Mexico 1731-Mo F escudo
This specimen was lot 31325 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $5,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "Philip V gold Cob Escudo 1731 Mo-F XF45 NGC, Mexico City mint. A very rare late cob issue of Philip V, struck off-center on the obverse to the benefit of collectors, with an amazing full date that is entirely bold and takes focal prominence on the surfaces. The reverse, somewhat atypically, displays extremely broad doubling of the cross design. With their faint reddish toning accents, the surfaces certainly appear choice for the assigned grade. Selections from the Isaac Rudman Numismatic Cabinet." This specimen is a gold cob escudo struck at Mexico City the year before the conversion to milled coinage. Specimens with clear dates are unusual.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 grams, 0.917 fine gold, 0.099 troy oz AGW, this specimen 16 mm diameter, 3.3 g.
Catalog reference: KM 51.2, Cal-Type 110 (Unlisted Date), Cayón-unlisted.
- 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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