Spain 1785-M DV escudo

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Aureo sale 232, lot 208

The specimen shown was lot 208 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 250 euros (about US$413 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1785/75. Madrid. DV/PJ. 1 escudo. (Cal. falta). Rectificación muy rara, en el 1775 no existen escudos de Madrid. Bella. EBC+. (1785/75 escudo, Madrid mint, DV/PJ overassayer, very rare overdate as no escudos were struck in Madrid in 1775; choice extremely fine.)

This type was issued at Seville and Madrid 1772-85. In 1786, the fineness was reduced to .875. Assayer DV is recorded for 1785-87.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.901 fine gold, .098 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-12343, KM 416.1, Cal-unlisted.

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, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
  • Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.

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