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Bogota, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, (16)28A, from the "Mesuno Hoard" (ca. 1636), very rare, plate coin

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Bogota, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, (16)28A, from the  Mesuno Hoard  (ca. 1636), very rare, plate coin
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Bogota, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, (16)28A, from the "Mesuno Hoard" (ca. 1636), very rare, plate coin in The Practical Book of Cobs (4th ed). S-B17; KM-unl (4.1); CT-147. 6.7 grams. Tiny cross with full tressure (off-center), outside of which is a bold full 28 of the date, good full shield with full NRA to left above king's ordinal IIII in legend, XF+, deeply red-toned per the origin. From the "Mesuno Hoard" (ca. 1636), and pedigreed to the Santa Fe Collection.


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