Ecuador 1847-GJ 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 11372 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $27,600. The catalog description[1] noted,
"Highly Elusive 1847-GJ 8 Escudos. ECUADOR. 1847-GJ 8 Escudos. Quito mint. AU-58 (PCGS). A superlative example of this very rare date, finer than the Eliasberg coin and the finest certified by PCGS. Pleasantly toned all over, with deep yellow gold surfaces enlivened by splashes of coppery color in the upper left portion of the obverse. A hairline planchet crack extends from the rim through LA on the obverse, stopping at Bolívar's hairline. On the reverse, it splits QU of QUITO on its way to the fasces near the base of the arms. A microscopic lamination is seen left of Q at the base of the reverse. Interestingly, the Eliasberg coin also showed a planchet crack. That piece, graded EF-45 (NGC), sold for $32,200 in 2005. Well struck and very attractive, this piece shows extraordinarily choice preservation and should exceed that today. From the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins. From Glendining's sale of February 1977."
This type was struck 1847-56.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-8; KM-34.1.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
- 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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