Popayan, Colombia, gold 8 escudos, 1827FM, NGC MS 62 ("top pop"), ex-Eldorado (stated on label).Sed-7; Restrepo-166.13; KM-82.2.Fairly strong strike with small patches of light color over luster, very light high-point wear, tied with two others for finest in NGC census (and with two in the PCGS census, one of which is this coin crossed over), rated as R in Sedwick.Pedigreed to the Esmeralda Collection (stated on special label) and to the Eldorado Collection (Stack's Bowers auction of January 2018, lot 12118).
($3000-4500)