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Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1709M, from the 1715 Fleet.

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Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1709M, from the 1715 Fleet.
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Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1709M, from the 1715 Fleet. S-L28; KM-38.1; CT-20. 26.9 grams. Good full cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves, struck a bit off-center and slightly doubled on the pillars side, but with nicely natural UNC surfaces, the date generally considered at least scarce, with known legend variants of HISPAN, HISPANI and HISPANIA, the last of which describes this specimen (Tauler #234). From the 1715 Fleet, with Sedwick certificate from 1998.