Spain (1497-1504)-G excelente Fr-135

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from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 1578
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This specimen was lot 1578 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $5,760. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Excelente, ND (1476-1516)-G. Granada Mint. Ferdinand & Isabella. NGC MS-62. Boldly struck with impressive detail within the facing portraits, the reverse shield, as well as the legends on both sides. Glowing orange-gold highlights further contributes to the superb appearance. Absolutely SCARCE and highly coveted in this certified Mint State quality." This type was struck after 1497 at Burgos, Cuenca, Granada, Seville, Toledo and Segovia. It is priced the same as a double excelente but is much scarcer. The excelente was nominally equal to a ducat. The Granada product comes marked with various mintmarks, this one with two Gothic "G's".

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold.

Catalog reference: Cayón-2868, Fr-135; Cal-Type 115 #124.

Source:

  • 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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