Spain (1556-80)-G A escudo

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Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 165

This specimen was lot 165 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 2,000 € (about US$2,613 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "n/d. Felipe II. Granada. A. 1 escudo. Obv.: Coat of arms between G and A. Attractive. Rare. EBC- [about extremely fine]." The Cayón number we have cited here, 4067, is an undated one escudo from the Granada mint with assayer M. Cayón lists some two escudos with assayer A (Cayón-4086 thru -4089). Cobs of this style were also struck at Seville, Valladolid and Toledo.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a scarce mint.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-4067 (assayer M), Fr-176, AC-777.

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 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.

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