Lima, Peru, cob 2 escudos, 1710H, encapsulated PCGS MS63, finest known in PCGS census, from the 1715 Fleet (designated on label). S-L25a; KM-36; CT-304. Crisp details in the full pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles, light orange color over luster all over, variety with date in legend as "71" (Tauler 248), one of only two graded by PCGS (this the finer of the two), with only a few higher specimens (MS 64) in the NGC census for comparison. PCGS #84000766. From the 1715 Fleet.
($5000-7500)