São José 8 Reales, Mexico City — NGC Shipwreck Certified
- Catalogue number: DTR-00043
- Denomination: 8 Reales
- Mint: Mexico City (oM)
- Assayer: attribution in progress
- Monarch: Habsburg era
- Date: pre-1622
- Certification: NGC Shipwreck Certification · cert 1973571-002
- Wreck: São José (1622), Mozambique Channel
- Papers: NGC slab with wreck attribution
New World silver lost on the far side of the world: a Mexico City piece of eight that sailed for Goa under Vasco da Gama's great-grandson and was ambushed by East India Company ships in 1622. Recovered by Arqueonautas and certified by NGC with the wreck on the label. The affordable half of 1622's two great catastrophes.
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New World silver lost on the far side of the world: a Mexico City piece of eight that sailed for Goa under Vasco da Gama's great-grandson and was ambushed by East India Company ships in 1622. Recovered by Arqueonautas and certified by NGC with the wreck on the label. The affordable half of 1622's two great catastrophes.