Colombia 1748/7/6-SF S 4 escudos

Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 270

This specimen was lot 270 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 17,000 € (about US$22,207 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1748/7/6. Fernando VI. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino. S. 4 escudos. Obv.: Coat of arms between F/S and S/value/T. Lions and castles. The 4 of the date upside down and the 4 of the value tilted and rectified over an eight. Stunning example. Extremely rare. EBC- [about extremely fine]." This type was struck at Bogotá in Colombia 1746-56 but few examples show dates. Numista lists all the dates as known. We don't know if all the 1748's are overdates but it seems likely.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.53 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 13.50 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-limonite, KM 27, AC-721.1, Restrepo unlisted.

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 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.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• 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:

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