This Spanish Shipwreck gold 4 Escudo, or Doubloon, was recovered from Cadiz Bay...

Please Note: This is an authentic Cadiz Bay Shipwreck Treasure Coin, and you will receive the exact pendant in the photographs and description.

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No other coin is quite so legendary - or quite so regal - as the glittering 22K gold doubloon.  Desired above all other currency by kings, princesses, pirates, privateers and adventurers for centuries, this stunning example of the coin-minters art is the unquestioned treasure coin to end all treasure coins!

Gold “doubloons” and silver “Pieces of 8” have been washing up on the shores of the Bay of Cadiz for hundreds of years! This precious treasure coin was among them!

Your Cadiz Bay Gold Doubloon Pendant

• Date minted: circa 1632
• Denomination: 4 Escudo
• Coin weight: 13.43 grams (Full weight)
• Mint: "S" Seville, Spain
• Rulers: Philip IV
• Assayer: "R" Geronimo Rodriguez
• Reverse (Back): The Jerusalem Cross
• Obverse: (Front): The Royal Shield Philip IV 
• Coin Metal: 22K Gold
• Bezel Metal: 18K Gold - Luxury-Gauge hand-hammered wide bezel
• Articulating Nautical Shackle Bail with a 8.5mm inside diameter large enough to fit a thick, high quality gold chain
• Pendant Size including bezel (frame): 1 1/8" Across, 1 3/4" Tall  - The width of a 50 cent piece 
  

Note from Robert: Stunning, thick piece. One-of-a-kind specimen, with Coral Encrustation in several spots on the cross side. Almost uncirculated. In the top 1% of what is available in the world.

Four escudo cobs are incredibly rare these days. Especially ones with actual coral encrustation from being underwater for hundreds of years.

And to get both a centered and deeply struck cross and shield makes it even more desirable. 

"S" Seville mint mark, "R" assayer's initials, and "IIII" denomination make this a sweet piece.

This coin is so stunning and "piratical" that we created a hand-hammered 18K gold luxury width frame that gives it a regal look and feel.

This coin is probably minted from some of the first gold to come out of the New World colonies on Spanish galleons. Shield design elements indicates the King’s realm: Castile and Leon; Jerusalem and Navarre; Aragon and Sicily, Granada.

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We can never know the individual stories of the gold escudos discovered on the shores of Cadiz Bay, but when we consider the dates the coins were minted, we certainly can extrapolate a few things.  The gold from which the escudos are minted is more than likely from New World mines, and was transported as bullion bars, since the first gold coins were not minted in Mexico City until 1622, when Atocha made her fateful journey. 

For nearly 300 years Cadiz Bay was a major port for Spanish treasure galleons departing and returning from the New World - hundreds sank in the bay over these centuries. In 1587 the British privateer Sir Frances Drake sailed into the Bay of Cadiz and attacked the Spanish Armada that was preparing to attack England. The coins in our Cadiz Bay collection that date prior to Drake's attack may be from some of those galleons! Storms and other battles sank later galleons.

Your Gold Doubloon Pendant Comes Complete with:

1. Our 100% Authentic Lifetime Guarantee
2. A Detailed, Full Color, 3-Page Photo Certificate of Authenticity (with your exact coin) Researched and Written by Robert Lewis Knecht
3. 8 Page Full Color "Gold Doubloons of Spain" Historic Brief researched and written by Robert
4. "Pieces of Eight" Historic Brief
5. The Coins of the Lost Galleons Book
6. Treasure Hunters Gazette Booklet
7. Mini Museum Display for when you are not wearing your treasure
8. A Treasure Jewelry Care Card