Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1863. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLUMBIA, Colonial. Carlos IV, King of Spain. 1788-1808. AV 8 Escudos (26.69 g, 12h). Nuevo Reino (Bogota) mint; Juan Rodriguez Uzguiano and Juan Jose Truxillo y Mutienx, assayers. Dated 1795. CAROL • IIII • D • G • HISP • ET IND • R •, draped and cuirassed bust right; •1795• below / • AUSPICE • DEO IN • UTROQ • FELIX •, crowned coat-of-arms within Order of the Golden Fleece; •NR• •J•J• below. ME 13664; Calicó & Trigo 110; KM 62.1; Friedberg 51. VF, struck from worn obverse die that was starting to buckle. ($500)