Triton XIV, Lot: 1476. Estimate $50000. Sold for $50000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DEL PERÚ, Colombia. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR 8 Reales. Milled columnario type. Nuevo Reino (Santa Fé de Bogotá) mint; Victoriano del Valle y Mendoza and Juan de Chávez, assayers. Dated 1770NR VJ. (rosette) CAROLUS · III · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; (rosette)/VJ/(rosette) to left, (rosette)/8/(rosette) to right / (rosette) VTRAQUE VNUM ([He made them] both one) (rosette), crowned western and eastern hemispheres; to right and left, crowned composite column with encircling banner inscribed PLUS VLT(RA) (further beyond); all set on ground rising out of ocean waves; in exergue, mintmark and rosette on either side of 1770. Edge: wreath. Gilboy -; ME -; Calicó 1000. In NGC slab graded MS 64, lustrous. Extremely rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Heritage 3005 (28 May 2009), lot 20694 (cover coin).