Peru 1819-L JP 8 escudos

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Heritage sale 3010, lot 21687
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 21687 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $1,500 as a "post auction buy." The catalog description[1] noted, "Ferdinand VII gold 8 Escudos 1819-JP, AU53 NGC, sharply struck features for this era at the Lima Mint, luster in the legends and no adjustment marks. From the Don Benito Collection of Hispanic Gold." 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-16484, Fr-54; KM-129.1.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Peru_1819-L_JP_8_escudos&oldid=554161"