Colombia 1834-Pn RU real

Steve Album sale 51, lot 1235

This specimen was lot 1235 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $660. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COLOMBIA: Republic, AR real, Popayan, 1834-PN, assayer RU, doubled 4, but different from that pictured in Restrepo, softly struck in centers, rare key date, PCGS graded VF20, R." This type was struck at Bogota and Popayan 1827-36.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a rare date.

Specification: 3.1 g, 0.666 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-87.2, Restrepo-154.20a.

Sources:

• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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