Description: The Maravillas was one of the great treasure-laden Spanish galleons. It was unusual because it was transporting a double cargo: both its own consignment of silver, as well as silver salvaged from the wreck of the Jesús María de la Limpia Concepción that was supposed to supply the 1654 fleet but sank off Ecuador in October 1654. The majority of the treasure – an estimated 3.5 million pieces of eight – was salvaged between 1656 and the early 1990s. The importance of the Maravillas to Allen Exploration are the personal belongings of officers, crew and passengers that may be preserved and let the team reconstruct daily life at sea. Ceramics show how the crew and officers ate and stored foodstuffs, while shoe buckles and tobacco pipes reveal how they dressed and passed time. The wreck of the Maravillas dates between the well-documented remains of the 1622 and 1715 Spanish fleets, both sunk off Florida. King Philp IV ruled between 1621 and 1665, and the Maravillas offers an opportunity to study the end of the Golden Age of Spain that drew to a close with the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 after the Franco-Spanish War. The wreck of the Maravillas is a sunken porthole into the consumer tastes of Spain in a very tight and crucial period in the country’s history and into its colonial relationship with Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia in the Americas. This coin is 8 Reales Unique oportunity to own 100 % authentic coin graded by NGC From Maravillas wreck with Certificate of authenticity Coin Number : NGC6679933-002Denomination : 8 Reales Grade : VF Details
Price: 3300 USD
Location: Hollywood, Florida
End Time: 2024-10-02T14:33:56.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Denomination: 8 Reales
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Composition: Silver
Year: 1653
Certification Number: NGC6679933-002
Grade: VF Details
KM Number: 1686
Country/Region of Manufacture: Bolivia
Certification: NGC
Modified Item: No
