Spain 1628-S R 2 escudos

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Áureo y Calicó sale 345, lot 461

This specimen was lot 461 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,056 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"(1)628. Felipe IV. Sevilla. R. 2 escudos. Ex Áureo 04/03/1998, nº 1748. Ex Colección Lepanto, Áureo 27/04/1999, nº 736. Rara. MBC. (kingdom of Spain, Philip IV, 1621-65, two escudos of 1628, Seville mint, rare, very fine.)"

The SCWC shows this type as struck 1622-23, 1628-29, 1634, 1640-45, 1651-52, 1661 and also at Madrid and Granada. Cayón does not list this date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 grams, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 6,61 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-206, KM 51.3, Cal-188 (plate coin), Tauler 170 (plate coin), Cayón-unlisted.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.

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