^Lot 899 Bogota, Colombia, cob 1/2 real, Philip V, assayer S to right, mintmark F to left, quadrants of cross

Bogota, Colombia, cob 1/2 real, Philip V, assayer S to right, mintmark F to left, quadrants of cross transposed (1726), very rare. Restrepo-M68.2; S-B13; KM-B8; Cal-Type 60. 1.29 grams. Nearly full monogram with full .F. to left, .+. above, and 72 of date below, which Restrepo attributes to 1726 and says "three known" (not including this one), the cross also nearly full with second mintmark F to left and distinctive lions and castles in transposed quadrants (also with characteristic x below cross), toned and somewhat porous VF. Pedigreed to the Gran Colombia collection.