Mexico 1786-Mo FM 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 3168 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $2300. The catalog description[1] noted, "1786 FM 8 escudos. Mexico City mint. AU-55 (NGC). Types as above. Bright and lustrous yellow gold, frosty with some faint planchet adjustment marks at rims at base of obverse and reverse, and a faint, diagonal scratch upon the king's cheek. Exceptional for the assigned grade, nearly full lustre. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942." This type struck 1773-88, though not cheap, is the first eight escudos type not stratospherically priced.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold. This specimen: 27.07 grams, 37.30 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12980, KM 156.2a, Fr-33, Calico Onza-785.
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- [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.
- 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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