Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2018 NYINC Auction 11-13 Jan 2018
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COLOMBIA. 1777-JJ 8 Escudos. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) mint. Carlos III (1759-1788). Restrepo M72.14. AU-58 (PCGS).
An especially choice example, with intact luster on both sides that swirls, satiny and bold, across the reverse. Light yellow gold with only the most trivial defects, including a thin scratch between PI of AUSPICE. Parallel die finish lines are visible on the obverse, particularly around and above the portrait and at the legends on the right. The reverse die is cracked through the assayer, extending to above the mintmark. A beautiful coin, undoubtedly among the finest survivors of this date.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
An especially choice example, with intact luster on both sides that swirls, satiny and bold, across the reverse. Light yellow gold with only the most trivial defects, including a thin scratch between PI of AUSPICE. Parallel die finish lines are visible on the obverse, particularly around and above the portrait and at the legends on the right. The reverse die is cracked through the assayer, extending to above the mintmark. A beautiful coin, undoubtedly among the finest survivors of this date.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
From Don Canaparo, December 1980.
Estimate: $1500.00- $2000.00