Ecuador 1838-ST 8 escudos

Goldberg sale 75, lot 3048

This specimen was lot 3048 in Goldberg sale 75 (Los Angeles, September 2013), where it sold for $6,900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Ecuador. 8 Escudos, 1838-ST. Liberty head left. Reverse: Sun and Zodiac over three mountain peaks. Last digit of date weak. Rare type. NGC graded Extremely Fine, Details (Surface Hairlines)." This type was struck 1838-41 but like all predecimal Ecuadorian gold coins, remains beyond the reach of ordinary collectors.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .760 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-3; KM 23.1.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Jason Villareal and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 75: the pre-Long Beach Sale, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.
• 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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