Argentina 1824-RA 2 escudos
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This specimen was lot 1002 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $2990. The catalog description[1] noted, "1824 DS 2 escudos. Rioja mint. AU-50 (NGC). Types as above. Medium gold with deeper highlights. Well struck and finely detailed, hairline planchet crack left of 6:00 on reverse. A rare type in desirable grade. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942."
This type was struck 1824-26 and, like most Argentine gold coins, is very rare.
Specification: 6.75 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW; this specimen 6.82 grams, 22.90 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-5, KM 19.1.
- Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998, Buenos Aires, 1998.
- Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo José, Monedas de la República Argentina, Asociación Numismática Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1965.
- [1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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- 1824-RA DS real
- 1824 2 soles
- 1825-RA CA 2 escudos
- 1826 8 escudos
- Coins and currency dated 1824
- other specimens in The Eliasberg Collection
- return to coins of Argentina