Colombia 1720 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 44070 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $5,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. Cob 2 Escudos, 1720. Bogota Mint. Philip V. PCGS AU-58. Transposed Lions and Castles. This gently circulated example displays an attractive pale golden coloration with a decent strike. Though slightly double struck, the date is bold and complete with partials of the legend on both sides including the kings ordinal. A rather irregular nature is observed for the flan, but that merely adds more character to this charming survivor. From the S.P. Rutherford Collection. Ex: Sedwick 10 (10/2011) Lot # 61. Ex: Joseph R. Lasser Collection. Plated in the Practical Book of Cobs (4th ed.)." This type was issued from Bogotá 1714-22. Specimens with legible dates are worth double those without. This type comes without a mintmark or assayer initials. Many have been made into jewelry and sold as "pirate gold."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9685, Fr-8; KM-17.1; Cal-1937; Restrepo-M80S; S-B24a (this coin illustrated).
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- 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.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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