Rare 1715 Fleet G Assayer 8 Reale, Charles II Reign, G Assayer, 16.90 Grams, VF Detail NGC Certified.

Early coinage of the 1715 Fleet is mostly pocket change and already circulated money from sailors and travelors on board! While most of the coinage manifested was from the 1690-1710s earlier pieces existed in far scarcer amounts. This Eight reale bears the full OMG legend for mexico city mint and assayer G. The obverse also bears partial 167X date, rare for these types of cobs which were usually struck in a elongated and rectangular planchet. All of these aspects are rare off the 1715 Fleet with few examples.