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[[Image:COL_1820SM_2R_HA-lot23704-15Apr2011-USD3450-obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3014, lot 23704]]
[[Image:COL_1820SM_2R_HA-lot23704-15Apr2011-USD3450-rev.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]
The years 1811-1819 were the first years of liberation during the struggle for independence from Spain. The first republican coinage was issued during this period of 'La Patria Boba', except for the interval 1817-1818, when Royalists took brief control. The royalists also produced coinage from areas which were under their control longer, such as Santa Marta.

Shown is a silver two reales issued in Santa Marta in 1820 as emergency or siege coinage during the years the Royalists resisted invasion by Republican forces. It was lot 23704 and sold on April 15, 2011 for $3,450 at the 2011 April Rosemont Signature World & Ancient Coins CICF Auction #3014 by Heritage Auctions. The catalog description reads: "Santa Marta silver 2 Reales 1820, VF25 NGC, Royalist - only such silver emission. Historically most important, particularly given its weight, as an emergency war issue. Ex-Henry Christensen(1981). From The Dana Roberts Collection."

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 4.45 grams. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-15566]], KM-B5, C73. 

''[[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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, ''Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006,'' Medellin, Colombia: Impresiones Rojo, 2006. 

''Link to:''
* [[Santa Marta 1813 1/4 real]]
* [[Cundinamarca 1815 JF real]]
* [[Santa Marta 1820 1/4 real]]
* [[Colombia 1820 1/4 real|1820 ¼ real, Nueva Granada]]
* [[Cundinamarca 1820-JF 2 reales]]
* [[Colombia 1820-JF 2 reales|1820-JF 2 reales (Nueva Granada)]]
* [[Colombia 1820-P FM 2 reales|1820-P FM 2 reales]]
* [[Colombia 1820-P MF 2 reales|1820-P MF 2 reales]]
* [[Spain 1820-S CJ 2 reales]]
* [[Cundinamarca 1820-JF 8 reales]]
* [[Colombia 1820-JF 8 reales|1820-JF 8 reales, LIBERTAD AMERICANA]]
* [[Colombia 1820-P MF 8 reales|1820-P 8 reales]]
* [[Colombia 1821 1/4 real|1821 ¼ real]]
* [[Cundinamarca 1821-Ba JF 8 reales|1821-Ba 8 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1820]]
* return to coins of [[Colombia]]

[[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3014]]