Spain 1693-S M escudo
This specimen was lot 37 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 35 (Winter Park, FL, May 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Seville, gold cob 1 escudo, 1693 M, rare, NGC AU 53, Calicó Plate. 3.32 grams. Full but crude shield with bold full S-M to left, nearly full but off-center cross with clear 3 of date in legend (slab label just says 16_3) and interesting four-leaf clover ornaments in tressure-dimples. Plate coin on page 244 of Aureo-Calicó's Numismática española (2019)." Cayón lists escudos of Carlos II from Madrid, Segovia, Seville and Mallorca. The dates 1672, 1675, 1684-87, 1691, 1694/3, 1699-1700 are mentioned but not 1693, altho there is a 1693-S M 8 escudos.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.43 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.34 grams.
Catalog reference: KM 211, Cayón unlisted, Cal-845; Fr-230 (unlisted date).
- 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.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing and Connor Falk, Treasure Auction 35, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2024.
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