Popayan, Colombia, 1/2 real, 1844UE, very rare, NGC VF details / rev tooled, finest and only example in NGC census, Restrepo Plate.Restrepo-178.18; KM-96.2.Lightly rainbow toned over luster, mostly sharp details but with laminations and heavy marks on reverse, partially crude rims, among only four known (according to Restrepo), the first we have offered and first to be slabbed by NGC.Pedigreed to the Nueva Granada collection and plated on page 160 of Restrepo's Coins of Colombia (2012) (stated on label).
($400-600)