Spain (1497-1504)-B 2 excelentes Fr-127

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Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1353

This specimen was lot 1353 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 7,000 € (about US$9,064 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Catholic Monarchs. Burgos. Double excelente. B between busts. Light hairlines. Very rare. MBC+ [choice very fine]." This type was struck after 1497 at Burgos, Cuenca, Granada, Seville, Toledo and Valencia. The excelente was nominally equal to a ducat. The Burgos product comes marked with a "B". Burgos also struck half excelentes (Fr-148), single excelentes (Fr-133), quadruple excelentes (Fr-124) and castellanos (Fr-138a) but the double excelente is the most available.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: gold, this specimen 6,90 g.

Catalog reference: AC. 694, Cayón-2911.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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