Lima, Peru, cob 4 escudos, 1716M, extremely rare, NGC MS 61, finest and only example in NGC census, Tauler Plate Coin. S-L28; KM-unl (37 for Type); CT-unl. Choice strike and grade (at least MS 62 in our opinion), with superb full cross and pillars, the latter with ornate floral ornament above the denomination and horizontal lines of dots, also with "teardrops" (see lot 34 for explanation) at ends of cross and after ANO in legend, no other specimens known to us. Plate Coin #100a in Oro Macuquino (2011), by Rafael Tauler Fesser, with photo-certificate. NGC #3354513-010.
(6000 - 9000 USD)