Peru 1757-L JM 4 escudos

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from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 2136
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This specimen was lot 2136 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $9,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. 4 Escudos, 1757-LM JM. Lima Mint. Ferdinand VI. NGC AU-53. . Four-year type. The sole certified example on either the NGC or PCGS population reports. The charming and lightly circulated example boasts a good strike with even wear displaying a even pale golden coloration with hints of luster in the protected areas. From the Pat Johnson Collection. Acquired via private treaty from Mike Dunigan." This type was struck in Lima, Peru, 1754 and 1757-59. Gold coins from Lima are much scarcer than issues from the Colombian mints. Assayer JM is recorded for 1751-72.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-21; KM-58; Cal-697, Cayón-10823.

Source:

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