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[[Image:Colombia 1735 2 escudos Aureo 232-0164g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 232, lot 164]]
 
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The specimen shown was lot 164 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 1,250 euros (about $2,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Felipe V (1700-1746). 1735. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino. M. 2 escudos. Leones y castillos. Visible el nombre y ordinal del rey. Fecha perfecta. Muy rara así. MBC+.'' (Philip V, 1700-46, two escudos of 1735, Bogotá mint, lions and castles. King's name and ordinal visible and perfect date, very rare thus, choice extremely fine.)</blockquote>  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."
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The specimen shown was lot 164 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 1,250 euros (about US$2,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Felipe V (1700-1746). 1735. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino. M. 2 escudos. Leones y castillos. Visible el nombre y ordinal del rey. Fecha perfecta. Muy rara así. MBC+.'' (Philip V, 1700-46, two escudos of 1735, Bogotá mint, lions and castles. King's name and ordinal visible and perfect date, very rare thus, choice extremely fine.)</blockquote>  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.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
  
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''Specification:'' 6.77 g, .917 fine gold, .199 troy oz.
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''Specification:'' 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold, .199 troy oz.
  
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''Catalog reference:'' Cayón-KM 17.2, Cal-391.
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''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-9738]], KM 17.2, Cal-391.
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
 
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* [[Colombia 1730 S 2 escudos|1730 2 escudos]]
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* [[Colombia 1734-M 2 escudos|1734 2 escudos]]
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* [[Colombia 1735-SF M escudo|1735 escudo]]
 
* [[Colombia 1736-SF M 2 escudos|1736 2 escudos]]
 
* [[Colombia 1736-SF M 2 escudos|1736 2 escudos]]
 
* return to coins of [[Colombia]]
 
* return to coins of [[Colombia]]

Latest revision as of 21:12, 10 May 2026

Aureo sale 232, lot 164

The specimen shown was lot 164 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 1,250 euros (about US$2,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Felipe V (1700-1746). 1735. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino. M. 2 escudos. Leones y castillos. Visible el nombre y ordinal del rey. Fecha perfecta. Muy rara así. MBC+. (Philip V, 1700-46, two escudos of 1735, Bogotá mint, lions and castles. King's name and ordinal visible and perfect date, very rare thus, choice extremely fine.)

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.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9738, KM 17.2, Cal-391.

Sources:

  • 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] Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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