Spain 1703-S M 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 1308 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $36,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Seville, gold milled 8 escudos, Philip V, 1703 M, S-8-M-8, NGC MS 64, finest known in NGC census. Choice strike with sharp interior details (the rims slightly crude from minor centering issues), unusually prominent edge from aggressive milling on a broad flan, exceptional surfaces with much luster for the period, rare and important as the highest grade on record for this date." This type was struck at Seville 1701-19. Assayers J and M are known for 1703 with "M" priced about double that of "J". All dates are expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9889, Cal-2269; KM-261; Fr-247.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 2, 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.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 38, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
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