View source for Colombia 1748/7/6-SF S 4 escudos

[[Image:Aureo 448-0270.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 270]]

This specimen was lot 270 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 17,000 € (about US$22,207 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "1748/7/6. Fernando VI. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino. S. 4 escudos. Obv.: Coat of arms between F/S and S/value/T. Lions and castles. The 4 of the date upside down and the 4 of the value tilted and rectified over an eight. Stunning example. Extremely rare. EBC- [about extremely fine]." This type was struck at Bogotá in [[Colombia]] 1746-56 but few examples show dates. Numista lists all the dates as known. We don't know if all the 1748's are overdates but it seems likely.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 13.53 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 13.50 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-limonite]], KM 27, AC-721.1, Restrepo missing. 

''[[Bibliography|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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008. 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025. 
* 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.

''Link to:''
* [[Colombia 1744-FS 4 escudos|1744 4 escudos]]
* [[Mexico 1748-Mo MF 4 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1748-M JB 4 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1749-FS S 4 escudos|1749 4 escudos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1748]]

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