Handsome coin. Maybe the gilt job was an aftermarket thing, but it's handsome enough, like you said, and as long as you didn't pay a whole lot...
Here is a ca. 1665-1682 Mexico City 8-reales “cob” salvaged from the 1682 Johanna shipwreck off the tip of South Africa. Alas, I no longer own it....
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