Colombia 1773-P JS 4 escudos - Revision history

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "* Calicó, Xavier, ''Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008. " to "* 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. "

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Text replacement - "* Calicó, Xavier, ''Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008. " to "* 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. "

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - " .901 fine" to " 0.901 fine"

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Text replacement - " .901 fine" to " 0.901 fine"

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[[Image:Colombia SB118-11325o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 11325]]
[[Image:Colombia SB118-11325r.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 11325 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "COLOMBIA. 1773-JS 4 Escudos. Popayán mint. Carlos III (1759-1788). AU-58 (PCGS). Lustrous light yellow gold with a bold strike and excellent visual appeal. A choice piece with only trivial marks. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins. From Christie's Geneva sale of the Kurt Homme Collection, November 25-26, 1981, lot 715." The old bust of Ferdinand VI used at Popayan was finally retired in 1771, twelve years after his death. The "standard" bust of Charles III was introduced on the one, two and eight escudos in 1772 and the four escudos in 1773. The regime also took the opportunity to reduce the purity from .917 to .901 fine gold, with another reduction to .875 in 1785. This type is listed for Popayan 1773, 1776-83 and Bogota 1775-79.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 13.53 g, .901 fine gold, .392 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12620]], KM 44, Fr-38, Restrepo M68.1.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>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, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
* Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, ''Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006,'' Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.

''Link to:''
* [[Colombia 1771-NR VJ 4 escudos|1771-NR 4 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1773-NR VJ 1/2 real|1773-NR ½ real]]
* [[Colombia 1773-NR VJ real|1773-NR real]]
* [[Colombia 1773-NR VJ 2 reales|1773-NR 2 reales]]
* [[Colombia 1773-NR VJ escudo|1773-NR escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1773-NR VJ 2 escudos|1773-NR 2 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1773-P JS 2 escudos|1773-P 2 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1773-Mo FM 4 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1773-M PJ 4 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1773-S CF 4 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1773-NR VJ 8 escudos|1773-NR 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1773-P JS 8 escudos|1773-P 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1775-NR JJ 4 escudos|1775-NR 4 escudos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1773]]
* return to coins of [[Colombia]]

[[Category:Gold coins of South America]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale]]

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 * Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
 * 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
+* 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.

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 [[Image:Colombia SB118-11325r.jpg|300px|thumb]]
-This specimen was lot 11325 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "COLOMBIA. 1773-JS 4 Escudos. Popayán mint. Carlos III (1759-1788). AU-58 (PCGS). Lustrous light yellow gold with a bold strike and excellent visual appeal. A choice piece with only trivial marks. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins. From Christie's Geneva sale of the Kurt Homme Collection, November 25-26, 1981, lot 715." The old bust of Ferdinand VI used at Popayan was finally retired in 1771, twelve years after his death. The "standard" bust of Charles III was introduced on the one, two and eight escudos in 1772 and the four escudos in 1773. The regime also took the opportunity to reduce the purity from .917 to .901 fine gold, with another reduction to .875 in 1785. This type is listed for Popayan 1773, 1776-83 and Bogota 1775-79.
+This specimen was lot 11325 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "COLOMBIA. 1773-JS 4 Escudos. Popayán mint. Carlos III (1759-1788). AU-58 (PCGS). Lustrous light yellow gold with a bold strike and excellent visual appeal. A choice piece with only trivial marks. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins. From Christie's Geneva sale of the Kurt Homme Collection, November 25-26, 1981, lot 715." The old bust of Ferdinand VI used at Popayan was finally retired in 1771, twelve years after his death. The "standard" bust of Charles III was introduced on the one, two and eight escudos in 1772 and the four escudos in 1773. The regime also took the opportunity to reduce the purity from .917 to 0.901 fine gold, with another reduction to .875 in 1785. This type is listed for Popayan 1773, 1776-83 and Bogota 1775-79.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
-''Specification:'' 13.53 g, .901 fine gold, .392 troy oz AGW.
+''Specification:'' 13.53 g, 0.901 fine gold, .392 troy oz AGW.
 ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12620]], KM 44, Fr-38, Restrepo M68.1.

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 ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
-* <sup>[1]</sup>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.
+* <sup>[1]</sup>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: [http://www.stacksbowers.com 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, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.