Bust of Carlos IV. Deep golden gray with granular surfaces, as if from burial. While some smoothing is possible, none is detected under a glass, and "environmental damage" would have been an equally accurate descriptor. Additional pitting is seen above the date and below FE on the obverse. Well centered, though struck from less picturesque dies as the preceding specimen and lacking the broad ring of denticles that surround it. The upper reverse shows significant raised die rust, particularly in and around the crown and right pillar. Not a perfect coin, but still a well detailed and collectible example of this rare type. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins.
