Peru 1850-L MB escudo
This specimen was lot 1243 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "PERU, Lima, gold 1 escudo, 1850 MB, NGC UNC details / cleaned, ex-Almenara. Satin smooth surfaces with nice luster, full rims, very faint hairlines, one of just two in the NGC census, the other being AU 55. Pedigreed to the Almenara Collection (stated on label)." This type was struck at Cuzco 1826, 1830, 1840 and 1845-46 and at Lima 1826-29, 1833, 1850 and 1855. It is much scarcer than the prices in the SCWC would indicate. This subtype of 1850 and 1855 has the country name abbreviated "REPUB· PERUANA".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.37 g, 0.875 fine gold, this specimen 3.40 grams.
Catalog reference: KM-147.4; Fr-66.
- 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 38, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
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