Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1307. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Carlos IV. King of Spain, 1788-1808. AR 8 Reales (26.94 g, 12h). “Portrait Dollar”. Mexico City mint; Francisco Arance Cobos and Mariano Rodriguez, assayers. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; date below bust / Crowned royal coat-of-arms between Pillars of Hercules draped with banners inscribed PLVS ULTRA; mintmark and assayers’ initials in legend. ME 13864; Calicó & Trigo 648; KM 109. EF, toned.