Colombia 1798-P JF escudo

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 40065

This specimen was lot 40065 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. 1798-JF Escudo. Popayán mint. Carlos IV (1788-1808). MS-61 (PCGS). A beautiful example at this grade level, with complete frost, brilliant luster, and choice deep yellow gold surfaces. A die clash is visible on the reverse, and a die crack crosses the bust to ND of IND on the obverse. An attractive, well-preserved example. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian Coins. Ex. Glendining's sale of November 1971, lot 483." This type was struck at Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) and Popayán 1791-1808 and is a common gold coin of Charles IV.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14069, Restrepo 85.14, KM 56.2, Fr-59.

Source:

Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.
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.
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.
^[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.

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