Watch List notes:

Quito, Ecuador, 5 francos, 1858 GJ, PCGS AU53, ex-Eldorado. KM-39. Bold and attractive example within grade constraints, with toning and light encrustation around details, small lamination flaw in center of bust, popular New World crown struck in one year only. Pedigreed to the Eldorado Collection (Stack's Bowers auction of January 2018), with original lot-tag 11398 and original collector's cardboard holder.

Estimate: $900 - $1350