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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1686R, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).

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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1686R, ex-Jones (Plate Coin).
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Lima, Peru, cob 8 reales, 1686R, ex-Jones (Plate Coin). S-L7; KM-24; Cal-591. 24.25 grams. Broad, squarish flan with much flatness but otherwise full pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles, two dates and mintmarks, patchy toning, edge-splits. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection, plated on page 232 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to the Ponterio auction of February 2002, with original lot-tag #54 and generic certificate. Recovered from: Association, sunk in 1707 off the Isles of Scilly, southwest of England