BOLIVIA: Felipe III, 1598-1621, AR 8 reales cob (26.26g), ND [1605-21], KM-10, assayer and mintmark not visible, full cross, shield a bit double-struck, cleaned, minimal corrosion, with Fisher tag #85A-204151, from the wreck of the Atocha in 1622 off Key West, Florida, VF. The Nuestra Señora de Atocha was a Spanish treasure galleon and the most widely-known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. At the time of her sinking, the Nuestra Señora de Atocha was heavily laden with copper, silver, gold, tobacco, gems, and indigo from Spanish ports at Cartagena and Porto Bello in New Granada (present-day Colombia and Panama, respectively) and Havana, bound for Spain. The ship was named for the parish of Atocha in Madrid. Much of the wreck of Nuestra Señora de Atocha was famously recovered by an American commercial treasure hunting expedition in 1985. Following a lengthy court battle against the State of Florida, the finders were ultimately awarded sole ownership of the rights to the treasure.

Estimate: USD 150-190