Peru 1744-L V 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 45 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it sold for $6,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU, Lima, gold cob 2 escudos, 1744 V, very rare, NGC UNC details / edge filing, finest and only example in NGC census, ex-Almenara. Broad flan with bold full cross-lions-castles and pillars-and-waves, somewhat grainy and lightly red-toned surfaces without circulation wear, the stated file marks on top edge only. Pedigreed to the Almenara Collection (stated on label)." This is the final date of a type struck intermittently since 1701. All dates are rare.
Recorded mintage: 981.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 6.46 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9767, S-L30; Cal-1849; Fr-9; KM-36.
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- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 37, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Almenara Collection of Colonial Peruvian Gold Coins, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
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