Lot 588 : Sold for £140 hammer

Estimate £70-£100

Spain - Philip V 1737 Pillar dollar 8 reales, Mexico mint from the wreck of the Hollandia, 1740 pillar dollar 8 reales and another 1745 8 reales (3). The wreck of the Hollandia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company and struck Gunner Rock in 1743 off Annet Scilly Isles causing 276 fatalities and was discovered by Rex Cowan in 1971.

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