piece of nautical history. Also if you examine the pictures and COE you will see without a doubt that these are the same coin. As seen in the last picture it is hallmarked 14k.
Under
agreement between local Ecuadorian entrepreneurs Roberto Aguirre and
Carlos Saavedra and the government of Ecuador in 1997, while the exact
name and history of the wreck was still unknown, and about 8,000 of the coins
(all Potosí silver cobs) were subsequently sold at auction by Spink New York in
December, 2001, as were know simply “Treasures from the ‘Isla de Muerto. This
makes the coin in this pendant one of only approximately 8000.
The
pirate that caused this havoc was the famous English pirate captain Bartholomew Sharpe who gave
chase to the Consolación, which forced the Spanish galleon to sink on a reef
off Santa Clara Island (nicknamed “Isla El Muerto,” or Dead Man Island, due to
the fact that its profile resembles a corpse in repose) In 1696, Sharp established himself on the
island of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies and retired from the pirate
plundering. By 1700, due to
his debt, he tried to flee the island and the Danish colonial authorities. The attempt failed, and Sharp was confined
to prison, where he died on 29 October 1702.
The
silver mine that produced the silver for this coin is one of the most famous
silver deposits in the worlds. Cerro Rico de Potosí is the world's largest silver deposit
and has been mined since the sixteenth century, producing up to 60,000 tons by
1996
Each
coin is unique in its shape and striking. The obverse bears the Pillars of
Hercules over the waves of the sea with the Latin warning: PLUS ULTRA meaning,
"Spain owns all that is beyond the oceans", as well as the date
"70" between the pillars for 1670. The reverse has a Jerusalem
cross with castles and lions.