Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 escudos, (1714)J, from the 1715 Fleet, ex-Real Eight. S-M30; KM-53.2; CT-350. 6.80 grams. Choice full shield and cross (typically sharply detailed), with clear 171 of date and full oMJ, the peripheries mostly flat and sloping, important pedigree to a 1977 auction of Real Eight Co. finds, Mint State. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the Real Eight Co.'s consignment in the Bowers & Ruddy auction of February 1977 (Blauvelt...), with original lot-tag #5180, and to our Auction #14, with original lot-tag #11 and Sedwick photo-certificate.
Estimate: $2000 - 3000