Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1155. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Carlos IV. King of Spain, 1788-1808. AV 8 Escudos (27.02 g, 12h). Mexico City mit; Thomas Butron Miranda and Enrique Buenaventura Azorin, assayers. Dated 1804/3. CAROL • IIII • D • G • HISP • ET IND • R •, armored and draped bust right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece; • 1804 • in exergue / IN • UTROQ • FELIX • • AUSPICE • DEO, crowned royal coat-of-arms framed by Order of the Golden Fleece; 8 S across field; • o above M• and • TH • flanking. ME 14581; cf. SCM 159; cf. Friedberg 43; cf. KM 169. Superb EF, once lightly cleaned.