PERU GOLD COIN 1711 COB 8 ESCUDOS NGC 55 SUNKEN TREASURE PLATE FLEET DOUBLOON
"NO ~ NO ~ NO DOUBLING ON THE STRIKES, FRONT OR BACK ~ RARELY RARELY SEEN!!! THE FRONT ALSO HAS THE FULL INSCRIPTION OF "ANO" MEANING YEAR of 1711. ALSO, THERE'S A "FULL CROWN" FRONT AND CENTER (ALSO RARELY SEEN). THE STRIKE / DETAILS ON THE DEVICES ARE EXTREMELY STRONG AND ESPECIALLY IMPRESSIVE ON THE "CROSS OF JERUSALEM," LIONS & CASTLES, WHICH ARE NORMALLY WEAKLY STRUCK OR HAVE THIN CROSSES. THIS ATYPICAL PIECE HAS A VERY THICK, EVEN AXIS, STRONGLY STUCK CROSS! WITH SURROUNDING LEGEDS "REX. PHILIPUS V. DG. HISPANIA (KING PHILIP Vth OF SPAIN BY THE GRACE OF GOD." ON THE OBVERSE, BESIDES THE STRONGLY STRUCK "ANO" AND THE "FULL CROWN," IS A VERY BOLDLY STRUCK DATE, AS WELL AS THE "L ~ LIMA" AND THE ASSAYER ~ M. ALONG WITH NICELY FORMED WAVES AND THE P.V.A (PLUS ULTRA = MORE BEYOND, MEANING BEYOND THE STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR). THE GATEWAY FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. el ***PLEASE NOTICE THE COMPARISON COIN IN SAME GRADE, SAME YEAR THAT JUST SOLD AT $16,500 IN MAY 2015! IT APPEARS THAT OUR NGC 55 HAS FAR SUPERIOR STRIKE AND CERTAINLY MUCH BETTER CENTERING!el