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This specimen was lot 31040 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $25,850. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Astounding Near Mint State 4 Escudos, The First Milled Date for Mexico. Philip V gold 4 Escudos 1732 Mo-F AU58 NGC, Mexico City mint, KM135, Cal-237. Borderline Mint state showing very slight high-point wear, partially lustrous surfaces with scattered contact marks and good eye-appeal. The very rare first date of the issue, and the first regular milled 4 Escudos struck at the Mexico City mint. Less than ten examples have been confirmed by the cataloguer, with a handful of noted public offering in the past 40 years, as follows:

- the Calico plate coin, UNC (ex-Superior 6/1976, lot 2498, for $17,500).

- the present coin, AU58 NGC (ex-Ponterio 6/1985, lot 1, for $23,100), the KM plate coin.

- a coin sold in 1993, UNC (Ponterio 10/1993, lot 149, for $33,000).

- the Eliasberg example, VF, mounted (ANR 4/2005, lot 3084 for $8,050).

- a specimen sold publicly in 2011 (Ponterio 8/2011, lot 21279, VF+ estimated at $20,000).

The cataloguer also notes two confirmed examples of the excessively rare 4 Escudos 1732-Mo with neither assayer initials nor denomination on the reverse, as follows:

- the Calico plate coin. Same coin as No. 1326 in the work "Catalogo de la Coleccion Numismatica Emilio Carles Tolra" (Barcelona, 1936).

- the example in the Banco de Mexico collection, F.

The single example currently listed in NGC's registry and a superb example of this highly significant rarity, now with the most prestigious pedigree. From The Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins."