CHILE, Santiago, gold "hand on book" 8 escudos, 1836 IJ, struck over an earlier Chilean 8 escudos, NGC AU 55. KM-93; Fr-37. Medium luster, minimal bagmarks, with traces of old design visible as struck over the old "volcano" type of 1818-34 (KM-84). Pedigreed to the Roland Michel and Michel Dürr auction of November 1999, with original lot-tag 114.
Estimate: $2000 - $3000