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3 Dollars - Elizabeth II San Pedro, Gold Proof Issue
| Issuer | Bermuda Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 3 Dollars |
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| Reverse lettering | SAN PEDRO Anno Domini 1595 THREE DOLLARS |
| Edge | Plain |
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The San Pedro was a Spanish vessel wrecked on Bermuda's reefs in 1594, predating the island's permanent English settlement by sixteen years. Its loss contributed to the accumulating cartographic knowledge of Bermuda's hazards — knowledge that would later make the islands both feared by sailors and strategically valuable as a mid-Atlantic waystation. Bermuda has issued numerous wreck-themed coins, and this gold proof belongs to a series that mines that underwater heritage with some regularity.
At 1.56 g of .999 gold, the striking is handled by the Pobjoy Mint, Bermuda's long-standing production partner for collector issues.