Argentina 1835-RA P 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 20143 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $5,760. The catalog description[1] noted, "ARGENTINA. 8 Escudos, 1835-RA P. NGC AU Details--Reverse Tooled. A SCARCE date, with the most recent offering that we were able to locate was sold in our Stack's sale of January 2007 (lot 3850). Hairlines from being cleaned long ago with light tasteful smoothing in the fields around the Argentine coat of arms. Despite the noted defects a lightly toned presentable example with an excellent provenance. Ex: Hector Carlos Janson Duplicates (with custom photo certificate)." This type was struck 1826-35 and is expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27 g, 0.875 fine gold, .758 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-2; KM-21.
- 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.
- Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998, Buenos Aires, 1998.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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