13.86 grams. Though plated in Restrepo, the 1655 date was unlisted in both Restrepo and Restrepo-Lasser. This example was published in 1958 but has never been offered for public sale. Boldly struck on a broad ovoid planchet that finds room for a large proportion of the obverse periphery, including the complete 1655 date, which on this type appears at the periphery. Frosty medium gray with attractive multicolored envelope toning in the recesses. The surfaces appear slightly grainy at centers, a reflection of the fabric of the die faces, not corrosion on this particular specimen. The shield is well detailed. A coin that is as attractive as it is important. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.<p>From a hoard discovered by Clyde Hubbard in Medellín in the 1950s and subsequently published by Robert I. Nesmith. Plated in Nesmiths "A Hoard of the First Silver Coins of Nuevo Reino de Granada (Colombia)," 1958, coin #85, illustrated on plate XXXI and in a line drawing on p. 525.
