Spain 1712-S M escudo
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This specimen was lot 1100 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 26 (Winter Park, FL, November 2019), where it sold for $3,570. The catalog description[1] noted, "Seville, Spain, milled gold 1 escudo, Philip V, 1712M, NGC MS 62, finest and only example in NGC census. Bold details against choice satin fields, struck on a small flan for the design with boldly scalloped edge, rather cob-like overall." This type was struck at Seville 1701-26. It was superseded in 1729 by the portrait type.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-262, CT-546; KM-253. Cayón-9523.
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- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 26, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
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