View source for Colombia 1732-SF M 2 escudos

[[Image:Colombia H3042-29536o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3042, lot 29536]]
[[Image:Colombia H3042-29536r.jpg|300px|thumb|upside-down photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 29536 in Heritage sale 3042 (Long Beach, September 2015), where it sold for $910.63. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Philip V gold Cob 2 Escudos 1732 SF-(M) Fine, Santa Fe mint. Wholesome with most details clear, including the full 3-digit date on the reverse. Rare and quite desirable since with the aforementioned clear date and unflawed." This type was issued from Bogotá 1717-46. Specimens with legible dates are worth double those without. Many have been made into jewelry and sold as "pirate gold."

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold, .199 troy oz, this specimen 6.75 grams.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-9725]], KM 17.2, Cal-388.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* 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. 
* Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, ''Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006,'' Medellin, Colombia, Impresiones Rojo: 2006. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, ''Heritage World Coin Auction 3042, featuring the Read and Bob Bennett Collections,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.

''Link to:''
* [[Colombia 1730 S 2 escudos|1730 2 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1733 M 2 escudos|1733 2 escudos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1732]]
* return to coins of [[Colombia]]

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