Mexico 1773-Mo FM 2 escudos

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Heritage sale 3041, lot 31185
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 31185 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $399.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Charles III gold 2 Escudos 1773 Mo-FM VF Details (Removed from Jewelry) NGC, Mexico City mint. The surfaces are consistent with a coin that has been worn in jewelry, with otherwise evenly-worn devices and an all-over yellow-gold color. From The Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins." This specimen is one of a type struck 1772-73 during the reign of Charles III. This type has an upright mintmark and assayer. All Mexican colonial two escudos are scarce; the catalog accords a slight premium to this type over the later issues of 1777-88 which have a fineness of 875 thousandths.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, .901 fine gold, .195 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12438, KM 130.1, Cal-474.

Source:

  • [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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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