Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure Auction 28 17-19 Nov 2020
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Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 escudos, 1750/49S, assayer not visible (S above denomination 8 to left), mintmark F-S to right, proper quadrants but lions facing right, rare.Restrepo-M98.4 var; S-B27a; Cal-801; KM-unl (26 for type).26.45 grams.Polished AXF with somewhat rolled edge from mounting, bold full cross-and-tressure with clear bottom half of date (all 1750s being overdates), nearly full shield (slightly off-center) with oddly right-facing lions in proper quadrants, an aspect of some silver coin of this period as well, faint toning here and there.Pedigreed to our Auction 20, with original lot-tag #49.
Estimate: 3500-5000 USD
Bogota, Colombia, cob 8 escudos, 1750/49S, assayer not visible (S above denomination 8 to left), mintmark F-S to right, proper quadrants but lions facing right, rare.Restrepo-M98.4 var; S-B27a; Cal-801; KM-unl (26 for type).26.45 grams.Polished AXF with somewhat rolled edge from mounting, bold full cross-and-tressure with clear bottom half of date (all 1750s being overdates), nearly full shield (slightly off-center) with oddly right-facing lions in proper quadrants, an aspect of some silver coin of this period as well, faint toning here and there.Pedigreed to our Auction 20, with original lot-tag #49.
Estimate: 3500-5000 USD