Watch List notes:

Lima, Peru, bust 8 reales, Charles III, 1772JM, encapsulated NGC MS 62, finest known in NGC census, ex-Millennia (stated inside slab). Very bold strike and devoid of wear but with faint surface hairlines, significant as the finest known of the very first date of bust crowns from the only mint in all of South America to mint bust crowns in that pivotal first year, with a famous pedigree to boot. Pedigreed to the Millennia collection.

Estimate: $2500 - 3750