Lima, Peru, 2 reales, Philip II, assayer R (Rincon) to left, motto PL-VSVL-TR, legends HISPA / NIARVM, Sellschopp and Grunthal-Sellschopp Plate Coin. 6.51 grams. Very choice specimen with bold full XF details and lovely old toning, tiny bit of doubling in shield but otherwise as nice as they come, with a superb pedigree to boot! Pedigreed to the Sellschopp collection (Swiss Bank Corp. auction of September 1988, lot #6) and Plate Coin #5 in Sellschopp's Acunaciones de las cecas de Lima, La Plata y Potosi (1971) and Plate Coin #4 Grunthal-Sellschopp's Coinage of Peru (1978).
Estimate: $800 - 1200