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1622 Atocha 8 Reales Shipwreck .999 Silver Round Art Medal Cob Daniel Carr. Same weight and silver content of historic 8 real cobs. Containing 19-28 grams of fine silver each.
• Contains silver from the Atocha shipwreck in trace amounts. Each cast cut and struck by hand in the traditional manufacturing ways, each one is unique in some way via shape size weight and cut and has the toning and shipwreck effect.
• A few design and die variants exist
• Obverse: showcases a stylized 17th-century Spanish galleon ship. Inscriptions “1622” “PLVS VLTRA” “ATOCHA”
• Reverse: incorporates a regal lion, flag and castles between the columns. "PLVS VLTRA" around the columns. Moonlight Mint Logo: A small crescent moon accompanied by stacked "M"s is stamped near the left pillar. “Ag 999” near the right pillar.
It mimics the irregular, hand-struck style of historic Spanish colonial 8 Reales cobs from the famous Nuestra Señora de Atocha shipwreck, which sank in 1622 and was found in 1985.
