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SEDWICK AUCTION 40 SELECTIONSHere are some selected treasure, world coin and paper money items in Sedwick & Associates, LLC's upcoming Auction 40. -Garrett 
PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1711 M, PCGS AU55 (1715 Plate Fleet), ex-Sotheby's. S-L28; Cal-2119; KM-38.2; Fr-7. 26.88 grams. Full but off-center pillars with full crown and bold REXANO (the "NO" appearing twice due to doubling only there) in lieu of a second date like was seen in 1710 and for dates after 1711 (no one knows why), great full cross-castles-lions (also a bit off center), light luster all over. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the Sotheby's (New York) auction of December 1997, with original lot-sticker 131.
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Gold "finger" bar 13, 22 oz troy (684 grams), marked with fineness XXIII: (23.5K) and weight 148-6 (castellanos-tomines), ex-Atocha (1622), pre-"Mother Lode," ex-Morse. 4¾" x 1" x ½". This gold bar, impressively high in intrinsic value, was among at least fourteen of its kind found in one cache on the Atocha in 1982, which turned out to be a very interesting grouping of ingots that all lack tax stamps or any other marks except fineness and weight, both of which were simply carved into the surface and not stamped. Significantly, both numbers are quite accurate, the fineness confirmed by XRF (23.5K gold, with about 2% silver and traces of platinum, copper, and iron only) and the weight calculated as 148 castellanos of 4.6 grams each plus 6 tomines at 0.575 gram each, hence 684 grams or 22 oz troy (certificate says 22.09). At first it was postulated that these had to be "church" bars, as the wealth of the Catholic Church would not have been taxed, and since the bars were not for commerce, no record of an assay was needed either. We have seen a similar situation with gold ingots belonging to South American missions among the salvaged items from the Luz wreck of 1752. The contravening theory that these Atocha bars were contraband instead seems less plausible when you consider that most contraband lacked any markings at all. We may never know the whole story behind these ingots, but what is incontrovertible is that they are among the purest and most intrinsically valuable gold items from the Atocha. Like the others of this type, this specific ingot is well molded, with smooth sides and bottom (stamped with its Treasure Salvors number 13A) and with the top a bit sunken from casting, traces of coral in small bubble-pits and in the markings. From the Atocha (1622), with original Fisher color photo-certificate A13-82 dated June 6, 1984, pedigreed to the J.M. Morse III Collection.
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Large silver bar 585 from Oruro, 67 lb 0.48 oz troy (25 kg), marked with fineness IIUCCCLXXX (2380/2400), manifest number LXXIX (79), owner/shipper marks and tax stamps, Class Factor 0.9, ex-Atocha (1622), ex-Morse. 15¾" long, up to 5" wide, 2½" tall. A typically large "loaf" of silver but with particularly sloping sides hiding a shallow cylindrical assayer's "bite" at one end, the top showing fineness marking in center and manifest number above and to right of that, with large owner/shipper "siglas" near both ends, including several that were marked out (canceled) in their time, ship's silvermaster mark V (dr Vreder) in one corner. From the Atocha (1622), with original Fisher photo-certificate 85A-S585, pedigreed to the J.M. Morse III Collection.
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UNITED STATES, San Francisco mint, gold Coronet Liberty Head double eagle ($20), 1856-S, NGC UNC details / sea salvaged (Shipwreck Brown Label). KM-74.1. Sharp Mint State details with only lightly sandwashed surfaces retaining considerable luster under rich, dark gold toning, desirably pedigreed to the "Gordy-Ashley gold" find (but note that the NGC shipwreck label does not specify), somewhat rare as such. Pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 13, with original lot-tag 306 and photo-certificate. Recovered from: "Fort Capron Treasure," lost in 1857 off Fort Pierce (east coast of Florida)
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MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Charles II, assayer L, narrow barrel shape with long "horn" protruding from one end, ex-Long. S-M21; KM-46; Cal-Type 108. 26.54 grams. Bold full oML, king's ordinal II visible outside of most of shield, majority of the cross in evidence as well, Fine with toning in crevices, several old marks. With collector tag M-S4-15 ("Rhino"). Pedigreed to the Richard A. Long auction of August 1984 (lot 33).
