Colombia 1819-P FM 8 escudos

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Heritage sale 3010, lot 20773
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries
Heritage sale 3024, lot 23658
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

The first specimen was lot 20773 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ferdinand VII gold 8 Escudos 1819-FM Popayán, XF45 NGC, very clean and attractive surfaces. From the Don Benito Collection of Hispanic Gold." The second specimen was lot 23658 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $2,232.50. The catalog description[2] noted, "Ferdinand VII gold 8 Escudos 1819-FM Popayán, AU58 NGC, a choice example from the Popayán Mint with bold details and considerable original luster, well above most seen in the market." The type was struck in Popayán in Nueva Granada (now Colombia) 1808-20. Nuevo Reino and its neighbor Popayán were the most prolific issuers of gold coins during the colonial period and this coin is common, tho the price of gold has made this coin expensive. Assayer FM is recorded for 1816-20.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16488, KM 66.2.

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.
  • 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
  • [2]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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