COLOMBIA. 1849 2 Pesos. Bogotá mint. Restrepo 203.2. MS-62 (PCGS).A beautiful example of this scarce two year type. Richly and boldly lustrous, with superb cartwheel over choice deep yellow gold surfaces. Far more attractive than its assigned grade would indicate, showing only trivial scattered incidence of handling. A very pretty specimen of this important rarity, probably among the finest extant. The AU-55 (NGC) Sedwick specimen (August 2011) brought $4,887.50.From Stacks sale of the Mortimer Hammel Collection, September 1982, lot 763.
