Bogota, Colombia, gold cob 2 escudos, Charles II posthumous, 1711(?), no assayer (Arce), NGC MS 64 (1715 Fleet Shipwreck Label), ex-1715 Fleet, ex-Bowers and Ruddy. Restrepo-M66.32; S-B24; KM-14.2; Cal-1929 (under Ph. V). 6.63 grams. Broad flan with good full cross and nearly full shield, some flat spots in peripheries but with most of 71 of date visible (last digit uncertain, labeled as 1711 by NGC), lightly toned and lustrous, with desirable and important original pedigree. NGC #6445760-001. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the Bowers and Ruddy auction of February 1977, with original lot-tag 5321.
($3500-5000)