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''Specification:'' 27.07 g, .901 fine gold, .784 troy oz AGW.
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''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12950]], Fr-36; KM-50.2.
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12950]], Fr-36; KM-50.2.
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* [[Colombia 1783-NR JJ 2 escudos|1783-NR 2 escudos]]
 
* [[Colombia 1783-NR JJ 2 escudos|1783-NR 2 escudos]]
 
* [[Colombia 1783-P SF 2 escudos|1783-P 2 escudos]]
 
* [[Colombia 1783-P SF 2 escudos|1783-P 2 escudos]]
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* [[Colombia (1783-84) 1/4 real|(1783-84) 1/4 real, Popayán mint, wide castle]]
 
* [[Colombia 1783-NR JJ escudo|1783-NR escudo]]
 
* [[Colombia 1783-NR JJ escudo|1783-NR escudo]]
 
* [[Colombia 1783-P SF 4 escudos|1783-P 4 escudos]]
 
* [[Colombia 1783-P SF 4 escudos|1783-P 4 escudos]]
 
* [[Colombia 1783-NR JJ 8 escudos|1783-NR 8 escudos]]
 
* [[Colombia 1783-NR JJ 8 escudos|1783-NR 8 escudos]]
 
* [[Bolivia 1783-PTS PR 8 escudos]]
 
* [[Bolivia 1783-PTS PR 8 escudos]]
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* [[Chile 1783-So DA 8 escudos]]
 
* [[Guatemala 1783-NG P 8 escudos]]
 
* [[Guatemala 1783-NG P 8 escudos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1783-Mo FF 8 escudos]]
 
* [[Mexico 1783-Mo FF 8 escudos]]

Latest revision as of 15:48, 7 May 2025

Ponterio sale 177, lot 12169
photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 12169 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $1,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. 8 Escudos, 1783-PSF. NGC AU-58. Charles III (1759-88)." This type was struck 1772-89 at Bogotá and Popayán and is perhaps the most common Spanish colonial gold coin. In 1785, the purity was reduced from .901 to 0.875 fine.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.901 fine gold, .784 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12950, Fr-36; KM-50.2.

Source:

  • Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.
  • 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.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

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