Lot 32 PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1711 M, PCGS AU55 (1715 Plate Fleet), ex-Sotheby's.

PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1711 M, PCGS AU55 (1715 Plate Fleet), ex-Sotheby's. S-L28; Cal-2119; KM-38.2; Fr-7. 26.88 grams. Full but off-center pillars with full crown and bold REXANO (the "NO" appearing twice due to doubling only there) in lieu of a second date like was seen in 1710 and for dates after 1711 (no one knows why), great full cross-castles-lions (also a bit off center), light luster all over. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the Sotheby's (New York) auction of December 1997, with original lot-sticker 131.
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