Reign: Philip II, III, or IV – Date: 1622-41
WreckConcepcion
Location
Mexico City, Potosi, Cartagena and/ or Santa Fe De Bogata
Date Sunk
1641
Recovery Date
November 28, 1978
Graded Condition
N/A
Additional Information
Coin Number: 48105 – Certificate Included
July 23, 1641, Concepcion set sail from Mexico in a flota of 30 ships. While negotiating the Florida Straits the fleet was caught in a violent hurricane which scattered and sank most of the ships. This coin was recovered in 1978 in what is now the waters off the Democratic Republic