Colombia-Numismatics · colonial Popayán
1 escudo coin, 1801
1 escudo · Popayán P–JF · 1801
An 1801 gold escudo struck at Popayán in the name of Charles IV. The obverse carries the bust and the date; the reverse, the value 1 S and the marks P · JF.
Catalog facts
- Reference
- KM# 56.2 · Restrepo 85.20 · Calicó 1160 · Fr#59 · Numista N#52837
- Year
- 1801
- Metal
- Gold .875 (type specification)
- Mint
- Popayán (P)
- Condition
- Unslabbed; no grade assigned. Flattened portrait, hairlines and contact marks; date, 1 S, and P–JF readable. Photographs do not authenticate the disc (private collection)
Obverse
Reverse
The piece
In 1801 the Popayán mint, at work since 1758, was still striking milled gold in the name of Charles IV. This disc shows the date 1801 under the portrait, the value 1 S, and, on either side of the fleece, the marks P and JF. That is type KM# 56.2 — Restrepo 85.20, Calicó 1160, Friedberg 59 — not Santa Fe’s KM# 56.1 with mintmark NR–JJ. Normalized obverse legend: CAROL · IIII · D · G · HISP · ET IND · R · 1801 (IIII, not IV); it expands to Carolus IIII Dei Gratia Hispaniarum et Indiarum Rex: “Charles IV, by the grace of God, king of the Spains and the Indies.” Reverse: IN · UTROQ · FELIX · A · D ·, for In utroque felix, auspice Deo. The 1 at left and S at right mark one escudo, not 15. Gold .875, a type weight of about 3.38 g, and a module of 18 or 19 mm (Numista gives 19 mm) are catalogue figures: this disc was not weighed or measured. No mintage is verified; BanRep’s coin tables begin in 1987. Unslabbed; photographs do not authenticate the metal. It is not the 1757 Madrid half escudo, nor Bogotá’s 1810 silver real.
Scarcity
Numista covers type KM# 56.2 (N#52837) and does not publish an 1801 P–JF mintage. Heritage and Sedwick document that date and assayer on specimens that are not this record. No slab census and no hammer are published here.
Sources
- Numista — 1 escudo, Charles IV, Colombia (N#52837) (opens in a new tab)
KM# 56.2; type gold .875; P mint of Popayán. No mintage is cited here.
- Heritage — Popayán 1 escudo, Charles IV, 1801 P–JF (opens in a new tab)
Auction comparable for the 1801 P–JF combination. Not this specimen; prices and that coin’s grade are not published.
- Sedwick / NumisBids — Popayán 1 escudo, Charles IV, 1801 JF (opens in a new tab)
Gathers KM# 56.2, Restrepo 85.20, Calicó 1160, and Friedberg 59. A comparable; not this record, and prices are not published.
- Banrepcultural Encyclopedia — The Popayán mint (opens in a new tab)
The house began striking in 1758. Mint context, not authentication of this disc.
Related pieces
Other records from the same issuer or era in this case.
