Spain 1742-M JA escudo
This specimen was lot 226 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 2,200 € (about US$2,874 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1742. Felipe V. Madrid. JA. 1 escudo. Only year of this assayer. Nice. Original luster. Graded by NGC as AU58, no. 6771171-004. Very rare, especially in this condition, we have only had ten examples. EBC+ [choice extremely fine]. Ex Aureo & Calico Selection 2017, no. 197." This is the key date of a rather scarce type struck 1729-30 and 1733-42. Assayer JF is also reported for 1742.
Recorded mintage: 12,852 plus 10,132 for assayer JF, per Numista.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.901 fine gold, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 3.39 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-9608, KM 342, AC-1722.
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- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
- 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.
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