^Lot 1209 MEXICO, Mexico City, gold bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1778 FF, very rare, PCGS AU55, finest and only

MEXICO, Mexico City, gold bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1778 FF, very rare, PCGS AU55, finest and only example in PCGS census, ex-Eliasberg, ex-Flanagan. Calico-1396; KM-118.2; Fr-36. Well-defined strike with full rims outside of lovely red toning over luster, minor marks (old) and trace of high-point wear, desirably pedigreed. This coin is the only example in the PCGS census, and it was formerly certified at the same grade by NGC, in whose census it still appears as the sole example there as well; we can find no other examples (certified or not) in recent auction records. Pedigreed to the Eliasberg Collection (American Numismatic Rarities auction of April 2005, lot 3160) and to the Col. James W. Flanagan Collection (Stack's auction of March 1944, lot 272).
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