Mexico 1748-Mo MF escudo
This specimen was lot 31085 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $8,812.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ferdinand VI gold Escudo 1748 Mo-MF AU58 NGC, Mexico City mint. Borderline Mint State with strong subjacent luster, sharply defined features and a few scattered surface abrasions in the obverse fields. Very rare in this quality, currently the single finest certified example for the type by NGC and an outstanding representative of this very scarce type. From The Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins." This type was struck 1748-51 and is the first of three types featuring Ferdinand VI, who died in 1759. In 1752, the "1 S" was dropped from the reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, .100 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10694, KM 115.1, Cal-213.
- 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.
- 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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