Peru 1732-L N 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 31 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $12,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1732 N, NGC AU details / removed from jewelry. Full and bold cross-lions-castles, off-center full pillars with bold date and assayer (trace of doubling on that side only), only minor discoloration on edge." Gold coins from colonial Peru are much scarcer than those from Colombian mints. This type is recorded for 1710-47 with assayer M operating 1710-27. Cobs were struck at Lima until 1752, twenty years after Mexico City had switched to milled coinage.
Recorded mintage: 57,487.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 26.89 grams
Catalog reference: Cayón-10023; S-L29; KM-38.2; Cal-2146; Fr-7.
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- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 36, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Luis R. Ponte collection, the Jorge Becerra Collection and the John M. O'Brien collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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