Colombia 1792-NR JJ 2 reales
The specimen shown was lot 988 in Sedwick sale 11 (Winter Park, FL, April 2011), where it sold for $862.50. The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bogotá, Colombia, bust 2 reales, Charles IV, 1792JJ, rare. Deeply toned AVF with characteristic die-crack across top of obverse, minor rim-bruises, no big problems. Jorge Ortiz Murias collection of Colombian colonial minors."
The SCWC lists four dates for Nuevo Reino between 1792-96, all rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.896 fine silver, .194 troy oz ASW, this specimen 6.6 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-13547, KM-59; Restrepo-80.1; CT-1029.
- 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:
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- return to coins of Colombia
- Coins and currency dated 1792