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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1551187, member: 8959&quot;]Piezas de a ocho? </p><p>Here is one - also called Peluconas due to the wigs worn by the spanish kings portrayed on these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This example came from the sale of the treasure recovered from the Spanish Merchant ship Nuestra Senora de la Luz. </p><p>The ship went down in a storm off the bay of Buenos Aires on the River Plate around 1751. </p><p><br /></p><p>The sale was held by Sothebys, and contained approx. 1400 Doubloons, and many gold bars, artifacts, and jewelry recovered from the wreck. Bidders had the choice to have their coins cleaned of marine deposits, or left as is. I chose to have mine exactly as it was recovered. </p><p>None of the item recovered were listed in the ships manifest. For this reason it is believed that </p><p>the treasure was actually bootleg, taken by mule across the Andes and illicitly taken on board for the passage to Spain to avoid paying royal duties.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>The vast majority of the coins were minted at the newly opened mint in Santiago de Chile. Most of the doubloons were dated 1751, and only 150 or so specimens dated 1750.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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