View source for Colombia 1778-P SF escudo

[[Image:Colombia SB818-40025o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 40025]]
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This specimen was lot 40025 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "COLOMBIA. 1778-SF Escudo. Popayán mint. Carlos III (1759-1788). AU-53 (PCGS). Flashes of luster surround the light yellow gold obverse and cover the deeply toned violet and rose reverse. Some minor hairlines are seen, but the overall strike and visual appeal are very nice. A handsome piece. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian Coins. Ex. Christie's Geneva sale of the Kurt Homme Collection, November 25-26, 1981, lot 721." This type was struck at Popayan and Nuevo Reino 1772-84 and was superseded by a type which, though identical tot he naked eye, was only .875 fine.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.38 g, .901 fine gold, .098 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' Restrepo 54.12, KM 48.2, Fr-42. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 7th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2003.
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias,'' 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón9-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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Link to:''
* [[Colombia 1777-P SF escudo|1777-P escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1777-NR JJ escudo|1777-NR escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1778-NR JJ escudo|1778-NR escudo]]
* [[Peru 1778-L MJ escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1778-NR JJ 2 escudos|1778-NR 2 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1778-P SF 4 escudos|1778-P 4 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1778-NR JJ 8 escudos|1778-NR 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1778-P SF 8 escudos|1778-P 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1779-NR JJ escudo|1779-NR escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1779-P SF escudo|1779-P escudo]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1778]]
* return to coins of [[Colombia]]

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