Mexico City, Mexico, gold cob 1 escudo, 1714 J, NGC MS 65 (1715 Fleet Label). S-M30; KM-51.2; Cal-1739; Tauler-172. 3.40 grams. Lustrous and sharp, with crown and shield and cross all nearly full, also full and bold oMJ, bold bottom half of all four digits of date 1714, tied with eight others for second finest in NGC census behind a single MS 66. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the R. Herbruger Collection, with original 1970s cardboard tag.
