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LOT 4274
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos III, King of Spain AR 2 Reales. Dated 1780FF. Casa de Moneda de México mint.
CAROLUS · III · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, date below / · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · Mo · 2R · F · F ·, crowned coat-of-arms between Pillars of Hercules. KM 88.2. Fine.(6.26gr, 28mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4274
Mexico (New Spain). Carlos III, King of Spain AR 2 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £35
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