Chile 1755-So J escudo
This specimen was lot 1334 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $19,550. The catalog description[1] noted, "1755 J 1 escudo. Santiago mint. EF-45 (NGC). Small head of Fernando VI to right/type as above. Medium gold with deeper highlights, nick in right reverse field. A very rare denomination from Santiago under Fernando VI, entirely missing from the Norweb collection and not struck early enough to represented in the Luz treasure. KM lists only 1754 for this type (unpriced) and neither KM nor Friedberg lists this date. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, .100 troy oz AGW. This specimen: 3.35 grams, 17.90 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, KM A6, Fr-7.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- [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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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