1713 MEXICO MXoJ 8 ESCUDOS GOLD SPANISH COB COIN COLONIAL DOUBLOON FLEET 1715

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1713 MEXICO MXoJ 8 ESCUDOS GOLD SPANISH COB COIN COLONIAL DOUBLOON FLEET 1715 :
$19995.00

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL MEXICO OXMJ 8 ESCUDOS COB GOLD COIN SPANISH COLONIAL.FLEET 1715
THIS COIN, CALLED COB, WERE MADE FROM SLABS OF GOLD. WHICH WERE ROLLED INTOELONGATED SHAPES OF VARIOUS THICKNESSES SLICES WERE MADE BY METAL SHEARS OR CHISELED BY HAND TO ACHIEVE THE PROPER WEIGHT.
THIS PROCESS ACCOUNTS FOR THE IRREGULAR EDGES. THE BLANKS WERE HEATED AND ANNEALED, THEN HAMMERED BETWEEN CRUDELY
ENGRAVED DIES. THE COINS WERE MINTED IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN COLONIES MADE WITH POOR WORKMANSHIP AND WITHOUT PROPER
EQUIPMENT OR SUPERVISION. OFTEN THE COINS WERE STRUCK BY INDIAN OR SLAVE LABOR.
THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE UNCONCERNED WITH THE SHAPE OF THE COIN ONLY WITH THE FINENESS AND WEIGHT, WHICH WAS
GUARANTEED BY THE ASSAYERS MARK.
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