Popayan, Colombia, gold 8 escudos, 1830UR, NGC MS 64, finest known, ex-Eliasberg (stated on label).Sed-7; Restrepo-166.27; KM-82.2.Strikingly lustrous and boldly struck, the rims and details all perfect and devoid of marks and wear, top grade at both NGC and PCGS (where finest is MS63), in fact one of only three coins of the entire type rated MS 64 at NGC.Pedigreed to the Esmeralda Collection (stated on special label) and to the Eliasberg Collection (ANR auction of April 2005, lot 1577.
($4000-6000)