Colombia 1776-NR JJ real

Sedwick sale 11, lot 1003

The specimen shown was lot 1003 in Sedwick sale 11 (Winter Park, FL, April 2011), where it sold for $4,600.

The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Bogotá, Colombia, bust 1 real, 1776JJ, popular date, rare. Bold strike, nicely toned VF, no problems. For references, an AVF sold in our Auction #8 for $1,100 + buyer's fee (lot 1828). Jorge Ortiz Murias collection of Colombian colonial minors."

The SCWC lists seven dates for Nuevo Reino between 1772-84, all scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.903 fine silver, .098 troy oz ASW, this specimen 3.1 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-11349, KM-46.1; Restrepo-38.7; CT-1627.

Sources:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1775-NR real
• 1776-NR ½ real
• Mexico 1776-Mo FM real
• Peru 1776-L MJ real
• 1776-NR escudo
• 1776-P escudo
• 1776-NR 2 escudos
• 1776-P 2 escudos
• 1776-NR 4 escudos
• 1776-P 4 escudos
• 1776-NR 8 escudos
• 1776-P 8 escudos
• Peru 1776-L MJ real
• 1777-NR real
• return to coins of Colombia
• Coins and currency dated 1776