Santiago, Chile, gold bust 8 escudos, Ferdinand VI, 1750 J, NGC MS 61 / La Luz (1752), ex-Sotheby's (1993). Cal-822; KM-3. Good strike (minimal central weakness) with full rims, slightly muted luster, encrustation in crevices, off-center strike, desirable original auction pedigree. Pedigreed to the Luz (1752) and to the Sotheby's (New York) "Uruguayan Treasure of the River Plate" auction of March 1993, with original lot-tag #318.
($2500-3750)