Mexico 1841-Go PJ 4 escudos

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1273

This specimen was lot 1273 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MEXICO. 4 Escudos, 1841-GoPJ. NGC AU-58. Very scarce date. Sharply struck and very attractive." Guanajuato is the most available mint for this scarce denomination.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.875 fine gold, .381 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-83; KM-381.4.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Long, Richard A., Gold Coins of the Early Mexican Republic, 1823-1873, North Bend, OR: Wegferd Publications, 2004.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1840-Go 4 escudos
• 1841-M^O ⅛ real
• 1841-M^O centavo pattern
• 1841-G^O ½ real
• 1841-M^O ½ real
• 1841-G^O real
• 1841-D^O 2 reales
• 1841-G^O 4 reales
• 1841-Z^S 4 reales
• 1841-C^A 8 reales
• 1841-D^O 8 reales
• 1841-G^A 8 reales
• 1841-G^O 8 reales
• 1841-M^O 8 reales
• 1841-P^I 8 reales
• 1841-Z^S 8 reales
• 1841-M^O ½ escudo
• 1841-M^O escudo
• 1841-D^O 8 escudos
• 1841-G^A 8 escudos
• 1841-G^O 8 escudos
• 1841-M^O 8 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1841
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