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January 2018 NYINC Auction 11-13 Jan 2018
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COLOMBIA. 1794-JJ 8 Escudos. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) mint. Carlos IV (1788-1808). Restrepo M97.10. UNC Detail - Scratch (PCGS).
Boldly reflective and lustrous on both sides, a bright and beautiful 8 Escudos. The obverse is ideally centered and displays a frame of substantial denticles around the entire circumference. The reverse nearly matches it, with the denticles disappearing only in the southwest periphery. The strike is sharp, even at the sometimes flat central reverse, this despite a crease on the obverse die which leaves an arc-shaped bulge from the hair ribbon to the field below HISP. The obverse shows some hairlines and surface abrasions, including two notable scrapes under SP ET. Still a highly desirable example.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
Boldly reflective and lustrous on both sides, a bright and beautiful 8 Escudos. The obverse is ideally centered and displays a frame of substantial denticles around the entire circumference. The reverse nearly matches it, with the denticles disappearing only in the southwest periphery. The strike is sharp, even at the sometimes flat central reverse, this despite a crease on the obverse die which leaves an arc-shaped bulge from the hair ribbon to the field below HISP. The obverse shows some hairlines and surface abrasions, including two notable scrapes under SP ET. Still a highly desirable example.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
From RARCOA's 1980 CICF sale, May 1980, lot 131.
Estimate: $1500.00- $2000.00