Peru 1760-L JM escudo
This specimen was lot 1266 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it sold for $7,500. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU, Lima, gold bust 1 escudo, Ferdinand VI, 1760 JM, second bust, extremely rare, NGC XF 45, finest and only example in NGC census, ex-Almenara. Bold strike with full legends, contrasting toning, the luster too subdued for AU, this posthumous date for Ferdinand VI unlisted in all references except Friedberg (not in de la Puente, Calicó, KM, etc), hence possibly unique. Pedigreed to the Almenara Collection." The KM 56.2 is listed in the SCWC for 1754-59 and is scarce. This one is likely unique as the auctioneers state. The subsequent type (KM 65) of 1761-62 is also rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10733, Cal-unl (Type 82); Fr-23; KM-56.2 (unlisted date).
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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