Colombia 1805-P JF escudo

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 36, lot 939
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This specimen was lot 939 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA, Popayán, gold bust 1 escudo, Charles IV, 1805 JF, NGC MS 62, finest known in NGC census. Brightly lustrous, the obverse slightly off-center with minor rim-flaw as a result, still astounding quality for a Colombian bust 1 escudo, the finest at NGC by four grades. (Note: Restrepo only lists the 5/4 overdate for this assayer, which seems to be a simple omission error and not any indicator of relative rarity.)." This specimen is one of a type struck at Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) and Popayán 1792-1808. The Colombian mints (Popayán and Nuevo Reino) concentrated on minting gold, to the near exclusion of silver which predominated at the other colonial mints. While this makes Colombian colonial silver coins expensive, Colombian colonial gold is (comparatively) reasonable and this type is common. Assayer JT is listed for 1804-06 and assayer JF for 1792-1820.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14120; Restrepo-unl (85 for type); KM-56.2; Cal-1166; Fr-59.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia, Impresiones Rojo: 2006.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 36, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Luis R. Ponte collection, the Jorge Becerra Collection and the John M. O'Brien collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.

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