A beautiful mint piece.
A variety with a small date.
The coin appreciated with the second-highest grade among the pieces awarded so far in the NGC grading, where only one piece appreciated higher.
Obverse: eagle with 10 feathers in each of its wings, with a spread tail, with four-pronged paws, with its head bent heraldically to the right;
Reverse: a pennant to the left, with the date 1556 below it;