1776 Mexico 8 Reales Reportedly Found Near Chesapeake Bay

397, Lot: 755. Estimate $100. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR 8 Reales (40mm, 26.20 g, 12h). Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint. Dated 1776 Mo FM. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms between garlanded Pillars of Hercules. ME 12038; KM 106.2. VF, sea slavage, spotty toning, hairlines. Reportedly ex circa 1781 Chesapeake Bay-area wreck.

From the estate of Dr. Robert B. Beckett, Jr.