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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 26650675, member: 110226&quot;]Here&#039;s a pillar dollar that I purchased in 2009 from Dan Sedwick.&nbsp; It is from the Auguste, which sank in 1761 off the coast of Nova Scotia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins from this wreck were auctioned in 2008 by a Canadian firm.&nbsp; Included with the pillar dollars were some 8 reales cobs from Potosi and French écus.&nbsp; As with all salvaged coins, condition varied from lot to lot.&nbsp; I actually was able to obtain a Potosi 8 reales cob during the auction, and I will photographed when I locate it in the nether regions of the boxes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mexico, 8 reales, Ferdinand VI,&nbsp; 8 reales, 1758 (narrow date), assayer MM.&nbsp; Salvaged from the Auguste (1761), certificate #0334.</p><p>KM 104.2</p><p>26.7 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1700183[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1700184[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For more information about this wreck, here&#039;s a Wikipedia link:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_(1758_ship)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_(1758_ship)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_(1758_ship)</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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