(GIVEAWAY!) Silver 8-reales cob from the 1707 wreck of the HMS Association

This is the prize for CoinTalk Friends (CTF) Giveaway #3, Round 1.

Click the link above (or the first picture below) to enter the free contest. There will be a random drawing on or after Sunday, March 9, 2025.



@Dafydd, our kind donor from Wales, has quite a fascinating lot for you here. It comes with a 56-year-old auction pedigree and an even earlier 318-year-old shipwreck pedigree!

It is a silver "cob" type Spanish 8-reales piece ("piece of eight") from the wreck of the HMS Association, which sank off the coast of England in the Scilly Naval Disaster of 1707.

@Dafydd says:

"This is a shipwreck coin recovered from the HMS Association. It was originally from the Sotheby Auction. I'm donating it because I was keen to procure an Association coin and had a number of "spread bids" on Association coins and as luck would have it, ended up with three so happy to let this go.

It's a big lump of a coin. Not in the greatest condition but a true shipwreck find. I have developed a side collection of these coins. I still scuba dive myself but these days in warm waters. The sea around me can have 40 foot tides and rip currents and is COLD. You can't dive without a dry suit and at 68 years old the hassle of dry suits, dive planning and weather, holds less interest. I've salvaged a lot of stuff myself over the years but mainly munitions and no coins."
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So... how cool is that? Free 318-year-old shipwreck silver!

Good luck in the contest!