The Lissner Collection, Lot: 1453. Estimate $2500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLOMBIA, Republica de Nueva Granada. 1830-1859. AR 8 Reales (37mm, 23.27 g, 6h). Bogotá mint. Dated 1840 RS. KM 98; Cr 147. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Very light patina over very lustrous fields. Very well struck. When viewing this coin, eminent South American specialist Freeman Craig said this was the finest known. It is eight grades higher than the next specimen graded.