^Lot 44 Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1745 V, NGC AU 58.

Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1745 V, NGC AU 58. S-L30; KM-38.2; Cal-2164. 26.61 grams. Broad flan with bold and full but off-center cross with most of king's name and ordinal in legend, full and well-centered pillars-and-waves, dark maritime sediment in crevices, scarce date, second finest of three in NGC census behind a single MS 61 (all listed as "without stars" even though the "stars" did not start until 1746). NGC #5965264-002.