Peru 1750-L R 2 escudos

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Künker sale 386, lot 5932

This specimen was lot 5932 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$8,399 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PERU, Fernando VI. 1746-1759. 2 Escudos 1750, Lima. GOLD. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Sehr schön +. (Peru, Ferdinand VI, 1746-59, two escudos of 1750, Lima mint. Very rare date, choice very fine.)"

This type is listed in the SCWC for 1747-49; this is an unlisted date. The following year saw the first issue of machine struck gold coins.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 6.67 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, KM 46 (unlisted date), Fr-14; Calicó -.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • 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.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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