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Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/4 real, early 1650s, very rare denomination.

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Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/4 real, early 1650s, very rare denomination.
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Bogotá, Colombia, cob 1/4 real, early 1650s, very rare denomination. R-M14, S-B7. 0.7 gram. With full lion on one side, the castle side off-center and messy, silvery as salvaged but with good toning, Fine or so for actual wear. Colombian quarter reales like this can be dated by comparing the castle and lion punches with the 8R of the same year, as the same punches were used in the shield of the larger coin. In the case of this coin, however, the punches match with several different dates in the early 1650s.