Peru 1817-L JP 8 escudos

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Heritage sale 3019, lot 25269
Peru 1817 8 escudos rev Heritage 3019-25269.jpg

This specimen was lot 25269 in Heritage sale 3019 (Chicago, April 2012), where it sold for $1,667.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Ferdinand VII gold 8 Escudos 1817-JP, AU50 NGC, sharply struck bust details with virtually full mint luster, small lamination on the reverse coat of arms." This coin was minted 1814-21 and turns up more often than the Mexican coin of the same type.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16466, KM 129.1.

Source:

  • 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]Tucker, Warren, and Cristiano Bierrenbach, World and Ancient Coins sale 3019, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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.

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