MEXICO, Mexico City, gold cob 8 escudos, (1714) J, "GRAT" variety, NGC MS 62 (1715 Fleet Shipwreck Label). S-M30; KM-57.2; Cal-2212; Fr-6. 26.91 grams. Sharply detailed and well-centered shield with bold full denomination VIII over IIIV to right, full but doubled oMJ inside of most of GRAT, the cross nearly full but off-center with much legend visible (just not the date), rich in color and lightly lustrous all over. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the Ponterio auction of May 1987, with original lot-tag 673, and with Sedwick photo-certificate.
