Spain 1807-M FA escudo

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Aureo sale 243, lot 755

This specimen was lot 788 in Aureo y Calicó sale 243 (Barcelona, April 2012), where it sold for 420 € (about US$634 including buyer's fees). The catalog[1] noted,

"1807. Carlos IV. Madrid. FA. 1 escudo. Bella. Brillo original. Rara así. EBC+. (one escudo of 1807, Madrid mint. Handsome, original luster, rare thus, choice extremely fine.)"

This is the final date of a type struck since 1788 at Madrid. Seville did not strike this type. No more escudos would be struck in Spain until 1817.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, .875 fine gold, .095 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14131, KM 434, Cal. 501.

Source:

  • 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
  • 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.

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