Charles II Cob 8 Reales 1691 P-VR XF40 NGC, Potosi mint, KM26, Cal-583. 27.27gm. From the 1711 Feversham shipwreck. Well-struck, presenting the usual doubling but two visible dates and three assayers. 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 983) [part]

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