Spain 1748-M JB 1/2 escudo

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Aureo sale 261, lot 408

This specimen was lot 408 in Aureo y Calicó sale 261 (Barcelona, July 2014), where it sold for €100 (about US$160 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1748. Fernando VI. Madrid. JB. 1/2 escudo. MBC-. (Ferdinand VI, 1746-59, half escudo of 1748, Madrid mint. About very fine.)"

Shown is a Spanish half escudo struck in 1748 at the Madrid mint. Assayer JB is recorded for the years 1748-1759. A slightly different obverse, KM 372, is also noted for 1748.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.0498 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-10659, KM 378, Cal. 244.

Sources:

  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Pública 261, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2014.
  • 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, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.

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