Spain 1709-S M 8 escudos

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Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 257

This specimen was lot 257 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 8,500 € (about US$11,104 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1709/8. Felipe V. Seville. M. 8 escudos. "Cross" type. 8-S/M-8. Lovely color. Very rare. MBC+ [choice very fine]." This type was struck 1701-19 at Seville with various assayers. Assayer M is listed for 1707-19. This overdate is listed with a lower price in the SCWC than the regular date. This example shows "S 8 M 8" on the reverse; this date is also known with "M 8 S 8" (Cayón-9914).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, 38 mm diameter, this specimen 27.04 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-9913, KM 260, AC-2277, Cal.Onza 492.

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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
  • 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.

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