Colombia 1712 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 34507 in Heritage sale 3094 (Chicago, August 2021), where it sold for $5,280. The catalog description[1] noted, "Colombia: Charles II gold Cob 2 Escudos 1712 MS62 NGC, Bogota mint. Posthumous issue. A lovely and practically as-struck gold Cob with surprisingly well-centered features and fully readable date, the surfaces bearing no evidence of sea salvage which is sometimes associated with this type, some of which originate from the 1715 Plate Fleet. A thoroughly pleasing example of the type. From the Long Island Collection." This type was issued from Bogotá 1701-13. Specimens with legible dates are worth double those without. This type comes without a mintmark or assayer initials. Many have been made into jewelry and sold as "pirate gold."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 6.74 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, KM 14.2, Cal-1930 (under Philip V), Restrepo-M66.32.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- Restrepo, Jorge Emilio, Monedas de Colombia, 1619-2006, Medellin, Colombia, Impresiones Rojo: 2006.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction #3094, featuring the Cape Coral Collection, the WTR Collection and the Monaco Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
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