Peru 1738-L N 2 escudos

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Soler y Llach, January 2010, lot 321

This coin was lot 321 in a Soler y Llach sale (Barcelona, January 2010). The type was struck in Lima, Peru, 1701-44; the date 1738 is listed for one, four and eight escudos cobs. Gold coins from colonial Peru are much scarcer than those from Colombian mints. Assayer N is recorded for 1728-39.

Recorded mintage: Unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold, .199 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, KM-36 (unlisted date).

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 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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