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Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1712M, NGC MS 63, ex-1715 Fleet (designated on special label), ex-Jones (

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Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1712M, NGC MS 63, ex-1715 Fleet (designated on special label), ex-Jones (
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Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1712M, NGC MS 63, ex-1715 Fleet (designated on special label), ex-Jones (Plate and Cover Coin). S-L28; KM-38.2; Cal-2120. 26.84 grams. Bold full pillars-and-waves and full cross-lion-castles on a broad flan with much legend, light sediment on surfaces (no luster), clear second date in legend with crown punched over final digit. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection (stated on label), plated on front cover and pages 160-1 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), also front cover and page 502 of his book Colonial History in Your Hands (2020), and to our Auction 13, with original lot-tag #28 and photo-certificate. NGC #5906068-002.