416, Lot: 555. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Ferdinand VI. King of Spain, 1746-1759. AR 8 Reales (40.5mm, 26.91 g, 12h). Columnario type. Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint. Dated 1757 Mo MM. Crowned coat-of-arms / Crowned hemispheres; to right and left, crowned columns with banners all set on ground rising out of ocean waves. Gilboy M-8-33b; BW 28.3; KM 104.2. VF, toned, cleaning scratches under tone, holed and plugged.

From the D.C. Kopen Collection, purchased from James Beach.