Mexico 1734-Mo MF 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 3090 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $3,220. The catalog description[1] noted, "1734/3 MF 2 escudos. Mexico City mint. AU-55 (NGC). Types as above. Even medium gold some traces of orange toning and good lustre remaining in protected areas. A few scattered hairlines, a very attractive example. Bold overdate. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942." All Mexican colonial gold may be considered scarce. This type was struck 1732-47 and is the only type with the bust of Philip V. The SCWC records only the overdate for this year and no regular date.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold, .199 troy oz AGW. This specimen: 6.75 grams, 23.10 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9733, Fr-10, KM 124.
- [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.
- 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.
- 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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