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Panama, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer oB to left, mintmark AP above error denomination "III" to r

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Panama, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer oB to left, mintmark AP above error denomination  III  to r
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Panama, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer oB to left, mintmark AP above error denomination "III" to right, extremely rare, NGC AU 55, finest known in NGC census, ex-Richard Stuart, Plate Coin in KM, Proctor, Calico, and Plowman. S-AP4; KM-4; Cal-517. 13.66 grams. Impressively full crown above equally full and well-detailed (but slightly doubled) cross and shield flanked by clear assayer to left and mintmark and denomination to right (the latter erroneously punched into the die with three I's instead of four, not noted by NGC or Calico), bold strike with deeply contrasting toning on fields, an important coin for the Panama specialist but also an extremely well-pedigreed "trophy coin" for all Spanish colonial collectors, one of just two examples graded by NGC (the other one Fine but properly noted for the error denomination). If you ever wanted to own just one Panama cob, with the best possible quality and pedigree, this is the coin! Pedigreed to the Richard Stuart collection, also Plate Coin in multiple references, as follows: page 441 of Spain, Portugal and the New World (2002), by Krause-Mishler; 4R.3B on page 155 of The Forgotten Mint of Colonial Panama (2005), by Jorge Proctor; page 97 of Numismatica espanola (2019), by Calico (stated on label); and 4R.Bo.C on pages 72-73 of Panamanian Numismatics 1501-1903 (2022), by David S. Plowman.
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