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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, Louis I or Philip V, assayer D (1724-28), rare.

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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, Louis I or Philip V, assayer D (1724-28), rare.
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 escudos, Louis I or Philip V, assayer D (1724-28), rare. 26.9 grams. Very small and thick flan, lightly polished and somewhat crude but with good full cross (with flower-like ornaments in dimples of tressure), nearly full shield, VF or so. Pedigreed to our Treasure Auction #5, lot 4.