Watch List notes:

Bogota, Colombia, cob 1/4 real, Charles II, no assayer (1691-5), very rare. Restrepo-unl; KM-unl; Cal-unl. 0.63 gram. Choice full castle and lion that match the known 8 reales of assayer Arce, and we note that Barriga-Villalba's Historia de la Casa de Moneda (1969), Vol III, page 535, states that 1/4R around this time (i.e., with this castle and lion) were made only in 1691 and 1695, darkly toned all over, XF or better for grade, first example we have seen. Pedigreed to the Gran Colombia collection.
($500-1000)