Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1329. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Felipe V. King of Spain, second reign, 1724-1746. AV 8 Escudos. Mexico City mint; Manuel and Francisco de la Peña, assayers. Dated 1741. Armored bust right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece; date below / Crowned Spanish coat-of-arms; assayers’ initials and value on either side; all within Order of the Golden Fleece; doubled mintmark in exergue. ME 10065; SCM 148. In NGC slab graded AU 58.