Colombia 1740-SF M 2 escudos

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from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 44072
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This specimen was lot 44072 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $3,120. The catalog description[1] noted, "COLOMBIA. Cob 2 Escudos, 1740/39-SF M. Bogota Mint. Philip V. PCGS AU-55. Though a bit of a die shift is noted upon the reverse, this lightly circulated cob nevertheless yields a solid beginning and terminal digit in the date, with the final one revealing the noted overdate variant of 9 over 0.From the S.P. Rutherford Collection. Ex: Sedwick 10 (10/2011) Lot # 79." This type was issued from Bogotá 1717-46. Specimens with legible dates are worth double those without. The early dates come 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, this specimen 6.47 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9755 (1740/39 overdate), Fr-8A; KM-17.2; Cal-1958; Restrepo-M80.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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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