Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1715/4M, unique overdate, from the Loosdrecht (1719). S-L28; KM-unl (38.2 for type). 26.83 grams. Full and bold pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles on a smallish flan, slightly sandwashed XF+, with weak but full and certain 5/4 in date, the first we have ever seen or heard of (missing in Tauler), the horizontal crossbar of the 4 particularly clear in the center of the Spanish-style 5. From the Loosdrecht (1719), with certificate from the salvager.
($8000-12000)