Hollandia Shipwreck - 8 Reales - Mexico Mint - Dated 1742 - Set of four bits.

Denomination: 8 Reales                                                                                     Mint: Mexico Assayer: M.F.  (Joint Assayers)                                                                             Date: 1742 Weight: 21.22 gm (total)                                                                                       Reign: Philip V Description:  8 Reales Mexico minted Spanish Cob.  Obverse: King’s Monogram with crowned shield.  Reverse: Crowned Globe between the Pillars of Hercules. Dated 1742.  Set of four bits; 4 bits, 2 bits, 1 bit, 1/2 bit. History: The Hollandia’s treasure was forgotten until 1967. Rex Cowan, an explorer and lawyer from London, began to search through archives and official documents for the Hollandia. Four years later, on September 16, 1971, he precisely located the wreck with a proton magnetometer. The treasure hunter gathered divers and professionals who started the archaeological excavations. In two years, 35,000 silver coins a