Colombia 1777-P SF 8 escudos

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Heritage sale 3015, lot 24568
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24568 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $2,070. The catalog description[1] noted,

"Carlos III gold 8 Escudos 1777P-SF Popayán, AU55 NGC, an attractive coin with abundant mint luster and sharply struck details. The planchet is problem-free and there are no adjustment marks. A perfect type coin for this series."

This type was struck at Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) and Popayán 1772-84 and is the most common gold coin of Charles III. It remains much in demand and is still expensive. Many overdates are recorded.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.901 fine gold, .784 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12890, KM 50.2, Cal-124.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia, Impresiones Rojo: 2006.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.

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