Spain 1591-M C 4 escudos

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Áureo y Calicó sale 346, lot 1160

This specimen was lot 1160 in Áureo y Calicó sale 346 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it was withdrawn. The catalog description[1] noted,

"1591. Felipe II. M (Madrid). C. 4 escudos. Golpecitos. Ínfimo resto de soldadura. Pátina de monetario. No figuraba en la Colección Caballero de las Yndias. Rarísima. ¿Única conocida?. MBC+. (kingdom of Spain, Philip II, four escudos of 1591, Madrid mint. Nicks, small mount mark, polished. Extremely rare, perhaps unique. Choice very fine.)"

This extremely rare type was struck 1591-92 and undated.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.73 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 13,64 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-159, AC. 882 (plate coin), Tauler 4 (plate coin), Cayón-4154.

Source:

  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 346: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Colección Javier Verdejo Sitges, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
  • 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.
  • Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
  • 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.

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