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January 2018 NYINC Auction 11-13 Jan 2018
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COLOMBIA. 1692-A/G 2 Escudos. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) mint. Charles II (1665-1700). Restrepo M66.17. AU-53 (PCGS).
6.73 grams. Pleasing deep yellow gold with some sediment trapped in intricacies of the cross. The shield is fairly crisp, though soft in its bottom portion. The cross is off-center, but the date is nice and complete. Some scratches or hairlines are visible in the area of flatness above the cross. The N / R mintmark is clear left of the shield. The A over G assayer mark appears something like a kidney-shaped blob right of the shield, but both the triangular tip of the A and the broader round top of the G are visible. Restrepo calls this "a transition coin" between assayer Pedro García and assayer Buenaventura de Arce. A similar specimen of this date and overassayer variety, though not from the same dies, was offered in Sedwick's Auction 14 with a provenance to the HMS Feversham, a ship that left New York in 1711 and sank on its way to Canada. Scarce as a date and interesting as a variety. An important piece for specialists.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
6.73 grams. Pleasing deep yellow gold with some sediment trapped in intricacies of the cross. The shield is fairly crisp, though soft in its bottom portion. The cross is off-center, but the date is nice and complete. Some scratches or hairlines are visible in the area of flatness above the cross. The N / R mintmark is clear left of the shield. The A over G assayer mark appears something like a kidney-shaped blob right of the shield, but both the triangular tip of the A and the broader round top of the G are visible. Restrepo calls this "a transition coin" between assayer Pedro García and assayer Buenaventura de Arce. A similar specimen of this date and overassayer variety, though not from the same dies, was offered in Sedwick's Auction 14 with a provenance to the HMS Feversham, a ship that left New York in 1711 and sank on its way to Canada. Scarce as a date and interesting as a variety. An important piece for specialists.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
Acquired from Sidney Smith at the 1981 American Numismatic Association convention in New Orleans, July 1981.
Estimate: $1500.00- $3000.00