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January 2018 NYINC Auction 11-13 Jan 2018
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COLOMBIA. 1760-JV 8 Escudos. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) mint. Ferdinand VI (1746-1759). Restrepo M24.14. AU-53 (PCGS).
The rare final Santa Fe 8 Escudos struck in the name of Ferdinand VI, called rare in Restrepo and extremely rare in the Calicó Onza book, where this piece serves as the plate coin. Nice deep yellow gold with rich toning around the devices and superb aesthetic appeal for the grade. Some luster persists, far more on the reverse than the obverse. The centering is perfect, showing a broad ring of denticles around both sides, and the strike is bold. A thin die crack extends from the rim through the pellet after FERDND. This would be a choice specimen even if it was a common date.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
The rare final Santa Fe 8 Escudos struck in the name of Ferdinand VI, called rare in Restrepo and extremely rare in the Calicó Onza book, where this piece serves as the plate coin. Nice deep yellow gold with rich toning around the devices and superb aesthetic appeal for the grade. Some luster persists, far more on the reverse than the obverse. The centering is perfect, showing a broad ring of denticles around both sides, and the strike is bold. A thin die crack extends from the rim through the pellet after FERDND. This would be a choice specimen even if it was a common date.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
From Christie's Geneva sale of the Kurt Homme Collection, November 25-26, 1981, lot 841.
Estimate: $3000.00- $5000.00