Colombia 1708 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 36 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2018), where it sold for $7,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "Bogota, Colombia, cob 2 escudos, 1708, no assayer (Arce), posthumous Charles II, NGC MS 64, finest known in NGC census, ex-1715 Fleet (designated on label). Superb luster and grade, with choice full shield showing transposed lions and castles (like Restrepo-M66.40 but this date not listed), very bold full date outside of off-center cross, finest in NGC census by NINE grades. NGC #4721767-001. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to the Santa Fe Collection (our Auction #10), with original lot-tag #51." This type was struck 1694-1713 for Charles II and into the reign of Philip V. The posthumous dates lack a mintmark or assayers' initials. The production of cobs continued sporadically into the 1740's. It was superseded by milled portrait coinage. As with most cobs, specimens with legible dates form a minority of survivors.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold, .199 troy oz ASW, this specimen 6.74 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9648, Fr-8, Restrepo-M66.40 var; S-B24; KM-14.2; CT-11.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia, Impresiones Rojo: 2006.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
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