Spain 1802-M FA 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 25592 in Heritage sale 3019 (Chicago, April 2012), where it sold for $4,025. The catalog description[1] noted, "Carlos IIII gold 8 Escudos 1802-FA Madrid, MS62 NGC, a choice mint state example with bold design features and full mint brilliance. Very attractive and elusive in this select quality." This type was struck 1790-91 and 1802-05 and like all Spanish eight escudos as distinct from Spanish colonial eight escudos, is very rare. It is distinguished by earlier issues of Charles III (1773-84) by being only 0.875 fine instead of 0.901 fine gold.
Recorded mintage: unknown but the scarcest of the 1802-05 dates.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold, .762 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-14562, Fr-292, KM 437.1.
- 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.
- [1]Tucker, Warren, and Cristiano Bierrenbach, World and Ancient Coins sale 3019, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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