Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1335. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Carlos IV. King of Spain, 1788-1808. AV 8 Escudos. Mexico City mint; Mariano Rodriguez and Francisco Arance Cobos, assayers. Dated 1789. Armored and draped bust right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece; date below / Crowned Spanish coat-of-arms; value on either side; all within Order of the Golden Fleece; mintmark and assayers’ initials in exergue. ME 14445; SCM 157. In NGC slab graded AU 58.