Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2018 NYINC Auction 11-13 Jan 2018
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COLOMBIA. 1759-JV 8 Reales. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) mint. Ferdinand VI (1746-1759). Restrepo 10.1. Gilboy SF-8-1. AU-55 (PCGS).
Another beautiful specimen, this example shows fine remaining luster and very attractive original toning in antique gray and subtle gold. Some minor hairlines are noted, along with a few light scrapes on the reverse near the denomination, but the eye appeal is superb. Some trivial roughness is seen atop the obverse under magnification. The strike is a bit softer at the centers than the preceding specimen, but the centering is better, with denticles framing both sides except for a small area at the upper right obverse and upper left reverse.
Struck from the same obverse die as the previous specimen, but a different reverse die, with this one showing the lower right castle crossing over the border below it and a wide space between IS of HISPAN. A substantial die break at the top of RE of REX matches to the Aureo & Calicó Auction 242:191 specimen, the Lissner coin, and the Restrepo plate coin. A third reverse is known, seen on both the Millennia - Patrick Tan specimen and the coin offered in Cayon's February 2012 sale, both of which are struck from the same obverse die, a different die than the one seen here.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
Another beautiful specimen, this example shows fine remaining luster and very attractive original toning in antique gray and subtle gold. Some minor hairlines are noted, along with a few light scrapes on the reverse near the denomination, but the eye appeal is superb. Some trivial roughness is seen atop the obverse under magnification. The strike is a bit softer at the centers than the preceding specimen, but the centering is better, with denticles framing both sides except for a small area at the upper right obverse and upper left reverse.
Struck from the same obverse die as the previous specimen, but a different reverse die, with this one showing the lower right castle crossing over the border below it and a wide space between IS of HISPAN. A substantial die break at the top of RE of REX matches to the Aureo & Calicó Auction 242:191 specimen, the Lissner coin, and the Restrepo plate coin. A third reverse is known, seen on both the Millennia - Patrick Tan specimen and the coin offered in Cayon's February 2012 sale, both of which are struck from the same obverse die, a different die than the one seen here.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
From Howard Herz.
Estimate: $15000.00- $30000.00