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COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, 1728, assayer S to right, rare, NGC XF 40, finest and only exa

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COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, 1728, assayer S to right, rare, NGC XF 40, finest and only exa
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COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, 1728, assayer S to right, rare, NGC XF 40, finest and only example in NGC census, ex-Lasser, ex-Santa Fe, Tauler Plate. SANC-4; Restrepo-unl (M80.8); S-B25b; Cal-unl (Type 243); KM-unl (17.2 for type); Fr-8a. 6.76 grams. Bold full shield (well centered) with full •S• to right, full cross-and-tressure with hint of doubling, clear 728 date preceded by (RE)X in legend (the norm for this assayer), rich gold color, desirable pedigree, same obverse as for the 1728/7 shown in Restrepo (but clean-date 1728 not listed). Pedigreed to the Lasser Collection and to the Leu Numismatik Auction 80 of May 2001 (lot 905), also to the Santa Fe Collection (Sedwick Auction 10, lot 64) and Plate Coin 289 on page 291 of Rafel Tauler's Oro Macuquino (2011).
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