Bogota, Colombia, gold bust 8 escudos, Charles III, "rat nose," 1762 JV, very rare, NGC AU 55 (finest known in NGC census). Restrepo-71.1; Cal-2079; KM-41. With light red toning over luster in legends, choice strike (just slightly off-center, but rims still full), with only light wear and marks per the assigned grade, very rare first date of the historically important first issue to depict Charles III (albeit in a less-than-flattering "rat nose" version) and not to be confused with the relatively less rare Ferdinand VI-portrait pieces of the same date, this date significantly missing in Karon, Eliasberg, Caballero de las Yndias, Norweb and Ortiz, with only one example (Eldorado) graded higher by PCGS (AU58).
($7000-14000)