Spain 1733-S PA 8 escudos
The specimen shown was lot 184 in Aureo y Calicó sale 242 (Barcelona, March 2012), where it sold for 5,000 € (about US$7,763 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Felipe V (1700-1746). 1733. Sevilla. PA. 8 escudos. Leves golpecitos. Brillo original. Preciosa pátina. Muy rara y más así. EBC. (Philip V of Spain, 1700-46, eight escudos of 1733, Seville mint, original luster, toned, very rare, extremely fine.)"
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, .798 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10031, KM 346.2, Fr-233, Cal. 199, Cal.Onza 531.
- 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, Ferrán, Xavier Calicó and Joaquin Trigo, Monedas Españolas desde Felipe II a Isabel II, Años: 1556 a 1868, 5ª edicion, Barcelona: Gráficas Reclam, 1982.
- 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, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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