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[[Image:Colombia SB818-40318o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 40318]]
 
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This specimen was lot 40318 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "COLOMBIA. 1875 Peso. Bogotá mint. AU-58 (PCGS). The last year of this denomination, with medium yellow gold surfaces. Contrasting deposits outline the design elements. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian Coins. Ex. Heiner Stücker, Zürich, May 1968." This type was struck at Bogotá in 1871-75 and 1878. Medellín also struck this type.  
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The first specimen was lot 40318 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "COLOMBIA. 1875 Peso. Bogotá mint. AU-58 (PCGS). The last year of this denomination, with medium yellow gold surfaces. Contrasting deposits outline the design elements. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian Coins. Ex. Heiner Stücker, Zürich, May 1968." This type was struck at Bogotá in 1871-75 and 1878. Medellín also struck this type.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 7,002.  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 7,002.  
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Revision as of 23:10, 10 March 2023

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 40318
Colombia SB818-40318r.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection
Colombia 1875 peso oro rev DSLR.jpg

The first specimen was lot 40318 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. 1875 Peso. Bogotá mint. AU-58 (PCGS). The last year of this denomination, with medium yellow gold surfaces. Contrasting deposits outline the design elements. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian Coins. Ex. Heiner Stücker, Zürich, May 1968." This type was struck at Bogotá in 1871-75 and 1878. Medellín also struck this type.

Recorded mintage: 7,002.

Specification: 1.61 g, .900 fine gold, .046 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Restrepo 322.5, KM 156, Fr-107.

Source:

  • [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.
  • 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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