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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26252890, member: 10461&quot;]Here is an 8-reales Spanish cob from the 1682 <i>Johanna</i> shipwreck, off the coast of South Africa.&nbsp; Alas, I no longer own it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/PcQKBLOLT9ua0HNlZN0l_Johanna%20cob-800x500-label.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do however still own this Australian gold sovereign from the 1882 <i>RMS Duoro</i> shipwreck.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/ae9bdedc0bb640d8a5d2ffe9a703b4fe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS cert. #<a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/49106726" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/49106726" rel="nofollow">49106726</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This gold “Shield” type sovereign was struck at the Sydney mint in 1877 and was part of the cargo of the British <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Douro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Douro" rel="nofollow">Royal Mail steamship <i>Douro</i></a>, which sank in a nighttime collision with the Spanish steamship <i>Yrurac Bat</i> off Cape Finisterre near the Spanish and Portuguese coast, on the evening of April 1, 1882.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">All of <i>Duoro</i>’s passengers and 32 of her crew were saved, but the captain and five of his officers- and the ship’s treasure of gold coins and bullion- sank with <i>Douro</i> in 1,500 feet of water. 53 people aboard the Spanish ship also perished when it too sank.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The wreck was found in 1993 and salvage operations were completed by 1996. There were some 28,000 gold coins brought up from the <i>Douro</i> wreck. Most were gold sovereigns, but there were also some rare Brazilian and Portuguese coins.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This Mint State sovereign is particularly well preserved for a coin which spent 115 years on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Heritage Auction #3118, <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/australia/australia-victoria-gold-shield-sovereign-1877-s-ms62-pcgs-/a/3118-30083.s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/australia/australia-victoria-gold-shield-sovereign-1877-s-ms62-pcgs-/a/3118-30083.s" rel="nofollow">Lot 30083</a>, 15 August 2024.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://media.invisioncic.com/l328053/monthly_2020_03/6402A3AD-5282-474F-B22D-4F871E7B22B5.jpeg.fdd883c1ab7bda548ccae8428c734772.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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