Spain 1625-S D 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 183 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,244 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1625. Felipe IV. Sevilla. D. 2 escudos. Magnífico relieve. Precioso color. Única conocida. Ex Colección Isabel de Trastámara 25/05/2017, nº 807. EBC. (kingdom of Spain, Philip IV, two escudos of 1625, Seville mint. Magnificent strike, precious color, the only one known. Extremely fine.)"
This type is listed in the SCWC for 1622-23, 1628-29, 1634, 1640-45, 1651-52, 1661 (1625 is unlisted in the SCWC and Cayón). It was also struck at Madrid and Granada.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 6,74 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-206, KM 51.3 (unlisted date), AC. 1827, Tauler-unlisted, Cayón-unlisted.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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