^Lot 1344 SPAIN, Madrid, gold bust 4 escudos, Charles III, 1788/3 M/JD, very rare, NGC XF 45, finest and only

SPAIN, Madrid, gold bust 4 escudos, Charles III, 1788/3 M/JD, very rare, NGC XF 45, finest and only example in NGC census, ex-Iriarte. Cal-unl (Type 169); KM-unl (418.1a for type); Fr-284. 13.47 grams. Good luster and rather smooth fields for the grade, well struck as usual (in light yellow gold), clear overdate (not noted on label) and over-assayer (known but not yet listed in references), technically finest in NGC census as no others with M/JD are listed yet. Pedigreed to the Iriarte Collection (Aureo auction of March 1998, lot 912).
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