Mexico 1865-Ca JC 8 escudos

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Heritage sale 3073, lot 31581
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This specimen was lot 31581 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $4,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic gold 8 Escudos 1865 Ca-JC AU50 NGC, Chihuahua mint. The rarest date of this mint and type, with no other examples appearing in recent sales or major collections, herein exhibiting beautiful rose-gold toning and glassy fields and hints of light rose-gold toning. Currently the only example certified in this penultimate quality, with no examples of this year certified by either grading company in a Mint State designation." The specimen shown is one of a series struck 1841-71 at the Chihuahua mint. That mint struck mostly eight reales and eight escudos. The other denominations struck, the silver 1/4, half, one and two reales, are rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a rare date.

Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.875 fine gold, .76 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-67; KM-383.1.

Source:

  • Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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