Colombia 1777-P SF escudo

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 40023
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This specimen was lot 40023 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. 1777-SF Escudo. Popayán mint. Carlos III (1759-1788). MS-64 (PCGS). Frosty and boldly lustrous, with even yellow gold surfaces and superb eye appeal. Only a short hairline in the lower right obverse field keeps this from a full Gem designation. A really beautiful piece. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian Coins."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.901 fine gold, .098 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12285, Restrepo 54.10, KM 48.2, Fr-42.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
  • 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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