Spain 1737-M JF escudo
This specimen was lot 74625 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Escudo, 1737-M JF. Madrid Mint. Philip V. PCGS AU-50. A more difficult date, this excellent survivor offers a great golden-yellow hue along with dazzling brilliance and just a slight degree of handling. From the David Sterling Collection." This type was struck in Madrid and Seville 1729-42 and is rather rare. One escudos were struck in metropolitan Spain throughout the eighteenth century but do not become common until the issues of Charles III in the 1770's.
Recorded mintage: 14,416 per Numista.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9587, Fr-237; KM-342; Cal-1716.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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