Peru 1747-L V 8 escudos

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Sedwick sale 25, lot 20

This specimen was lot 20 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2019), where it sold for $11,305. The catalog description[1] noted, "Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos, 1747V, NGC MS 63, finest known in NGC census. Thick (small) flan with choice full cross-lions-castles and pillar-and-waves (both well centered), lightly toned and impressively lustrous for the period, finest by three grades in NGC census. NGC #3641317-002." This type is recorded for 1747-50. The Mexico City mint was converted to milled coinage in 1732-34 but Lima would not follow suit until 1751.

Recorded mintage: 76,228.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, .798 troy oz AGW, this specimen 27.0 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10838, S-L30a; KM-47; CT-9.

Source:

  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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