Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2018 NYINC Auction 11-13 Jan 2018
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COLOMBIA. 1813/2-JF 8 Reales. Popayán mint. Ferdinand VII (1808-1833). Restrepo 120.4. AU-50 (PCGS).
Bust of Carlos IV. Perhaps the finest known example of this date, even finer than the Restrepo plate coin (ex Superior's December 1990 sale and Sedwick's 2014 Auction 16). Nearly full luster persists on lightly gold-toned silver gray surfaces. As is common to other specimens of this date, the planchet shows some imperfections, including a lamination at the point of the bust and at the king's forehead, some natural pits at the side of the neck and chest, and a dropped lamination at G of GRATIA. The overdate is clear. The centering is good and the planchet is nearly round, just a bit incomplete at 12:00. Some trivial hairlines are seen, and a thin scratch crosses the drapery clasp, but the quality and eye appeal remain excellent. Both the Calbeto and Elizondo coins were well worn. Norweb lacked this date entirely. Very rare in any grade and impossible to duplicate like this.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
Bust of Carlos IV. Perhaps the finest known example of this date, even finer than the Restrepo plate coin (ex Superior's December 1990 sale and Sedwick's 2014 Auction 16). Nearly full luster persists on lightly gold-toned silver gray surfaces. As is common to other specimens of this date, the planchet shows some imperfections, including a lamination at the point of the bust and at the king's forehead, some natural pits at the side of the neck and chest, and a dropped lamination at G of GRATIA. The overdate is clear. The centering is good and the planchet is nearly round, just a bit incomplete at 12:00. Some trivial hairlines are seen, and a thin scratch crosses the drapery clasp, but the quality and eye appeal remain excellent. Both the Calbeto and Elizondo coins were well worn. Norweb lacked this date entirely. Very rare in any grade and impossible to duplicate like this.
From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
From Don Canaparo, 1982.
Estimate: $7500.00- $15000.00