^Lot 450 COLOMBIA, Bogotá (Cundinamarca), 8 reales, 1821 JF, mintmark BA with dots below and in front of A, N

COLOMBIA, Bogotá (Cundinamarca), 8 reales, 1821 JF, mintmark BA with dots below and in front of A, NGC Shipwreck Effect (SS Central America Shipwreck Label). Restrepo-157.4; KM-C6. Scarce early Republic of Colombia type that was legal tender in the United States up until February 1857 and represents the pocket change held by actual passengers aboard the SS Central America. Quite circulated (About Fine) with some hairlines from post-salvage cleaning but no major corrosion from its time underwater, legends on both sides quite bold. Recovered from: S.S. Central America, sunk in 1857 off North Carolina
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