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Bogota, Colombia, gold bust 8 escudos, Charles III, "rat nose," 1762 JV, very rare, NGC AU 55 (fines

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Bogota, Colombia, gold bust 8 escudos, Charles III,  rat nose,  1762 JV, very rare, NGC AU 55 (fines
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Bogota, Colombia, gold bust 8 escudos, Charles III, "rat nose," 1762 JV, very rare, NGC AU 55 (finest known in NGC census). Restrepo-71.1; Cal-2079; KM-41. With light red toning over luster in legends, choice strike (just slightly off-center, but rims still full), with only light wear and marks per the assigned grade, very rare first date of the historically important first issue to depict Charles III (albeit in a less-than-flattering "rat nose" version) and not to be confused with the relatively less rare Ferdinand VI-portrait pieces of the same date, this date significantly missing in Karon, Eliasberg, Caballero de las Yndias, Norweb and Ortiz, with only one example (Eldorado) graded higher by PCGS (AU58). NGC #5935256-001.