Spain 1785-M DV 1/2 escudo

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Sedwick Treasure Auction 28, lot 1192
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Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72267
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The first specimen was lot 1192 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "Madrid, Spain, gold bust 1/2 escudo, Charles III, 1785DV. Deeply red-toned XF, no problems, scarce final date of first type with proper bust." The second specimen was lot 72267 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $630. The catalog description[2] noted, "SPAIN. 1/2 Escudo, 1785-M DV. Madrid Mint. Charles III. PCGS EF-45. A pleasing, boldly struck coin with surfaces free of distracting marks, quite presentable for the type." This type was struck in Madrid 1772-85 (KM 415.1) and Seville 1773-83 (KM 415.2) and is not especially rare tho choice specimens are always in demand. 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.

Reported Mintage: unknown but a scarce date.

Specification: 1.69 g, 0.901 fine gold, .049 troy oz AGW, this specimen 1.75 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12196, Cal-1278; KM-415.1.

Source:

  • 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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.
  • [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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