Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1868. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLUMBIA, Colonial. Ferdinand VII, King of Spain. 808-1833. AV 8 Escudos (26.89 g, 12h). Nuevo Reino (Bogota) mint; Josef Antonia Rodriguez y Uzguiano and Francisco Rodriguez, assayers. Dated 1812. FERDND • VII • D • G • HISP • ET IND • R •, draped and cuirassed bust right; •18/812• below / • AUSPICE • DEO • IN • UTROQ • FELIX •, crowned coat-of-arms within Order of the Golden Fleece; •NR• •J•F•• below. ME 13751; Calicó & Trigo 120; KM 62.1; Friedberg 60. VF, bent flan. ($500)