Spain
Cob and portrait gold of the Santa Fe de Bogotá mint, struck for the Spanish Crown in the Viceroyalty of New Granada.
The records attributed to Spain on Notofilia are colonial gold coins: escudos and doubloons of Philip V, Charles III, Charles IV, and Ferdinand VII, struck at Santa Fe de Bogotá (mintmark NR). They circulated as Crown coin, not as later Colombian republican issues.
The Spanish colonial coinage catalog gathers the same group with mint and assayer context. This page is the permanent country destination; Colombia separately documents paper money and necessity coinage after independence.
Issuers and periods
- Santa Fe de Bogotá mint Mintmark NR (Nuevo Reino). 1- and 2-escudo gold, 18th and 19th centuries.
- Philip V (cob coinage) Hand-struck 2-escudos doubloon, Calicó type 243 / Friedberg Fr-8.
- Charles III and Charles IV Official portrait and transitional busts (1774–1802).
- Ferdinand VII 1811 and 1820 issues, during the independence crisis.
Featured specimens
The documented colonial gold series, from the cob doubloon to the 1820 escudo.
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Felipe V — Doblón de 2 Escudos, Santa Fe de Ficha numismática: doblón de oro de 2 escudos de Felipe V, macuquina acuñada a mano en la ceca de Santa Fe de Bogotá, Virreinato de la Nueva Granada.
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Carlos IV — 2 Escudos de Oro, Bogotá 1791 Ficha numismática: 2 escudos de oro de Carlos IV, 1791, ceca de Santa Fe de Bogotá — busto transicional de Carlos III con leyenda de Carlos IV.
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Carlos III — 1 Escudo de Oro, Bogotá 1774 Ficha numismática: 1 escudo de oro de Carlos III, 1774…
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Fernando VII — 1 Escudo de Oro, Bogotá 1820 Ficha numismática: 1 escudo de oro de Fernando VII, 1820…
Spain catalog
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Carlos III — 1 Escudo de Oro, Bogotá 1774 1774
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Carlos III — 1 Escudo de Oro, Bogotá 1787 1787
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Carlos IV — 2 Escudos de Oro, Bogotá 1791 1791
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Carlos IV — 1 Escudo de Oro, Bogotá 1802 1802
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Fernando VII — 1 Escudo de Oro, Bogotá 1811 1811
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Fernando VII — 1 Escudo de Oro, Bogotá 1820 1820
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Felipe V — Doblón de 2 Escudos, Santa Fe de