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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8230680, member: 110226&quot;]Here are a couple more Colombian coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is a 2 escudos, 1630s, Bogota.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin exhibits the typical irregular strike of a cob, but it is sufficient to determine that this coin is from Bogota, with the weak but readable vertical NRA to the left of the shield.&nbsp; On the cross side the bottoms of the 1 and 6 are visible, but the remaining two numbers are off the flan completely.&nbsp; However, I feel it is safe to attribute this coin to the 1630s due to the assayer A, who worked at the mint during that decade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have this coin in a cardboard holder, so there is a little refection that I tried to minimize.&nbsp; It was purchased from my coin shop &quot;around the corner&quot; back the early 90s.</p><p><br /></p><p>KM 4.1</p><p><br /></p><p>67 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446885[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The next coin is an 8 reales of Bogota, 1846/5, Assayer R.&nbsp; The early republican coins suffer from debasement, flawed flans and often times poor strikes.&nbsp; As this coin goes, it is above average, but still exhibits some softness in the strike, some flan irregularities, and debasement at 22.72 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>KM 98</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446887[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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