COLOMBIA. 1777-SF 8 Escudos. Popayán mint. Carlos III (1759-1788). Restrepo M73.20. AU-58 (PCGS).
Beautiful deep toning of coppery orange dominates the highly lustrous obverse, while the reflective reverse is more even medium yellow gold. Particularly nice quality, even at this numerical grade, with only some trivial obverse hairlines noted. A spectacular example.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
From Christie's Geneva sale of the Kurt Homme Collection, November 25-26, 1981, lot 724.
Estimate: $1500.00- $1800.00