6.73 grams. Pleasing deep yellow gold with some sediment trapped in intricacies of the cross. The shield is fairly crisp, though soft in its bottom portion. The cross is off-center, but the date is nice and complete. Some scratches or hairlines are visible in the area of flatness above the cross. The N / R mintmark is clear left of the shield. The A over G assayer mark appears something like a kidney-shaped blob right of the shield, but both the triangular tip of the A and the broader round top of the G are visible. Restrepo calls this "a transition coin" between assayer Pedro García and assayer Buenaventura de Arce. A similar specimen of this date and overassayer variety, though not from the same dies, was offered in Sedwicks Auction 14 with a provenance to the HMS <em>Feversham</em>, a ship that left New York in 1711 and sank on its way to Canada. Scarce as a date and interesting as a variety. An important piece for specialists. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.<p>Acquired from Sidney Smith at the 1981 American Numismatic Association convention in New Orleans, July 1981.
