Colombia 1773-NR VJ 2 reales
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The specimen shown was lot 984 in Sedwick sale 11 (Winter Park, FL, April 2011), where it sold for $4,255. The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Charles III, 1773VJ, rare. Richly rainbow-toned VF, well struck, no problems. Jorge Ortiz Murias collection of Colombian colonial minors."
The SCWC lists five dates for Nuevo Reino between 1772-84, all rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver, .194 troy oz ASW, this specimen 6.5 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-11545, KM-47; Restrepo-42.4; CT-1411.
- 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 11, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2012.
- Harris, Robert P., Pillars & Portraits, San José, CA: Bonanza Press, 1968.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia, Impresiones Rojo: 2006.
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