Triton XIV, Lot: 1628. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DE NUEVA ESPAÑA, Mexico. Carlos IV. King of Spain, 1788-1808. AR 8 Reales. Milled portrait type. Ciudad de México mint; Francisco Arance y Cobos and Mariano Rodríguez, assayers. Dated 1800Mo FM. · CAROLUS · IIII · DEI · GRATIA ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; 1800 in exergue / · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · (mintmark) · 8R · F · M ·, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; to left and right, column with encircling banner inscribed PLUS VLTRA (further beyond). ME 13917; Calicó 695. In NGC slab graded UNC Details, lustrous, some environmental damage.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.