1607-17 Mexico 8 Reales NGC XF Details – Rill Cove Shipwreck

Item #CC-0426 | 1607-17 Mexico 8 Reales NGC XF Details – Rill Cove Shipwreck
Mint: Mexico City
Assayer: F
Ruler/Period: King Philip III
Grade: XF Detail

For details and population on this coin from NGC, click on the serial number here: 6920221-012

Description: A spectacular example of an 8 reales salvaged from the Rill Cove shipwreck. The 17th Century ship’s name remains, unknown and even the date of sinking is not known. However, we do know through local historical records that local salvage began in 1618. After the rediscovery of the wreck by Ken Simpson and Mike Hall in 1975, some 3,000 coins were recovered and sold, all silver cobs, mostly Mexican, but also a few from Potosí and Spain.   This coin was part of the treasure recovered off the coast of Rill Cove, west of Kynance Cove, in Cornwall, England, UK.