Peru 1722-L M escudo

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Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 1341
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 1341 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $1,057.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. Escudo, 1722-M. Philip V (1700-46). PCGS Genuine--Cleaning, EF Details Secure Holder. RARE type. Crude strike." This type is recorded for 1702-45. Recorded mintages are much lower than of the eight escudos (KM-38.2). The Mexico City mint was converted to milled coinage in 1732-34 but Lima would not follow suit until 1751.

Recorded mintage: 560.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, .099 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9543, Fr-10; KM-35.

Source:

  • 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 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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