Mexico 1806-Mo TH 4 escudos

Eliasberg lot 3210

This specimen was lot 3210 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $1035. The catalog description^[1] noted, "1806/5 TH 4 escudos. Mexico City mint. AU-50 (NGC). Types as above. Medium gold with orange toning and generous amounts of lustre on both sides. Purchased from Mortimer Hammel, April 18, 1945." This type was struck 1792-1808 and is the most available of Mexican colonial four escudos but, like the smaller two escudos, remains scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.53 g, 0.875 fine gold, .380 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 13.47 grams, 30.40 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14424 (overdate), KM 144, Fr-44.

Source:

• ^[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.
• 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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• other specimens in The Eliasberg Collection.
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