Spain 1741-S PJ 2 escudos
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This specimen was lot 21879 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $1,840. The catalog description[1] noted, "Felipe V gold 2 Escudos 1741PJ Seville, MS61 NGC, nicely detailed strike with toned mint luster, very scarce when graded mint state." Seville in Spain struck this type 1730-42, Madrid 1730-34 and Mexico City 1732-47.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.917 fine gold, .196 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9761, KM 353.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
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