Ferdinand VII gold 8 Escudos 1819 P-FM MS65 NGC, Popayan mint, KM66.2, Cal-1824, Onza-1301, Restrepo-128.33. The first Mint State-certified example of this mint-date we have offered, and an exceptionally fitting one at that--entirely blowing the competition out of the water, with the next finest at NGC being an MS63, and just 1 MS66 appearing in the entire census of Spanish Colonial 8 Escudos from Colombia. Expressing a somewhat matte texture to the luster on the obverse, the reverse, by contrast, fields a glassy sheen that rolls from the margins towards the centers, meeting plentiful die polish along the way. For a type where AU58 is usually considered a high grade, the coin at hand remains simply unimprovable.

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