Spain 1731-S PA 8 escudos

Heritage sale 3089, lot 33224

This specimen was lot 33224 in Heritage sale 3089 (Dallas, TX, January 2021), where it sold for $2,402.40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Spain. Philip V gold 8 Escudos 1731 S-PA XF Details (Polished) NGC, Seville mint. Displaying a balanced strike, soft reddish-gold tone residing in the legends." All Spanish eight escudos are rare compared to their Latin American counterparts and this issue is no exception. The Madrid issues are substantially rarer than the Seville issues. The portrait type was struck in Seville 1729-38 and extended to the Mexico City mint in 1732.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10022, KM 346.2, Fr-233.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• 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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage Auction 3089: NYINC World & Ancient Coins Platinum & Signature Auction - Dallas, featuring the Cape Coral Collection of European Crowns and the Penn Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2020.

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• 1730-M 8 escudos
• 1730-S S 8 escudos
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• 1731-M real
• 1731-S 2 reales
• 1731-M 4 reales
• 1731-M 8 reales
• 1731-S 8 reales
• Mexico 1731-Mo F 8 escudos
• 1732-S PA 8 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1731
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