Spain 1801-S CN 2 escudos
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This specimen was lot 23082 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 2 Escudos, 1801-CN. Seville Mint. NGC MS-63. Nicely struck with attractive luster." This type was struck until 1808 at Madrid and Seville. It is the most common Spanish gold coin of the old (reales/escudos) system. This gold coin continued to be struck until the 1850's as an eighty reales de vellon.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14255, Fr-297; KM-435.2; Cal-Type-54#453.
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- 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.
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