Ferdinand & Isabella (1474-1504) gold Excelente ND (from 1497)-S MS61 NGC, Seville mint, Fr-136, Cal-653, ORC-88. 3.53gm. +FERNANDVS: ET • ELISABET • D • (annulet and double annulet stops), crowned confronted busts of Ferdinand and Isabella, S below, pellet between, 8-pointed star above / QVOS: DEVS: CONGVИXIT DE (double annulet stops), crowned royal shield. A beautifully refined striking for this mint that is often identified with its highly stylized portraiture on the larger 2 Excelentes, the two monarchs' busts appearing carefully engraved so that no detail is underexpressed. Undeniably Mint State even from a glance, and seemingly a bit conservatively graded.

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