Lot 42 Bogota, Colombia, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer A below mintmark NR to right, dots in ringl

Bogota, Colombia, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer A below mintmark NR to right, dots in ringlets (1636), ex-"Mesuno Hoard" (ca. 1636), NGC MS 63. Restrepo-M50.15; S-B20; KM-4.1; Cal-1792. 6.58 grams. Well-detailed full shield (very slightly doubled) with bold mintmark NR and trace of assayer A to left, full but slightly off-center cross-and-tressure with dots in ringlets per the date 1636 only, bright yellow gold, second highest grade in the NGC census. From the "Mesuno Hoard" (ca. 1636). Please use this link to verify the certification number
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