^Lot 903 Bogota, Colombia, cob 1/4 real, Philip V or Louis I, no assayer (1724-9), very rare.

Bogota, Colombia, cob 1/4 real, Philip V or Louis I, no assayer (1724-9), very rare. Restrepo-unl; KM-unl; Cal-unl. 0.68 gram. Choice, darkly toned XF specimen with corded border and distinctive castle (full) and lion (off-center) that match known 8R of 1722, but Barriga-Villalba's Historia de la Casa de Moneda (1969), Vol III, page 537, records that 1/4R of this type were only struck in 1724, 1726 and 1729, first example we have seen (but also see next lot and lot 908). Pedigreed to the Gran Colombia collection.