Spain 1641-S R 4 escudos
This specimen was lot 20 in Sedwick Auction 36 (Winter Park, FL, November 2024), where it sold for $6,900. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 4 escudos, 1641 (R), rare, NGC MS 60. Rich gold color, nearly full crown and shield with full denomination IIII• to right, full cross with nearly full tressure, bold date above." The SCWC lists KM 107.2 (date left of quadrilobe) for 1630-31, 1634, 1643 and 1647, and KM 56.2 (date above quadrilobe) for 1630-33, 1636-41, 1644-47, 1655 and 1664. The auctioneers catalogued this as KM 107.2 but we vote for KM 56.2. Four escudos were also struck at Madrid and are very rare therefrom.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.73 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 13.50 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-6735; Cal-1883; Fr-203; KM 56.2.
- 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 36, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Luis R. Ponte collection, the Jorge Becerra Collection and the John M. O'Brien collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
Link to: