Peru 1820-L JP 4 Escudos
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This specimen was lot 3524 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $1,725. The catalog description[1] noted,
"1820 JP 4 escudos. Lima mint. EF-45 (NGC). Types as above. Lustrous light yellow gold, long thin scratch in right obverse field, scattered hairlines. Attractive and well struck, a far above average specimen of the denomination. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942."
This type was struck 1814-21; all dates are rare.
Specification: 13.53 g, 0.875 fine gold, .380 troy oz AGW; this specimen: 13.41 grams, 29.90 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-16349, KM 128, Fr-56.
- [1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
- 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.
- 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.
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