Spain (1497-1504)-S X 2 excelentes Fr-129
This specimen was lot 1289 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $5,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Seville, gold double excelente, Ferdinand-Isabel, assayer •X• at top, mintmark S at bottom between busts, NGC MS 61, ex-McGregor. Well-struck example with sharp, bold, full details including Latin legends, brightly lustrous surfaces despite light die-rust, choice state of preservation for this type. Pedigreed to the McGregor Collection (stated on label)." This type was struck after 1497 at Burgos, Cuenca, Granada, Seville, Toledo and Valencia. The excelente was nominally equal to a ducat. The varieties of this issue comprise Cayón-2922 thru Cayón-2940 with different privy marks (an "X" is shown here) and the mintmark "S".
Recorded mintage: unknown but a common variety.
Specification: gold, this specimen 7.01 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-2926, Cal-746; Fr-129.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 2, 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]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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