SPAIN 1729 GOLD 8 ESCUDOS / DOUBLOON ~ NGC 53 ~ Only 1 Known!

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SPAIN 1729 S-P  GOLD ESCUDOS / DOUBLOON – PIECES OF EIGHT  ~ POP 1 ! ~  "ONLY 1 EVER GRADED OR KNOWN!!!"  "LAST YEAR EVER MINTED!"  ALMOST 300 YEARS OLD!  KM-315, FR-247, CAYON-10008, GRADED NGC 55 AU!  SEVILLE MINT, FELIPE Vth (PHILIP Vth), THIS WAS THE VERY LAST YEAR OF PRODUCTION OUT OF SEVILLE FOR THIS GOLD DOUBLOON TYPE.  THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR THE GRADE WITH SIGNIFICANT LUSTER RETENTION AND A BOLD STRIKE (ALMOST COMPLETELY ABSENT OF ANY SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS!).  THIS PIECE HAS A SIGNIFICANT PEDIGREE (HISTORICAL OWNERSHIP).  IT WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY  COLONEL E.H.R. GREEN AND IT'S CURRENT PEDIGREE FROM THE ERIC P. NEWMAN COLLECTION (WHO'S CURRENTLY 102 YEARS OLD AND PROCURED THIS VERY PIECE FROM HIS EXTENSIVE WORLD TRAVELS OVER MANY DECADES).   WE ALSO HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION (LISTED ON EBAY) THE 1723 NGC 45, ALSO "THE" ONLY PIECE EVER GRADED – POP 1 !!!  WHEN COLLECTORS DREAM OF TREASURE THIS WHAT I PERSONALLY VISUALIZE ~  IT CAPTURES THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE ROMANTIC SPANIARD ERA – CENTURIES AGO!   BURIED AT SEA ~ SUNKEN TREASURE SHIPS ~