The Lissner Collection, Lot: 1647. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ECUADOR, Republic. 1830-pres. AV 2 Escudos (23mm, 6.78 g, 6h). Quito mint. Guillermo Jameson, assayer. Dated 1835 GJ. KM 16; Friedberg 1. In NGC encapsulation graded UNC DETAILS, Obv. Graffiti. A superb UNC with lovely luster and wonderful strike. Probably the finest known. The highest graded specimen is MS 62 and this cataloger feels this would surpass that, were it not for to a tiny collectors mark (“41”) faintly etched in the field.