Peru 1759-L JM escudo

Ponterio sale 177, lot 12420

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 12420 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PERU. Escudo, 1759-JM. NGC AU-50. Ferdinand VI (1746-60). VERY RARE." This type was struck in the name of Ferdinand VI 1754-59 and is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, .099 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10728, Fr-23; KM-56.2; Cal-type-60#210.

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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
• 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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