Peru 1715-L M 8 escudos
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This specimen was lot 32100 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "Peru: Philip V gold 8 Escudos 1715 L-M AU Details (Obverse Damage) NGC, Lima mint. A very scarce date and highly desirable despite the obverse scrape partially affecting one of the two visible dates." Cob eight escudos were struck at the Lima mint 1701-47 for Philip V of Spain and became the "doubloons" of pirate lore.
Recorded mintage: 61,586.
Specification: 27.07 grams, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-7, KM 38.2, Cayón-9949.
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- 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.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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