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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;realeswatcher, post: 24833890, member: 148396&quot;]The Hollandia shipwreck is the primary source for the rather plentiful amount of 1740 Mex 4R on the market. The Reijgersdaal has contributed a sprinkling as well, but most are Hollandia, and they&#039;ve been on the market for 50 years now since their salvage.</p><p><br /></p><p>The piece shown above looks to be a specimen of a Hollandia wreck replica out of the UK. I have seen at least these (2) others before... plus several other vintage wreck repros from that outfit noted on the clamshell gift box. Note the telltale interruption/space in where the edge pattern meets the rim at 9 o&#039;clock on the shield side (next to the king&#039;s &quot;V&quot; ordinal).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look above IS of HISPAN on your piece, you&#039;ll note what looks to be the removed mount mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note there are also many Mexico 1740 8 Reales replicas out of the UK, which I presume were also done from Hollandia material. They pop up regularly from overly optimistic British eBay sellers... One in particular has an identifying mark (looks to be a somewhat intentional hallmark of sorts).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1590439[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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