1622 Atocha 8 Reale 23 Grams Antiqued Poured Shipwreck Silver Cob Daniel Carr $$
Contains silver from the wreck in trace amounts. Each cast cut and struck by hand in the traditional manufacturing ways, each one is unique in some way via shape size weight and cut and has the toning and shipwreck effect.
1622 Atocha commemorative cob, antiqued finish. Struck on hand-poured .999 silver cobs
which contain trace amounts of Atocha silver and 1715 Fleet recovery silver. Nuestra Señora
de Atocha (Spanish: Our Lady of 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, 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 Nuestra Señora de Atocha was named for a holy shrine in Madrid,
Spain. It was a heavily armed Spanish galleon that served as the almirante (rear guard)
for the Spanish fleet. It would trail behind the other ships in the flota to prevent an attack
from the rear. Weight ranges: 22 Gr. - 23.20 grams,
Fineness: .999 Fine Silver, Diameter: 31-34 mm.
The coin imaged is the type coin you're bidding on.
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