Spain 1620-S G escudo

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from Sedwick Auction 37, lot 17
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This specimen was lot 17 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, 1620, assayer not visible, rare. Full and clear date at top of great full cross, full but off-center shield with bold denomination I inside king's name (that side crude from die-rust), overall AU- or so, reportedly found off the east coast of Florida (Sebastian) in the 1980s." The early hammered one escudos of Spain are all rare and the SCWC catalog numbers are confusing. For the one escudo, we note KM 48.1 (Seville mint, listed for 1610-11 and 1617-18) and KM 48.2 (Segovia mint, 1615 only); for the two escudos, we see KM 48.1 (Granada mint), KM 48.2 (Madrid mint) and KM 48.3 (Seville mint). The 1620-S two escudos has assayer G so we assume assayer G is intended here although assayer R was also active at this time.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.43 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.35 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-unlisted, Cal-Type 186; Fr-unl (cf 196); KM-unl (48.1 for type).

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • 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, Treasure Auction 37, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Almenara Collection of Colonial Peruvian Gold Coins, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.

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