Mexico 1746-Mo MF 4 escudos
This specimen was lot 31058 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $2,350. The catalog description[1] noted, "Philip V gold 4 Escudos 1746/5 Mo-MF XF Details (Chopmarked) NGC, Mexico City mint. A rather sharply detailed specimen with the expected handling marks for the designation and significant luster remaining. A very rare date of the type, with no recent offerings traced by the cataloguer (and no examples currently certified by NGC or PCGS), though one example was offered in a partial sale of the legendary Brand collection (Glendining 3/1936, lot 247). Rather than a chopmark, the flower-like small countermark placed to the left of the bust is probably a private merchant's validation stamp. It has been found on other Mexican gold coins of the period, as noted in the description of the similarly stamped 4 Escudos 1736 Mo-MF in the Eliasberg collection (ANR 4/2005, lot 3094). From The Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins." The SCWC lists this type for 1732-46 and does not mention the 1747.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.53 g, 0.917 fine gold, .399 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9864, KM 135, Cal-252, Fr-9.
- 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.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World & Ancient Coins Auction 3041, featuring the Eric Beckman Collection of Canadian Coins, the Kaiser Collection of German Gold Coins and the Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins, Part I, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
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