Lot 782
TWO 'PIECES OF EIGHT' COINS.
An 8 Reales piece dated 1756 with FERND .V1. DG. HISPAN. ET. IND. REX with MM and alongside the Shield. VTRAQUE VNUM Mo and 1756 (Mexico Mint). A second Ferdinand V1 8 Reales piece in poor condition, Mexico mint dated 1757. They are both it would appear recovered from a shipwreck, of an unknown source.
