Lima, Peru, gold cob 8 escudos, 1704 H, rare, NGC AU details / removed from jewelry (1715 Fleet label). S-L25a; KM-38.1; Cal-2111. 26.81 grams. Bold full pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles with much legend on both sides, no doubling, lightly toned, a bit shiny from former mounting. Curiously, despite its status as a rare date, Tauler lists four different varieties, depending on the spelling and truncation of HISPANIARVM, this being Tauler 223 with HISPAN ("muy rara"). From the 1715 Fleet.
Estimate: $8000 - $12000