Spain 1819-M GJ 2 escudos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was issued at Madrid and Seville 1814-33 and is the last issue of the traditional gold two escudos, altho the eighty reales of Isabel II (KM 578) was the same weight and fineness. Unlike the two escudos of the Latin American mints, the two escudos of Spain are fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, .875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16270, KM 483.1.

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.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1818-S 2 escudos
• 1818-M 4 escudos
• 1819-J 2 maravedis
• 1819-S 8 reales
• 1819-M 4 escudos
• 1819-M 8 escudos
• 1820-M 2 escudos
• 1820-S 2 escudos
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)
• Coins and currency dated 1819