3.41 grams. Cataloged by Nesmith as 1655 and our consignor as 1653; we could make a case for either but given the presence of an R from the mintmark left of the reverse shield, we will err on the side of 1653. Ideally centered on the obverse with a fine strike, showing four digits of the date at upper left. The reverse is also well centered, not as well struck but showing lovely bright blue toning in the lustrous recesses. A really exemplary type coin. 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 #10i, illustrated on plate XXXI and in a line drawing on p. 529.
