Spain 1591-S C 2 escudos

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 39, lot 5
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This specimen was lot 5 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 39 (Winter Park, FL, May 2026), where it sold for $4,500. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip II, 1591 date to right, assayer C below mintmark S and denomination II to left, NGC AU details / cleaned. Compact round flan with good full shield and cross (just a little flat in peripheries), full S-II-C and date, rich gold color." This type was struck 1588-97 and also comes undated. Cob two escudos were also struck at Burgos, Cuenca, Granada, Toledo, Valladolid and Segovia. Assayers B, C and H are reported for the date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.87 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 6.68 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-4119, Cal-841; Fr-169.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 39, 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, 2026.

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