345, Lot: 637. Estimate $100. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Fernando VI. King of Spain, 1746-1759. AR 8 Reales (39mm, 26.79 g, 12h). Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint; Manuel Assorin and Manuel de la Peña, assayers. Dated 1758 Mo MM. Crowned coat-of-arms / Crowned hemispheres between crowned Pillars of Hercules. Gilboy M-8-34; Bailey BW-28.3; ME 10629; KM 104.2. Good VF, toned, areas of porosity.

From the Patrick H. James Collection.