Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1711. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO. Charles IV. as King of Spain. 1788-1808. AV 8 Escudos (26.99 gm, 12h). Mexico City mint; TH, assayer. Dated 1805. CAROL•IIII•D•G• HISP•ET•IND•R•, •1805• in exergue, engrailed edge, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece / •AUSPICE•DEO •IN•UTROQ•FELIX•, 8 S across field, (annulet)M•­•TH in exergue, crowned royal coat-of-arms within Order of the Golden Fleece. ME 13598; Calicó and Trigo 55; KM 159; Friedberg 43. EF, a few bagmarks by face, much luster in the fields. ($2000)