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26.92 grams, 36.30 mm. Armored bust of Carlos III to right, Carlos IV titles around, date
below / type as above. Frosty and lustrous medium yellow gold, well-hidden scratches atop
obverse and among the reverse devices. A high grade example of this scarce transitional
type. ($600-1,000)This date called "muy rara" (very rare) in Calico.From the
John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942. Plated in Wayte
Raymond's Spanish American Gold Coins, 1936; and in the serial published in Coin
Collector's Journal, October 1934, Vol. 1, #7, p. 152.
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