Peru 1791-L IJ 8 escudos

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Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1344
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 1344 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $1,997.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU. 8 Escudos, 1791-IJ. Charles IV (1788-1808). NGC AU-58. Bust of Charles III." This transitional type is noted for 1790-91.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .780 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14463, Fr-36; KM-92.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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