CNG 102, Lot: 1355. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR 8 Reales (39mm, 27.05 g, 12h). Milled columnario type. Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint; Manuel de León and Manuel Assorín, assayers. Dated 1760 Mo MM. Crowned coat-of-arms; assayers’ initials to left, value to right / Crowned hemispheres; to right and left, crowned columns with banners all set on ground rising out of ocean waves. Gilboy M-8-37; BW 28.4; Grove 1213; KM 104.2. Good VF, lightly toned, traces of underlying luster, light hairlines and scratches.