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1651 O, with crowned-script-Z countermark on shield, rare, NGC VF 35, c/s XF standard, "top pop." S-P35; KM-19b; Cal-1489. 26.76 grams. Remarkably full countermark at very edge above choice full shield with complete •P•O• and •8•O•, bold king's ordinal IIII in legend, also with 100% full and bold date outside of complete cross, great old toning, tied with just one other for finest known in the NGC census, a super non-salvage example with a rare countermark.
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1652 E, Transitional Type III/A, rare, NGC XF 40. S-P37; KM-A20.3; Cal-unl. 26.77 grams. Choice, Royal-like interior details (complete and minimally doubled) plus lots of legend, but with clearly non-Royal edge (non-round and with small cracks), yet rather broad, extending past the outer border on the slightly off-center full shield side (also slightly doubled), enabling a complete king's name and ordinal PHILIPPVS IIII, variety with three dots above F-8-III and two dots below the 8, full date in legend, particularly rare as non-salvage (shows as "top pop" in NGC but only because it is not fully attributed as "3 line E.E" as it should be).
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ANCIENT GREEK, Kings of Macedon, AV stater, Philip III Arrhidaeus, 323-317 BC, year 14 (320/19 BC), Sidon mint, NGC Ch XF / strike 4/5, surface 3/5. Price P171. 8.62 grams. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loosely below, wearing pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long intersecting crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; AT monogram above torch in left field; Φ?Λ?ΠΠOY right. Well centered with strong details.
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ARGENTINA (River Plate Provinces), Potosí mint, ½ sol, 1815 FL, NGC MS 65, finest known in NGC census. Janson-18.1.1; KM-10. Bold strike with incredible luster, parts of rims weak or missing due to slightly off-center strike, still incomparable quality for this smallest sunface issue.
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COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold bust 8 escudos, Charles III ("rat nose" bust), 1766 JV, rare, PCGS AU58, finest and only example in PCGS census, ex-Eldorado, ex-Diaz Lascano. Restrepo-71.8a; Cal-2085; KM-41. Choice, well-centered, and well-detailed strike with complete rims, sharp full details in the distinctive early "rat nose" portrait of Charles III, rich gold color with tinges of red, considerable remaining mint luster in the protected areas, light even friction on the highest points and only minor scattered contact marks, the finest at PCGS and bettered by only two at NGC in low MS grades, also nicely pedigreed. Pedigreed to the Federico Diaz Lascano Collection (Schulman auction of May 1969, lot 168) and to the Eldorado Collection (Stack's Bowers auction of January 2018, lot 11163).
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Santo Domingo, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, assayer F to left, denomination o-IIII to right, mintmark P to left and S to right, very rare, PCGS VF details / saltwater damage, only example in PCGS census, ex-Rudman (stated on label), Calicó Plate (2008). Downing-Rudman-4R.12; S-SD1; Cal-140; KM-32 var. 12.43 grams. One of only five known of this type, struck on a broad flan with full legends (king and queen stated on both sides, followed by REGIS on the pillars side and R on the shield side) bearing cloverleaf ornaments and all-Latin lettering, choice full pillars with mintmark P-S, also with strong assayer F and denomination on shield side (proper castles and lions) despite some corrosion on that side, deeply toned all over, with hairline edge crack.
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UNITED STATES, Philadelphia mint, proof Barber quarter, 1910, PCGS PR65 Cameo. Mintage of only 551 coins in proof. Absolutely gorgeous proof with rich golden hues in the centers of both sides surrounded by vibrant purple toning around the rims. The frosty Liberty bust and eagle stand out against the mirror fields, providing ample cameo contrast for the designation.
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