Notes: http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=240884
Estimate $150 SOLD $160
2009-07-01
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Spanish cob coins (1572-1773) (21 coins)
As additional silver deposits were discovered in the colonial territories there was a pressing demand to export it to Spain as quickly as possible.
To do this, starting in the reign of Philip II, the mints produced irregular coinage called cob ...