Spain 1818-S CJ 2 escudos

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Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72504
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This specimen was lot 72504 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 2 Escudos, 1818/6-S. Seville Mint. Ferdinand VII. NGC AU-58. A very attractive and boldly struck example that just barely is excluded form the Mint State category. An 8/6 overdate adds to the appeal of this example." This type was struck 1815-21 and 1824-33 at Seville and is common compared to the similar issues of Latin America. The overdate is not mentioned in the SCWC. Later issues were denominated 80 reales de vellon.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.875 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16268, Fr-315; KM 483.1.

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 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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