Charles II Cob Real 1674 P-E Fine (Corrosion, Bent), Potosi mint, KM23, Cal-259. 2.46gm. From the 1711 Feversham shipwreck. Mostly black and encrusted, as usually the case for the coins recovered from this wreck, presenting much flatness but two partial dates. Sunk off Scatarie Island (Nova Scotia) in 1711, the HMS Feversham sailed from New York escorting a British fleet to attack Quebec, when coming too close to rocks set her demise. The invasion itself was ruined due to the entire fleet being sunk by storms, with no successful attempts on salvaging the wreck. In the 1960's, treasure hunters begun salvaging what came to be proven as the 1711 wreck. The Feversham carried an important cargo, dubbed the "merchant's hoard", including everyday coins of early North America, such as regulated Spanish types and New England coinages. Ex. Coins from the Wreck of H.M.S. Feversham (Christie's February 1989, Lot 946) [part]

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