View source for Colombia 1801-NR JJ 8 escudos

[[Image:Colombia 1801NR 8 escudos Ponterio 150-8511.jpg|550px|thumb|photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates]]

This coin was lot 8511 in Ponterio sale 150 (Los Angeles, August 2009), where it sold for $2012.50. 
The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "COLOMBIA. 8 Escudos, 1801-JJ. Small scratch in king's hair. UNCIRCULATED."  The type was struck in Nuevo Reino (Bogotá) in Nueva Granada (now Colombia) 1791-1808. 
An overdate, 1801/0, is noted for the year. 
Nuevo Reino and its neighbor Popayán were the most prolific issuers of gold coins during the colonial period and this coin is common. 
Assayer JJ is recorded for 1774-1808.

''Recorded mintage:'' Unknown.

''Specification:'' 27.07 g, .875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-51; KM 62.1. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* 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.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2012.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, ''Ponterio sale 150: The 2009 Los Angeles ANA Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.
* Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, ''Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006,'' Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006.

''Link to:''
* [[Colombia 1800-NR JJ escudo|1800-NR 1 escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1800-NR JJ 8 escudos|1800-NR 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1800-P JF 8 escudos|1800-P 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1801-NR 1/4 real|1801-NR ¼ real]]
* [[Colombia 1801-NR JJ real|1801-NR 1 real]]
* [[Colombia 1801-P JF escudo|1801-P escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1801-NR JJ 2 escudos|1801-NR 2 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1801-NR JJ 4 escudos|1801-NR 4 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1801-P JF 4 escudos|1801-P 4 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1801-Mo FM 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1801-P JF 8 escudos|1801-P 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1802-NR JJ 8 escudos|1802-NR 8 escudos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1801]]
* return to coins of [[Colombia]]

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