Spain 1816-M GJ 8 escudos
This specimen was lot 34786 in Heritage sale 3082 (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $1,683.60. The catalog description[1] noted, "Spain: Ferdinand VII gold 8 Escudos 1816/5 M-GJ AU Details (Cleaned) PCGS, Madrid mint. Seemingly only cleaned on the more matte-appearing obverse, with brilliant gold luster cascading over the sharply struck reverse. The first of this date we have offered of the type, and interestingly so, as an overdate." By 1816, Napoleon was defeated and exiled to St. Helena to fabricate his legend. Ferdinand was reinstalled in Madrid and began taking condign revenge on his opponents, real and imagined. Rebellion and anarchy surged the length of Latin America. This type was struck 1814-20 and like all Spanish eight escudos as distinct from Spanish colonial eight escudos, is very rare. It is the last eight escudos struck in Spain.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.875 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Cayón-16452 (overdate), KM 485, Cal-30.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Online Auction 3082, featuring the Caranett Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
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