Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1963. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $3800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERU, Colonial. Ferdinand VI, King of Spain. 1746-1759. AV 8 Escudos (27.18 g, 3h). Lima mint; Jose Rodriguez, assayer. Dated 1750. Coat-of-arms of Castile and Leon; date [1]750 below / Pillars of Hercules above waves; floret above, in nine segments L 8 R / P V A / 7 5 0, all flanked by pellets. ME 10119; Calicó & Trigo 16; KM 47; Friedberg 12. Good VF for type. Rare with both dates fully legible, and the only dual-dated year. ($3000)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.