GOLD COBS
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GOLD COBS, mostly from shipwrecks
MEXICO
| 040807153003 |  |
1 escudo, 1710, oXMJ, Mint State from the 1715 Fleet (east coast of Florida), with certificate. Roundish coin with nice full shield and cross and bold oXMJ, clear 171 but weak 0 of date (but cannot be anything else because of style), lustrous and high grade but with some flat spots and minor marks at edge. | $2,750 |
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
| 100702230002 | December, 2007 | 4 escudos, Ferdinand VI, date and assayer not visible (style of 1753S). Perfectly round, thick planchet with choice but small full cross and tressure, upper-left quadrant only of shield with most of crown above and mintmark F to left, lots of peripheral flatness (as is typical), problem-free VF, scarce issue of the 1740s-50s only, but priced to sell (not much more than a common Seville cob 4E!). |  |
| 040807153004 | |
2 escudos, (164)9, assayer not visible, from the Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island, with certificate. Rare with full final digit 9 of date (the rest confirmed by style), 100% full shield and cross (the latter off-center), broad oval planchet, XF+, parts of edge a little thin and sharp. | |
| 020816111002 | |
2 escudos, Charles II, assayer G to right, sediment in crevices as from unidentifed salvage. Smallish flan, but with good full cross and nearly full shield (flat at bottom only), lots of sediment, VF for wear. | |
| 010807128003 | February, 2008 | 2 escudos, Philip V/Louis I?, •F• to left, •S• to right (ca. 1724), unique error with V between L and I in king's name (an attempt to make it into LVIS?), very broad, round planchet with full cross and shield and lots of legend, including the weird error, AXF with dark sediment in crevices. | $1,850 |
| 020804121001 | |
2 escudos, Philip V, assayer not visible (1730s). Choice full cross and bold upper half of shield (bottom off planchet), lustrous XF+, possibly salvaged (1733 Fleet?). | |
BARCELONA, SPAIN
| 080713161003 | August, 2007 | 1 escudo, 1672, assayer not visible, very rare issue. Full and bold date (typical for this type), full and attractive shield and cross (the latter off-center), somewhat lustrous XF but with edge rounded as formerly mounted in jewelry, very high catalog value. | Reduced! $1,875 |
BURGOS, SPAIN
| 100707033013 | December, 2007 | 2 escudos, 1662, assayer not visible, UNIQUE date of an extremely rare issue. Broad, round planchet with full cross and shield but no peripheral detail besides the bottom curves of the 6's of the date followed by the base of a 2, the cross with tiny fleurs in the quadrants and distinctive single-line tressure, that side a near-exact match with CT-110, a 1660 that was valued at about $8,000 in 1998, but the shield elements are slightly different (note that this is the only gold issue known from this mint since Philip II!). Attractive but slightly grainy AVF. | $2,750 |
SEVILLE, SPAIN
| 040807153001 | |
2 escudos, Philp II, S-Gothic P (assayer) to left. Typically choice full shield and cross on a round planchet, bold assayer, some flatness around edge but otherwise AU. | |
| 020816111001 | |
2 escudos, (161)5, S-V to left, CHOICE MINT STATE. Beautiful full cross, nearly full shield with bold S-V to left next to king's ordinal III in legend, faint but certain 5 of date, but best feature is the mint luster and obvious high grade, almost certainly from a hoard or shipwreck, with some faint rusty staining to prove it. | $1,750 |
| 030810221007 | |
2 escudos, (1)619, assayer not visible. Bold bottom half of 619 of date, bold mintmark S, full cross, most of shield, smallish planchet, VF+ with flat spots (a bit crude). Desirable as identical to the very few specimens found on the Atocha (1622), which are worth five figures each! | $1,575 |
| 030810221008 | |
2 escudos, (16)19, assayer not visible. Nice full cross, nearly full but off-center shield with part of king's name visible, otherwise flat around the edge (weak but certain date), lustrous XF+, desirable as identical to the very few specimens found on the Atocha (1622), which are worth five figures each! | $1,475 |
| 030810221009 | |
2 escudos, Philip III, assayer D. Lustrous AU with nice full cross and tressure, nearly full shield with bold S-D to left next to king's ordinal III in legend, also nearly full crown. | $1,350 |
| 010807128005 | February, 2008 | 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, S to left, * to right, typically broad, thin, round planchet with nice full cross and shield, nearly full legends, XF. | $1,395 |
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