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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 4 escudos, Philip V, 1734MF/F (unlisted), with six embedded diamonds.

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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 4 escudos, Philip V, 1734MF/F (unlisted), with six embedded diamonds.
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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 4 escudos, Philip V, 1734MF/F (unlisted), with six embedded diamonds. Cal-unl (Type 265); KM-unl (135 for type). 13.40 grams total. A fascinating coin, both numismatically--as it appears to be an unlisted combination of a clean-date 1734 obverse with a clear over-assayer MF/F reverse, known for 1735 but obviously using dies from 1733--and artistically--as the crude diamonds embedded in the king's chest were jeweler-set in a hand-carved groove, possibly in the 1700s, to emphasize the king's collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece (although the effect is more like a fancy necktie). Bold XF otherwise, with hint of toning in legends and no other evidence it was used for jewelry apart from light surface hairlines from cleaning at some point.