Colombia 1796-P JF 2 escudos

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 40235

This specimen was lot 40235 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. 1796-JF 2 Escudos. Popayán mint. Carlos IV (1788-1808). Restrepo 90.8. EF-45 (PCGS). This date is called 'rare' by Restrepo. Medium yellow gold with some hairlines and a pronounced double profile. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian Coins. Ex. Kreditanstalt, Zürich, April 1971." This type was struck 1791-1806 at Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) and Popayán and is common, tho priced slightly higher than the prior type of Charles III.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, .875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14206, KM 60.2, Fr-57, Restrepo 89.12.

Source:

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.
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, 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.
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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