Bogota, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1713, no assayer (Arce), NGC MS 62, ex-1715 Fleet, ex-Weller, ex-Tampa Sale. Restrepo-M66.32; S-B24; KM-14.2; Cal-1931 (under Ph. V). 6.61 grams. Clear date outside of bold full cross (slightly off-center), full and well-detailed but slightly doubled shield, attractive light toning and encrustation over luster in crevices, desirable pedigree. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to Bob "Frogfoot" Weller collection, with copy of his book True Stories of Sunken Treasure (2005) and to the "Tampa sale" of 2003 (lot 99), with U.S. Dept. of Treasury photo-certificate 210 issued by Daniel Frank Sedwick, and to Sedwick Auction 11, with original lot-tag 49.
($2500-3750)