LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2008 Feb Long Beach, CA Tokens & Medals #462  / 

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Pair of Bogota, Colombia 400th Anniversary

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Pair of Bogota, Colombia 400th Anniversary
<B>Pair of 1938 Bogota, Colombia, 400th Anniversary Medals.</B></I> Two medals, both depicting <B>Gonzalo Ximenez (a.k.a. Jimenez) de Quesada </B></I>(1509-79), famed Spanish explorer and <I>conquistador</B></I> in Colombia, celebrating the 400th anniversary (1538-1938) of Bogota:<B> one 70.5-mm, 143.9-gm medal, </B></I>obverse depicting hatless GONZALO XIMENEZ DE QUESADA around, in a ruffed collar <I>a la</B></I> Sir Walter Raleigh, signed ALF. MAUQUOY, reverse 1538-1938 SANTA FE DE BOGOTA, shield and coat of arms; and <B>one 70-mm, 141.8-gm medal </B></I>depicting Quesada with a feathered hat, signed ALF. MAUQUOY, reverse shield and coat of arms, 1538-1938 LA ACADEMIA COLOMBIANA DE HISTORIA EN EL IV CENTENARIO DE LA FUNDACION DE BOGOTA ("The Colombian Academy of History on the Fourth Centenary of the Foundation of Bogota"). Quesada, who acquired vast amounts of gold and emeralds but ended his career in Latin America disastrously, has been suggested as a model for Cervantes' Don Quixote. Both AU or so.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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