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COLOMBIA. 1769-J 4 Escudos. Popayán mint. Carlos III (1759-1788). Restrepo M64.8. UNC Detail - Cleaned (PCGS).
Ferdinand VI portrait. Rich and lustrous light yellow gold with pale green highlights and excellent aesthetic appeal. Remarkably bright, independent of the light hairlines visible on either side. A rim nick is noted over O of CAROLS, two parallel scratches cross the left obverse field from S of CAROLS to the portrait, and some other shallow scuffs are noted, such as the one above and below 6 of the date and around A of NOMINA on the reverse. As noted in the Ortiz catalog, "despite its very minor liabilities, this example is apparently exceptional for a medio doubloon of this mint prior to 1772."
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
Ferdinand VI portrait. Rich and lustrous light yellow gold with pale green highlights and excellent aesthetic appeal. Remarkably bright, independent of the light hairlines visible on either side. A rim nick is noted over O of CAROLS, two parallel scratches cross the left obverse field from S of CAROLS to the portrait, and some other shallow scuffs are noted, such as the one above and below 6 of the date and around A of NOMINA on the reverse. As noted in the Ortiz catalog, "despite its very minor liabilities, this example is apparently exceptional for a medio doubloon of this mint prior to 1772."
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
From Swiss Bank Corp (Basel)'s Auktion 27 of the Emilio Ortiz Collection, September 1991, lot 255.
Estimate: $2500.00- $5000.00