Colombia 1866-B 10 pesos
This specimen was lot 12233 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. 1866 10 Pesos. Bogotá mint. EF-45 (PCGS). Unknown to Frank Sedwick until 1990 and rated by him as RRRR, the 1866 Bogotá Large Head 10 Pesos appears to have a total population of just a handful of specimens. The discovery piece was in the Sotheby's Geneva sale of May 1990, and this one was in the 1997 Norweb sale. Choice medium yellow gold with coppery highlights around design elements and peripheries. Attractive and very rare. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins. From Spink America's sale of the Norweb Collection, March 1997, lot 583." This type was struck at Bogotá (shown here) 1862-66, Medellin (Fr-104) 1864-71 and Popayan (Fr-103) 1863-70. While not cheap, it is considerably more available than the five pesos.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 16.13 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Restrepo M331A.1, KM 141.3, Fr-102.
- [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.
- 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.
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