Watch List notes:

SPAIN, Reino de España. Guerra de la Independencia Española. Fernando VII. Prisoniero, 1808-1813. AR 8 Reales (40mm, 26.83 g, 12h). Sevilla (Seville) mint. Carlos Tiburcio de Roxas and Joaquin Delgado Diaz, assayers. Dated 1809 S CN. KM 451. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65 WINGS APPROVED. Superb gem uncirculated with just a hint of patina. Highest ever graded for the type and the date. Another jewel in the crown.


Ex Bowers & Merena (24 January 1990), lot 3376.