Colombia 1735-SF M escudo

Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 228

This specimen was lot 228 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 3,000 € (about US$3,919 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1735. Felipe V. Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino. (M). 1 escudo. Lions and castles. Visible part of the name and ordinal of the king. Very rare in this condition. EBC [extremely fine]." This type was struck at Bogotá in Colombia 1713-46 but few examples show dates. Numista lists 1713, 1715, 1722, 1728, 1732, 1735 (shown here), 1740 and 1744 and others exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.40 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-limonite, Fr-9, KM 22, AC-1777, Restrepo M78-12.

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.
• 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:

• 1730 escudo
• 1735-M 2 escudos
• 1736 2 escudos
• 1737 escudo
• Coins and currency dated 1735