^Lot 38 PERU, Cuzco, gold cob 2 escudos, 1698 M, NGC MS 62 (1715 Fleet Shipwreck Label).

PERU, Cuzco, gold cob 2 escudos, 1698 M, NGC MS 62 (1715 Fleet Shipwreck Label). S-CZ1; Cal-855; KM-28; Fr-4. 6.73 grams. Choice full cross-castles-lions on a small, thick flan ("Bogota cut"), the full crown and pillars also choice but with bottom of last digit of date 8 truncated, sharp strike with strong die-polish and metal-flow lines, attractively red toned, one of the finest known for small modules, typically described as "superb" in its various auction appearances over the past 58 years. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 13, with original lot-tag 39, the Stack's auction of June 1998 (lot 460), the Superior auction of June 1988 (lot 593), the Superior auction of June 1975 (lot 1227), and the Stack's auction of December 1968 (lot 358).
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