^Lot 34 PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1739 (N or V).

PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1739 (N or V). Cal-Type 279; KM-341; Fr-7. 26.74 grams. Compact flan with bold full cross-lions-castles and pillars, the latter off-center, making the last digit of the main date unreadable, but also enabling a clear bottom half of the legend date at 11 o'clock, XF with lots of reddish-purple toning, with old gouge in lower castle that NGC misinterpreted as re-engraving (tag included).