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Cartagena, Colombia, cob 2 reales, (1622), no assayer (mintmark SF to left), Grade 2+, extremely rar

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:1,200.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Cartagena, Colombia, cob 2 reales, (1622), no assayer (mintmark SF to left), Grade 2+, extremely rar
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Cartagena, Colombia, cob 2 reales, (1622), no assayer (mintmark SF to left), Grade 2+, extremely rare, ex-Las Vegas auction (plate coin). S-C1; KM-A6.1; CT-316. 6.4 grams. Even though all you can see on this coin is the shield and cross (which are both choice, bold, full and well centered), that is enough to confirm this coin was made from the same obverse die as the famous Cartagena 2 escudos of 1622, the first gold coin struck in the Americas. In fact all known examples of this 2 reales (12 pieces only, all struck from the same dies) come from the Atocha. While this specimen does not have the date or mintmark visible, it is very solid, with only minor surface corrosion, and has the added bonus of a pedigree to one of the very first auctions of Atocha material in 1987. No certificate or tag, but pedigreed to the Butterfield (Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas) auction of September 26, 1987, in which it sold for $15,000 + buyer's fee on an estimate of $18,000-$22,000 (and plated in the catalog). From the Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida