Mexico City, Mexico, cob 2 escudos, 171(4)J, from the 1715 Fleet, ex-Blauvelt (Real Eight Co.) S-M30; KM-53.2 ;CT-350. 6.78 grams. Choice full shield and cross (typically sharply detailed), with clear 171 of date and full oMJ, the peripheries mostly flat and sloping, important pedigree to a 1977 auction of Real Eight Co. finds, Mint State. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the Bowers and Ruddy auction of February 1977 (Blauvelt), with original lot-tag #5180.
Estimate: $2000 - 3000