Some of the Most Beautiful Coins Ever Minted - Rare, Dated and One-of-a-Kind set in a Sterling Silver Heirloom Pendant

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

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Ships like Princess Louisa were the largest, and the most beautiful, in the British merchant marine and were only rivaled by the larger galleons of Spain and Portugal. They had evolved during the 130 years that England had been trading with the East and were now big, but graceful ships; strong, fast, well-armed and eminently suited for the long and dangerous passages they had to make.

But treacherous currents, combined with inaccurate charts, sealed Princess Louisa's fate in the shallow shoals off the Cape Verde Islands. Like most trade ships of her day, the trade coinage she was loaded with were Spanish, not British. 

Your Princess Louisa 1 Reale Shipwreck Piece of Eight

• Dated:  1741
• Denomination: 1 Reale
• Mint: Potosi, Upper Peru (present day Bolivia)
• Assayer: not visible
• King: Philip V
• Coin Metal: Silver
• Bezel Metal: Proprietary non-tarnishing sterling silver 
• Obverse (Front): The Jerusalem Cross
• Reverse: (Back): The Pillars and Waves (The Pillars of Hercules and Waves of the Atlantic Ocean)
  
• Articulating Nautical Shackle Bail Interior Diameter: Will accommodate chain or leather necklace up to 6.2mm
• Pendant size including bezel:  7/8" Across, 1 3/8" Tall - the diameter of a nickel

Robert's Notes: Nice cross and Pillars and Waves. Deeply struck, very visible date ("741"), and with a clear denomination. Partial "PLV SVL TRA" meaning More Beyond the Pillars of Hercules - see below

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Your Princess Louisa Shipwreck Coin Necklace Comes Complete with:

1. Our 100% Authentic Lifetime Guarantee
2. A Detailed, Customized, Full Color, Multi-Page Photo Certificate of Authenticity Researched and Written by Robert Lewis Knecht
3. 10 Page Potosi Mint Historic Brief by Robert
4. The Coins of the Lost Galleons Book
5. Treasure Hunters Gazette Booklet
6. Mini Museum Display for when you are not wearing your treasure
7. A Treasure Jewelry Care Card