Part I of the Jack Copeland Currency Collection, offered on Thursday July 9, 2026, was an exceptional success.
Obverse Description
Spanish text; rosette as registration device; globe showing the Americas with hummingbird pattern underprint; priest and botanist, José Celstino Mutis (from painting by Isabel Quintanilla) examining flower with magnifying glass; stylized branch of cinchona tree
Reverse Description
Back (vertical): Spanish text; coat of arms; fleur-de-lys; early site plans for Royal Botanical Gardens in Madrid; “Mutisia Clematis” plate of plant sent by Mutis to Linneo from New Granda; neoclassical gate of the gardens; Spanish text from Mutis’ “History of the Cinchona Tree
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