Carlos III portrait. A magnificent example of this short-lived type, soundly struck, fully lustrous, and as free of marks as any portrait 8 Escudos in this collection, but showing hairlines on both sides from wiping or cleaning. A very high grade survivor, one worth carefully examining. Its aesthetic appeal is finer than the assigned grade might indicate. As noted in the 1992 Karon Collection catalog, "nice examples, such as the one in this collection, are seldom available at auction or privately." From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.<p>From Superior Galleries sale of the Paul Karon Collection, December 1992, lot 45.
