Mexico City, Mexico, gold cob 8 escudos, 1714 J, NGC MS 62 (1715

Mexico City, Mexico, gold cob 8 escudos, 1714 J, NGC MS 62 (1715 Fleet Label), ex-Anderson. S-M30; KM-57.2; Cal-2213; Tauler-393. 26.92 grams. Choice full shield with much legend including most of date and full king's ordinal V, also denomination VIII, the very bold cross and tressure also full with some legend on that side too, light luster, the obverse periphery partially beveled and flat (as made). From the 1715 Fleet, with original Cobb Coin Co. (Mel Fisher) photo-certificate 4298, pedigreed to the collection of Don Anderson (the investor originally responsible for computerization of the Treasure Salvors division records, mentioned several times in The Search for the Atocha [1979], by Eugene Lyon).

Estimate: $10000 - $15000