Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1045. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Ferdinand VI. King of Spain, 1746-1759. AR 8 Reales. Mexico City mint; MF assayers. Dated 1752. FERDND • VI • D • G • HISPAN • ET • IND • REX, crowned royal coat-of-arms; to left, •/M/F/(rosette) and (rosette)/8/(rosette) flanking / VTRAQUE VNUM, crowned hemispheres between crowned and pillars with banner; all set on waves; mintmark at lower corners, 1752 below. ME 10572. In NGC slab graded AU 58, toned.