Spanish colonial

real cob pirate – Treasure Shipwreck – Consolación

80

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Spanish colonial

AG

real cob pirate – Treasure Shipwreck – Consolación

80

Description:

Surface corrosion very important.

Type
real cob
Mint name
Spanish colonial
Diameter
18,8 mm
Metal
Silver
Rarity
Very rare
  • Pedigree :

    This is to certify that the accompanying coin was recovered from the wreck site of the santa maria de la consolacion, located near Santa clara island in the Gulf of Guayaquil, ecuador. The consolacion purportedly sank near the island while evading pirates in 1681. She was carrying 146,000 pesos in minted silver coins along with 800 silver bars and gold lingots valued at 34 000 pesos.

    Legend says that the pirates were so enraged they took their revenge on the crew before they could reach the safety of the island, and thus the island was nicknamed “Dead Man’s Island.” What seems a more probable explanation is that from the sea, Santa Clara Island looks like a dead man lying on his back under a shroud – and navigators of the time called it “El Muerto.”