Colombia 1973 1500 pesos Fr-133

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 44539

This specimen was lot 44539 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. 1,500 Pesos, 1973. PROOF-68 DEEP CAMEO (PCGS). 100th Anniversary, birth of Guillermo Valencia. Hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian Coins." This NCLT, along with a similar 1000 pesos (KM 254) and 2000 pesos (KM 257), honors the centennial of the birth of poet and translator Guillermo Valencia (1873-1943). Another 1500 pesos exists for 1973, honoring the gold museum in Bogota.

Recorded mintage: 5,000.

Specification: 8.6 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-134; KM-256.

Source:

• 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• 1971 300 pesos, Pan American Games
• 1973 centavo
• 1973 5 centavos
• 1973 10 centavos
• 1973 20 centavos
• 1973 1000 pesos, centennial of the birth of Guillermo Valencia
• 1973 1500 pesos, gold museum
• 1973 2000 pesos, centennial of the birth of Guillermo Valencia
• 1978 15000 pesos
• 1979 20 centavos
• 1980 5 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1973
• return to coins of Colombia