Spain (1535-55)-B escudo

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Áureo y Calicó sale 345, lot 357

This specimen was lot 357 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,452 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"s/d. Juana y Carlos. Burgos. 1 escudo. Punzonada en reverso. Rara. MBC-. (kingdom of Spain, Juana and Charles, undated one escudo, Burgos mint, punchmark on the reverse. Rare, about very fine.)"

Cayón notes that this type was struck after 1535. The mintmark "B" is at the foot of the cross. A variety exists (Cayón-3136) with a rotated mintmark. Juana, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, was declared unfit to rule after the death of her husband Philip in 1506. Ferdinand acted as regent until his death in 1516, whereupon her son Charles took over that role. She survived until 1556.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,33 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-157, Cal-36, Cayón-3135.

Source:

  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
  • 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.
  • Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.

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