Spain 1787-S CM 2 escudos
This specimen was lot 71616 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 2 Escudos, 1787-S CM. Seville Mint. Charles III. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, VF Details Gold Shield. Though cleaned and sporting a very slight edge clipping, this piece nevertheless stands as a pleasing, budget example of the type from the penultimate year of the reign of Charles III." This type was struck in Madrid and Seville 1786-88. It is distinguished from earlier two escudos of Charles III by its lower fineness. This date is common. Unlike the Latin American mints, no transitional types exist for 1788-91.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-12559, Fr-287; KM-417.2a.
- 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.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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