Mexico 1751-Mo MF 4 escudos
This specimen was lot 31115 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $12,925. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ferdinand VI gold 4 Escudos 1751 Mo-MF AU55 NGC, Mexico City mint. A most engaging example of the rare last date in the series, a tad less sharply struck than the previous lot, yet similarly lustrous and also unusually handsome for this elusive type. Struck from different dies than the Eliasberg example (ANR 4/2005, lot 3126) and clearly superior to that specimen. As noted in the description of the previous lot, currently tied with two other coins as the finest of the type certified by NGC. For the specialist of this fascinating series, the cataloguer notes that a superb example of the unlisted 1751/0 overdate variety hammered at CHF12,500 in 2007 (UBS 3/2007, lot 463). 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 "4 S" was dropped from the reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.53 g, 0.917 fine gold, .399 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10802, Fr-18, KM 137, Cal-108.
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- 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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