Lot 946 COLOMBIA, 4 reales-sized proclamation medal, Charles IV, 1789, Cartagena de Indias, NGC AU 58, "top
COLOMBIA, 4 reales-sized proclamation medal, Charles IV, 1789, Cartagena de Indias, NGC AU 58, "top pop." Restrepo-p. 121; Herrera-126; Medina-138. Obverse with bust of Charles III [sic] within legend CAROL*IV*D*G* HISP*ET IND*R* (heavier, less detailed bust than for coin issues); reverse with crowned cross supported by lions within legend PROCLAMATUS * CARTAG * IND * with date *1789* below monogram for engraver J.M. Carpintero at bottom. Patchy bluish toning over luster and faint hairlines, minor die-buckling on reverse, tied with one other for finest in the NGC census.
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