Colombia 1796-NR JJ 4 escudos

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 11348
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 11348 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. 1796-JJ 4 Escudos. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) mint. Carlos IV (1788-1808). AU-58 (PCGS). A beautiful piece, with bright luster and choice color. Well struck and problem free, with just some unobtrusive hairlines under the bust and a natural depression on the cheekbone. Nicely preserved and attractive. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins." This specimen is one of a type struck at Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) 1792-1807 and at Popayan in 1792-98 and 1801. The Colombian mints (Popayán and Nuevo Reino) concentrated on minting gold, to the near exclusion of the silver which predominated at the other colonial mints. While one escudos and eight escudos are plentiful, four escudos are rare. Assayer JJ is recorded for 1772-1809.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.875 fine gold, .381 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, Restrepo M93.7, KM 61.1, Fr-53.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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