Auction Name: 2026 February 23 Spotlight: Shipwreck & Treasure featuring Selections from The Salvager Collection World Coins Showcase Auction

Lot Number: 23060

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/61598*23060

Ferdinand VI gold "La Luz" 4 Escudos 1750/3 So-J AU50 NGC, Santiago mint, KM2, Cal-741.1. Salvaged from the "Nuestra Señora de la Luz" (sunk in 1752 off Montevideo, Uruguay). A more infrequent piece, both in denomination and for this wreck, here presenting semi-Prooflike crevices.

In 1752, the Spanish ship"Nuestra Señora de La Luz" was headed to Cádiz from Buenos Aires carrying gold bars and coinage. While anchored, it was blown by a storm onto rocks. claiming most lives abord. Most of the treasure was contemporaneously salvaged, with the power hold only re-discovered in 1992, when several Santiago 8 Escudos in exceptional condition were recovered.

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