Peru 1863-L YB 8 escudos

Heritage sale 3012, lot 25214

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

another specimen, from the Mountain Groan Collection

from www.cgb.fr

The first specimen was lot 25214 in Heritage sale 3012 (New York, January 2011), where it sold for $1,265. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic gold 8 Escudos 1863, nice lustrous AU, light adjustment marks across the date and denomination." This type was struck 1862-63 during the transition to decimal coinage, wherein the sol superseded the peso.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, 0.7596 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Fr-68, KM 183.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Links to:

• 1862 8 escudos
• 1863 2 centavos
• 1863 ½ dinero
• 1863 dinero
• 1863 5 soles
• 1863 4 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1863
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