^Lot 1261 Seville, Spain, gold milled 8 escudos, Philip V, f1701 M, denomination VIII to right, dots flanking

Seville, Spain, gold milled 8 escudos, Philip V, 1701 M, denomination VIII to right, dots flanking fleece, flower after ordinal V, NGC MS 62 ("top pop"), ex-J.O.B., Calico Onza plate. Cal-2266; KM-259. 26.94 grams. Lustrous all over, with full details despite slightly off-center strike, tied with one other for finest in NGC census, scarce one-year type with vertical denomination to right and mintmark-assayer to left just inside the obverse legend but a different sub-variety than previous lot. NGC #5960428-010. Pedigreed to the J.O.B. Collection and Plate Coin #462 in Calico's La Onza (2004), both stated on label, with collector's tag.