Catalog
1 Escudo - Felipe V
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Santa Fe de Bogotá |
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| Year | 1713-1744 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a bold Jerusalem cross, its four arms dividing the field into quadrants, each containing a small star or lozenge-shaped ornament at the angles, characteristic of the colonial escudo type struck at Santa Fe de Bogotá under Felipe V. Flanking the cross on the left is a large crowned monogram formed by intertwined Cs or Ps, rendered in the typical macuquin hammered fashion with bold, slightly irregular strokes. The surrounding Latin legend, partially visible due to the irregular planchet, records the king's title and the year of issue. The flan exhibits the characteristic irregular, clipped outline of a hand-cut gold cob, with surfaces showing the texture inherent to hammered coinage of the period. |
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Felipe V spent much of his reign fighting to keep the Spanish throne he'd inherited in 1700 — the War of the Spanish Succession dragged on until 1714, reshaping both European borders and colonial administration. The Santa Fe de Bogotá mint was one of the few New Granada facilities producing gold cob coinage throughout this period, supplying specie that flowed directly into wartime treasury demands back in Madrid.
The macuquina (cob) format persisted here well past its discontinuation at other mints, a function of labor conditions and assay infrastructure in the viceroyalty rather than royal preference. Felipe's 1728 monetary reforms pushed standardization hard, but Santa Fe lagged.