Colombia 1732-SF M 2 escudos

Heritage sale 3042, lot 29536

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^[1] 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: Cayón-9725, KM 17.2, Cal-388.

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.
• ^[1]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.

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