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Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1708H, from the 1715 Fleet.

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Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1708H, from the 1715 Fleet.
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Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1708H, from the 1715 Fleet. S-L25a; KM-38.1; CT-18. 26.9 grams. Terrifically broad flan with 100% full and bold legends, bold full cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves (the latter slightly doubled), UNC details but slightly shiny. This date comes in 4 legend variants: HISPAN, HISPANI, ISPANIA and ISPANIAR, the last of which applies to this coin (Tauler #230, which he calls "very rare" but is somewhat common by our records). From the 1715 Fleet, with Fisher photo-certificate #KF-1029.

NOTE: The printed catalog gives the Tauler number as 232 in error.