Treasure Auction #2
Gold Cobs (lots #1-10)
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8 escudos, 1715J. S-M30, KM-57.2, 26.6 grams. Choice specimen with 100% full date (haven't seen any like that in a long time!) and oMJ, nearly full shield and crown, great full cross and tressure, no legend at all, a bit "sandwashed" (underwater wear) but with XF details. From the 1715 Fleet, with (Mrs.) Arthur McKee certificate from June 7, 1988. |
$7,000 - $9,000 |
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4 escudos, Philip V, date and assayer not visible (1712J), mounted in an elegant 18K gold necklace bezel with 14 diamonds, with 26½"-long 18K gold chain. S-M30, KM-55.1, 25.7 grams (coin and bezel), 28.0 grams (chain). At first glance one might think the coin chosen for this jewel could have been more impressive, but then consider the fact that the full shield and full cross are on almost perfectly aligned axes, making the coin somewhat "reversible" (although the diamonds are on only one side, and the cross side shows a double-bezel around the contour to hold the coin in place). Smith's International of Cayman, who are renowned for their use of high-end materials and a talented eye for aesthetics, crafted this whole piece in the 1980s, but the coin and bezel and chain all look good as new. The coin is at least XF and is probably undamaged, due to the conscientiousness of the jewelers. From the 1715 Fleet. |
$4,500 - $6,000 |
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4 escudos, (171)3(J). S-M30, KM-55.1, 13.5 grams. Scarce with full final digit of date (confirmed by style of cross), struck so off-center as to show a complete crown (interesting to see the detail), yet with a full cross, crude edge, XF for wear. From the 1715 Fleet. |
$4,000 - $5,000 |
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8 escudos, Charles II, assayer not visible. CT-Type 8, KM-168.2, 26.9 grams. Typically very rugged on a big, broad flan, with nearly full but very off-center shield and about 75% cross and tressure, clear CA- of king's name (much scarcer than Philip IV), non-salvage VF (plagued with flat spots) despite the misinformation on the accompanying certificate. With 1998 Art of Money photo-certificate that calls it Philip IV and from an "un-named wreck off Cuba." |
$2,500 - $3,000 |
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4 escudos, Philip II, assayer Gothic P. CT-11, Fr-158 13.5 grams. Typically broad, round coin with lots of detail, including a full mintmark and assayer to left and denomination o-IIII to right, much legend, full cross and tressure and shield and crown, XF with minor flat spots. With (1990s) Sea Treasures photo-certificate. | $2,500 - $3,000 |
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2 escudos, 1595, assayer not visible. CT-71, Fr-169, 6.7 grams. Curious type with 100% full date vertically to right of full shield below most of crown, nice full cross and tressure on reverse, no legend, well-centered XF. | $2,000 - $2,500 |
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2 escudos, Philip II, assayer B, (OM)NIV(M) variety. CT-54, Fr-169, 6.7 grams. Bold mintmark-assayer S-B to left of about 75% shield with bold -NIV- in legend at about 9 o'clock (confirming the variety, which was the aging and increasingly delusional Philip II's way of saying he was king of the whole world!), nearly full but off-center cross, XF+ with much peripheral flatness. | $1,000 - $1,250 |
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2 escudos, Philip III, 1615D. CT-25a, KM-unlisted, 6.7 grams. Rare assayer for date (unlisted in KM and higher relative value in CT), manifest fully and boldly under a bold mintmark S to left of a nearly full shield under a full crown, with full denomination •II• to right, full cross and tressure with clear 1615 date above, nice XF+ with sediment on fields. | $1,400 - $1,700 |
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2 escudos, 161?G. CT-Type 15, KM-unlisted 6.8 grams. Full •G• assayer to left of a full shield, full cross, clear bottom half of 161 of date, broad flan but flat peripheries, VF with sediment on fields. | $1,000 - $1,250 |
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1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer Gothic P to left. CT-Type 25, Fr-153, 3.4 grams. Typically thin and very crisply detailed all over, and quite high grade (AU+), with full and beautiful shield and cross, the cross side a little too shiny (probably polished from jewelry mounting). | $1,000 - $1,250 |
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