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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. Carlos III (1759-1788). Restrepo M69.2. AU-50 (PCGS).
The first onza struck in the name of newly-crowned Carlos III and the first of three Santa Fe issues to combine Carlos III's name with a portrait of Ferdinand VI. Light yellow gold with some dark encrustation in HISPAN and old scratches in the right obverse field. Still lustrous and attractive.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
The first onza struck in the name of newly-crowned Carlos III and the first of three Santa Fe issues to combine Carlos III's name with a portrait of Ferdinand VI. Light yellow gold with some dark encrustation in HISPAN and old scratches in the right obverse field. Still lustrous and attractive.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
From Southwest Numismatics, August 1972.
Estimate: $1500.00- $3000.00