Spain 1750-S PJ 1/2 escudo
This specimen was lot 1502 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €240 (about US$318 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ESPAGNE, Ferdinand VI (1746-1759), AV 1/2 escudo, 1750PJ, Séville. D/ T. à d. R/ Ecu couronné. Très Beau. (kingdom of Spain, Ferdinand VI, 1746-59, gold half escudo of 1750, Seville mint. Obverse: head right; reverse: crowned arms. Very Fine.)"
This type was struck in Madrid and Seville 1746-59 and is not especially rare. Half escudos were struck in metropolitan Spain 1738-97 in considerable numbers and are quite a bit more common than their silver equals, the eight reales. This is opposite from Latin America, where silver pesos were minted in vast quantities but half escudos would not be minted until the reign of Ferdinand VII.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date.
Specification: 1.69 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.0498 troy oz AGW; this specimen 1,76 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-10664, Cal. 573; Fr-275.
- 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 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 150: Collection J.F.L. Blankenberg, Monnaies de l'Orient Latin, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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