View source for Colombia 1785-P SF escudo

[[Image:Colombia 1785P escudo obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This specimen is one of a type struck at Popayán 1772-89. The Colombian mints (Popayán and Nuevo Reino) concentrated on minting gold, to the near exclusion of silver which predominated at the other colonial mints. While this makes Colombian colonial silver coins expensive, Colombian colonial gold is (comparatively) reasonable and this type is fairly common.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-12346]], Fr-42, KM 48.2a. Note: KM 48.2 applies to the issues of 1772-84, which are 0.901 fine, while KM 48.2a, issued 1785-89, is only 0.875 fine. They are identical to the naked eye.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas [[Spain|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. 
* 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 1784-NR JJ escudo|1784-NR escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1784-P SF escudo|1784-P escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1785-NR JJ escudo|1785-NR escudo]]
* [[Mexico 1785-Mo FM escudo]]
* [[Spain 1785-M DV escudo]]
* [[Colombia 1785-NR JJ 8 escudos|1785-NR 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1785-P SF 8 escudos|1785-P 8 escudos]]
* [[Colombia 1787-P SF escudo|1787-P escudo]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1785]]
* return to coins of [[Colombia]]

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