Concepcion Shipwreck
Denomination: 2 Reale
Reign: Philip II, III, or IV
Mint: Mexico City, Potosi, Cartagena and/or Sante Fe De Bogata
Assayer: N/A
Date: 1622-41
Grade: N/A
Coin Number: 48105
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED
July 23, 1641,Concepcion set sail from Mexico in a flota of 30 ships. While negotiating the Florida Straits the fleet was caught in a violent hurricane which scattered and sank most of the ships. This coin was recovered in 1978 in what is now the waters off the Dominican Republic.
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