PERU, Lima, gold cob 2 escudos, 1702 H, very rare, NGC MS 62 (1715 Fleet Shipwreck Label), finest known in NGC census. S-L25a; KM-36; Cal-1819; Fr-9. 6.75 grams. Good full cross with clear kings ordinal V in legend below, full pillars-and-waves, light contrasting sediment around details, slightly off-center strike, only the third specimen of this date we have seen or heard of. From the 1715 Fleet, with Sedwick photo-certificate.
