CHILE, Santiago, gold 8 escudos, 1820 FD, NGC MS 62, "top pop" in NGC census, ex-Millennia. KM-84; Fr-33. Brilliantly lustrous all over, with choice full strike (including rims) and hardly any marks, well deserving of its top honors in the NGC census, which it shares with just one other entry at this grade, truly one of the most beautiful examples known of this popular first type of 8 escudos of independent Chile. Pedigreed to the Millennia Collection (Goldberg auction of May 2008, lot 999).
