Guatemala 1794-NG M escudo

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Áureo y Calicó sale 345, lot 592

This specimen was lot 592 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,320 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1794. Carlos IV. Guatemala. M. 1 escudo. Primer año de busto propio. Rayas. Muy rara. MBC-. (kingdom of Spain, Charles IV, one escudo of 1794, Guatemala mint, first year of the proper bust, scratches, very rare, about very fine."

Other dates of this type are known (1797, 1801) but all are rare. Guatemala is the rarest mint for colonial gold.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW, this specimen 3,20 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14036, Fr-21; KM-55, Cal-463.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.

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