La Capitana Shipwreck - 4 Reales - Crowned "S" - Assayer: "O" (Rosa the wheel)

Denomination: 4 Reales                                                       Assayer: "O" (1649-1651) Juan Rodriquez de Rosa - "Rosa the wheel"  Weight: 10.0 grams                                                                     Mint: Potosi, Peru Reign: Philip IV                                                                      Date: 1650 Note: Crowned "S" (Type L - Rarity S) only 50 to 100  Description: Potosi, Bolivia, Obverse: Thin from corrosion but with hint of date in legend.  Clear cross with clear P-O and 4-O. Edge split, no toning. Reverse: Clear cross with Crown mark "S" in center.    History: La Capitana sank in October of 1654 off the coast of Chanduy, Ecuador. The 1,200-ton Spanish galleon was the largest built in Colonial America during the 17th Century, and the flagship of the Vice Royalty of Peru, and the South Sea Armada. This ship was commissioned to carry Spanish Coins including the Potosi Mint scandal coins, the subsequent countermark coins and