Peru 1736-L N 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 2130 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $8,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. Cob 2 Escudos, 1736-L N. Lima Mint. Philip V. NGC MS-62. Weight: 6.85 g. The only certified example of the date on either the NGC or PCGS population reports. The beautifully preserved example boasts a strong strike with well-formed devices with minimal doubling. This wholly original looking survivor displays a pale golden coloration with minor earthen deposits amongst the devices adding to its pleasing appearance. From the Pat Johnson Collection." Gold coins from colonial Peru are much scarcer than those from Colombian mints. Assayer N is recorded for 1728-39. This type was struck 1701-16, 1720-23, 1728, 1733-36, 1741-42. The Mexico City mint was converted to milled coinage in 1732-34 but Lima would not follow suit until 1751.
Recorded mintage: 1,052 for 1735-36.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-9; KM-36; Cal-1846, Cayón-9740.
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- 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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