^Lot 67 COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, 1719 no assayer (Arce), very rare.

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, 1719 no assayer (Arce), very rare. Restrepo-M80.4; S-B24a; KM-17.2; Cal-1936; Fr-8. 6.69 grams. Very broad flan with full shield and cross, bold full PHILIP to right of shield and clear bottom half of date outside of cross, minor weak spots, sediment in crevices, distinctive post-1715 type with dots in dimple-rings within which only the date 1719 has been confirmed, this being the finer of only two examples known to us (even if only VF).