{"product_id":"spanish-gold-coin-8-escudos-mexico-city-mint-assayer-j-assayer-for-1715-fleet-copy-1","title":"Spanish gold coin - 8 Escudos - Mexico City Mint - Assayer \"J\" (Assayer for 1715 Fleet)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDenomination:\u003c\/strong\u003e  8 Escudos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMint:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e  1714-15\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReign:\u003c\/strong\u003e Philip V\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAssayer:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"J\" Jose Eustaquio de Leon (Assayer for 1715 Fleet) 1705-1723\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e   26.9 grams\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade:\u003c\/strong\u003e NGC 8783135-007\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBezel: \u003c\/strong\u003e18K Gold with Diamond accents on Bales and Prong\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eObverse:\u003c\/em\u003e Jerusalem Cross with Four lobed tressure. \u003cem\u003eReverse:\u003c\/em\u003e Philip V. Bourdon crest enlarged, lower-right castle gone. Feese of Austria \"floats\" in window, bendlets now curved. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Philip V(Felipe) was King of Spain from November 1700 to January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from September 6th, 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death. Philip was the first member of the House of Bourbon to rule as king of Spain. The sum of his two reigns, 45 years and 21 days, is the longest in modern Spanish history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis coin is a certified member of \"The Beachcomber Series\"\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Shipwreck Treasures of the Keys. It has been numismatically certified as authentic to its time period and demonstrates evidence of environmental wear and corrosion consistent with marine wear related to a shipwreck.\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e This coin has all the attributes of \u003c\/span\u003ethe 1715 Fleet Shipwreck.\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e The elaborate cross and Treasure combo was designed for Royal Strikes, but several 8 and 4 Escudos are known to exist. \u003c\/span\u003eCoins of\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Beachcomber Series\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edo not have official salvager documentation proving their origin from a legal underwater shipwreck recovery. These coins were legally recovered by a salvager but now with lost documentation. Each coin is certified as an authentic artifact that has survived a shipwreck.\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Beachcomber Series\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealso allows for the creation of a database to further our understanding of shipwrecks and their contents, both locally and globally, providing an additional benefit for collectors and researchers alike.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDP-40203\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Porter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44628251344983,"sku":"GC-40203","price":36750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0084\/7059\/3587\/files\/IMG_7611.heic?v=1794171281","url":"https:\/\/shipwrecktreasuresofthekeys.com\/products\/spanish-gold-coin-8-escudos-mexico-city-mint-assayer-j-assayer-for-1715-fleet-copy-1","provider":"Shipwreck Treasures of the Keys","version":"1.0","type":"link"}