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NYINC Signature Sale 3044 3-4 January 2016
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Central American Republic gold 8 Escudos 1833 CR-F AU58 NGC, KM17, Onza-1748. Essentially Mint State with very slight high-point friction evidence and substantial remaining mint bloom over clean surfaces devoid of distracting handling marks. The strike is also appealing with sharper details than usually encountered for this wildly popular and beautiful issue. Among the very finest extant of this better date with a single MS61 coin currently certified higher by NGC and no finer coins offered in recent years. The cataloguer notes a similar coin, certified AU50 PCGS hammered for $28,000 in our 2014 ANA Signature Sale (Heritage Auctions 8/2014, lot 23196).From the Pura Vida Collection, Part I
Estimate: 30000-40000 USD
Central American Republic gold 8 Escudos 1833 CR-F AU58 NGC, KM17, Onza-1748. Essentially Mint State with very slight high-point friction evidence and substantial remaining mint bloom over clean surfaces devoid of distracting handling marks. The strike is also appealing with sharper details than usually encountered for this wildly popular and beautiful issue. Among the very finest extant of this better date with a single MS61 coin currently certified higher by NGC and no finer coins offered in recent years. The cataloguer notes a similar coin, certified AU50 PCGS hammered for $28,000 in our 2014 ANA Signature Sale (Heritage Auctions 8/2014, lot 23196).From the Pura Vida Collection, Part I
Estimate: 30000-40000 USD