Medium yellow gold with bright surfaces from polishing. Reverse ideally centered, obverse aligned to top, somewhat soft at the centers of both sides. A couple short old scratches are seen at the portraits forehead. A tough issue to find in choice grade; the Eliasberg coin was similarly polished. This is the first milled 4 Escudos of Popayán. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.<p>From Glendinings sale of November 1971, lot 334.
