La Capitana Shipwreck of 1654 - 8 Reales - Double crown marks on cross side.
$2,900
Shipwreck: La Capitana - Sank off Chanduy, Ecuador in 1654
Denomination: 8 Reales
Mint: Potosi, Bolivia
Assayer: "O" Juan Rodriquez de Rosa - O with a dot in the center
Date: Not Visible
Weight: 26.08 gm
Note: Coin has double crown marks on the cross side. This indicates that it may have travel between to financial regions and needed a second crown mark.
History: La Capitana sank in October of 1654 off the coast of Chanduy, Ecuador. The 1,200-ton Spanish galleon was the largest built in Colonial America during the 17th Century, and the flagship of the Viceroyalty of Peru and the South Sea Armada. This ship was commissioned to to carry Spanish Coins including the Potosi Mint scandal coins.
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