MEXICO. 8 Escudos, 1865-Zs MO. Zacatecas Mint. PCGS AU-53 Gold Shield.Fr-75; KM-383.11. A <strong>RARE </strong>date, this type is seldom encountered so attractive and well preserved. Not surprisingly, the only graded in the PCGS census, and far superior to a similar example in our 2018 NYINC auction (lot 21203), an NGC EF-45 which realized a total of $2,880. For that specimen, we noted that, at the time, we were aware "...of an AU, a softly struck EF-AU, and a few others; [lot 21203 being the] second finest of only two examples graded at NGC."
