Watch List notes:

Mexico City, Mexico, gilt bronze proclamation medal, Charles III, 1760, by A.B. Madero, NGC UNC details / obverse rim filed. Herrera-75; Medina-85; Grove-K1a. Obverse with bust inside legend CAROL . III . D . G . IIISPAN [stet] . REX MEXIC . PROCL, date 1760 below; reverse with city's coat-of-arms containing eagle on cactus atop castle with lions below inside ornate border within legend INSIGN FIDELIT ET PVBL LAETI, exergue A.B. MADERO / F. Lustrous and bright gilt surfaces with little interruption to the gilding (except where faintly filed at about 1 o'clock) and relatively few minor contact marks, very bold high relief design.


Estimate: 800 - 1200 USD