Chile
Republic gold 8 Escudos 1834 So-I AU Details (Surface Hairlines) NGC, Santiago mint, KM84. An extremely rare assayer issue, this piece exhibits some scattered hairlines, but nevertheless retains an attractive flare and only some scattered hairlines. The Nogales specimen which we sold in our 2013 Long Beach sale (an NGC XF45) realized a hammer of $4,000, and this example, despite its details designation, is clearly on par with that piece, and a bit higher on the overall eye-appeal spectrum.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 4000-6000 USD