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This specimen was lot 12038 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $__. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"COLOMBIA. 1801/797-JJ Real. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) mint. Carlos IV (1788-1808). Restrepo 78.32. EF-45 (PCGS). 801/797 overdate. No - between 1R. A fascinating issue, showing one of the messiest overdates in the series. The third date digit is very clearly over a 9, and the underdigit on the final numeral can be identified as a 7 without too much imagination, but whatever lurks under the 8 (presumably a 7) is hidden within corrective reengraving that has surrounded the top half of the 8 with a blob. The surfaces on this specimen show pleasing dark original toning along with hints of luster in protected areas. The portrait shows significant die rust, as struck, suggesting that this 1797-dated obverse spent three or more years rather exposed before being put back into use in 1801. Well struck, centered ideally on the reverse but aligned to the right on the obverse, this is a stellar example of the issue, at least equal and likely a bit better in quality than the Murias coin that brought $1,380. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins."