Spain 1642-MD B 8 escudos

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 28, lot 15
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This specimen was lot 15 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $24,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "Madrid, Spain, cob 8 escudos, Philip IV, 1642B, retrograde 4 in date, no stops in obverse legend, rare, NGC MS 65, finest and only example in NGC census. Exceptional grade for a cob (none graded higher for any date or mint for this type), with choice full inner details and crown as well as some legend (including date, which shows a clearly retrograde 4, per Tauler #18a) on a broad, round flan that extends past the outer border in places, attractively lustrous, with only a hint of doubling on the cross side, very bold and lovely all over, and decidedly rare with a catalog value of 20,000 Euros." This type is recorded for 1631-63 with all dates noted as rare. The type is further subdivided into KM 136.1 (denomination written as 'VIII') and KM 136.2 (denomination written as '8', shown here). Contemporary issues from Segovia were milled while Seville's products were cobs.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.47 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 27.01 grams.

Catalog reference: KM 136.2, Cal-1910, Fr-199, Cayón-unlisted.

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 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

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