Colombia 1793-NR JJ real
The specimen shown was lot 1008 in Sedwick sale 11 (Winter Park, FL, April 2011), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, Charles IV, 1793JJ, no dot in mintmark. Bold AVF with dark toning around details, no problems, variety without dot between N and R of mintmark. Jorge Ortiz Murias collection of Colombian colonial minors."
The SCWC lists eleven dates for Nuevo Reino between 1792-1804, all scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, .896 fine silver, .097 troy oz ASW, this specimen 3.1 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-13395, KM-58; Restrepo-78.8a; CT-1185.
- 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 11, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2012.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia, Impresiones Rojo: 2006.
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