Mexico City, Mexico, cob 4 reales, Philip V, assayer not visible, error with shield side struck from 8R, mounted in thin-wire 14K gold bezel with jump-ring. 4.85 grams total. Nearly full cross and clear denomination 8 despite heavy corrosion and thinning, nicely toned, particularly near the edge where it meets the simply and somewhat aged mounting. From the 1715 Fleet, with Sedwick photo-certificate.
($125-200)