Impressive cartwheel luster encircles both sides over medium yellow gold surfaces that turn orange at the rims. Termed rare by Restrepo and very rare by Calicó, this is the last Popayán onza coined in the name of Ferdinand VI. The strike is a bit soft at the tops of the letters on the right side of the obverse, but the centers are crisp. Only minor marks are seen. The Eliasberg coin was a polished EF. This one is technically and aesthetically superior to most known specimens of this important issue. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.<p>From R. R. Johnson Inc., August 1975.
