Mexico 1820-Mo JJ 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 31389 in Heritage sale 3041 (Chicago, August 2015), where it sold for $4,465. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ferdinand VII gold 2 Escudos 1820 Mo-JJ AU58 NGC, Mexico City mint. A highly lustrous and most attractive coin, borderline Mint State with the slightest friction evidence on the higher points, comparatively few contact marks and superb reddish toning. A decidedly handsome representative of the type, rare and most desirable in this preservation. From The Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins." This scarce type was struck 1814-21 and is usually seen in VF-EF or lower. Jewelry damage is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-16276, KM 134, Calico-238.
- [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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
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