Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1342. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $615. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Fernando VII. King of Spain, 1808-1833. AV Escudo. Mexico City mint; Enrique Buenaventura Azorín and Joaquín Davila Madrid, assayers. Dated 1809. Armored and draped bust right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece; date below / Crowned Spanish coat-of-arms; mark of value on either side; all within Order of the Golden Fleece; mintmark and assayers’ initials in exergue. ME 16126; SCM 121. In NGC slab graded AU 53.