Colombia (1632-33)-C E 4 reales
This specimen was lot 44064 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. Cob 4 Reales, ND (1632-33)-C E. Cartagena Mint. Philip IV. PCGS EF-45. A VERY RARE cob issue from Cartagena. While the final digit of the date is illegible, the wide flan does enable clear displays of the denomination, mintmark, assayer, and first three date digits. Both the central shield and castles-and-lions exhibit unusually sharp detail for the type, with enticing rainbow iridescence hiding in the protected areas of the cross. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection." The type was struck 1627-31, 1643-51 along with undated examples. The Cartagena mint closed in 1635.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.17 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-6047, KM-2.4; Cal-Type-261; Restrepo-M36.8.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia, Impresiones Rojo: 2006.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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