Watch List notes:

Bogota, Colombia, cob 1/4 real, Philip V, no assayer (1740s), very rare. Restrepo-unl; KM-unl; Cal-unl. 0.62 gram. Lightly toned XF+ with choice full lion and castle that match the 8E (gold) issues of 1746 but not the 8R issues of 1742, the exact date unfortunately indeterminate because the official records in Barriga-Villalba (Historia de la Casa de Moneda, 1969, Vol III, page 538) does not record the specific denominations made in silver cobs after 1742, this example the first we have seen. Pedigreed to the Gran Colombia collection.
($500-1000)