Peru 1778-L MJ escudo

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Ponterio sale 152, lot 7319
photo courtesy Ponterio & Associates
the same specimen, from the Mountain Groan Collection
Peru 1778 escudo rev DSLR.jpg

This specimen was lot 7319 in Ponterio sale 152 (New York, January 2010), where it sold for $690. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. Escudo, 1778-MJ. RARE type. NGC XF-45." While eight escudos from Peru are reasonably available albeit expensive, the smaller gold denominations are all very scarce. The SCWC prices this type very low, but specialists know better.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.901 fine gold, .098 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12288, Fr-35; KM 79.

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, 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 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.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 152: The 2010 NYINC Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.

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