Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1332. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Ferdinand VI. King of Spain, 1746-1759. AV 8 Escudos. Mexico City mint; Manuel de la Peña and Manuel Assorín, assayers. Dated 1758. Armored bust right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece; date below / Crowned Spanish coat-of-arms within Order of the Golden Fleece; doubled mintmark and assayers’ initial in exergue. ME 10909; SCM 152. In NGC slab graded MS 60.