Colombia 1631-C E 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 58 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $4,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "Cartagena, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1631E, mintmark-assayer to left, NGC AU 55, finest known in NGC census, ex-Jones (Plate Coin). Very choice full shield with bold denomination dot-II-dot vertically to right, off-center cross with clear bottom half of date and all of final digit 1 (rotated slightly clockwise), variety with dots inside and +'s outside the tressure, orange sediment in crevices. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection (stated on label), plated on page 198 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to the Stack's Bowers auction of March 2011 (lot 10091)." This rare type was struck 1628-35. During its brief existence, the mint at Cartagena produced one reales (KM A5), two reales (KM A6.3), four reales (KM 2.4), eight reales (KM 3.4) and the two escudos shown here.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.86 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 6.70 grams.
Catalog reference: Restrepo-M52.15; Cal-1759; S-C7; KM-4.4, Cayón-6650.
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- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.
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