Spain (1535-56)-G R escudo

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 28, lot 1
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This specimen was lot 1 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "Granada, Spain, 1 escudo, Charles-Joanna, assayer R to right, mintmark G to left, rare. Fully detailed AU- with contrasting sediment in crevices, thin flan with small part of edge wavy, much scarcer than the usual Seville-mint examples." This type was also struck at Cuenca, Segovia, Seville, Burgos and Toledo. None are dated. Cayón states that this type was restruck in 1599-1602.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.37 grams.

Catalog reference: Cal-182, Fr-unlisted, Cayón-3139.

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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

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