Spain 1802-M FA 2 escudos

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Aureo sale 269, lot 303

This specimen was lot 303 in Aureo sale 269 (Barcelona, July 2015), where it sold for €320 (about US$414 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1802. Carlos IV. Madrid. FA. 2 escudos. Golpecito. EBC-. (Spain, Charles IV, two escudos of 1802, Madrid mint, a nick, about extremely fine.)"

This Spanish equivalent of the pistole was struck at the Madrid and Seville mints 1788-1808. Unlike the Latin American mints which concentrated on eight escudos, the most common Spanish gold coins of the period were the half escudo and two escudos. The bust type was introduced to the Spanish mints in 1729.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW, this specimen 6,68 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14263, KM 435.1, Cal. 344.

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, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2015.
  • 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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