Spain 1700-S M 8 escudos

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Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 215

This specimen was lot 215 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 6,300 € (about US$8,230 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1700. Carlos II. Seville. M. 8 escudos. Obv.: *CAROLVS-II·DEI·GRAT·*. Rev.: HISPANIARVM*REX*1700*. The 7 on the date, straight. Cleaned. Nice. Rare. EBC [extremely fine]." The SCWC lists eight escudos from Seville for Charles II for 1673, 1680-81, 1691 and 1699-1700. Only 1699 and 1700 are milled. Cayón mentions a variety wherein HISPANIARVM is punched over HISPANIAPRVM.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.47 g, 0.917 fine gold, 36 mm diameter, this specimen 26.52 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-7952, KM 233.3, AC-1062, Cal.Onza 204.

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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

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