Rich even yellow gold with superb luster, a bit reflective around the obverse periphery, entirely satiny around the reverse. While there is no "common date" of this type, the 1852/0 is represented in more collections than the dates from 1847 to 1850. This one is of far above average quality, with a superb strike, no heavy marks, good centering, and a problem-free planchet. It is both sharper and finer than the Eliasberg AU-58 (NGC) and has been off the market for 45 years. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.<p>From Stacks sale of the Alfred R. Globus Collection of Gold Coins of the World, October 1972, lot 875.
