BeachComber Series - Unknown Shipwreck

Denomination: 4 Reales                                                                        

Date:  Not Visible  

Mint: Potosi                                                                                        

Reign: Philip IV 

Assayer: R                                                                      

Weight: 3.04  gm

Grade: Fragment

Mount: 14K gold with diamond accent

Description: Possibly the Atocha Shipwreck. Reign of Philip IV. (Environmental Damage). Obverse: Hard environmental wear. Cross barely visible. Reverse: Slightly visible Kings monogram shield, however Assayer "R" is visible.   

History: This coin is a certified member of the “Beachcomber Series” by Shipwreck Treasures of the Keys. It has been numismatically certified as authentic to its time period and demonstrates evidence of environmental wear and corrosion consistent with marine wear related to a shipwreck. This coin comes with an Atocha coin Flip that highly indicates an Atocha Shipwreck coin. Coins of The Beachcomber Series do not have official salvager documentation proving their origin from a legal underwater shipwreck recovery. These coins may have been discovered on a beach near a wreck site, legally recovered by a salvager but now with lost documentation. No coin suspected of illegal removal from a wreck site will be included in this series. Each coin is certified as an authentic artifact that has survived a shipwreck. The Beachcomber Series also allows for the creation of a database to further our understanding of shipwrecks and their contents, both locally and globally, providing an additional benefit for collectors and researchers alike.

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