27.26 grams. An interesting unlisted variety with the N/R mintmark to the right of a shield with a lion-castle upper left quadrant. Beautiful metal quality and toning are present on both sides of this non-salvage piece. The mintmark is bold, as is most of the shield but for a thumbprint-shaped unstruck depression near 6:00. The cross side is also crisp and attractive. Very handsome, and rare as an unsalvaged survivor of this type. Probably struck in the late 1630s or early 1640s. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
