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This specimen was lot 30017 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description^[1] noted, "The Finest Graded by NGC Republic gold Escudo 1856 PTS-FJ, KM 114, MS63 NGC. The best one could imagine for the type. An absolutely full strike leaves the design boldly impressed, the fields glimmering with prooflike reflectivity, and the dentils rising boldly from the fields. Delicately preserved surfaces with no mentionable marks confirm premium quality and, for the specialist, should signal an opportunity. The single finest graded example of the date at NGC. Ex: 'Colonel' E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman / B.G. Johnson."