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Seville, Spain, cob 8 escudos, (169)8/7(M), very rare, especially as from the 1715 Fleet.

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Seville, Spain, cob 8 escudos, (169)8/7(M), very rare, especially as from the 1715 Fleet.
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Seville, Spain, cob 8 escudos, (169)8/7(M), very rare, especially as from the 1715 Fleet. KM-61.2; CT-75. 26.7 grams. A lustrous and very high-grade piece (UNC), somewhat triangular in shape, with full but slightly crude crown and shield, nearly full cross, clear 8/7 of date, tiny bits of coral here and there. While not the usual fare from the Fleet, this mainland Spanish cob is very similar to ones offered in the Parke-Bernet (New York, 1967) "Treasure of the Spanish Main" and Schulman (New York, 1972) auctions of 1715-Fleet material, which took place about the same time as this coin was acquired by a collector in Puerto Rico (either through or assisted by Gabriel Calbeto). Interestingly, the Tauler listing for this overdate (#191) shows a different style of fleurs-de-lis in the quadrants of the cross, and to us it appears the Tauler plate coin could actually be 7/6 instead. In any case, this coin is rare on multiple levels--as a dated shield-type cob (let alone the overdate), as a high-grade Spanish cob, and as a Spanish cob from the 1715 Fleet. From the 1715 Fleet.