Peru 1707-L H 4 escudos
This specimen was lot 24 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Lima, Peru, cob 4 escudos, 1707H, rare, NGC MS 61, finest known in NGC census, ex-1715 Fleet (designated on label). Crisply detailed full pillars-and-waves and cross-lions-castles (the former slightly doubled and the latter slightly off-center), full crown, lustrous and very lightly toned. NGC #4822290-001. From the 1715 Fleet." The type was struck in Lima, Peru, 1702-45; many dates are not listed. Gold coins from colonial Peru are much scarcer than those from Colombian mints. Assayer H is recorded for 1696-1709.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.54 g, 0.917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW, this specimen 13.49 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9792, S-L25a; KM-37; CT-210.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- 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.
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